Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- Witness by Katy Perry: Fifth album by the pop singer, the follow-up to 2013’s Prism; includes the singles ‘Chained to the Rhythm’ (featuring Skip Marley), ‘Bon Appetit’ (featuring Migos), and ‘Swish Swish’ (featuring Nicki Minaj).
- Also out this week: Heart Break, the seventh album by country pop group Lady Antebellum; Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie, self-titled album by two of the members of Fleetwood Mac; pop group London Grammar’s second set, Truth Is a Beautiful Thing; indie rock singer Ani DiFranco’s twentieth record, Binary; and Chuck, the final album by the late rock and roll legend Chuck Berry.
* Movies
- The Mummy (starring Tom Cruise, Annabelle Wallis, Sofia Boutella, Jake Johnson) - action, reboot of the franchise; an ancient princess (Boutella) awakens from her crypt and brings terror to the world.
- Beatriz at Dinner (starring Salma Hayek, Chloe Sevigny, Connie Britton) - comedy; a holistic medicine practitioner (Hayek) attends her wealthy clients’ dinner party.
- My Cousin Rachel (starring Rachel Weisz, Sam Claflin, Iain Glen) - drama, based on the 1951 Daphne du Maurier novel; a man plots revenge against his mysterious cousin (Weisz) believing that she is a murderess, but finds himself falling for her charms.
- It Comes at Night (starring Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo) - horror; a family tries to persevere in their home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world.
Star
John Christopher Depp II
- Born on 9th June 1963 in Kentucky, U.S.
- Is the youngest of four children.
- Parents divorced when he was 15.
- Started playing in bands at a young age, aspiring to be a rock musician, before turning his attention towards acting.
- Made his film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), then became a teen idol during the late 1980s because of his role in the television series 21 Jump Street (1987 - 1990).
- Starred in Tim Burton’s movie Edward Scissorhands in 1990, which started a long association between the actor and director that has since led to several films, including Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and Dark Shadows (2012).
- Has also starred in the successful Pirates of the Caribbean series (2003 - present), as well as other movies including Donnie Brasco (1997), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Blow (2001), Finding Neverland (2004), Public Enemies (2009), and Black Mass (2015).
- Upcoming projects include the films The Invisible Man, Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Sherlock Gnomes (2018), and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2 (2018).
- Has been married twice: to makeup artist Lori Anne Allison (1983 - 1985; divorced) and actress Amber Heard (2015 - 2017; divorced). Was also in a long-term relationship with actress Vanessa Paradis (1998 - 2012); they have two children - daughter Lily-Rose (born 1999) and son John (born 2002).
Also born today: Natalie Portman, Matthew Bellamy, Aaron Sorkin, Michael J. Fox
Spotlight
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Cast: Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kaya Scodelario, Kevin McNally, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg
- Action adventure; Captain Jack Sparrow (Depp) and his allies seek the powerful Trident of Poseidon in order to defeat an old nemesis (Bardem).
- Fifth instalment in the Pirates of the Caribbean series; sequel to 2011’s On Stranger Tides.
- Had a budget of around $230 million; has made $500 million in less than two weeks.
- Has received negative reviews from critics, who found the film convoluted, overcrowded, and incoherent.
- Orlando Bloom and Kiera Knightley returned to the series after not appearing in the previous movie.
- Score composed by Geoff Zanelli.
- Is potentially going to be followed by a sixth film.