Coming Soon
Out this week
* Movies
- Insidious: The Last Key (starring Lin Shaye, Angus Sampson, Leigh Whannell) - horror, fourth instalment in the Insidious franchise; Elise Rainier (Shaye) investigates the supernatural disturbances at a house where she used to live in her youth.
- The Strange Ones (starring Alex Pettyfer, James Freedson-Jackson, Emily Althaus) - drama; mysterious events occur around two travellers as they make their way across a remote region.
- Stratton (starring Dominic Cooper, Austin Stowell, Gemma Chan) - action; a British Special Boat Service operator (Cooper) tracks down an international terrorist cell.
- Phantom Thread (starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps) - a fastidious dressmaker (Day-Lewis) falls for a young, strong-willed woman (Krieps).
- Molly’s Game (starring Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera) - biographical drama, based on Molly Bloom’s memoir; a woman (Chastain) who runs an exclusive underground poker empire for celebrities and tycoons becomes the target of an FBI investigation.
Celeb Tweets
- Rainn Wilson (rainnwilson): I wish there was a top ten list of all the end of the year top ten lists.
- Albert Brooks (AlbertBrooks): “I’m going to miss 2017” said no sane person anywhere.
- Conan O’Brien (ConanOBrien): After what happened to 2017, 2018 is refusing to come out of its room.
- Ricky Gervais (rickygervais): Happy New Year. Let’s hope that integrity, honour, and kindness come back into fashion in 2018.
Star
Bradley Charles Cooper
- Born on 5th January 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Has an older sister, Holly.
- Was inspired to become an actor after watching The Elephant Man (1980) at a young age.
- Received a Master of Fine Arts degree in acting from the Actors Studio Drama School at The New School in 2000.
- Made his film debut in Wet Hot American Summer (2001) before gaining some recognition for his supporting role in the television series Alias (2001 - 2006).
- Got his breakthrough role in the movie The Hangover (2009) and its sequels The Hangover Part II (2011) and The Hangover Part III (2013).
- Has since starred in films including Limitless (2011), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), American Hustle (2013), American Sniper (2014), Aloha (2015), and Joy (2015), as well as voiced the character Rocket in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
- Upcoming projects include the films A Star Is Born (2018).
- Was married to actress Jennifer Esposito in 2006 before their divorce in 2007. Has been in a relationship with model Irina Shayk since 2015; they have a daughter together (born in 2017).
- Speaks French fluently.
Also born today: Deepika Padukone, January Jones, Marilyn Manson, Vinnie Jones
Spotlight
Coco
Voice cast: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garc’a Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Renee Victor, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Edward James Olmos
Director: Lee Unkrich
Tagline: The celebration of a lifetime.
- Animation; a boy (Gonzalez) who aspires to be a musician despite his family’s ban on music gets transported to the land of the dead where he must seeks the help of his deceased family members to return to the land of the living.
- Had a budget of $175 million; has made $500 million in a month.
- Is the first film with a nine-digit budget to feature an all-Latino cast.
- Has received critical acclaim, with praise for its touching story and affecting approach towards various issues about family and death.
- Shares some similarities with the 2014 animated film The Book of Life.
- Score composed by Michael Giacchino. Features the song ‘Remember Me’ written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (who also co-wrote the songs for Frozen (2013)).