From Sense and Sensibility to Kill Jackie: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead
A new film adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and places fresh emphasis on the relationship between sisters Marianne and Elinor. The week’s entertainment guide also features Kill Jackie, in which Catherine Zeta-Jones plays a character confronting assassins in an action caper.
Georgia Oakley’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Marianne Dashwood, a role previously played by Emma Thompson in Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning version.
The new film also stars a fresh cast and emphasizes the bond between sisters Marianne and Elinor. The guide lists Sense and Sensibility as out now.
Kill Jackie is described as a madcap action caper featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones battling assassins.
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Why is Catherine Zeta-Jones’s character targeted by assassins in Kill Jackie?
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