Love & Coffee
Kenyan romantic comedy “Love and Coffee” begins screening in Century Cinemax theatres, including Two Rivers, Garden City and Junction on Friday.
Directed by Kenji Gatheca and written by Gathoni Kamau, the film promises a heartfelt and Kenyan take on love, relationships, and Nairobi’s vibrant coffee culture.
Starring Khula Budi and Wambui Ngugi in the lead roles, “Love and Coffee” follows a charming, caffeine-fueled love story set against the backdrop of Nairobi’s bustling café scene. Portions of the film were shot at the iconic Nairobi Java House, adding an authentic local touch to the romantic narrative.
According to the film’s synopsis the film follows the lovebirds Sarah, a passionate barista, and Felix, heir to a wealthy empire, who navigate a whirlwind romance against family expectations, shadows from the past, and social class divides to prove that love transcends all barriers.
Speaking about the new film, David Mudachi, the executive producer, said: “Love and Coffee” is more than just a love story.
“It’s a story about the courage to follow your heart and fight for what’s right, even when the world seems determined to divide you. We wanted to explore not just the romantic tension, but the bigger questions of class, power, and the legacies we choose to leave behind.”
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy
It’s been 24 years since the first Bridget Jones film, and over eight years since the last one, but Renée Zellweger is back again in the fourth comedy to be based on Helen Fielding’s bestselling novels.
This time Bridget is a single mother dealing with the death of her husband, Mark Darcy (Colin Firth – who is due to appear in flashbacks).
Leo Woodall (One Day) plays her much younger love interest, Chiwetel Ejiofor is an eligible teacher at her children’s school, and Hugh Grant has a cameo as her dastardly former boss, Daniel Cleaver.
But will audiences still warm to the bumbling Bridget? Zellweger believes so.
“I think maybe folks recognise themselves in her and relate to her struggles and feelings of self-doubt,” she said in British Vogue. “Bridget is authentically herself and doesn’t always get it right, but whatever her imperfections, she remains joyful and optimistic, carries on and triumphs in her own way. She seems to make her quirky individuality and shortcomings charming, lovable and acceptable – and, in turn, she makes us feel lovable and acceptable, too.”
Timings: Will depend on choice of cinema
Captain America: Brave New World
Now that Chris Evans is no longer playing Steve Rogers in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson, who was Captain America’s sidekick in earlier Marvel films steps into the titular role.
Wilson’s Captain America originally made his debut on the show ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ in 2021 starring alongside Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes who fans will know as The Winter Soldier.
This will, however, be Mackie’s first movie as Captain America.
Filling in for the late William Hurt, Harrison Ford co-stars as Thaddeus Ross, a former US Army general – and arch-enemy of the Hulk – who has just been elected as US president.
According to the synopsis he hopes to count on the new Captain America’s support, but their negotiations are interrupted when Ross is transformed into a bright red version of The Hulk.
“What we liked was this notion of a man who is trying to do the best he can but can’t quite outrun the demons of his past,” the film’s producer, Nate Moore, told Entertainment Weekly. “Turning a guy who hunted Hulks into a Hulk himself makes him more than an antagonist; it makes him a tragic character.”
