COMIMG SOON
Out this week
Albums
* Everything I Thought It Was by Justin Timberlake: Sixth album by the American singer, his first in six years, following 2018’s Man of the Woods; preceded by the singles ‘Selfish’ and ‘Drown’; also includes the songs ‘Liar’ (featuring Fireboy DML), ‘Sanctified’ (featuring Tobe Nwigwe), and ‘Paradise’ (featuring *NSYNC).
Movies
* Arthur the King (starring Mark Wahlberg, Simu Liu, Juliet Rylance, Nathalie Emmanuel) – adventure, based on Mikael Lindnord’s non-fiction book Arthur – The Dog Who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home (2016); a wounded stray dog befriends and accompanies an adventure racing team on a gruelling endurance race.
* Irish Wish (starring Lindsay Lohan, Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Ayesha Curry) – fantasy romcom; about to serve as a bridesmaid at the wedding of her best friend and the love of her life, a woman (Lohan) makes a wish for true love.
* Knox Goes Away (starring Michael Keaton, Al Pacino, Marcia Gay Harden, James Marsden) – thriller; a contract killer with dementia tries to save the life of his estranged son.
* Road House (starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams) – action; a former mixed martial arts fighter (Gyllenhaal) takes a job as a bouncer at a roadhouse where things are not as they seem.
96th Academy Awards
Winners:
- Best Picture: Oppenheimer
- Director: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
- Actor: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
- Actress: Emma Stone – Poor Things
- Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
- Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
- Animated Feature: The Boy and the Heron
- Documentary Feature Film: 20 Days in Mariupol
- Original Score: Oppenheimer
- Original Song: ‘What Was I Made For?’ from Barbie
- International Feature Film: The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)
For the complete list of nominees and winners, visit abc.com/shows/Oscars.
Dune: Part Two
Starring: Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, Léa Seydoux, Souheila Yacoub, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling, and Javier Bardem
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Tagline: Long live the fighters.
* Sci-fi adventure; Paul Atreides (Chalamet) unites with the Fremen and seeks revenge against the people who destroyed his family.
* Is the second of a two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert, and a sequel to 2021’s Dune.
* Was delayed due to the Hollywood labour disputes of 2023.
* Has grossed over $211 million worldwide against an estimated $190 million budget.
* Has received positive reviews from critics who praised the visual and production elements.
* Stephen McKinley Henderson and Tim Blake Nelson filmed scenes for the movie that were ultimately not included in the final cut.
* Score composed by Hans Zimmer.