The CHOSEN season 4 is getting a theatrical run when it arrives in February 2024. Audiences can expect an emotionally heavy season as the plot centers on the final weeks and months of Jesus's life, including the death of John the Baptist and Judas's betrayal.

Clashing kingdoms. Rival rulers. The enemies of Jesus close in while His followers struggle to keep up, leaving him to carry the burden alone. Threatened by the reality of Jesus’ growing influence, religious leaders do the unthinkable—ally with their Roman oppressors. As the seeds of betrayal are planted and opposition to Jesus’ message turns violent, he’s left with no alternative but demand his followers RISE UP.

The cast, including Jonathan Roumie as Jesus and Shara Isaac as Simon Peter, will largely remain the same, with other familiar characters returning as well.

The CHOSEN season 4 will continue Dallas Jenkins’s highly successful modern imagining of the life of Jesus Christ, and the 2024 release date for the return of Jonathan Roumie’s praised portrayal will once again be in theaters. The Chosen first debuted in 2017 and quickly gained attention beyond its core Faith-based viewership. The show has been incredibly well received by both critics and general audiences, swelling in viewership before its popularity exploded when it arrived on Peacock in 2021.

The Chosen season 4 will have a theatrical run before becoming available for streaming or being broadcast (presumably on The CW). The first episodes of The Chosen season 4 will arrive on February 1, with the remaining 5 released biweekly throughout the rest of the month.

The cast of The Chosen season 4 is expected to remain more-or-less unchanged from the first three seasons. Jonathan Roumie (Jesus Revolution) will once again be portraying Jesus Christ, with Shara Isaac (Madam Secretary) back as lead disciple Simon Peter. Mary Magdalene will of course be played once more by Elizabeth Tabish (The Shift).

All three have received praise for their performances in The Chosen, with each being noted for making the Biblical figures relatable (especially Roumie in the lead as Jesus).

THE CHOSEN Season 4 Eps 1 & 2 | PG 141 mins | USA

2024 Nominee BAFTA Film Award Outstanding British Film of the Year: THE OLD OAK

Cannes Film Festival Ken Loach for THE OLD OAK 2023 Nominee Palme d’Or

Graeme Tuckett Stuff-Waikato Times, 4/5 Stars “Ken Loach’s swansong is gorgeous, flawed, relatable and unmissable as ever.”

THE OLD OAK is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving community.

THE OLD OAK is a special place. Not only is it the last pub standing, but it’s also the only remaining public space where people can meet in a once thriving mining community that has now fallen on hard times after 30 years of decline. TJ Ballantyne (Dave Turner) the landlord hangs on to The Old Oak by his fingertips.

His predicament is endangered even more when the pub becomes contested territory after the arrival of Syrian refugees who are placed in the village without any notice. In an unlikely friendship TJ meets a curious young Syrian Yara [Ebla Mari] with her camera. Can they find a way for the two communities to understand each other? So unfolds a deeply moving drama about their fragilities and hopes.

Director: Ken Loach

Producer: Rebecca O’Brien

Screen Writer: Paul Laverty

Actors: Trevor Fox, Col Tait, Dave Turner, Ebla Mari, Claire Rodgerson,Chris McGlade, Jordan Louis

THE OLD OAK |M Offensive language 114 mins | Belgium France UK | English Arabic with English subtitles

The true underdog story of how Dave Fishwick, a working class man and self-made millionaire, fought to set up a community bank so that he could help the local businesses of Burnley not only survive, but thrive. In his bid to help his beloved community, he has to take on the elitist financial institutions of London and fight to receive the first, new banking license to be issued in over 100 years.

Jen Shieff, Rotorua Post. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED "It's a David-and-Goliath story, in which snooty Oxford-educated bankers get their comeuppance."

'Bank of Dave' tells the story of how a working class Burnley man and self-made millionaire fought to set up a community bank. Dave Fishwick (Rory Kinnear) sells vans in Burnley, Lancashire. Once the world's most productive and profitable mill town, Burnley is now one of the most deprived and neglected towns in the UK. Dave, however, through a combination of hustle and hard work, has done well for himself -- so well that in the wake of the last financial crisis he started lending money at reduced rates to his customers and local businesses. When some of those businesses start making money they ask Dave to reinvest it for them. This gives Dave an idea. Why not set up a tiny local bank that uses local money to fund local enterprise? He will call it: The Bank of Dave. The elite, London based financial authorities however, haven't granted a new bank license for over 150 years and they're not keen to grant one to a van salesmen from Burnley. Dave must enlist the help of London lawyer, Hugh (Joel Fry), junior doctor Alexandra (Phoebe Dynevor) and some local rock legends (Def Leppard) to help fight the good cause.

DIRECTED BY Chris Foggin
CAST Joel Fry, Phoebe Dynevor, Rory Kinnear, Hugh Bonneville, Paul Kaye, Jo Hartley, Cathy Tyson, Florence Hall, Drew Cain, Grant Crookes

BANK OF DAVE M Offensive Language  107 mins | UK

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Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. Winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, HOW TO HAVE SEX is a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship.

BAFTA 2024 nomination for Outstanding British Film and Outstanding Debut by a British Director.

British Independent Film Awards 2023:

• WINNER Best Lead Performance - Mia McKenna-Bruce, How to Have Sex
• WINNER Best Supporting Performance - Shaun Thomas, How to Have Sex

Cannes 2023:

• WINNER of Un Certain Regard, How to Have Sex 

GUARDIAN Wendy Idea 5/5 Stars "How to Have Sex review – two stars are born with this searing study of consent "

HOW TO HAVE SEX is a vibrant and authentic depiction of the agonies, ecstasies and ride-or-die glory of young female friendship, from rising British filmmaker Molly Manning Walker.

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday, drinking, clubbing and hooking up in what should be the best summer of their lives. As they dance their way across the sun-drenched streets of Malia, they find themselves navigating the complexities of sex, consent and self-discovery.

Captured with luminous visuals and a pitch-perfect soundtrack, Manning Walker’s directorial debut paints a painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood, and how first sexual experiences should – or shouldn’t – play out.

Making her debut feature with a vibrant, compassionate look at sex, friendship and the sweet smell of a boozy sunburned summer holiday, director and cinematographer Molly Manning Walker (Scrapper, Good Thanks, You?) paints an exhilarating, moving, and painfully familiar portrait of young adulthood.

Director: Molly Manning Walker
Producers: Ivana Mackinnon (Beast), Emily Leo (Under The Shadow), Konstantinos Kontovrakis (Triangle of Sadness)
Starring: Mia McKenna Bruce (Vampire Academy), Lara Peake (Born To
Kill), Sam Bottomley (Somewhere Boy), Shaun Thomas (Four Lives), Enva Lewis, Laura Ambler

R16 98 mins | UK