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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 freeJonathan Ross’s presenting of ITV’s Oscar coverage has been dubbed “hell on earth” and “a nightmare”.The Academy Awards, which is taking place in Los Angeles, has returned to terrestrial television in the UK for the first time since 2004, when the annual ceremony was poached by Sky.Ahead of the Jimmy Kimmel-fronted main event, Ross introduced ITV’s coverage of the night alongside a…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeYour Place or Mine is attracting a number of hostile reviews from audience members and critics, with many taking aim at the apparent lack of chemistry between its two leads.Netflix’s latest romcom stars Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon as two best friends of 20 years living on opposite coasts. When Kutcher’s free-spirited Peter offers to swap homes with Witherspoon’s routine-loving…

Is it too soon to be making Kanye West jokes? Of course not. It’s never too early, and who else but Disney‘s Zootopia to prove it. There’s seemingly no end to the Kayne West controversy, especially since it started (roughly) all the way back in 2009 at the VMA awards. There, renowned singer-songwriter Taylor Swift — who was a fresh face to the music industry back then and primarily a country singer — won the Best Female Video Award for “You Belong With Me.” Believing that it was Beyoncé that deserved it more, Kanye West…