Heart of Stone (starring Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sophie Okonedo) – action thriller; an intelligence agent (Gadot) must keep a dangerous object from falling into enemy hands...
COMIMG SOON
Out this week
Movies
* The Last Voyage of the Demeter (starring Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, David Dastmalchian) – supernatural horror, adaptation of ‘The Captain’s Log’ chapter from Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel Dracula; the crew of a merchant ship attempt to survive a treacherous ocean voyage while being stalked by a vampire.
* Heart of Stone (starring Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sophie Okonedo) – action thriller; an intelligence agent (Gadot) must keep a dangerous object from falling into enemy hands.
* Jules (starring Ben Kingsley, Jane Curtin, Harriet Sansom Harris) – sci-fi comedy; a man’s (Kingsley) day is upended when a UFO crash lands in his backyard.
STAR
Christopher Hemsworth
* Born on 11 August 1983 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
* Is the second of three siblings; older brother Luke and younger brother Liam are also actors.
* Rose to prominence for appearing in the soap opera Home and Away (2004 – 2007) before earning global recognition for portraying Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2011 – present).
* Has also appeared in films including Star Trek (2009), The Cabin in the Woods (2012), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), Rush (2013), The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016), Ghostbusters (2016), Men in Black: International (2019), Extraction (2020), and Extraction II (2023).
* Upcoming projects include the films Furiosa (2024) and Transformers One (2024).
* Has been married to Spanish actress Elsa Pataky since 2010; they have three children, a daughter (born in 2012) and twin sons (born 2014).
SPOTLIGHT
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Cast: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon, Hannibal Buress, Rose Byrne, John Cena, Jackie Chan, Ice Cube, Natasia Demetriou, Ayo Edebiri, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, and Maya Rudolph
Director: Jeff Rowe
Tagline: Heroes aren’t born. They’re mutated.
* Animated action; the Turtles face an army of mutants as they go on the hunt for a mysterious crime syndicate.
* Is the seventh theatrical Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film and a reboot of the series.
* Had a budget of $70 million; has grossed around $52 million in its first few days of release.
* Has received positive reviews from critics with praise aimed at its style, animation, script, and humour.
* The voices of the four turtles were performed by teenagers for the first time in the franchise’s history.
* Unlike most animated films, the cast recorded their voice roles together in groups rather than separately.
* Score composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
* Will be followed by a sequel and an animated television series.
