Third album by the English singer; comes after 2018’s Phoenix; preceded by the singles ‘You Only Love Me’ and ‘Praising You’ (featuring Fatboy Slim)...
COMING SOON
Out this week
Albums
* You & I by Rita Ora: Third album by the English singer; comes after 2018’s Phoenix; preceded by the singles ‘You Only Love Me’ and ‘Praising You’ (featuring Fatboy Slim).
Movies
* Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (starring Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson) – action, seventh instalment in the film series; Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team must track down a terrifying weapon that threatens all of humanity.
* Theater Camp (starring Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Noah Galvin, Jimmy Tatro) – comedy; the eccentric staff of a struggling theatre camp must figure out how to keep the camp afloat.
STAR
Phoebe Waller-Bridge
* Born on 14th July 1985 in Hammersmith, London, England.* Has a birth mark on the left side of her forehead.
* Has two siblings: older sister Isobel and younger brother Jasper.
* Parents are divorced.
* Graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
* Began her performing career in theatre.
* Wrote and starred in the one-woman show Fleabag which premiered in 2013.
* Appeared in TV series including The Café (2011–2013) and Broadchurch (2015) before creating the comedy series Crashing (2016), turning Fleabag (2016–2019) into a television series, and serving as a showrunner-writer for Killing Eve (2018–2022) which was the adaptation of Luke Jennings’ Villanelle novels.
* Has since co-written the screenplay for the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021) and starred in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023).
* Upcoming projects include a voice role in the fantasy comedy IF (2024).
* Married author and broadcaster Conor Woodman in 2014 but they parted ways in 2017. Has been in a relationship with writer-director Martin McDonagh since 2018.
SPOTLIGHT
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Cast: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Toby Jones, Boyd Holbrook, and Mads Mikkelsen
Director: James Mangold
Tagline: A legend will face his destiny.
* Action adventure; Indiana Jones’ goddaughter (Waller-Bridge) drags her archaeologist godfather (Ford) into the mission of retrieving a legendary artifact that can cause havoc if it lands in the wrong hands.
* Is the fifth and final instalment in the Indiana Jones film series. Is the sequel to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008).
* Is the only film in the series that is not directed by Steven Spielberg (who was set to direct the movie but stepped down in 2020) or written by George Lucas.
* Had an estimated production budget of $295 million, making it one of the most expensive films ever made.
* Has received mixed reviews from critics who found it serviceable but uninspired.
* Score composed by John Williams.
* Is the last film in the franchise and Harrison Ford’s final in the titular part; the role will not be recast.
