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βHe 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!β
~ Doctor Dolittle, 1998
Stay tunedβ¦
Iβm 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 β at least none that are less than an hour away!
So itβs going to be a short SP this week.
In two weeksβ 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 β or make you laugh, cry and gasp about our own.Β
Weβre very excited to have a new voice covering SP (though even more excited for two weeks in Sicily) and youβve got a guaranteed review of the award-winning Return to Seoul to look forward to.
Now for the headlines:
Micahel Douglas is set to receive an honourary Palm dβOr at Cannes this year. Read more.
AI-generated trailers mimicking the styles of different directors are sweeping social media, including these βWes Anderson versionsβ 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 Villeneuveβs six-time Academy Award-winning Dune, is finally here.
Paul Atriedes (TimothΓ©e 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 worldβs worst soccer team around.
Fact of the week
Before filming the 2007 blockbuster hit, I Am Legend, Will Smith went on βdatesβ 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 β but the trainer wouldnβt give her up.
Scroll down to see whatβs in the next issue.
In the next issue:
Return to Seoul
UK: 5 May // USA: 17 February |Β Watch the Trailer
In loving memoryβ¦
This weekβs issue of Salty Popcorn is dedicated to Molly.
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