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On this day in 2022

• EVENTS
• Russia announces it will leave the International Space Station at the end of 2024.
• GAMING: PC
• MultiVersus for PC is released. In MultiVersus, the Multiverse is at your fingertips as you battle it out in intense 2v2 matches. Up against Batman & Shaggy? Try using Bugs Bunny & Arya Stark! This platform fighter lets you play out your fantasy matchups in a fun co-op or head-to-head fight for supremacy.
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
• Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town for PlayStation 4 is released. Inspired by tales of their grandfather's pioneering days, the protagonist decides to pack their bags and leave the hustle and bustle of big city life for the frontier in Olive Town. When they arrive, they run into Victor, the town's mayor and their grandfather's old friend. He brings them to the old farm, which has been reclaimed by nature over the years. Determined to breathe life back into their grandfather's dream and follow in his footsteps, the protagonist rolls up their sleeves and gets to work. Olive Townwhich is just a stone's throw away from the farmis a port town built on the tip of a peninsula. It might be a quiet little town, but it is home to a whole host of unique characters. And while the townsfolk get by well enough in this picturesque seaside locale, a little more tourism never hurt anyone... The long-awaited brand new entry in the original farm/life simulation franchise, known in Japan as Bokujo Monogatari, makes its debut on Nintendo Switch, bringing players more freedom than ever before to shape an untamed wilderness and customize their farm down to the very tile. A new cast of marriage candidates, a town that grows and thrives along with your farm, and a request system highlight the new features, all while retaining the core elements of the STORY OF SEASONS series. Finding Earth Sprites while exploring your farmland may lead you to mysterious, fantastical lands such as gardens where the seasons never change, an island in the sky, or even the inside of a volcano! KEY FEATURES-Cultivate Your Farm, Cultivate Your TownTame the wilderness of the peninsula and build your farm from the ground up! Gather and process materials to fulfill requests and improve Olive Town's infrastructure, upgrade tools, or commission new outfits and accessories.-Simple Mechanics, Deep GameplayGreenhorn farmers can rest easy with the return of Seedling Mode and Normal Mode. Veteran players ready to create a bustling farm of their own will find familiar features and facilities with new twists on classic gameplay elements. -A Farm of Endless PossibilitiesClear the land, repair old facilities, and place new ones wherever you see fit. Level up your farming skills and craft a variety of decorations and facilities, from fences and automatic feeders for livestock to sprinklers for crops!-There's Always Something Going on in Olive Town!Participate in local festivals as the town comes to life with over 200 unique events! Get to know your neighbors better and you may even find love with a special someone among them.

On this day in 2021

• EVENTS
• Ship carrying migrants wrecks off coast of Al-Khums, Libya, killing at least 57, takes death toll in central Mediterranean to 987 for 2021.
• American musician Joey Jordison died at the age of 46. He was the drummer and co-founder of metal band Slipknot as well as guitarist for horror punk band Murderdolls. In August 2010 Jordison was voted the best drummer of the previous 25 years, by readers of Rhythm magazine..
• DEATHS
• Ally Dawson, Scottish soccer defender (5 caps; Glasgow Rangers) and manager (Hamilton Academical), who died at 63.
• Rick Aiello, American character actor (Officer Long- Do the Right Thing), who died of pancreatic cancer at 65.
• Ivan Toplak, Serbian soccer striker (1 cap; Red Star Belgrade) and manager (Red Star Belgrade, San Jose Earthquakes, Yugoslavia), who died at 89.
• Joey Jordison, American drummer (Slipknot,1995-2013 - "All Hope Is Gone"), who died at 46.
• POLITICS
• Mike Enzi, American accountant, and politician (US Senator for Wyoming (R),1997-2021), who died from injuries in a bicycling accident at 77.
• Tunisian government in crisis after President Kais Saied sacks Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and suspends parliament with the help of the army because of its handling of COVID-19 pandemic.
• SPORTS
• Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz makes history becoming the first athlete from the Philippines to win gold at the Olympics in the 55kg class at the Tokyo Games.
• Dominant British breaststroke swimmer Adam Peaty successfully defends his 100m title at the Tokyo Olympics beating Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands and Italian Nicolò Martinenghi.

