Had been in production since 2012 with Tom Cruise originally attached to star....
COMING SOON
Out this week
*Albums
* Mainstream Sellout by Machine Gun Kelly: The American musician’s sixth album, his second collaborative project with drummer Travis Barker, following 2020’s Tickets to My Downfall; includes the singles ‘Papercuts’, ‘Emo Girl’ (featuring Willow), ‘Ay!’ (featuring Lil Wayne), and ‘Maybe’ (featuring Bring Me the Horizon).
*Movies
* The Lost City (starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Da’Vine Joy Randolph) – romantic adventure comedy; a dissatisfied romance novelist (Bullock) on a book tour with her cover model (Tatum) ends up on a jungle adventure after getting kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire (Radcliffe).
* Everything Everywhere All at Once (starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong) – sci-fi action comedy; an aging Chinese immigrant (Yeoh) must save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led.
* Moonshot (starring Cole Sprouse, Lana Condor, Mason Gooding, Emily Rudd) – sci-fi rom-com; after illegally sneaking onto a space shuttle to a colonized Mars, a barista (Sprouse) meets a woman (Condor) who is going after her boyfriend who has moved to the red planet.
STAR
Jenny Sarah Slate
* Born on 25th March 1982, in Milton, Massachusetts.
* Is a middle child. Has an older sister, Abigail, and younger sister, Stacey.
* Studied literature at Columbia University; joined the Varsity Show where she met Gabe Liedman who became her future comedy partner in the duo Gabe and Jenny.
* Had a short-lived stint on Saturday Night Live from 2009 to 2010.
* Has since appeared in the television series Parks and Recreation (2013 – 2015), House of Lies (2013 – 2015), Kroll Show (2013 – 2015), and the films Obvious Child (2014), Gifted (2017), and I Want You Back (2022).
* Has been married twice: to filmmaker Dean Fleischer-Camp (2012 – 2016; divorced) with whom she created the Marcel the Shell with Shoes On series, and art curator Ben Shattuck (2021 – present) with whom she has a daughter.
SPOTLIGHT
The Adam Project
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, Zoe Saldaña
Director: Shawn Levy
Tagline: Past meets future.
* Sci-fi adventure; a pilot from the future (Reynolds) goes back in time to find the truth about his wife’s (Saldaña) disappearance and encounters his younger self (Scobell).
* Had been in production since 2012 with Tom Cruise originally attached to star.
* Had a $116 million budget.
* Has received mixed reviews from critics who thought it was unoriginal but charming.
* Is the second collaboration between director Shawn Levy and actor Ryan Reynolds who previously worked together on Free Guy (2021) and will team up next for Deadpool 3.
* Score composed by Rob Simonsen.
