Get Rollin’ by Nickelback: Tenth album by the Canadian rock band; follows 2017’s Feed the Machine; includes the singles ‘San Quentin’ and ‘Those Days’....
COMING SOON
Out this week
*Albums
* Get Rollin’ by Nickelback: Tenth album by the Canadian rock band; follows 2017’s Feed the Machine; includes the singles ‘San Quentin’ and ‘Those Days’.
*Movies
* Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (starring Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn) – mystery, sequel to the 2018 film; when someone ends up dead at a tech billionaire’s (Norton) murder mystery party, Detective Benoit Blanc (Craig) must solve the case.
* Disenchanted (starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Idina Menzel) – musical fantasy, sequel to the 2007’s Enchanted; Giselle (Adams) questions her happiness ten years after her “happily ever after”.
* She Said (starring Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson) – biographical drama, based on the investigation that exposed Harvey Weinstein’s abuse and misconduct; journalists work to break the story of the influential film producer’s sexual misconduct allegations.
* Strange World (with the voices of Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White, Gabrielle Union, Lucy Liu) – animated adventure; a legendary family of explorers must set aside their differences and embark on a journey to a mysterious planet.
Black Adam
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo, Sarah Shahi, Marwan Kenzari, Quintessa Swindell, Mohammed Amer, Bodhi Sabongui, Pierce Brosnan
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Tagline: The world needed a hero. It got Black Adam.
* Action; a man (Johnson) bestowed with the powers of the Egyptian gods is freed from his tomb and must save a city from a crime syndicate.
* Is a spin-off from Shazam! (2019) and the eleventh film in the DC Extended Universe.
* Has made around $350 million on a $200 million budget.
* Has received mixed to negative reviews, with criticism aimed at the story and script.
* Score composed by Lorne Balfe.
* Is likely to be followed by a sequel, with plans for Black Adam to fight Superman.
Nasim Pedrad
* Born on 18th November 1981 in Tehran, Iran.
* Has a younger sister, Nina.
* Migrated to the U.S. as a child.
* Graduated from UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television in 2003.
* Gained recognition after joining the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2009; stayed on the show till 2014.
* Has since appeared in comedy series like Mulaney (2014 – 2015), New Girl (2015 – 2018), Scream Queens (2015), People of Earth (2017), and Chad (2021).
* Is fluent in Farsi.
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