🍿65: How To Blow Up a Pipeline

This week, Dune: Part 2 and Taika Waititi's latest film!

“He threw the ball! Oh, he threw the ball! I'll get it! I'll get it! I love you! I love you! You threw the ball!”

~ Doctor Dolittle, 1998

Stay tuned…

I’m sorry to say that due to the very meagre amount of showings, there will be no review this week. I was really looking forward to watching How to Blow Up a Pipeline, but there are no cinemas showing it — at least none that are less than an hour away!

So it’s going to be a short SP this week.

In two weeks’ time, however, Salty Popcorn will be covered by new guest editor, Chris Patrick of Toasted Fiction, a home for stories of all shapes and sizes. From short stories to serialised novels, Toasted Fiction serves up tales that will take you to other worlds — or make you laugh, cry and gasp about our own. 

We’re very excited to have a new voice covering SP (though even more excited for two weeks in Sicily) and you’ve got a guaranteed review of the award-winning Return to Seoul to look forward to.

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Now for the headlines:

• Micahel Douglas is set to receive an honourary Palm d’Or at Cannes this year. Read more.

• AI-generated trailers mimicking the styles of different directors are sweeping social media, including these ‘Wes Anderson versions” of Star Wars and Harry Potter. Read more.

• 20 years after the original film, Vince Vaughn will be reprising his role in the Dodgeball sequel. Read more.

• Speaking of long-awaited sequels, Pedro Pascal joins the cast for Gladiator 2. Read more.

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Upcoming Releases

Dune: Part Two

UK: 3 November // USA: 3 November

The highly anticipated sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s six-time Academy Award-winning Dune, is finally here.

Paul Atriedes (Timothée Chalamet) unites with Chani (Zendaya) and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the universe, he must prevent a terrible future only he can foresee.

Next Goal Wins

UK: 20 October // USA: 17 November

Taika Waititi goes back to his roots with this latest comedy, which is based on the true story of the American Samoa soccer team, infamous for their brutal 31-0 FIFA loss in 2001.

With the World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around.

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Fact of the week

Before filming the 2007 blockbuster hit, I Am Legend, Will Smith went on “dates” with his canine co-star Abbey so the two could get to know each other.

By the time the production wrapped, Smith was supposedly so infatuated with Abbey that he tried to adopt her — but the trainer wouldn’t give her up.

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Scroll down to see what’s in the next issue.

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In the next issue:

Return to Seoul

UK: 5 May // USA: 17 February | Watch the Trailer

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In loving memory…

This week’s issue of Salty Popcorn is dedicated to Molly.

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