Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter: Sixth album by the American singer; follows Emails I Can’t Send (2022); preceded by the singles ‘Espresso’ and ‘Please Please Please’....
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Albums
* Short n’ Sweet by Sabrina Carpenter: Sixth album by the American singer; follows Emails I Can’t Send (2022); preceded by the singles ‘Espresso’ and ‘Please Please Please’.
Movies
* Blink Twice (starring Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, Geena Davis) – psychological thriller; a cocktail waitress (Ackie) joins a billionaire tech mogul (Tatum) on a dream vacation on his private island, but things start to go wrong.
* The Crow (starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA Twigs, Danny Huston) – action thriller, reboot of the series and reimagining of the 1994 classic; a murdered musician (Skarsgård) is resurrected to avenge the brutal murder of himself and his fiancée (Twigs) and save the latter.
* Greedy People (starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Himesh Patel, Lily James, Tim Blake Nelson) – comedy mystery; two cops (Gordon-Levitt and Patel) in a small island town discover a large sum of money at a murder scene of their own making.
Most successful films ever
Highest-grossing films of all time
1. Avatar (2009) – US$2.923 billion
2. Avengers: Endgame (2019) – $2.797 billion
3. Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
– $2.320 billion
4. Titanic (1997) – $2.257 billion
5. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
– $2.068 billion
6. Avengers:
Infinity War (2018)
– $2.048 billion
7. Spider-Man:
No Way Home (2021)
– $1.922 billion
8. Jurassic World (2015)
– $1.671 billion
9. The Lion King (2019)
– $1.656 billion
10. Inside Out 2 (2024) – $1.597 billion
Highest-grossing films adjusted for inflation (as of 2022)
1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
– US$4.341 billion
2. Avatar (2009) – $3.957 billion
3. Titanic (1997) – $3.677 billion
4. Star Wars (1977) – $3.563 billion
5. Avengers: Endgame (2019) – $3.275 billion
6. The Sound of Music (1965) – $2.984 billion
7. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) – $2.917 billion
8. The Ten Commandments (1956) – $2.758 billion
9. Doctor Zhivago (1965) – $2.615 billion
10. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
– $2.577 billion
Deadpool & Wolverine
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Aaron Stanford, and Matthew Macfadyen
Director: Shawn Levy
Tagline: Everyone deserves a happy ending.
Action comedy; Deadpool (Reynolds) recruits a variant of Wolverine (Jackman) to save his universe from being destroyed by the Time Variance Authority.
Is the 34th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018).
Is the sole MCU film being released in 2024, after Captain America: Brave New World and Blade were both delayed to 2025 due to reshoots and the strikes.
Is the first R-rated MCU film.
Has grossed over US$1.08 billion on a $200 million budget.
Has received mixed to positive reviews, with criticism aimed at the thin plot but praise for the cast and entertainment value.
Score composed by Rob Simonsen.
