COMING SOON
Out this week
Albums
* Frozen Charlotte by Jack White: Seventh album by the American rock musician; comes after 2024’s No Name; preceded by the singles ‘G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs’, “Derecho Demonico’, and ‘Dollar Bill’.
* Fire from the Hip by Finn Wolfhard: Second album by the Stranger Things actor; follows his 2025 debut Happy Birthday; includes the singles ‘I’ll Let You Finish’ and ‘Tunnels’.
Movies
- Moana (starring Catherine Laga’aia, Dwayne Johnson, Rena Owen, John Tui, Frankie Adams, Jemaine Clement) – musical adventure, live-action adaptation of the 2016 film; the daughter of a village chief (Laga’aia) is chosen by the ocean to undertake a voyage and recover the well-being of her community.
- Evil Dead Burn (starring Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand) – supernatural horror, sixth instalment in the film series; after losing her husband, a woman (Yacoub) seeks solace with her in-laws, only to find them transforming into deadites.
- Descendants: Wicked Wonderland (starring Kylie Cantrall, Malia Baker, Leonardo Nam, Liamani Segura) – musical teen fantasy, fifth instalment in the Descendants franchise; as Wonderland hosts the Kingdom Cup Games, Red (Cantrall) and Chloe Charming (Baker) fight to save everyone from an unexpected villain.
STAR
Perrie Louise Edwards
- Born on 10 July 1993 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England.
- Has an older brother, Jonnie.
- Parents divorced when she was a child.
- Was named after Steve Perry from the band Journey.
- Was born with oesophageal atresia because of which she had to undergo several operations at a young age.
- Auditioned for The X Factor in 2011 when she was 17. Was eventually placed in a four-piece group, Little Mix, that went on to win the show.
- Earned recognition and success as a member of Little Mix, releasing six albums with the group before they went on an indefinite hiatus.
- Released her debut solo album, Perrie, in 2025.
- Was engaged to fellow The X Factor alum Zayn Malik from 2013 to the end of their relationship in 2015.
- Married footballer Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain in June 2026. They have two children together.
SPOTLIGHT
Supergirl
Cast: Milly Alcock, Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, David Corenswet, and Jason Momoa
Director: Craig Gillespie
- Action adventure; Zara Zor-El (Alcock) goes on an interstellar journey of vengeance with an unlikely companion.
- Is the second film in the DC Universe (DCU).
- Is an adaptation of the comic book miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow (2021 – 2022).
- Has grossed over US$100 million against a
- production budget of around US$180 million, struggling at the box office
- Has received mixed to negative reviews by critics who found it shallow and flat.
- Sasha Calle had signed a multi-picture deal to reprise her Supergirl role from The Flash (2023) before creative changes led to the revamp of the franchise. Milly Alcock became the third actress to portray the character in film (after Calle and Helen Slater).
- Score composed by Claudia Sarne. Originally Ramin Djawadi had been revealed to be composing the film’s music.
- Supergirl is set to return in the Superman follow-up film Man of Tomorrow (2027).
