COMING SOON
Out this week
Albums
* The Ballad of Darren by Blur: Ninth album by the English rock band, their first new release since 2015’s The Magic Whip; includes the singles ‘The Narcissist’ and ‘St. Charles Square’.
Movies
* Oppenheimer (starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh) – biographical thriller, based on the 2005 book American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin; theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer (Murphy) helps usher in the Atomic Age by playing a pivotal role in developing the first nuclear weapons.
* Barbie (starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman) – fantasy comedy, based on the Mattel fashion dolls; Barbie (Robbie) and Ken (Gosling) go on a journey of self-discovery after being expelled from the utopian Barbie Land for being less than perfect.
* They Cloned Tyrone (starring John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, David Alan Grier, Kiefer Sutherland, Jamie Foxx) – sci-fi comedy mystery; an unlikely trio (Boyega, Parris, Foxx) uncover a government cloning conspiracy.
STAR
Juno Temple
* Born on 21 July 1989 in London, England.
* Is the daughter of producer Amanda Pirie and director Julien Temple.
* Has two younger brothers, Leo and Felix.
* Began her career as a child actress.
* Made her screen debut in her father’s film Pandaemonium (2000).
* Gained attention for her roles in the films Notes on a Scandal (2006) and Atonement (2007).
* Has since starred in the series Dirty John (2018–2019), Ted Lasso (2020–present), Little Birds (2020), and The Offer (2022), and appeared in films such as The Three Musketeers (2011), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Maleficent (2014), and Black Mass (2015).
* Upcoming projects include the fifth season of the anthology series Fargo (TBA) and the Untitled Venom: Let There Be Carnage sequel (2024).
SPOTLIGHT
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Cast: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Pom Klementieff, and Henry Czerny
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
* Action; Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team must track down a dangerous new weapon that threatens all humanity if it falls into the wrong hands.
* Is the seventh instalment in the Mission: Impossible film series. Comes 27 years after the original Mission: Impossible (1996).
* Production was halted several times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Was originally set to be released in 2021.
* Had an estimated budget of $291 million; has made $235 million in less than two weeks.
* Has received critical acclaim, earning praise for its action and thrills.
* Score composed by Lorne Balfe.
* A direct sequel, Dead Reckoning Part Two, will be released in June next year and is meant to be the send-off to Ethan Hunt. Future instalments in the series are, however, in development.