Coming Soon
Out this week:
* Albums
- The Waiting Game by Una Healy: Debut album by the member of the English-Irish girl group The Saturdays; includes the single ‘Stay My Love’ (with Sam Palladio).
- Songs of Cinema by Michael Bolton: The American singer’s tribute to movies; features his covers of iconic songs from films, including ‘Stand by Me’, ‘I Will Always Love You’ (with Dolly Parton), and ‘Somewhere over the Rainbow’.
* Movies
- The Lego Batman Movie (with the voices of Will Arnett, Ralph Fiennes, Rosario Dawson, Michael Cera, Zach Galifianakis) - animation, spin-off of The Lego Movie (2014); Bruce Wayne (Arnett) tries to save Gotham City from The Joker (Galifianakis) while raising a boy (Cera) he adopted.
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (starring Keanu Reeves, Common, Laurence Fishburne) - action, sequel to John Wick (2014); a hitman (Reeves) is forced out of retirement by a former associate.
- Fifty Shades Darker (starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Kim Basinger, Luke Grimes) - romance, sequel to Fifty Shades of Grey (2015); Ana (Johnson) and Christian (Dornan) resume their romance.
Celeb Tweets
- Jordan Peele (JordanPeele): Ah, the Bowling Green Massacre. Adele Dazeem deserves the death penalty for that one.
- Kumail Nanjiani (kumailn): I lost my cousin-in-law at the Bowling Green Massacre.
- Justin Shanes (justinshanes): Finding these Bowling Green Massacre jokes to be a little too soon. Out of respect, we should wait until it takes place.
Star
Chloë Grace Moretz
- Born on 10th February 1997 in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
- Parents divorced when she was a child.
- Has four older brothers - Brandon (who now serves as her business manager), Trevor (who is her acting coach), Colin, and Ethan.
- Was inspired by her brother Trevor’s interest in performing to pursue a career in acting.
- Made her screen debut in the television series The Guardian (2004).
- Started gaining recognition after starring in The Amityville Horror (2005). Has since starred in films including (500) Days of Summer (2009), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010), Kick-Ass (2010), Let Me In (2010), Hugo (2011), Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Carrie (2013), If I Stay (2014), The 5th Wave (2016), and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016).
- Upcoming projects include the films Suspiria (2017) and The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2017).
- Enjoys swimming.
Also born today: Emma Roberts, Uzo Aduba, Elizabeth Banks, Vince Gilligan, Laura Dern, Roberta Flack
Spotlight
Split
Cast: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley, Haley Lu Richardson, Jessica Sula
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Tagline: Kevin has 23 distinct personalities. The 24th is about to be unleashed.
- Thriller; kidnapped by a man with dissociative identity disorder, three girls must convince one of their captor’s (McAvoy) 24 alternate personalities to set them free.
- Thematic sequel to Unbreakable (2000).
- Has received positive reviews, with critics praising McAvoy’s performance and the film for being thrilling, although the movie has generated some controversy for its alleged stigmatization of mental illness.
- Was set to star Joaquin Phoenix, but after a contract agreement could not be reached, he was replaced by McAvoy.
- Score composed by West Dylan Thordson.
- Shyamalan hopes to make a third Unbreakable film, and is interested in making a movie that would combine Unbreakable and Split.