Pinocchio (starring Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Keegan-Michael Key, Cynthia Erivo, Luke Evans) – musical fantasy, a live-action adaptation of the 1940 animated film...
COMING SOON
Out this week
*Albums
* Yungblud by Yungblud: Third album by the English musician; comes after 2020’s Weird!; includes the singles ‘The Funeral’, ‘Memories’ (with Willow), and ‘Don’t Feel Like Feeling Sad Today’.
*Movies
* Pinocchio (starring Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Keegan-Michael Key, Cynthia Erivo, Luke Evans) – musical fantasy, a live-action adaptation of the 1940 animated film; a wooden puppet (Ainsworth) brought to life by a fairy strives to be a real boy.
* Wire Room (starring Kevin Dillon, Bruce Willis) – action; from the confines of a surveillance room miles away, a federal agent must protect the life of a target who is attacked in his home.
* After Ever Happy (starring Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Josephine Langford) – romantic drama, fourth instalment in the After film series; after the revelation of a shocking truth about their families, a couple discover they are not that different from each other.
SPOTLIGHT
Orphan: First Kill
Cast: Isabelle Fuhrman, Julia Stiles, Hiro Kanagawa, Rossif Sutherland
Director: William Brent Bell
Tagline: There’s always been something wrong with Esther.
* Horror; after escaping from an Estonian psychiatric facility, a girl (Fuhrman) travels to America by impersonating the missing daughter of a wealthy family.
* Is a prequel to the 2009 film Orphan.
* Isabelle Fuhrman reprises her role from the original and is the only cast member from the 2009 movie to return.
* Has received mixed reviews, with criticism aimed at the story but praise for Fuhrman’s performance.
* Score composed by Brett Detar.
* Could potentially be followed by a sequel which is currently in discussion.
Awards
2022 MTV Video Music Awards
Winners:
Video of the Year: Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film
Song of the Year: Billie Eilish – ‘Happier Than Ever’
Artist of the Year: Bad Bunny
Best New Artist: Dove Cameron
Push Performance of The Year: Seventeen – ‘Rock With You’
Best Collaboration: Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow – ‘Industry Baby’
Best Pop: Harry Styles – ‘As It Was’
Best Hip Hop: Nicki Minaj (featuring Lil Baby) – ‘Do We Have a Problem?’
Best R&B: The Weeknd – ‘Out of Time’
Best K-Pop: Lisa – ‘Lalisa’
Best Latin: Anitta – ‘Envolver’
Best Rock: Red Hot Chili Peppers – ‘Black Summer’
Best Alternative: Måneskin – ‘I Wanna Be Your Slave’
Video for Good: Lizzo – ‘About Damn Time’
Group of the Year: BTS
Song of Summer: Jack Harlow – ‘First Class’
Album of the Year: Harry Styles – Harry’s House
Best Longform Video: Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film
Best Direction: Taylor Swift – All Too Well: The Short Film
Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award: Nicki Minaj
Global Icon Award: Red Hot Chili Peppers
For the complete list of nominees and winners, visit mtv.com/vma
