COMING SOON
Out this week
* Liam Gallagher John Squire by Liam Gallagher and John Squire: Collaborative album by the former Oasis singer and the former Stone Roses guitarist; preceded by the singles ‘Just Another Rainbow’ and ‘Mars to Liverpool’.
* Dune: Part Two (starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista) – sci-fi epic, the second of a two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel; Paul Atreides (Chalamet) unites with the Fremen and seeks revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
* Spaceman (starring Adam Sandler, Paul Dano, Carey Mulligan, Kunal Nayyar) – sci-fi drama, based on Jaroslav Kalfa ’s 2017 novel Spaceman of Bohemia; with his earthly life falling apart, an astronaut (Sandler) on a mission on the edge of the solar system finds help from the voice of an ancient creature (Dano) lurking in the shadows of his ship.
* Megamind vs. the Doom Syndicate (with the voices of Keith Ferguson, Laura Post, Josh Brener) – superhero comedy, sequel to 2010’s Megamind; now Metro City’s defender, Megamind (Ferguson) assembles a new team to stop his former evil teammates.
77th British Academy Film Awards
Winners:
Best film: Oppenheimer
Director: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Actor in a leading role: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Actress in a leading role: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Actor in a supporting role: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Actress in a supporting role: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Animated film: The Boy and the Heron
Documentary: 20 Days in Mariupol
Film not in the English language: The Zone of Interest
Outstanding British film: The Zone of Interest
BAFTA rising star award: Mia McKenna-Bruce
For the complete list of winners, visit bafta.org.
This Is Me...Now: A Love Story
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Jane Fonda, Fat Joe, Kim Petras, Keke Palmer, Post Malone, Sofía Vergara, Jenifer Lewis, Jay Shetty, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sadhguru, Derek Hough, and Ben Affleck
Director: Dave Meyers
* Romantic drama musical; a woman (Lopez) goes through several relationships as she tries and fails in her attempt to find love.
* Is stylized around a fictional narrative loosely based on Jennifer Lopez’s marriage to Ben Affleck.
* Is a companion to JLo’s ninth album, This Is Me... Now, and one component of a three-part multimedia project that includes the album as well as a documentary, titled The Greatest Love Story Never Told, about the making of the album and this film.
* Was self-funded, alongside the other components, by JLo herself, with a budget of around $20 million.
* Has received mixed to positive reviews, with critics finding it bizarre but enjoyable.