On this day in 2020

• EVENTS
• English blues rock singer-songwriter and guitarist Peter Green died in his sleep age 73. As the founder of Fleetwood Mac, his songs, such as 'Albatross', 'Black Magic Woman', 'Oh Well', 'The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)' and 'Man of the World' became world wide hits. Green left the band in 1970 as he struggled with his mental health. He was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent time in hospital in the mid-70s..
• Body of civil rights activist John Lewis crosses the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma for the last time (beaten there 55 years ago) with a military honor guard as part of a remembrance ceremony.
• DEATHS
• Bill English, American computer engineer who helped develop the computer mouse and the revolutionary NLS computer system, who died of respiratory failure at 91.
• Olivia De Havilland, Movie Actress.
• TV SERIES
• Helter Skelter: An American Myth is released. The six-part docuseries directed by Lesley Chilcott features archival footage, photos as well as interviews with journalists and former members of the Manson Family.
• SPORTS
• Italian football giants Juventus wins its 9th straight Serie A title with goals from Cristiano Ronaldo and Federico Bernardeschiin in a 2-0 win over Sampdoria.

On this day in 2019

• EVENTS
• A number of lawsuits over royalties on Drake's first six albums were officially settled included lawsuits and counterclaims spanning back to 2017 filed between Aspire Music Group and Cash Money Records. Aspire had claimed that in 2008 it signed an exclusive recording agreement with Drake before making a deal with Cash Money in June 2009 allowing Drake to record for the label in exchange for one-third of the net profits. The terms of the settlement were not disclosed..
• DEATHS
• Alberto Ponce, Guitarist.
• Russi Taylor, American voice actress (6th Minnie Mouse,1986-2019), who died at 75.
• MOVIES: NOT RATED
• The Ground Beneath My Feet is released. Lola manages her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency she uses to succeed in the business world. She keeps her relationship with her boss Elise a secret, as well as the existence of her older sister Conny, who has a long history of mental illness. But when she receives the news that Conny has attempted suicide, Lola’s secrets begin to unravel into the workplace. As she tries to do what’s best for her sister without jeopardizing all that she’s worked so hard for, Lola slowly finds her own grip on reality slipping away. [Strand Releasing]
• The Mountain is released. Set against the 1950’s "golden age"of American male supremacy, an introverted young photographer (Tye Sheridan) joins a renowned lobotomist (Jeff Goldblum) on a tour to promote the doctor’s recently-debunked procedure. As he increasingly identifies with the asylum’s patients, he becomes enamored with a rebellious young woman (Hannah Gross) and lost in the burgeoning New Age movement of the west.
• Astronaut is released. Angus, a lonely widower, has his long-extinguished dream to become an astronaut reignited when a national competition is announced. The prize? One ticket for a trip to space! Way over the age-limit, Angus alters his birthdate so he can enter the competition. Against all odds, but with help coming from his dysfunctional family, he must battle against preconceptions, ill health and time, to win the ticket and take the trip of his dreams.
• For Sama is released. For Sama is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising in Aleppo, Syria as she falls in love, gets married and gives birth to Sama, all while cataclysmic conflict rises around her. Her camera captures incredible stories of loss, laughter and survival as Waad wrestles with an impossible choice– whether or not to flee the city to protect her daughter’s life, when leaving means abandoning the struggle for freedom for which she has already sacrificed so much.
• Honeyland is released. Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice.
