PHARRELL WILLIAMS

THE GRINCH (2018)
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Pharrell Williams, Rashida Jones, Angela Lansbury, Kenan Thompson, Cameron Seely, Brad O'Hare, Ramone Hamilton, Sam Lavagnino and Scarlett Estevez. Directed by Yarrow Cheney and Scott Mosier.

The Grinch lives a solitary life inside a cave on Mt. Crumpet with only his loyal dog, Max, for company. With a cave rigged with inventions and contraptions for his day-to-day needs, the Grinch only sees his neighbours in Who-ville when he runs out of food. Each year at Christmas they disrupt his tranquil solitude with their increasingly bigger, brighter and louder celebrations. When the Whos declare they are going to make Christmas three times bigger this year, the Grinch realises there is only one way for him to gain some peace and quiet: he must steal Christmas. To do so, he decides he will pose as Santa Claus on Christmas Eve, even going so far as to trap a lackadaisical misfit reindeer to pull his sleigh.

HIDDEN FIGURES (2017)
Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Glen Powell, Ariana Neal and Saniyya Sidney. Directed by Theodore Melfi.

The incredible untold story of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson - brilliant African-American women working at NASA, who served as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history: the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit, a stunning achievement that restored the nation’s confidence, turned around the Space Race, and galvanised the world. The visionary trio crossed all gender and race lines to inspire generations to dream big.

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