THE GREEN ROOM

By Sameen Amer

02 September, 2022

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.

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