COMING SOON
Out this week
Albums
* Tension II by Kylie Minogue: Seventeenth album by the Australian singer, sequel to last year’s Tension (2023); includes the songs ‘Lights Camera Action’, ‘Edge of Saturday Night’ (with The Blessed Madonna), ‘My Oh My’ (with Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo), ‘Midnight Ride’ (with Orville Peck and Diplo), and ‘Dance Alone’ (with Sia).
STAR
Zachary David Alexander Efron
- Born on 18 October 1987 in California, U.S.
- Has a younger brother, Dylan.
- Started professional acting in the early 2000s.
- Had guest roles on television series before getting his breakthrough after being cast as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical trilogy (2006 – 2008).
- Has since appeared in films including Hairspray (2007), 17 Again (2009), New Year’s Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), The Greatest Showman (2017), Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), and The Iron Claw (2023).
- Has struggled with substance abuse (has been sober since 2013) and mental illnesses.
Movies
- Woman of the Hour (starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson, Tony Hale, Kathryn Gallagher) – crime thriller; based on the life of serial killer Rodney Alcala; in 1978, a serial killer (Zovatto) appears on the television show The Dating Game to win a date with a bachelorette (Kendrick).
- Goodrich (starring Michael Keaton, Mila Kunis, Andie MacDowell, Carmen Ejogo) – comedy; after his second wife leaves him and enters rehab, an art dealer (Keaton) leans on his daughter (Kunis) from his first marriage to raise his young kids.
- Smile 2 (starring Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage) – horror; a pop singer (Scott) begins to experience disturbing events before embarking on a tour.
SPOTLIGHT
Joker: Folie à Deux
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, Zazie Beetz, Steve Coogan, Harry Lawtey, and Leigh Gill
Director: Todd Phillips
Tagline: The world is a stage.
- Psychological thriller; failed comedian Arthur Fleck (Phoenix) falls for Harley Quinn (Gaga) after meeting her while incarcerated at Arkham State Hospital.
- Is the sequel to 2019’s Joker.
- Is the first sequel of Joaquin Phoenix’s career.
- Is the first major DC Comics film to be released under the new DC Elseworlds banner.
- Has made around US$120 million on a $200 million budget.
- Has received negative reviews, with critics finding the movie underwhelming.
- Score composed by Hildur Guðnadóttir.
- Director Todd Phillips has stated that he has no plans to make further DC films and is not interested in making a third Joker film or a Lee spin-off.
