Author Archives: Andy Pipkin

What you may need to know

1.It’s been over a decade in the making, but the movie based on the PlayStation video game series of the same name is nearly here.

2. Directed by Venom’s Ruben Fleischer, with a script by Iron Man writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway.

2. The film adaption serves as a prequel of sorts – so you won’t need to have played any of the games to enjoy it fully.

3. Tom Holland stars as Nathan Drake a young fortune hunter who claims to be a descendant of famed English explorer, Sir Francis Drake.

4. Mark Wahlberg co-stars as Drake’s mentor and father figure Sully.

5. Villains are played by Antonio Banderas as ruthless treasure hunter Moncada, and Tati Gabrielle (You, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) as Braddock, a mercenary working against Drake and Sully.

Andy’s verdict: Indiana Jones for a new generation.

Release: February 18.

What you may need to know

1. The first trailer (short as it might be) for the upcoming Baz Lurhmann-helmed biopic starring Austin Butler as the King and Tom Hanks as his manager Colonel Tom Parker.

2. It opens with an echoing line from Suspicious Minds…don’t let a good thing die.

3. We get a trip through the three decades of the star’s career, which lasted from his breakthrough in 1956 to his death at 42 in 1977.

4. It focuses on the 1950s as Colonel Parker meets Elvis at a fairground and signs him and closes with Elvis, in one of his white jumpsuits, backstage with the Memphis Mafia and his  backing singers, ready to perform at one of his 1970s Las Vegas residencies.

5. The trailer concludes with the singer’s trademark symbol lightning bolt with the letters TCB, standing for “Takin’ Care of Business”.

6. Trailer is so good (and short) they show it twice.

Release date: June.