A selection of the new movies and TV releases you won’t want to miss this month.

THE SUPER MARIO
GALAXY MOVIE

Director: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic
Cast (voices): Chris Pratt, Charlie Day, Anya Taylor-Joy

Following the global success of The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Nintendo and Illumination expand their animated universe with a new instalment widely reported to draw inspiration from the Super Mario Galaxy games. This sequel takes Mario and Luigi beyond the Mushroom Kingdom into a cosmic adventure, introducing iconic elements such as interstellar travel and the mysterious Rosalina.

READY OR NOT 2:
HERE I COME

Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Cast: Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar

A direct sequel to the cult horror hit Ready or Not (2019), Ready or Not 2: Here I Come reunites the original filmmaking duo, continuing Grace’s story after her violent, escape from the Le Domas family. As Grace is once again drawn into a life-or-death game, the stakes grow both more personal and more systemic, deepening the film’s satirical edge on wealth, privilege and inherited power.

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2

Director: David Frankel
Cast: Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci

Nearly two decades after the original film became a defining portrait of ambition and power in the fashion industry, The Devil Wears Prada 2 reunites its core players for a sequel shaped by the transformations of the modern media landscape. The story revisits Andy Sachs, now an established editor, as she crosses paths once again with Miranda Priestly, still presiding over Runway in an era marked by digital disruption and the decline of print publishing.

Netflix
STRANGER THINGS:
TALES FROM ’85

Director: Phil Allora
Cast (voices): Odessa A’zion, Lou Diamond Phillips, Janeane Garofalo, Robert Englund

Expanding the universe of Stranger Things, Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 takes the form of an animated spinoff. The series returns to Hawkins in the winter of 1985, where Eleven and her friends are drawn into a new supernatural mystery following a brief moment of calm. The show adopts a stylised animated format while preserving the franchise’s core identity: a blend of adventure, horror and coming-of-age storytelling.

APPLE TV+
CRIMINAL RECORD
(SEASON 2)

Directors: Joelle Mae David, Ben A. Williams
Cast: Peter Capaldi, Cush Jumbo, Luca Pasqualino, Luther Ford, Lyndsey Marshal

Following the success of its first season, Criminal Record returns with a second chapter that deepens the fraught dynamic between its two central detectives. Set in contemporary London, the series continues to explore tensions between experience and reform within the police force, as a new investigation is sparked by a violent incident at a political event.