COMING SOON
Out this week
* Charlie by Charlie Puth: Third album by the American singer; comes after 2018’s Voicenotes; includes the singles ‘Light Switch’, ‘That’s Hilarious’, ‘Left and Right’ (featuring Jungkook), ‘Smells Like Me’, ‘I Don’t Think That I Like Her’, and ‘Charlie Be Quiet!’.
* Amsterdam (starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington) – period mystery comedy, based on the 1933 Business Plot political controversy; a doctor (Bale), a nurse (Robbie), and a lawyer (Washington) become the prime suspects in the murder of a U.S. senator.
* Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (starring Shawn Mendes, Javier Bardem, Constance Wu, Winslow Fegley) – musical comedy; a boy (Fegley) discovers a singing crocodile (Mendes) living in the attic of his new home.
* Tár (starring Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss) – psychological drama; follows the journey of one of the greatest living composer/conductors.
* Hellraiser (starring Odessa A’zion, Jamie Clayton, Brandon Flynn) – horror, reboot of and eleventh instalment in the franchise; a young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that it summons sadistic supernatural beings.
Lou
Cast: Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Ridley Bateman, Matt Craven
Director: Anna Foerster
* Action thriller; an aging woman (Janney) pursues a man (Marshall-Green) who has kidnapped her neighbour’s (Smollett) daughter.
* Was filmed in Vancouver, Canada.
* Has received mixed reviews, with critics praising the performances by Janney and Smollett but finding the plot derivative.
* Score composed by Nima Fakhrara.
Lewis Marc Capaldi
* Born on 7th October 1996 in Glasgow, Scotland.
* Is the youngest of four children.
* Learned to play guitar when he was nine.
* Released his debut extended play, Bloom, in 2017.
* Gained recognition with his breakthrough single ‘Someone You Loved’ in 2019.
* Has release one album, Divinely Uninspired to a Hellish Extent (2019), and is working on his sophomore record which is expected to come out this year.
* Is a cousin of actor Peter Capaldi.
* Has Tourette’s syndrome.
* Michael Warburton (@MichaelWarbur17): Hedy Lamarr escaped from her Nazi husband by disguising herself as her own maid, became a top actress in Hollywood, then co-developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes, the principles of which are incorporated into today’s Bluetooth and GPS technology.
What a gal.
* Conan O’Brien (@ConanOBrien): Congratulations, @RogerFederer, on an incredible 24 year run. You’re now ready for podcasting.