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THE GREEN ROOM

By Sameen Amer
Fri, 09, 24

Postcards from Texas by Miranda Lambert: Tenth album by the American country music singer; follows 2022’s Palomino...

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Albums

THE GREEN ROOM

Postcards from Texas by Miranda Lambert: Tenth album by the American country music singer; follows 2022’s Palomino; led by the single ‘Wranglers’; also includes the song ‘Santa Fe’ (featuring Parker McCollum).

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Lili Reinhart, Alice Merton, Niall Horan, Ben Savage, Swizz Beatz, Fiona Apple, Tyler Perry, and Jean Smart.

Movies

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Uglies (starring Joey King, Keith Powers, Brianne Tju, Chase Stokes, Laverne Cox) – sci-fi action, based on the young adult novel by Scott Westerfeld; a teenager (King) rebels against a society in which cosmetic surgery makes everyone pretty.

Speak No Evil (starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi) – psychological thriller; a family is invited to a weekend at an idyllic country house, but the vacation soon become a psychological nightmare.

The Killer’s Game (starring Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Pom Klementieff, Ben Kingsley) – action comedy, based on the 1997 Jay Bonansinga novel; an assassin fends off a hit he placed on himself, after finding out that the terminal medical diagnosis he received was incorrect.

The 4:30 Movie (starring Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup, Siena Agudong, Ken Jeong) – coming-of-age comedy; based on director Kevin Smith’s experiences sneaking into movie theatres as a teenager.

Subservience (starring Megan Fox, Michele Morrone, Madeline Zima) – sci-fi thriller; an artificially intelligent robot (Fox) gains sentience and becomes hostile.

SPOTLIGHT

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Blink Twice

Cast: Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Kyle MacLachlan, Geena Davis, and Alia Shawkat

Director: Zoë Kravitz

Tagline: Are you having a good time?

  • Psychological thriller; a cocktail waitress (Ackie) is invited by a billionaire tech mogul (Tatum) on a dream vacation on his private island, but things start to go wrong.
  • Marks actress Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut; is based on a script she wrote with E.T. Feigenbaum. Stars her fiancé Channing Tatum.
  • Has grossed over US$32 million off a $20 million budget.
  • Has received positive reviews from critics who found the film effective.
  • Score composed by Chanda Dancy.