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1. Friday
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"You're no longer just you... you have seven other selves now," explains mysterious (it's all mysterious here) Sensate Jonas (Naveen Andrews) to a baffled Chicago cop (Brian J Smith) at the start of this high concept sci-fi from the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix). The plot centres on eight strangers (including Tuppence Middleton's Icelandic DJ and Tina Desai's Mumbai pharmacist) from around the globe who suddenly become mentally and emotionally connected, due to an evolutionary leap of technological origin. They're also being hunted by a shadowy organisation out to capture, kill or vivisect them. Of course they are. If you have a hokum deficit in your life, then tuck into this enjoyable hogwash, which recalls Heroes, is co-directed by Tom Tykwer (Cloud Atlas) and also stars...