Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- One More Light by Linkin Park: Seventh album by the rock band; comes after 2014’s The Hunting Party; includes the singles ‘Heavy’ (featuring Kiiara) and ‘Invisible’.
- is this the life we really want? by Roger Waters: Fifth album by the former Pink Floyd member, his first studio release in almost 25 years since Amused to Death (1992); led by the single ‘Smell the Roses’.
* Movies
- Alien: Covenant (starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride) - horror, sequel to Prometheus (2012); the crew of a damaged colony ship land on a remote planet but make a terrifying discovery.
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (starring Jason Drucker, Owen Asztalo, Charlie Wright) - comedy, fourth instalment in the series but with a different cast; Greg (Drucker) and Rodrick (Wright) convince their family to go on a road trip.
- Everything, Everything (starring Amandla Stenberg, Nick Robinson) - drama, based on Nicola Yoon’s 2015 novel; a teenager (Stenberg) with a rare disease falls for her new neighbour (Robinson).
- Wakefield (starring Bryan Cranston, Jennifer Garner) - drama; a man (Cranston) suffering a nervous breakdown leaves his family and hides in his attic.
Star
Samuel Frederick Smith
- Born on 19th May 1992 in London, England, UK.
- Has two younger sisters, Lily and Mabel.
- Is a third-cousin of singer Lily Allen and actor Alfie Allen.
- Started performing at a young age.
- Gained attention after being featured on Disclosure’s single ‘Latch’ in 2012 and Naughty Boy’s ‘La La La’ in 2013.
- Released his debut album, In the Lonely Hour, in 2014, which propelled him to fame and won him four Grammies as well as several other awards.
- Co-wrote and performed ‘Writing’s on the Wall’, the theme song for the James Bond film Spectre (2015), which won the Golden Globe Award and Academy Award for Best Original Song.
- Is currently working on his second album which is expected to be released later this year.
- Cites Adele and Amy Winehouse as his main influences.
- Has obsessive compulsive disorder.
Celeb Tweets
- Bill Maher (billmaher): The tycoons of social media have to admit they’re just tobacco farmers in t-shirts, selling an addictive product to children. #BrainHacking
- Matthew Gray Gubler (GUBLERNATION): [Is it] just me or do cherry tomatoes taste like a grape you forgot was in your pocket for 4 days?
Spotlight
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan, Sean Gunn, Sylvester Stallone, Kurt Russell
Written and directed by: James Gunn
Tagline: Obviously.
- Action; the Guardians continue their cosmic adventures while unravelling the mystery of Peter Quill’s (Pratt) parentage.
- Is the sequel to 2014’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and the fifteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Had a budget of $200 million; had made nearly $525 million in its first week.
- Has received positive reviews from critics who found the film witty and enjoyable albeit not as fresh as the first instalment.
- Gary Oldman, Matthew McConaughey, Christoph Waltz, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Plummer, and Liam Neeson were reportedly among the actors considered for the role of Ego, which eventually went to Kurt Russell.
- Score composed by Tyler Bates. Soundtrack mostly comprises of popular songs from the 1970s, like ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ and Cheap Trick’s ‘Surrender’.
- Will be followed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Gunn will return to write and direct the film.