• MOVIES: PG13
• Mike Wallace Is Here is released. Mike Wallace Is Here offers an unflinching look at the legendary reporter, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage from the 60 Minutes vault, the film explores what drove and plagued Wallace, whose storied career was entwined with the evolution of journalism itself. [Magnolia Pictures]
• MOVIES: R
• Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood is released. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age.
• Skin is released. After a difficult childhood drives him into the grasps of a white supremacist gang, Bryon (Jamie Bell) tries to escape to a new life, all the while questioning whether he's capable of undoing— and repenting for — the evil he's done.
• TV SERIES
• The Boys: Season 1 is released. Eric Kripke and Evan Goldberg's superhero series, based on the comic book of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson focuses on a group of vigilantes that include Billy Butcher (Karl Urban), Hughie (Jack Quaid), Mother’s Milk (Laz Alonso), Female (Karen Fukuhara), and Frenchie (Tomer Capon).
• Orange is the New Black: Season 7 is released. The seventh and final season finds Piper having trouble adjusting to her new life while the other ladies of Litchfield Penitentiary find ways to cope with life in prison.
• ALBUMS
• Para Mi was released by Cuco. The debut full-length studio release for the Southern California indie pop artist was self-produced.
• Hotel Last Resort was released by Violent Femmes. Produced by Ted Hutt, the 10th full-length studio release for the folk punk band features guest appearances from Stefan Janoski and Tom Verlaine.
• Guesswork was released by Lloyd Cole. The 11th full-length solo release for the British singer-songwriter features contributions from his Commotions bandmates Blair Cowan and Neil Clark as well as Fred Maher.
• Fever Dream was released by Of Monsters and Men. The third full-length release for the Icelandic band was co-produced with Rich Costey.
• Duck was released by Kaiser Chiefs. The seventh full-length studio release for the British indie rock band was produced with Ben H. Allen and Andrew Wells.
• The Big Day was released by Chance the Rapper. The debut full-length studio release for the Chicago rapper features guest appearances from Taylor Bennett, Francis And The Lights, Ben Gibbard, Gucci Mane, John Legend, Megan Thee Stallion, Shawn Mendes, Nicki Minaj, Smino and Justin Veron.
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
• Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot for PlayStation 4 is released. Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot brings virtual reality to the revolution against the Nazis. Paris. 1980. You’re the best hacker in town. Your mission: aid the French resistance by taking control of powerful Nazi war machines. Saddle up, Cyberpilot, you’re one of us now.
• GAMING: SWITCH
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses for Switch is released. War is coming to the continent of Fódlan. Here, order is maintained by the Church of Seiros, which hosts the prestigious Officer's Academy within its headquarters. You are invited to teach one of its three mighty houses, each comprised of students brimming with personality and represented by a royal from one of three territories. As their professor, you must lead your students in their academic lives and in turn-based, tactical RPG battles wrought with strategic, new twists to overcome. Which house, and which path, will you choose?
• Kill la Kill: IF for Switch is released. You control Satsuki Kiryuin as the mainprotagonist of this game, and proceedalong with the story while battling againstvarious characters. All scenarios arecompletely new and fullysupervised under the watchful eyes ofthe original scenario-writer, Kazuki Nakashima. You will be experiencingthe story unfold from the perspective ofSatsuki Kiryuin, the rival of the originalseries' protagonist Ryuko.

