MULTIPLE GENRES
THERE LITERALLY IS SOMETHING FOR ALL TASTES IN THIS ISSUE’S SELECTION BY KAITLYN BUNCE. FROM PINK’S RAW, HONEST LYRICS ON HER NEW ALBUM, TO A GRIPPING FASTPACED DAN BROWN THRILLER AS WELL AS THE NEW STAR WARS EPISODE. ENTERTAINMENT GUARANTEED.
1 JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
This film takes place 20 years after the events of the original 1995 film which starred the late Robin Williams, giving it a more modern twist. When cleaning out a school’s basement while serving detention, four teenagers find a vintage video game version of Jumanji and get sucked into its jungle setting. They also become their avatars inside the game and the only way out is to play along and finish it. The cast is stellar, including Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Nick Jonas.
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STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI Star Wars: The Last Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi) is the second film in the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens – and it will be followed by Episode IX slated for release in 2019. Little is known about the storyline – other than it picks up exactly where The Force Awakens ends off... Since Walt Disney Studios bought Lucasfilm in 2012, there has been a rejuvenation in the science fiction franchise and this movie reunites the cast from previous movies, including Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher from the original films, along with modern stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Lupita Nyong’o. Once thing is guaranteed, the action will be fast and furious but good will prevail over evil – with a cliffhanger at the end!
WONDER
August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from attending a mainstream school – until now. He’s about to start fifth grade at Beecher Prep, and if you’ve ever been the new kid then you know how hard that can be. Auggie’s just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face, but can he convince his new classmates that he’s just like them, despite appearances? The movie is based on a New York Times bestseller and the cast includes Julia Roberts, Owen Wilson and veteran actor Mandy Patinkin.
American rock band Weezer has described American Daydream as “the Beach Boys gone bad”.
