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THE GREEN ROOM

By Sameen Amer
Fri, 09, 24

Mind of a Country Boy by Luke Bryan: Eighth album by the American country music artist; follows 2020’s Born Here....

COMING SOON

Out this week

Albums

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* Mind of a Country Boy by Luke Bryan: Eighth album by the American country music artist; follows 2020’s Born Here Live Here Die Here; includes the singles ‘Country On’ and ‘Love You, Miss You, Mean It’.

Movies

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* The Wild Robot (with the voices of Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Kit Connor, Bill Nighy, Stephanie Hsu, Mark Hamill, Catherine O’Hara) – animated sci-fi adventure; a robot (Nyong’o) is stranded on an uninhabited island after a shipwreck.

* Megalopolis (starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne) – sci-fi drama; an idealist architect (Driver) goes up again a conservative mayor (Esposito) committed to a regressive status quo in New Rome.

* Saturday Night (starring Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien) – biographical comedy drama; based on the true story of what happened in the minutes leading up to the 1975 premier of Saturday Night Live.

* Abruptio (with the voices of James Marsters, Hana Mae Lee, Christopher McDonald, Jordan Peele, Sid Haig, Robert Englund) – adult puppet horror; a man (Marsters) wakes to find an explosive device implanted in his neck and must carry out heinous crimes to stay alive.

AWARDS

76th Primetime Emmy Awards

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Winners:

  • Outstanding Comedy Series: Hacks
  • Drama Series: Shõgun
  • Limited or Anthology Series: Baby Reindeer
  • Reality Competition Program: The Traitors
  • Talk Series: The Daily Show
  • Scripted Variety Series: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
  • Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Jeremy Allen White – The Bear
  • Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Jean Smart – Hacks
  • Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Hiroyuki Sanada – Shõgun
  • Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Anna Sawai – Shõgun
  • Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Richard Gadd – Baby Reindeer
  • Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Jodie Foster – True Detective: Night Country

For the complete list of nominees and winners, visit emmys.com.

SPOTLIGHT

The Killer’s Game

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Cast: Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Terry Crews, Scott Adkins, Marko Zaror, Pom Klementieff, and Ben Kingsley

Director: J. J. Perry

Tagline: Winning is all in the execution.

  • Action comedy; after a hitman (Bautista) is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take a hit out on himself, only to find out that he was misdiagnosed.
  • Based on the 1997 novel of the same name by Jay Bonansinga.
  • Had been in development since the 1990s, with various iterations considered over the years, but all eventually came to a standstill. The current project took shape in 2023.
  • Has grossed around US$4 million on a $30 million budget; has been deemed a box-office bomb.
  • Has received negative reviews from critics who found it tedious and repetitive.
  • Score composed by Roque Baños.