On this day in 2018

• EVENTS
• Over 700 immigrant children still separated from their parents in the US as court-imposed deadline to reunite them passes.
• Observation of a black hole by The Very Large Telescope in Chile proves Albert Einstein's prediction of "gravitational redshift", published in "Journal Astronomy & Astrophysics".
• Facebook has the single worst day of any public company on the stock market - losing 19% or $119 billion market value.
• Authorities in Stung Treng province, Cambodia, evacuate 25,000 below collapsed Laos dam as waters rise.
• Sir Paul McCartney performs a "secret" gig at the Cavern Club in Liverpool, where the Beatles began.
• DEATHS
• Simegnew Bekele, Ethiopian dam engineer (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam), murdered at 53.
• GAMING: PC
• MARVEL Powers United VR for PC is released. Assemble your ideal Super Hero squad to defend the galaxy in explosive and immersive co-op fights across iconic Marvel locations. Unleash the strength of Black Panther, smash foes as Hulk, wield Deadpool’s katanas—or choose from a roster of 18 of Marvel’s greatest heroes. Get ready for battle with iconic character powers, over-the-top ultimate abilities, and a full-body transformation only possible in VR.
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
• The Banner Saga 3 for PlayStation 4 is released. The pack contains a rank 10 Dredge Stoneguard character called Kivi, the unique Tank combat ability, the 'Sculptor's Tools' item, an exclusive Dredge Heraldry, a heroic tale called 'Shield Cleaver, ' and an exclusive Banner Saga 3 overture track from Austin Wintory.
• GAMING: SWITCH
• Sleep Tight for Switch is released. This unique twin-stick shooter, base-builder hybrid comes wrapped in blankets of nostalgia! Construct your strongest pillow fort during the day and defend your bedroom from endless hordes of monsters each night. This fast paced arcade style game packs some deep strategy, and you'll need to use your wits if you're going to survive to the top of the leaderboards. With 12 unlockable characters, mix and match playstyles, an abundance of silly monsters, a charming score, and an endless amount of nights that increase in difficulty as you progress, good luck putting Sleep Tight down to rest.
• 2064: Read Only Memories INTEGRAL for Switch is released. 2064: Read Only Memories INTEGRAL features all of the original content featured in previous releases, enhanced and expanded with a host of brand new content and features exclusive to Nintendo Switch. When Turing, the world’s first sapient machine, teams up with a struggling journalist, the unlikely duo find themselves drawn into the shadows behind the dazzling lights of Neo-San Francisco. The secrets they uncover could shake the very foundations of society, and some powerful people would stop at nothing to keep them quiet.
• Candle: The Power of the Flame for Switch is released. Candle is a 2D sidescrolling adventure game that uses the powerful and indie-lover engine Unity 4. Its creators describe it as a "dynamic graphic adventure", since its gameplay combines both Platformer and Graphic Adventure genres. The player takes control of Teku, a young and inexperienced character in his journey to save his friends and unravel the mysteries of his world.
• Crossing Souls for Switch is released. We're back to 1986 in California. A group of friends discovers a strange pink stone that allows to travel between two realms. This gang will live the summer of their lives in an adventure that will get them involved in a government conspiracy. Control 5 kids with special skills while fighting and solving puzzles in order to save their families and the world. Crossing Souls is an action-adventure set in a California suburb in the midst of a supernatural event that rocks the small community as grand forces siege the town. Control five characters: Chris, Matt, Charlie, Big Joe and Kevin, each one with their own skills and combat styles. Change characters on the fly and use each character's specialties to overcome any obstacle and target your foe's weaknesses. Fight in real-time, solve clever puzzles, face off against powerful bosses and play special levels inspired by 80's arcade video games.

On this day in 2017

• EVENTS
• A jury awarded Quincy Jones $9.4 million in royalties for the use of Michael Jackson songs he produced in two Cirque du Soleil shows and the This Is It documentary. Jones filed suit in 2013, asking for $30 million..
• 3 live king cobras reported found inside potato chip cans by customs officials in Los Angeles.
• Great Britain announces it will ban gasoline and diesel cars by 2040.
• DEATHS
• Leo Kinnunen, Race Car Driver.
• June Foray, American voice actress (Cinderella, Cindy Lou Who), who died at 99.
• Paul Angerer, Austrian violist, violinist, conductor (Concilium Musicum Wien), harpsichordist, composer and radio host, who died at 90.
• MOVIES: NOT RATED
• Escapes is released. Escapes blazes a wild path through mid-20th-century Hollywood via the experiences of Hampton Fancher – flamenco dancer, actor, and the unlikely producer and screenwriter of the landmark sci-fi classic Blade Runner. A consummate raconteur, Fancher recounts episodes from his remarkable life — romantic misadventures with silver-screen stars, wayward acts of chivalry, jealousy, and friendship — matched with a parallel world of film and TV footage wherein Fancher plays cowboys, killers, fops, cads, and the occasional hero. Equal parts dense and fleet, Escapes shows how one man’s personal journey can unexpectedly shape a medium’s future.
• Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World is released. This revelatory documentary brings to light the profound and overlooked influence of Indigenous people on popular music in North America. Focusing on music icons like Link Wray, Jimi Hendrix, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Jesse Ed Davis, Robbie Robertson, and Randy Castillo, Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World shows how these pioneering Native American musicians helped shape the soundtracks of our lives. [Kino Lorber]
• GAMING: PC
• Solstice Chronicles: MIA for PC is released. Battle for survival against waves of Martian mutants in this tactical twist on twin-stick shooters. Using the skills of your drone companion, make fight-or-flight decisions that drastically alter the threats you face. Will your choices lead you to freedom... or your doom?
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
• Theseus for PlayStation 4 is released. Theseus is an immersive VR experience that offers a new take on the myth of the Minotaur. Enjoy a mix of exploration, story, and combat, with a strong cinematic feel. Do you have what it takes to unveil the truth that lies at the heart of the Labyrinth?
• GAMING: XBOX ONE
• Unbox: Newbie's Adventure for Xbox One is released. Unbox is a 90s style 3D platformer about the ultimate postal service, self-delivering cardboard boxes! Unbox has giant worlds full of challenges, collectibles and boxy boss battles!
• POLITICS
• US President Donald Trump announces policy to ban transgender people from the military, overturning Obama era changes.

