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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMoana fans are applauding Auli’i Cravalho, the young actor who voiced the titular character of the 2016 animated movie, for her “respectful” decision to sit out of the film’s forthcoming live-action remake. A month after Dwayne Johnson announced that a live-action retelling of the popular Disney movie was “in the works”, Cravalho confirmed she would not be reprising her lead role.“When…

Image via Blumhouse Productions It isn’t often that characters in horror movies exhibit common sense, but when they do, the results are hilarious displays of realism. If you’re an avid horror fan, there’s a strong chance that you’re desensitized to all the spookiness and gore, constantly criticizing the actions of the protagonists who take pages out of Mystery Inc.’s book and decide that splitting up is always the most efficient option — when it really isn’t. Realistically, you’ve probably lost count of how…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeOne particular line from director Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery has left viewers in deep rumination.Johnson’s recently released Knives Out sequel once again follows Daniel Craig’s Detective Benoit Blanc, this time as he’s invited to tech billionaire Miles Bron’s (Ed Norton) private Greek island, along with seven of Bron’s other close friends.When one of them turns up…

 Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi, who caused controversy by competing in an international tournament without a headscarf, has returned to Iran to the cheers of her fans, reiterating in comments to state media that climbed without the hijab inadvertently. Video footage showed Rekabi, 33, scaling a wall without her head covered while competing in South Korea on behalf of Iran, a country that has been swept up in protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody. country morale. Speaking to state…

One of the more disturbing things in the Star Wars universe is Order 66 (you know, the one that sent Anakin on a killing spree that included Jedi younglings). With the Empire trying to snuff out all Jedi, one person stayed surprisingly loyal to the cause while being in the Galactic Senate with the Empire: Bail Prestor Organa (played by Jimmy Smits). Fans over on the subreddit r/StarWars took some time out of their busy schedules to heap praise on the character and applaud him for knowing about the Order and not…

Social media has been awash with rumours of a feud between Don’t Worry Darling director Olivia Wilde and her star, Florence Pugh.However, a clip shared by the film’s official Instagram account appears to fly in the face of the internet gossip.Wilde and her cast, including Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, Gemma Chan and Nick Kroll arrived at the Venice Film Festival on Monday (5 September) for the film’s premiere.The production received a five-minute standing ovation after the screening and, in a video shared by the…

U.S. District Judge Mark Walker in Tallahassee on Thursday issued a preliminary injunction blocking enforcement of the “Stop Woke Act” championed by Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis. The law likely runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s guarantee of free speech, the judge said. Y-Vonne Hutchinson, chief executive of California-based consulting and strategy firm ReadySet, said she welcomed the decision.…

Several US agencies, including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), will see a significant influx of cash from a massive climate and tax bill that US President Joe Biden signed on 16 August. Scientists around the world welcome the legislation, called the Inflation Reduction Act, which pledges US$369 billion in climate investments over the next decade — while acknowledging that more work is needed to counter global warming. The legislation would cut US…

Top US lawmakers have applauded India's decision to not allow Chinese telecom companies to conduct 5G trials in the country.The Department of Telecom in India on Tuesday had approved applications of telecom companies Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and MTNL to conduct 5G trials but none of them would be using technologies of Chinese entities."India's decision to exclude Huawei and ZTE from its 5G trials is good news for the people of India and the world," House Foreign Affairs Committee Lead Republican and…