Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- Revival by Eminem: Ninth album by the American rapper; comes after The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013); includes the songs ‘Walk on Water’ (featuring Beyonce), ‘River’ (featuring Ed Sheeran), ‘Like Home’ (featuring Alicia Keys), ‘Bad Husband’ (featuring X Ambassadors), ‘Tragic Endings’ (featuring Skylar Grey), ‘Nowhere Fast’ (featuring Kehlani), and ‘Need Me’ (featuring Pink).
- No_One Ever Really Dies by N.E.R.D: Fifth album by the hip hop group, the follow-up to 2010’s Nothing; includes the songs ‘Lemon’ (with Rihanna), ‘1000’ (with Future), ‘Don’t Don’t Do It!’ (featuring Kendrick Lamar), ‘Kites’ (featuring Kendrick Lamar and M.I.A.), and ‘Lifting You’ (featuring Ed Sheeran).
* Movies
- Star Wars: The Last Jedi (starring Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac) - action, sequel to Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015); secrets from the past resurface as Rey (Ridley) joins Luke (Hamill) on an adventure with Leia (Fisher), Finn (Boyega), and Poe (Isaac).
- Ferdinand (with the voices of John Cena, Kate McKinnon, David Tennant) - animation, based on the children’s book The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson; mistaken for a dangerous beast and captured, a non-violent Spanish Fighting Bull (Cena) joins a team of misfits on his quest to return to his family.
- Beyond Skyline (starring Frank Grillo, Bojana Novakovic, Iko Uwais) - action, sequel to 2010’s Skyline; a detective (Grillo) tries to free his son from an alien warship.
Celeb Tweets
- Conan O’Brien (ConanOBrien): I returned a book to the library today and learned they really prefer it to be a book that was previously checked out of a library.
- Mark Hoppus (markhoppus): You ever wake up in the middle of the night with an idea so utterly profound you write it down before it’s gone, only to wake up and realize it might be far less earth-shattering? My gem from last night: “Soiltude, isn’t.”
- Chris Scott (iamchrisscott): I love that the generation after millennials is called Generation Z like we all kinda know this whole thing is wrapping up soon.
Star
Charlie Thomas Cox
- Born on 15th December 1982 in London, England, UK.
- Has an older brother, Toby, and three older paternal half-siblings.
- Trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
- Got his start in acting with roles in projects like the British legal drama Judge John Deed (2002) and the film dot the i (2013).
- Gained some recognition after starring in the movie Stardust (2007) and appearing in the film The Theory of Everything (2014) and the television series Boardwalk Empire (2011 - 2012) before being cast in his breakthrough role as Matt Murdock in Marvel’s Daredevil (2015 - present) Netflix series.
- Upcoming projects include the film Night in Hatton Garden (2018).
- Has a daughter (born 2016) with his partner, producer Samantha Thomas.
Also born today: Michelle Dockery, Sergio Pizzorno, Adam Brody, Geoff Stults, Helen Slater, Paul Simonon, Dave Clark
Spotlight
Wonder
Cast: Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson, Jacob Tremblay, Mandy Patinkin, Daveed Diggs
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Tagline: You can’t try and blend in, when you were born to stand out.
- Drama; a boy (Tremblay) with a facial deformity tries to fit into a mainstream elementary school.
- Based on the 2012 novel of the same name by R.J. Palacio.
- Had a budget of $20 million; has grossed over $100 million in a month.
- Has received positive reviews; critics found it heart-warming and praised the acting.
- Jacob Tremblay’s sister Emma and father Jason also appear in the film.
- Score composed by Marcelo Zarvos.