On this day in 2016

• DEATHS
• Einojuhani Rautavaara, Finnish composer (Kaivos), who died at 87.
• Forrest E. Mars Jr., American Candy Manufacturer (Mars, Inc.), who died at 84.
• Miss Cleo [Youree Dell Harris], American psychic (Psychic Readers Network), who died of colon cancer at 53.
• Mohamed Khan, Director.
• GAMING: PC
• Headlander for PC is released. Assume the role of the last known human in the universe, and all that's left of you is a disembodied head. Seeking clues to your fractured past, you must travel through a hostile world of machines using a special helmet that allows you to dock into and take control of any robotic host body. As you launch from one body to the next, you'll start to discover that things are not quite what they appear to be, and the fate of humanity has yet to be decided. From Double Fine Productions, Headlander is a a retro-futuristic, side-scrolling, action-adventure game set in a world inspired by 70’s science fiction. It's a world of automation, a utopia gone wrong in which all of humanity have transferred their minds into robotic imposter bodies and are ruled by a deranged computer.
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
• Riptide GP: Renegade for PlayStation 4 is released. Enter a future with illicit hydrojet racing, where armored riders kick out death-defying stunts over massive waterfalls, dodge cops through public waterways, and boost at breakneck speeds across surging waves.
• Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force for PlayStation 4 is released. Fairy Fencer F is reborn as Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force for the PlayStation®4 system! Continue your adventure through three new story paths: The Goddess story, the Vile Goddess story, and the Evil Goddess story.
• Chambara for PlayStation 4 is released. A flash of color. Feathers bursting from nowhere. Chambara’s color-based stealth mechanic allows you to blend completely into parts of the environment. Hide in plain sight. Leap, sneak, and dash with speed and style. Strike hard and then fade away before your position is revealed. [Playstation.com]
• Among the Sleep for PlayStation 4 is released. Among The Sleep invites you into the mind and body of a two year old child. After being put to bed one evening, mysterious things start to happen. Being played in first person, the game lets its players immerse themselves in a child's limitless imagination. This is a perspective we all have a distant familiarity with, but few can clearly remember what it felt like. In the borderland between dream and reality, surreal creatures and diverse environments will present you with both physical and mental obstacles that challenge your creativity.
• GAMING: PLAYSTATION VITA
• A.W.: Phoenix Festa for PlayStation Vita is released. Live the Events of the Asterisk War. In this action RPG, experience the events of The Asterisk War series. Assume the role of hero Ayato Amagiri and go through Rikka Academy and the Phoenix Festa storyline. Players trip simulated high school experiences while fighting in over-the-top tournaments.
• Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate for PlayStation Vita is released. Legend has it that Reeva, god of Destiny, holds sway over the past, present, and future. Said to dwell in the mysterious Tower of Fortune, Reeva decides the fates of all mankind with a trio of magic dice. Lead Shiren The Wanderer and his sidekick Koppa in their quest to conquer the Tower of Fortune. [Playstation.com]
• GAMING: XBOX ONE
• Hyper Light Drifter for Xbox One is released. Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with unknown dangers and lost technologies. Inspired by nightmares and dreams alike.

