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Movies

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 (starring Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Theodus Crane, Matthew Lillard) – supernatural horror, based on the video game series, sequel to the 2023 film adaptation; a girl (Rubio) sneaks out to reconnect with her animatronic friends, leading to events that reveal the origins of Freddy’s and unleash a long-forgotten horror.

Merrily We Roll Along (starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff, Lindsay Mendez) – musical, filmed version of the Broadway production; follows the turbulent relationship between a composer and his two lifelong friends, spanning three decades.

Fackham Hall (starring Damian Lewis, Thomasin McKenzie, Ben Radcliffe, Katherine Waterston, Tom Felton, Jimmy Carr) – period parody; a loveable pickpocket (Radcliffe) gets a job at an English manor and falls for the lady-of-the-house (McKenzie).

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (with the voices of Aaron D. Harris, Chris Diamantopoulos, Erica Cerra, Hunter Dillon) – comedy, adaptation of the third book in the series; Greg (Harris) must avoid ending up at military school and also impress Holly Hills at an upcoming talent show.

AWARDS

53rd International Emmy Awards

Winners:

• Drama Series: Rivals (United Kingdom)
• Comedy Series: Ludwig (United Kingdom)
• Performance by an Actor: Oriol Pla – I, Addict (Spain)
• Performance by an Actress: Anna Maxwell Martin – Until I Kill You (United Kingdom)
• TV Movie/Mini-Series: Lost Boys and Fairies (United Kingdom)
• Telenovela: The Good & The Bad (Turkey)
• Arts Programming: Ryuichi Sakamoto: Last Days (Japan)
• Documentary: Hell Jumper (United Kingdom)
• Short-Form Series: The Mediator (Canada)
• Non-Scripted Entertainment: Shaolin Heroes (Denmark)
• News: Gaza, Search for Life (Qatar)
• Current Affairs: Dispatches: ‘Kill Zone: Inside Gaza’ (United Kingdom)
• Sports Documentary: It’s All Over: The Kiss That Changed Spanish Football (Spain)
• Kids: Animation: Bluey (Australia)
• Kids: Factual: On Fritzi’s Traces – What Was It Like in the GDR? (Germany)
• Kids: Live-Action: Fallen (United Kingdom)

SPOTLIGHT

Jay Kelly

Cast: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, and Billy Crudup

Director: Noah Baumbach 

• Comedy drama; a famous actor (Clooney) confronts his past and present while travelling through Europe with his devoted manager (Sandler).
• Was co-written by Emily Mortimer, marking her first feature-film screenwriting credit.
• Was given a theatrical release before its streaming release on Netflix.
• Has received positive reviews; critics praised Clooney and Sandler’s performances as well as the star-studded supporting cast, although some found the film self-indulgent and lacking depth.
• Greta Gerwig appears in the movie, making this her sixth film collaboration with her husband Noah Baumbach.
• Score composed by Nicholas Britell.