THE GREEN ROOM

COMING SOON

Out this week

Albums

* Not Normal by Cara Delevingne: Debut album by the English model; preceded by the songs ‘I Forgot’, ‘Out of My Head’, ‘Need It’, and ‘Crazy, Baby’.

Movies

* Heart of the Beast (starring Brad Pitt, J. K. Simmons, Anna Lambe) – survival thriller; a Special Forces officer (Pitt) and his retired combat dog fight to survive after a plane crash leaves them stranded in the wilderness.

* Primetime (starring Robert Pattinson, Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, Phoebe Bridgers) – crime thriller; follows the production of the reality television series To Catch a Predator as host Chris Hansen (Pattinson) sets out to make TV history.

* Forgotten Island (starring H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco, Jenny Slate, Manny Jacinto) – animated fantasy comedy; in 1990s Philippines, two childhood friends (H.E.R and Soberano) become trapped in a mystical world that feeds on memories.

* Unabomber (starring Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe, Shailene Woodley, Annabelle Wallis) – crime drama; a Harvard student (Tremblay) becomes a domestic terrorist after psychological experiments and is pursued by an FBI agent (Woodley) years later.

AWARDS

78th Primetime Emmy Awards

Winners:

• Drama Series: The Pitt
• Comedy Series: Widow’s Bay
• Lead Actor in a Drama Series: Noah Wyle - The Pitt
• Lead Actress in a Drama Series: Rhea Seehorn - Pluribus
• Lead Actor in a Comedy Series: Matthew Rhys - Widow’s Bay
• Lead Actress in a Comedy Series: Jean Smart - Hacks
• Limited or Anthology Series: DTF St. Louis
• Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Matthew Rhys - The Beast in Me
• Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie: Sally Field - Remarkably Bright Creatures
• Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Tom Pelphrey - Task
• Supporting Actress in a Drama Series: Allison Janney - The Diplomat
• Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Stephen Root - Widow’s Bay
• Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Kate O’Flynn - Widow’s Bay
• Reality Competition Program: The Traitors
• Variety Series: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
• Directing for a Drama Series: Saul Metzstein - Slow Horses
• Directing for a Comedy Series: Hiro Murai - Widow’s Bay
• Writing for a Drama Series: Vince Gilligan - Pluribus
• Writing for a Comedy Series: Katie Dippold - Widow’s Bay

SPOTLIGHT

Practical Magic 2

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Joey King, Lee Pace, Maisie Williams, Xolo Maridueña, Solly McLeod, Stockard Channing, Dianne Wiest

Director: Susanne Bier

Tagline: Everything you’ve witched for.

• Romantic fantasy; cursed to be loveless, a family of witches attempts to break the spell by confronting dark secrets.
• Based on Alice Hoffman’s 2021 novel The Book of Magic, the final book in the original series.
• Sequel to Practical Magic (1998).
• Has earned around US$57 million on a US$75 million net budget.
• Has received mixed to negative reviews; critics found it bland and inessential.
• Marks Sandra Bullock’s return to acting after a four-year hiatus.
• Evan Rachel Wood has said she was not asked back to reprise her role and her part was recast with Joey King.
• Score composed by Rupert Gregson-Williams.