THE GREEN ROOM

COMING SOON

Out this week

Albums

* From Zero by Linkin Park: Eighth album by the American rock band, their first with Emily Armstrong on vocals following Chester Bennington’s death in 2017; includes the singles ‘The Emptiness Machine’, ‘Heavy Is the Crown’, and ‘Over Each Other’.

* Shawn by Shawn Mendes: The Canadian singer’s fifth album; comes after 2020’s Wonder; includes the singles ‘Why Why Why’, ‘Isn’t That Enough’, ‘Nobody Knows’, and ‘Heart of Gold’.

* Also out this week: Mary J. Blige‘s fifteenth album, Gratitude; Negative Spaces, the sixth release by singer Poppy; Gwen Stefani‘s fifth album, Bouquet; and Happy, the debut solo album by BTS’s Jin.

Movies

* Red One (starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Lucy Liu, J.K. Simmons, Kiernan Shipka) – action comedy; the head of North Pole security (Johnson) teams up with a bounty hunter (Evans) to find and rescue the kidnapped Santa Claus (Simmons).

* The Merry Gentlemen (starring Britt Robertson, Chad Michael Murray, Marla Sokoloff, Beth Broderick) – romcom; a former big-city dancer (Robertson) meets a guy (Murray) while staging an all-male, Christmas-themed show to save her parents’ small-town performing venue.

* Hot Frosty (starring Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Craig Robinson, Katy Mixon) – fantasy romcom; a lonely widow (Chabert) magically brings a snowman to life.

STAR

Shailene Diann Woodley

• Born on 15 November 1991 in San Bernardino, California, U.S.
• Has a younger brother, Tanner.
• Parents separated in her teens.
• Started appearing in advertisements as a child.
• Gained prominence for starring in the teen drama series The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008 – 2013).
• Earned recognition for her roles in films like The Descendants (2011), The Spectacular Now (2013), The Fault in Our Stars (2014), and the Divergent trilogy (2014 – 2016), and the television series Big Little Lies (2017 – 2019).
• Upcoming projects include films like the thriller Motor City, biopic Janis Joplin: Get It While You Can, and the crime drama The Murderous Miss Highsmith.
• Was engaged to NFL quarterback Aaron Rodgers from 2021 till their breakup in 2022.
• Is also an environmental activist.

SPOTLIGHT

Venom: The Last Dance

Cast: Tom Hardy, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Juno Temple, Rhys Ifans, Stephen Graham, Peggy Lu, Clark Backo, Alanna Ubach, and Andy Serkis

Director: Kelly Marcel

Tagline: ‘Til death do they part.

• Action; Eddie (Hardy) and the symbiote Venom go on the run and find themselves having to make a difficult decision while being hunted by both of their worlds.
• Is the third and final Venom film, and the fifth movie in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe.
• Has grossed over $394 million on a $120 million budget.
• Has received mixed to negative reviews from critics who praised Hardy’s charisma but found the film disjointed.
• Andy Serkis – who helmed the previous instalment, Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) – was interested in returning to direct this film, but could not do so because of his commitment to Animal Farm (2025).
• Marks the directorial debut of Kelly Marcel.
• Score composed by Dan Deacon.