THE GREEN ROOM

COMING SOON

Out this week

Albums

* The Romantic by Bruno Mars: Fourth album by the American singer, his first solo album in a decade since 24K Magic (2016); led by the single ‘I Just Might’.

* The Mountain by Gorillaz: Ninth album by the British virtual band; comes after 2023’s Cracker Island; features numerous appearances from musicians and actors, including several posthumous appearances, and includes performances in English, Arabic, Hindi, Spanish, and Yoruba.

* Deadline by Blackpink: The fourth EP by the South Korean girl group; follows 2022’s Born Pink; includes the singles ‘Jump’ and ‘Go’.

Movies

Scream 7 (starring Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Courteney Cox) – slasher horror; Sidney Prescott (Campbell) is forced to face her past when a new Ghostface killer appears and begins to target her daughter.

K-Pops! (starring Anderson .Paak, Jee Young Han, Jonnie “Dumbfoundead” Park, Soul Rasheed) – comedy; a struggling musician (.Paak) tries to capitalize on his long-lost son’s K-pop stardom to revive his own career.

Operation Taco Gary’s (starring Simon Rex, Dustin Milligan, Brenda Song, Jason Biggs, Tony Cavalero) – sci-fi comedy; two brothers (Rex, Milligan) on a cross-country road trip end up becoming involved in a global conspiracy.

In the Blink of an Eye (starring Kate McKinnon, Rashida Jones, Daveed Diggs) – sci-fi drama; three storylines, across thousands of years, interconnect.

AWARDS

79th British Academy Film Awards

Winners:

• Best Film: One Battle After Another
• Outstanding British Film: Hamnet
• Director: Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
• Leading Actor: Robert Aramayo – I Swear
• Leading Actress: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
• Supporting Actor: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
• Supporting Actress: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
• EE Rising Star Award: Robert Aramayo
• Original Screenplay: Sinners
• Adapted Screenplay: One Battle After Another
• Film Not in the English Language: Sentimental Value
• Documentary: Mr. Nobody Against Putin
• Animated Film: Zootropolis 2 (Zootopia 2)
• Children’s & Family Film: Boong
• Sound: F1
• Special Visual Effects: Avatar: Fire and Ash
• Production Design: Frankenstein
• Costume Design: Frankenstein
• Make-Up & Hair: Frankenstein
• Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: My Father’s Shadow – Akinola Davies Jr. & Wale Davies
• British Short Film: This Is Endometriosis
• British Short Animation: Two Black Boys in Paradise
• Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema: Clare Binns
• BAFTA Fellowship: Dame Donna Langley

SPOTLIGHT

Mercy

Cast: Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, and Kylie Rogers

Director: Timur Bekmambetov

Tagline: Prove your innocence to an AI judge or face execution.

• Sci-fi thriller; a detective accused of murdering his wife must prove his innocence to an artificial intelligence judge.
• Has grossed US$53 million against a $60 million budget.
• Has received negative reviews; critics found it tiresome and soulless.
• Its premise and plot elements have been compared to Minority Report (2002) and The Fugitive (1993).
• Chris Pratt suffered an ankle injury on the fourth day of filming.
• Score composed by Ramin Djawadi.