Coming Soon
Out this week
Albums
- By the Way, I Forgive You by Brandi Carlile: The American folk pop singer’s sixth album; comes after The Firewatcher’s Daughter; led by the single “The Joke”, and includes the songs “Hold Out Your Hand”, “Whatever You Do”, and “Most of All”.
* Movies
- Black Panther (starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis) - action, eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; King T’Challa (Boseman) finds his sovereignty challenged when a long-time adversary conspires to bring down his kingdom in a conflict that has global consequences.
- Early Man (with the voices of Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Maisie Williams, Timothy Spall) - animation; a young caveman (Redmayne) must unite his tribe, who have been driven out of their valley, to face off against a mighty enemy (Hiddleston) and save their home.
- Monster Family (with the voices of Emily Watson, Nick Frost, Jessica Brown Findlay, Jason Isaacs) - animation, based on David Safier’s children’s book; a family’s fun night out takes a strange turn after an evil witch’s curse turns them all into monsters.
- Nostalgia (starring Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman, Amber Tamblyn, Patton Oswalt, Catherine Keener) - drama; follows the lives of people connected through loss.
Celeb Tweets
- Dave Pell (davepell): Most Olympic athletes represent their country. The person who yells at the person with the broom in curling represents all humans.
- Julius Sharpe (juliussharpe): If your music is being used for a figure skating routine, you need to take a long, hard look at yourself.
Spotlight
The Commuter
Cast: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Neill
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Tagline: Lives are on the line.
- Action; on his daily commute home, an insurance salesman (Neeson) unwittingly gets caught up in a deadly criminal conspiracy.
- Had a $30 million budget; has made around $92 million in a month.
- Has received mixed reviews by critics, who found it unoriginal but somewhat thrilling and praised Neeson’s performance.
- Is the fourth collaboration between Collet-Serra and Neeson, following Unknown (2011), Non-Stop (2014), and Run All Night (2015).
- Score composed by Roque Ba–os.
Star
Elizabeth Chase Olsen
- Born on 16th February 1989 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
- Is the younger sister of twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; also has an older brother, Trent.
- Parents divorced in 1996.
- Took ballet and singing lessons at a young age.
- Started appearing in her sisters’ projects - including the straight-to-video series The Adventures of Mary-Kate & Ashley (1994 - 1996) - as a child.
- Attended New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and the Atlantic Theater Company.
- Got her breakthrough role as an adult in Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011).
- Gained fame after being cast as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch in the Marvel Cinematic Universe; has appeared in the films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Captain America: Civil War (2016), and is set to reprise her role in Avengers: Infinity War (2018).
- Has also starred in the movies Godzilla (2014), Ingrid Goes West (2017), and Wind River (2017).
- Enjoys playing volleyball.
Also born today: Lupe Fiasco, Mahershala Ali, Sarah Clarke, Christopher Eccleston, Ice-T, James Ingram