Bully by Kanye West: Eleventh album by the American rapper, his first new solo studio set since Donda...
COMING SOON
Out this week
Albums
* Bully by Kanye West: Eleventh album by the American rapper, his first new solo studio set since Donda (2021); preceded by the singles ‘Beauty and the Beast’, ‘Preacher Man’, ‘Damn’, ‘Last Breath’, and ‘Losing Your Mind’.
Movies
* Ella McCay (starring Emma Mackey, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Lowden, Woody Harrelson) – political comedy drama; an idealistic woman (Mackey) juggles family issues and work life.
* Goodbye June (starring Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, Kate Winslet, Helen Mirren) – Christmas drama; the lives of four siblings change when their ailing mother (Mirren) takes a turn for the worse.
* Not Without Hope (starring Zachary Levi, Josh Duhamel, JoBeth Williams, Quentin Plair) – survival thriller, based on real events; a fishing boat capsizes, leaving a group of friends stranded at sea.
STARS
Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
Born on 19 December 1980 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Is the son of screenwriter Naomi Foner and film director Stephen Gyllenhaal.
Is a descendant of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family.
Has an older sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Is legally blind and has been wearing corrective lenses since he was a child.
Made his acting debut in the 1991 comedy City Slickers.
Started gaining recognition after starring in the films October Sky (1999) and Donnie Darko (2001), followed by the big budget The Day After Tomorrow (2004).
Earned acclaim for his performance in Brokeback Mountain (2005).
Has since starred in films including Zodiac (2007), Love & Other Drugs (2010), Source Code (2011), Prisoners (2013), Enemy (2013), Nightcrawler (2014), Nocturnal Animals (2016), Wildlife (2018), Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), The Guilty (2021), Ambulance (2022), and Road House (2024), as well as the series Presumed Innocent (2024).
Is the godfather of Matilda Rose Ledger, the daughter of his Brokeback Mountain co-stars Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams.
SPOTLIGHT
Wicked: For Good
Cast: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Bowen Yang, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum
Director: Jon M. Chu
Tagline: You will be changed.
Musical fantasy; Elphaba (Erivo) and Glinda (Grande) must make decisions that will seal their fate.
Sequel to Wicked (2024).
Is the adaptation of the second act of the 2003 stage musical, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel, a reimagining of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
Has grossed over US$400 million on a $150 million budget.
Has received mixed reviews, with
critics praising Erivo and Grande’s performances but finding the film bloated and meandering.
Two new songs – ‘No Place Like Home’ and ‘The Girl in the Bubble’ – were written for the film
Could potentially be followed by something more in the evolving Wicked franchise. Theme park attractions based on the films are also in development.