On this day in 2015

• EVENTS
• 102nd Tour de France won by Chris Froome of Great Britain.
• BIRTHS
• Sefari Alce, YouTube Star, born in Canada.
• DEATHS
• Wolfgang Gönnenwein, German choral director and educator, and artistic director (Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele,1972-2004), who died at 82.
• Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, who died in a coma at 22.
• TV SERIES
• I Am Cait: Season 1 is released. The docuseries follows Caitlyn Jenner, formerly Bruce Jenner, as she begins her life as a publicly known transgender woman.

On this day in 2014

• EVENTS
• While Israel reject long-term ceasefire that does not include destroying the Hamas tunnels, they agree to 12 hour ceasefire; Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip now exceeds 1000.
• Taghrooda wins the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.
• WEDDINGS
• Actress Piper Perabo at the age of 37 weds director Stephen Kay in NYC, New York.
• POLITICS
• The Chinese government suspendes the operations of a Shanghai meat dealer and has makes arrests after the company sold out-of-date meat to fast food chains, including McDonalds and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

On this day in 2013

• EVENTS
• US singer-songwriter JJ Cale died of a heart attack at the age of 74. He became famous in 1970, when Eric Clapton covered his song 'After Midnight'. In 1977 Clapton also popularised Cale's 'Cocaine'. The two worked together on an album which won a Grammy award in 2008..
• 57 people are killed in a market bombing in Parachinar, Pakistan.
• WEDDINGS
• Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik at the age of 47 weds Melina Gallo at Calamigos Ranch in Malibu, California.
• DEATHS
• Rolf Haufs, German writer, who died at 77.
• J. J. Cale, American rock guitarist and songwriter (" After Midnight" : "Call Me The Breeze" ; "Cocaine"), who died from a heart attack at 74.
• MOVIES: NOT RATED
• Drug War is released. A drug cartel boss who is arrested in a raid is coerced into betraying his former accomplices as part of an undercover operation.
• Breaking the Girls is released. Two university classmates make a pact to kill each other's enemies.
• Wasteland is released. After serving time for a crime he didn't commit, Harvey Miller recruits his three best friends to rob the local drug kingpin who was responsible for his incarceration.
• The Time Being is released. Daniel is a struggling young artist whose ambitions have pushed his marriage to the brink. When a reclusive millionaire named Warner purchases one of his pieces, he hopes for additional commissions from a new benefactor. Instead, Werner offers him a series of increasingly bizarre surveillance assignments. As Daniel starts to unravel the secrets behind the requests, he must determine if Warner is out to further his career or ruin his life. [Tribeca Film]
• Stranded is released. When a meteor storm suddenly collides with the Ark moon base, the astronauts on board find themselves in immediate danger. The crew quickly learns that spores from the meteorite can replicate cell structure, reproduce and mutate, forcing everyone on board into a desperate fight for survival.
• MOVIES: PG13
• The Wolverine is released. Summoned to Japan by an old acquaintance, Wolverine becomes embroiled in a conflict that forces him to confront his own demons.
• Blue Jasmine is released. After everything in her life falls to pieces, including her marriage to wealthy businessman Hal, elegant New York socialite Jasmine moves into her sister Ginger’s modest apartment in San Francisco to try to pull herself back together again. [Sony Pictures Classics]
• MOVIES: R
• Frankenstein's Army is released. Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat.
• Magic Magic is released. Alicia (Juno Temple) arrives in South America to vacation with her cousin, Sarah (Emily Browning). When Sarah is suddenly called away, Alicia is stuck on a remote island off Chile with three of Sarah's friends, including Brink (Michael Cera), an American exchange student with a sadistic streak. Bewildered, frightened, and unable to sleep, Alicia's reality becomes a nightmare from which there is no waking.
• The To Do List is released. Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Clark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.