Coming soon to a cinema near you are a bundle of box office blockbusters.
Flying into cinemas on 5 July 2019 is the second solo Spider-Man film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Spider-Man: Far From Home with Tom Holland (The Impossible) reprising his role for the fifth time, after also appearing in Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
He is joined in this feature by newcomer to the franchise Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain) and regular Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction). Two years ago Spider-Man: Homecoming made $880 million at the worldwide box office so expect this film to draw similar results.
For the third time this year, Disney will release the latest live action remake of their animated back catalogue when The Lion King roars onto the silver screen on 19 July 2019. A quarter century ago, The Lion King animated film won two Oscars, two Golden Globes, critical and audience acclaim and secured over $960 million globally to become the highest grossing film of the year.
Will this feature cross the hallowed $1 billion threshold? Well, after directing The Jungle Book live action extravaganza three years ago that also pulled in over $960 million, Jon Favreau (Elf) returns to helm this mighty ship. We can only hope.
Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained) directs his ninth film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood which opens on 26 July 2019 with Brad Pitt (Twelve Monkeys), Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic) and Margot Robbie (I, Tonya). Need I say more?
In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.
By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.
