M3gan 2.0 to Ella McCay: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

2026-01-30 - 09:15

The AI-led robot is back in a fun, Mission: Impossible style sequel, and Emma Mackey and Jamie Lee Curtis’s sharp-tongued comedy is a cause for celebration Like Chucky in the Child’s Play films, you can’t keep an evil doll down for long. So here’s a sequel to the 2022 horror about an AI-led robot that will do anything, including murder, to protect its young human charge. This time, M3gan has been superseded by Amelia, an even deadlier model that’s gone rogue from its military handlers. Allison Williams and Violet McGraw return as inventor Gemma and her niece Cady, who reluctantly join forces – Mission: Impossible style – with the rebooted M3gan to defeat the new bot on the block. With a healthy seam of sarcasm (there’s a superb misuse of a Kate Bush song), plus the odd serious thought about the future of AI, it’s a fun ride. Friday 6 February, 12.30pm, 8pm, Sky Cinema Premiere Continue reading...