Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
- Boarding House Reach by Jack White: Third solo album by the rock musician; comes after 2014’s Lazaretto; includes the singles ‘Connected by Love’, ‘Respect Commander’, ‘Corporation’, and ‘Over and Over and Over’.
- Staying at Tamara’s by George Ezra: The English singer’s second album, the follow-up to his 2014 debut Wanted on Voyage; led by the single ‘Paradise’.
* Movies
- Pacific Rim Uprising (starring John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian) - action, sequel to Pacific Rim (2013); a new generation of Jaeger pilots fight against a new Kaiju threat.
- Isle of Dogs (starring Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bill Murray) - animation; a boy (Rankin) looks for his dog on a remote island where all the dogs have been quarantined.
- Sherlock Gnomes (starring James McAvoy, Emily Blunt, Johnny Depp, Chiwetel Ejiofor) - animation, sequel to 2011’s Gnomeo & Juliet; Gnomeo (McAvoy) and Juliet (Blunt) recruit Sherlock Gnomes (Depp) and Gnome Watson (Ejiofor) to help investigate a mystery.
Celeb Tweets
- Ali Zafar (AliZafarsays): Google has some answers. Nature has all.
- Shehzad Roy (ShehzadRoy): “The forest was shrinking yet trees kept voting for the AXE because its handle was made of wood and they thought it was one of them.”
- Aamina Sheikh (aaminasheikh): Cake became the 1st Pakistani film to premiere in London at the prestigious Vue West End, Leischester Square. It received so much love that we wept. Re-instilling our faith in our land, our values, our people, our stories & films, presenting Cake to all #30thMarch
Star
Keri Lynn Russell
- Born on 23rd March 1976 in California, U.S.
- Has an older brother, Todd, and a younger sister, Julie.
- Started appearing on Disney Channel’s All-New Mickey Mouse Club (from 1991 to 1994) at age 15, and was part of the cast that included several future actors and singers (like Ryan Gosling, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera).
- Made her film debut in Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992).
- Gained recognition for starring as the lead in the drama Felicity (1998 - 2002).
- Has since appeared in movies including Mission: Impossible III (2006), Waitress (2007), and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014).
- Currently stars in the spy thriller The Americans (2013 - present).
- Was married to carpenter Shane Deary from 2007 till their separation in 2013; they have two children together. Has been in a relationship with her The Americans co-star Matthew Rhys since 2013; they have a son (born in May 2016).
Also born today: Ayesha Curry, Michelle Monaghan, Randall Park, Damon Albarn, Hope Davis, Catherine Keener, Chaka Khan
Spotlight
A Wrinkle in Time
Cast: Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michael Pe–a, Storm Reid, Zach Galifianakis, Chris Pine
Director: Ava DuVernay
Tagline: Be a warrior.
- Fantasy; a young girl (Reid) sets out to find her missing father with the help of three astral beings (Winfrey, Witherspoon, Kaling).
- Based on the 1962 novel by Madeleine L’Engle (which was previously adapted into a 2003 Disney television film).
- Had a budget of $100 million; had made nearly $72 million in around two weeks.
- Has received mixed to negative reviews because of its heavy CGI use and the failings of its plot.
- Is the first live-action film with a nine-digit budget to be directed by a black woman.
- Score composed by Ramin Djawadi. Soundtrack includes songs by artists including Sade, Sia, Kehlani, DJ Khaled, and Demi Lovato.