Watch the trailer
A Star is
Born
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Bradley Cooper’s rocker
goes gaga for, erm, Gaga
Why are magical lands
always covered in snow?
Watch the trailer
The Nutcracker and
the Four Realms
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If you’re in the mood for something wondrous, look
no further – this Disney fairytale has magic in spades
DIRECTORs Lasse Hallström,
Joe Johnston StARRING Keira
Knightley, Morgan Freeman
Inspired by the E.T.A.
Hoffman story, The
Nutcracker and the
Mouse King, this magical
adventure sees a young girl
named Clara (Mackenzie Foy)
travelling to a strange parallel
land. There she encounters
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a kind soldier named Phillip
(Jayden Fowora-Knight) who
promises to help her find her
way home again. But first Clara
must locate a mysterious key
that will restore harmony to
the land’s four feuding realms.
Disney at its lavish,
ingenious best, the entire
family will be nutty about
this Nutcracker.
fantasticAL four
The four realms Clara seeks to unite in The Nutcracker
are each ruled by a regent. Get to know them below...
Sugar Plum
Fairy
Keira
Knightley’s
kindly fairy
oversees the
Sweet Realm.
Hawthorn
The Land of
Flowers
belongs to
Eugenio
Derbez’ leafy
leader.
Shiver
Richard E.
Grant plays
the aptly
named Shiver,
king of the
Snow Realm.
Mother
Ginger
Leader of the
fourth realm,
Helen Mirren’s
matriarch is
bad news.
DIRECTOR Bradley Cooper
STARRING Lady Gaga, Bradley
Cooper, Dave Chappelle
So nice they’ve already
made in thrice (in
1937, 1954 and 1976),
A Star is Born sees the multi-
talented Bradley Cooper (he
acts, he sings, he directs!)
playing Jackson Maine, an
alcoholic rock star whose
career is suffering as a result
of the excessive booze.
Drowning his sorrows at
a club one night, he watches
talented singer Ally (Lady
Gaga) performing and is
instantly smitten. But as
her star soars (with his help),
his continues to fade. Can
Ally find a way to pull her new
lover out of his personal hell?
In his directing debut,
Cooper has knocked it out of
the park. He and Gaga (in her
first major movie role) are both
sensational and the script is
just the right mix of salty and
sweet. The songs are also
memorable, especially the
Lady Gaga original ‘The
Shallow’, while the supporting
cast are uniformly excellent.
There’s already talk of
awards and that’s deserved.
Like its two stars, this musical
drama hits all the right notes.
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