COMING SOON
Out this week
Albums
- Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. by Harry Styles: Fourth album by the English singer; follows Harry’s House (2022); led by the single ‘Aperture’; also includes the songs ‘American Girls’, ‘Ready, Steady, Go!’, and ‘Are You Listening Yet?’
Movies
- Hoppers (with the voices of Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco) – animated adventure comedy; an animal lover (Curda) transfers her consciousness into a robotic beaver to communicate with animals and must save their habitat from destruction.
- The Bride! (starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, Penélope Cruz) – Gothic romance, draws inspiration from Bride of Frankenstein (1935); after Frankenstein’s monster (Bale) asks Dr. Euphronius (Bening) to help create a companion, they give life to a murdered woman (Buckley).
- War Machine (starring Alan Ritchson, Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney) – sci-fi action; the final recruits of a special ops boot camp face a deadly force from another world.
AWARDS
32nd Actor Awards
Winners:
Film
- Cast in a Motion Picture: Sinners
- Male Actor in a Leading Role: Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
- Female Actor in a Leading Role: Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
- Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
- Female Actor in a Supporting Role: Amy Madigan – Weapons
- Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Television
- Ensemble in a Drama Series: The Pitt
- Male Actor in a Drama Series: Noah Wyle – The Pitt
- Female Actor in a Drama Series: Keri Russell – The Diplomat
- Ensemble in a Comedy Series: The Studio
- Male Actor in a Comedy Series: Seth Rogen – The Studio
- Female Actor in a Comedy Series: Catherine O’Hara – The Studio
- Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series: Owen Cooper – Adolescence
- Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series: The Last of Us
Special Honor
- Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award: Harrison Ford
SPOTLIGHT
GOAT
Voice cast: Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Aaron Pierre, Nicola Coughlan, David Harbour, Nick Kroll, Stephen Curry, Jenifer Lewis, and Patton Oswalt
Director: Tyree Dillihay
Tagline: You’re never too small to dream big.
- Animated sports comedy; a young goat (McLaughlin) aspires to become the greatest of all time at a basketball-like sport known as roarball.
- Had been in development by 2019.
- Has grossed over US$130 million on an estimated budget of around $80 million.
- Has received positive reviews from critics who praised the visuals but found the story familiar.
- Score composed by Kris Bowers.
