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maltatoday SUNDAY 3 DECEMBER 2017 44 This Week AS the comic book giant Marvel continue their forward march of pop culture domination across various media – spreading their comics-originated IP to scurry over like money-making grem- lins to cinemas and TV screens – its latest long-form, binge- friendly project can in fact boast of hitting the jackpot in more ways than one. First debuting on the small screen in the second season of Marvel's Daredevil – the se- ries that would inaugurate the 'House of M's collaboration with the streaming service Netflix – Jon Bernthal's Frank Castle/Pun- isher now gets a show of his own. And as it tends to be the case with the psychologically scarred and entirely merciless vigilante, this time it's all about "unfin- ished business". Following his misadventures with the ideologically-opposite Matt Murdock/Daredevil (Mat- thew Cox) and after avoiding a lifetime in prison (in large part thanks to the sympathetic ear of journalist Karen Page (Deborah Ann Woll), Frank Castle (Bern- thal) has eased up on his killing spree of every criminal in sight and agreed to lay low. Taking on the monicker of 'Pete Cas- tiglione', Castle spends his days hammering away at a construc- tion site, and his nights drinking himself to sleep in a desperate attempt to assuage the swirling, painful memories of his family – all of which were murdered in cold blood following Frank's ap- parently permanent return from military service in Afghanistan. Having burned through most of the organised crime rings in New York during his expansive vigi- lante mission, Castle is keen not to draw attention to himself. But the mysterious and technologi- cally-savvy David 'Micro' Lieber- man (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) has other plans for our rugged anti- hero. Claiming to be on a covert mission of his own that would be of mutual interest to both of them, he eventually convinces the doggedly solitary Frank to consider some of his discoveries. Namely, that the death of Frank's family may have had less to do with a random mob hit and more with his own (at times highly du- bious) role in the 'war effort' in the Middle East. As Liebermann watches his own family through carefully-in- stalled cameras around the house IN CINEMAS TODAY Embassy Cinemas Valletta Tel. 21 227436, 21 245818 Justice League (3D) (12A) 10:25, 13:30, 16:05, 18:40, 21:15 Paddington 2 (U) 10:00, 12:10, 14:20, 16:35, 18:50, 21:05 Thor: Ragnarok (12A) 18:00, 20:50 Murder on the Orient Express (12A) 10:30, 13:30, 16:00, 18:30, 21:00 Suburbicon (15) 10:25, 13:45, 16:10, 18:35, 20:55 Daddy's Home 2 (12A) 10:00, 12:15, 14:30, 16:45, 19:00, 21:15 Valletta Living History (U) 10:00, 10:45, 11:30, 12:15, 13:00, 13:45, 14:30, 15:15 Eden Cinemas St Julian's Tel. 23 710400 A Bad Moms Christmas (15) 14:05, 16:25, 18:45, 21:05, 23:10 A Real Vermeer (15) 16:25, 21:15 Battle of the Sexes (12A) 13:05, 15:40, 18:15, 20:55, 23:30 Daddy's Home 2 (12A) 11:30, 14:00, 16:20, 18:35, 21:00, 23:20 Jigsaw (18) 14:10, 16:20, 18:40, 20:50, 23:05 Justice League (3D) (12A) 11:15, 14:00, 15:00, 16:30, 18:00, 20:00, 21:00, 23:00 Murder on the Orient Express (12A) 14:30, 18:10, 20:45 Paddington 2 (PG) 11:20, 14:00, 16:15, 18:30, 20:55 Roberto Bolle: The Art of Dance (PG) 14:00, 18:40 Suburbicon (15) 11:25, 14:05, 16:25, 18:40, 20:55, 23:15 The Killing of the Sacred Deer (TBA) 14:00, 18:50 The Mountain Between Us (12A) 16:20, 21:05 The Star (U) 11:30, 14:15, 16:25, 18:35, 20:35 Thor: Ragnarok (12A) 12:45, 15:25, 18:05, 20:45, 23:25 Empire Cinemas Bugibba Tel. 21 581787, 21 581909 The Star (U) 11:15, 14:00, 16:30, 18:35, 20:45 Daddy's Home 2 (12A) 11:00, 13:40, 16:20, 18:40, 20:55 Justice League (12A) 10:40, 13:25, 16:05, 18:40, 21:15 Paddington 2 (PG) 10:45, 13:35, 16:00, 18:25, 20:50 Murder on the Orient Express (12A) 11:00, 13:30, 16:00, 18:30, 20:55 A Bad Moms Christmas (15) 10:55, 13:50, 16:15, 18:40, 21:05 Thor: Ragnarok (12A) 10:30, 13:15, 15:55, 18:35, 21:15 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ VENGEANCE IS MINE! ★ ★ ★ ★ REVENGE IS SWEET ★ ★ ★ JUST DESSERTS ★ ★ GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER ★ PUNISHING FILM By Teodor Reljic The long, blood-soaked road to justice MARVEL'S THE PUNISHER (16+) ★ ★ ★ ★ Skull-cracking: Jon Bernthal is Frank Castle/Punisher Home(land)-coming queen: Amber Rose Revah as the tireless agent Dinah Madani