Has received mixed to negative reviews, with critics deeming the film fun but otherwise unexceptional.....
Coming Soon
Out this week
* Albums
Hollywood’s Bleeding by Post Malone: The third album by the American rapper; comes after 2018’s Beerbongs & Bentleys; includes the songs ‘Wow’, ‘Goodbyes’ (featuring Young Thug), ‘Circles’, and ‘Sunflower’ (with Swae Lee).
Snacks (Supersize) by Jax Jones: Debut album by the English DJ; features collaborations with artists including Bebe Rexha, Demi Lovato, Jess Glynne, and Years & Years.
Also out this week:This Summer, the second EP by Canadian singer Alessia Cara; English artist Bat for Lashes’ fifth album, Lost Girls; and Free, the eighteenth studio album by American rock singer Iggy Pop.
* Movies
It Chapter Two (starring James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, Jay Ryan, Bill Skarsgård) - horror, sequel to 2017’s It; 27 years after the Losers Club defeated Pennywise (Skarsgård), It returns to terrorize the town again.
Satanic Panic (starring Rebecca Romijn, Hayley Griffith, Jerry O’Connell, Ruby Modine) - horror comedy; a pizza delivery girl fights for her life after realizing she has delivered food to a group of high society Satanists looking for a sacrifice.
Celeb Tweets
Mawra Hocane (@MawraHocane): I have so many answers to some absurd/provocative questions on my timeline but sometimes silence is the best answer for a fool. You know who you are. Sorry I can’t give you attention by giving you a response. Keep trying.
Naimal Khawar Khan (@Naimalkhawarr): First, I am a consenting adult woman capable of making my own decisions and this narrative of ‘saving me’ is nothing short of demeaning my right to choose for myself. ... Second, while I understand that public figures are always subject to criticism even when it’s their personal life choices, please don’t distort facts. I left acting 9 months ago and the decision was entirely mine. Don’t spread false news to sensationalize someone’s special day.
Spotlight
Angel Has Fallen
Cast: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Jada Pinkett Smith, Lance Reddick, Tim Blake Nelson, Piper Perabo, Nick Nolte, Danny Huston
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Tagline: He protected the President. Now he must save himself.
Action; after being framed for the attempted assassination of the president (Freeman), a secret service agent (Butler) must evade the authorities and uncover the real threat.
Is the third film in the Fallen series, following Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016).
Gerard Butler and Morgan Freeman are the only main actors reprising their roles.
Had a budget of $40 million; has made around $52 million in less than two weeks.
Has received mixed to negative reviews, with critics deeming the film fun but otherwise unexceptional.
Score composed by David Buckley.
Star
Idrissa Akuna Elba
Born on 6th September 1972 in London, England.
His father is Sierra Leonean and mother Ghanaian; they moved from Sierra Leone to London.
Shortened his first name to ‘Idris’ at school.
Became interested in acting at a young age.
Attended the National Youth Music Theatre.
Worked as a DJ in his teens.
Got his first notable role in an episode of the British television series Bramwell in 1995.
Got his breakthrough with a main role on the acclaimed American series The Wire (2002 - 2004).
Has since appeared in films including American Gangster (2007), Prometheus (2012), Pacific Rim (2013), Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013), Beasts of No Nation (2015), and Molly’s Game (2017). Also portrays Heimdall in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Upcoming projects include the musical Cats (2019) and the drama Concrete Cowboys (2020).
Has received kickboxing and mixed martial arts training.
Has been married three times: to Hanne N¿rgaard (1999 - 2003; divorced), Sonya Nicole Hamlin (for four months in 2006; annulled), and Sabrina Dhowre (2019 - present). Has a daughter (born 2002) with N¿rgaard and a son (born 2014) from another relationship.
Also born today: Dolores O’Riordan, Saeed Anwar, Macy Gray, William DuVall, Jane Curtin, Swoosie Kurtz
