THE GREEN ROOM

COMING SOON

Out this week

Albums

* Virgin by Lorde: Fourth album by the New Zealand singer; comes after Solar Power (2021); preceded by the singles ‘What Was That’, ‘Man of the Year’, and ‘Hammer’.

Movies

* F1 (starring Brad Pitt, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, Kim Bodnia, Javier Bardem) – sports drama; a Formula One driver (Pitt) – who retired after a horrible crash – returns to mentor a rookie (Idris).

* M3GAN 2.0 (starring Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis, Brian Jordan Alvarez) – sci-fi horror, sequel to 2022’s M3GAN; M3GAN’s creator (William) must rebuilt the disconcerting AI doll after her technology is stolen and used to create a military robot that is attempting an AI takeover.

* Off the Grid (starring Josh Duhamel, Greg Kinnear, María Elisa Camargo) – action drama; a scientist goes on the run instead of weaponizing his technology.

* Ice Road: Vengeance (starring Liam Neeson, Fan Bingbing, Bernard Curry, Geoff Morrell) – action thriller, sequel to The Ice Road (2021); on a trip to Nepal, an ice road trucker (Neeson) must save himself and those around him from a group of mercenaries.

AWARDS

2025 Kids’ Choice Awards

Winners:

Film

• Favourite Movie: Wicked
• Movie Actor: Jack Black – A Minecraft Movie
• Movie Actress: Ariana Grande – Wicked
• Animated Movie: Inside Out 2
• Male Animated Voice: Dwayne Johnson – Moana 2
• Female Animated Voice: Auli’i Cravalho – Moana 2
• Villain: Jim Carrey – Sonic the Hedgehog 3
• Butt-Kicker: Emma Myers – A Minecraft Movie

Music

• Female Artist: SZA
• Male Artist: Bruno Mars
• Music Group: Stray Kids
• Song: ‘Taste’ – Sabrina Carpenter
• Music Collaboration: ‘luther’ – Kendrick Lamar and SZA
• Female Breakout Artist: Sabrina Carpenter
• Male Breakout Artist: Benson Boone
• Album: Short n’ Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
• Global Music Star: Africa: Tyla
• Song from a Movie: ‘Defying Gravity’ – Cynthia Erivo (ft. Ariana Grande) – Wicked
• Viral Song: ‘Bluest Flame’ – Selena Gomez, benny blanco

For the complete list of winners,

visit kidschoiceawards.com

SPOTLIGHT

Ballerina

Cast: Ana de Armas, Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane, and Keanu Reeves

Director: Len Wiseman

Tagline: The past can be a trigger.

• Action thriller; a ballerina-turned-assassin (de Armas) sets out to exact revenge against those responsible for the death of her father.
• Is a spinoff of the John Wick series, the fifth instalment in the franchise.
• Takes place between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023).
• Was delayed by a year to film additional action sequences and reshoots.
• Has grossed US$95 million on a $90 million budget, struggling at the box office.
• Has received mixed reviews, with critics finding it entertaining but forgettable.
• Score composed by Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard.
• Could potentially be followed by a sequel.