Coming Soon
Out this week:
* Albums
- The Breaker by Little Big Town: Eighth album by the country group, the follow-up to last year’s Wanderlust (2016); led by the Taylor Swift penned single ‘Better Man’.
* Movies
- Rock Dog (with the voices of Luke Wilson, Eddie Izzard, J. K. Simmons) - animation, based on the Chinese graphic novel Tibetan Rock Dog by Zheng Jun; after a radio falls from the sky into his hands, a Tibetan Mastiff (Wilson) leaves his home village to pursue his dream of becoming a musician.
- Collide (starring Nicholas Hoult, Felicity Jones, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley) - action; an American backpacker gets involved with a drug smuggling ring.
- Get Out (starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford) - horror; while visiting his Caucasian girlfriend’s (Williams) family home, an African-American man (Kaluuya) discovers that the area has a sinister history.
- Tulip Fever (starring Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Zach Galifianakis, Judi Dench, Christoph Waltz) - drama, based on Deborah Moggach’s novel; an artist (DeHaan) falls for a married woman (Vikander) after being commissioned to paint her portrait by her husband (Waltz).
Celeb Tweets
- Bette Midler (BetteMidler): Trump and Trudeau discussed trade and security. I’d also like to discuss it, because I would feel more secure if we traded Trump for Trudeau.
- Neil deGrasse Tyson (neiltyson): Odd that our measures of animal intelligence are often tests for what we do best, rather than tests for what they do best.
Star
Matthew Thomas Skiba
- Born on 24th February 1976 in Illinois, U.S.
- Has younger twin sisters.
- Started playing piano and drums at an early age.
- Played in various bands before forming the punk rock outfit Alkaline Trio in 1996. The group released their debut album in 1998, and has since made seven more albums, the latest of which is My Shame Is True (2013).
- Was recruited by Blink-182 after Tom DeLonge’s departure from the group in 2015; appeared on the band’s seventh album, California (2016).
- Has also recorded solo, and released albums with side-projects, including Heavens, the Sekrets and theHELL.
- Is divorced from his ex-wife Monica Parker.
- Is a vegan.
Also born today: Crista Flanagan, Bonnie Somerville, Billy Zane, Steve Jobs, Debra Jo Rupp
Spotlight
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Ruby Rose, Eoin Macken, Lee Joon-gi, William Levy, Iain Glen
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Tagline: Everything has led to this.
- Action horror; the Umbrella Corporation gathers its forces for one final strike against the apocalypse survivors.
- Sixth and final instalment in the film series which is based on the Resident Evil video game series.
- Sequel to Resident Evil: Retribution (2012).
- Had a budget of $40 million; has made around $135 million in its first few weeks.
- Has received mixed to negative reviews, with critics finding it clichéd and chaotic.
- Milla Jovovich’s stunt double, Olivia Jackson, was severely injured while filming a scene after a motorcycle crash and had to have her left arm amputated. Another crew member, Ricardo Cornelius, died in a separate on-set accident during a safety check a few months later after a Hummer used in the film toppled.
- Score composed by Paul Haslinger.
- Could potentially be followed by a television series.