COMING SOON
Out this week
* Albums
- Father of All ... by Green Day: Thirteenth album by the rock band; comes after Revolution Radio (2016); includes the singles ‘Fire, Ready, Aim’ and ‘Oh Yeah!’.
- Perdida by Stone Temple Pilots: Eighth album by the rock band, their second with Jeff Gutt as lead singer; includes the single ‘Fare Thee Well’.
* Movies
- Birds of Prey (starring Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Rosie Perez) - action, eighth film in the DC Extended Universe; after breaking up with the Joker, Harley Quinn (Robbie) joins forces with other superheroines to save a young girl from a crime lord.
- The Lodge (starring Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage) - horror thriller; a woman (Keough) is snowed in with her fiance’s two children at a remote cabin when strange things start happening.
- Horse Girl (starring Alison Brie, Debby Ryan, John Paul Reynolds, Molly Shannon) - drama; a woman (Brie) finds her lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.
STARS
Born today: Ashton Kutcher, Wes Borland, Robyn Lively, Chris Rock, Eddie Izzard, David Bryan, Garth Brooks, James Spader, Robert Smigel, Pete Postlethwaite
Celeb Tweets
- Matt Braunger (@Braunger): Brad Pitt’s current energy is the new-in-town single dad showing up to the PTA meeting in a romance novel.
- Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome): In light of the Super Bowl, a shout out to all the hard-working regular bowls out there. Our cereal would be IMPOSSIBLE to eat without them!
Awards
73rd British Academy Film Awards
Winners:
- Best Film: 1917
- Director: Sam Mendes - 1917
- Sound: 1917
- Special Visual Effects: 1917
- Production Design: 1917
- Casting: Joker
- Original Score: Joker - Hildur Guðnadóttir
- Actor: Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
- Actress: Renee Zellweger - Judy
- Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Supporting Actress: Laura Dern - Marriage Story
- Documentary: For Sama
- Animated Film: Klaus
- Film Not in the English Language: Parasite
- Original Screenplay: Parasite
- Adapted Screenplay: Jojo Rabbit
For the complete list of winners, visit: bafta.org
Spotlight
Bad Boys for Life
Cast: Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Paola Nœ–ez, Kate del Castillo, Nicky Jam, Joe Pantoliano
Directors: Adil & Bilall
Tagline: Ride together. Die together.
- Action comedy; Marcus (Lawrence) and Mike (Smith) reunite to take down the vicious leader of a drug cartel.
- Is the third film in the Bad Boys franchise, and the sequel to Bad Boys II (2003). Has been released 25 years after the first film in the series, Bad Boys (1995).
- Is the first Bad Boys film not to be directed by Michael Bay.
- Went through several attempts at development over a decade.
- Has grossed around $290 million on a $90 million budget.
- Has been getting mixed to positive reviews, receiving praise for the leads’ acting and chemistry despite a predictable story and worn-out style.
- Score composed by Lorne Balfe. Soundtrack includes the singles ‘Ritmo (Bad Boys for Life)’ by The Black Eyed Peas and J Balvin and ‘Muevelo’ by Nicky Jam & Daddy Yankee.
