ROW MY GOD THE WARWICK ROWERS AIM TO ACHIEVE THREE THINGS THROUGH
their sexy calendars, films and other products: promoting positive, inclusive and respectful attitudes towards people of all genders and sexualities; making rowing more accessible to a wider number of students and funding Sport Allies, a registered charity with a mission to promote sport as a route to personal growth for everyone. The team has won several awards for excellence and innovation including a two-time UK Charity Calendar of the Year. The shoot for the 2018 calendar shoot took place over ten
days in England and Spain and for it, these studly student rowers bare nearly everything but their souls. The front cover of this year’s edition features six handsome rowers tastefully draped in their boat club colors. Interior shots reveal even more, and an advance promo trailer released before the calendar features behind-the-scenes clips of the nude teammates covered in bodypaint and cavorting in the sun with water guns. In addition to the popular calendar, fans can purchase behind-the-scenes films of the shoots, a coffee table book and even a 12-month digital subscription. warwickrowers.org
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Lara Croft, it’s time to think again. Alicia Vikander — who so charmed us as the supportive spouse of a pioneering transgender individual in The Danish Girl (and took home an Academy Award for her work) — steps into the role of a heroine who’s been capturing imaginations since she made her video game debut in 1996. In addition to the standard perilous leaps from one craggy outcropping to the next, reports indicate that the new film (simply entitled Tomb Raider) will explore the character’s roots, including a quest to discover whether her father is dead or alive. The reboot of the film franchise is said to take its inspiration from the more recent Tomb Raider games, which focus on a young Croft first learning to survive on her own, and with two actresses playing “Young Lara” and “Younger Lara”, that would seem to be the case. The star-studded cast will also feature appearances by Dominic West, Walton Goggins and Kristin Scott Thomas among others. You can catch Lara Croft and company vaulting into theaters beginning March 16. warnerbros.com/tomb-raider
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