COMING SOON
Out this week
Albums
* Where the Light Goes by Matchbox Twenty: Fifth album by the American rock band, their first in over a decade since 2012’s North; includes the songs ‘Wild Dogs (Running in a Slow Dream)’ and ‘No Other Love’ (featuring Amanda Shires).
Movies
* The Little Mermaid (starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King, Daveed Diggs, Awkwafina, Melissa McCarthy) – musical fantasy, live-action adaptation of the 1989 animated film; a mermaid princess (Bailey) makes a deal with a sea witch (McCarthy) to trade her voice for legs in order to impress a human prince (Hauer-King).
* Kandahar (starring Gerard Butler, Navid Negahban, Ali Fazal, Bahador Foladi) – action thriller; after his identity is exposed, an undercover CIA operative (Butler) and his translator flee special forces in Afghanistan that are tasked with hunting them down.
* You Hurt My Feelings (starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tobias Menzies, Michaela Watkins, Arian Moayed, Owen Teague) – comedy drama; a novelist (Luis-Dreyfus) ends up distraught after overhearing her husband’s (Menzies) honest reaction to her latest book.
Helena Bonham Carter
* Born on 26 May 1966 in London, England.
* Comes from a prominent British political family.
* Has two older brothers, Edward and Thomas.
* Made her acting debut in a television commercial when she was 16.
* Rose to prominence for her roles in films like A Room with a View (1985) and Lady Jane (1986).
* Has gone on to receive international recognition for appearing in movies such as Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1994), The Wings of the Dove (1997), Fight Club (1999), Corpse Bride (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), The King’s Speech (2010), Great Expectations (2012), Les Misérables (2012), Cinderella (2015), Ocean’s 8 (2018), Enola Holmes (2020), and the Harry Potter series (2007–2011)
* Has two children - a son and a daughter - with her former partner Tim Burton (who she was in a relationship with from 2001 till their separation in 2014).
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldaña, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Will Poulter, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Linda Cardellini, Nathan Fillion, and Sylvester Stallone
Director: James Gunn
Tagline: Once more with feeling.
* Action adventure comedy; after a threat from his past resurfaces, the Guardians embark on a mission to protect Rocket (Cooper).
* Is the sequel to Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), and the 32nd film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
* Had a $250 million budget; has made around $560 million since its release in early May.
* Has received positive reviews from critics who praised the film’s emotions.
* Score composed by John Murphy.