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BOOKS 1979

Val McDermid Sphere, $32.99

The first in a new series of novels introducing Allie Burns, set at pivotal moments of the past four decades.

1979. It is the winter of discontent and ambitious young journalist Allie Burns is on the hunt for the story that will change her career.

The only woman working for the Glasgow news desk, she needs a groundbreaking scoop for the boy’s club to take her seriously.

Soon Burns and fellow journalist Danny Sullivan are exposing the criminal underbelly of respectable Scotland.

They risk making powerful enemies – and Burns won’t stop there. After all, she is a woman in a man’s world, and nobody can be trusted.

The Nameless Ones

John Connolly Hachette Australia, $32.99

Private Investigator Charlie Parker returns in this heart-pounding thriller, with Angel and Louis taking centre stage, following from events in A Book of Bones, from the bestselling author of the acclaimed Charles Parker novels.

In Amsterdam, four people are butchered in a canal house, their remains arranged around the crucified form of their patriarch, De Jaager: fixer, go-between, and confidant of the assassin named Louis.

The men responsible for the murders are Serbian war criminals. They believe they can escape retribution by retreating to their homeland.

They are wrong.

For Louis has come to Europe to hunt them down, five killers to be found and punished before they can vanish into the east.

There is only one problem. The sixth.

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CINEMA

Ron’s Gone Wrong

October 28

Barney is a socially awkward middleschooler and Ron is his new walking, talking, digitally connected device, which is supposed to be his “Best Friend out of the Box”.

Ron’s malfunctions, set against the backdrop of the social media age, launch them into an action-packed journey in which boy and robot come to terms with the wonderful messiness of true friendship.

Cast: Jack Dylan Grazer (Barney – voice), Zach Galifianakis (Ron – voice), Olivia Colman (Donka – voice).

Last Night in Soho

November 18

An aspiring fashion designer is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s, where she encounters a dazzling wannabe singer.

However, the glamour is not all it appears to be, and the dreams of the past start to crack and splinter into something far darker.

Cast: Anya Taylor-Joy (Sandy), Thomasin McKenzie (Eloise), Matt Smith (Jack), Diana Rigg (Miss Collins), Terence Stamp (Jack).

Eternals

November 4

Marvel Studios’ Eternals features an exciting new team of superheroes in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, ancient aliens who have been living on Earth in secret for thousands of years.

Following the events of Avengers: Endgame, an unexpected tragedy forces them out of the shadows to reunite to battle mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants.

Cast: Angelina Jolie (Thena), Kit Harrington (Dane Whitman), Salma Hayek (Ajak).

No Time to Die

November 11

Globe-trotting spy James Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived, however, when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help.

The mission, to rescue a kidnapped scientist, turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

Cast: Daniel Craig (James Bond), Ana de Armas (Paloma), Rami Malek (Lyutsifer Safin), Christoph Waltz (Ernst Stavro Blofeld), Naomie Harris (Eve Moneypenny), Ralph Fiennes (M).