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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 freeMorgan Freeman is being criticised for performing at the opening ceremony of the Fifa World Cup in Qatar.The 85-year-old actor kicked off the opening ceremony of the football competition on Sunday (20 November) by narrating the opening segment The Calling at Al-Bayt Stadium in Doha.He told the crowd: “We gather here as one big tribe and Earth is the tent we all live in.”This World Cup…

Brad Pitt criticised after fans learn how much his skincare line costs ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia ) Hollywood star Brad Pitt has sparked criticism over the expensive price tags attached to his new skincare line, Le Domaine. During an interview with British Vogue on Wednesday, the 58-year-old actor Brad officially unveiled his genderless skincare brand, which features products made from grapes selected from a French vineyard, reports independent.co.uk. Following the announcement of Brad Pitt’s company, Le Domaine has…

Taika Waititi has come under fire for highlighting, and seemingly mocking, a VFX error in Thor: Love and Thunder.The new Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film is in cinemas now, and it reunites the director with his Thor: Ragnarok stars, Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson.Following the film’s release, an interview with Vanity Fair, in which Waititi and Thompson both point out a moment where the VFX could have been improved, circulated online.The scene in question features Korg, a CGI-character with a rock-like appearance…

Hugh Grant has jokily responded to an MP three years after they criticised him for swearing.On Saturday (10 July), it was revealed that Andrea Jenkyns , a Brexit-backing loyalist of Boris Johnson, had ben given a job .as an education minister.However, photos of her gave givingJohnson protesters the middle finger after he resigned earlier this week surfaced online.Grant reshared a tweet Jenkins sent him three years ago, in August 2019, in which she called the Notting Hill actor out for a sweary post about Johnson.“You will…

Microtransactions in Diablo Immortal have come under fire, after players have calculated that completely gearing out a character’s stats could cost fans £87,568. Since Diablo Immortal launched earlier in the year, players have levelled criticism at developer Blizzard Entertainment‘s implementation of microtransactions in the game. As the game has been out for several days, some players have now calculated what they say is the true cost of completely maxing out a character’s stats in Diablo Immortal. The main issue stems…

Gran Turismo 7 fans have investigated the prices of the game’s cars following a recent update, and found that many of them have become more expensive. Earlier in the month, developer Polyphony Digital released update 1.15 for Gran Turismo 7 which added three new cars. In the update’s patch notes, the developer also mentioned that “in the Hagerty Collection, prices have been revised according to real world valuations under guidance from Hagerty,” a real-world car insurance company specialising in classic vehicles. These…

Ola S1 Pro has faced a lot of slack since its launch but Ola Electric is working on clearing the air and putting out the MoveOS 2.0 update that could resolve multiple issues. The Bengaluru-based startup also took up fresh bookings on May 21st and hiked the price of the vehicle by Rs 10,000.Ola CEO in Twitter spat over Ola S1 Pro criticismAutocar India Editor Hormazd Sorabjee had tweeted about his Ola S1 Pro which failed to start on Monday morning. The editor, who took delivery of his electric scooter just two months ago,…

Kim Kardashian Wearing Marilyn Monroe Gown To The Met Gala 2022 Failed To Impress It’s Sketcher Bob Mackie, Later Says “Nobody Else Should Be Seen In That Dress”(Pic Credit: Instagram, Facebook) Kim Kardashian never fails to make the headlines – be it cause of her personal life or her fashion sense or even her business. The reality star made the news big time when she wore Marilyn Monroe’s original 1962 Jean Louis gown to the Met Gala 2022 red carpet. While some loved the way Kim pulled off the look,…

In 1993, digital technology was revolutionising cinema; now it threatens to destroy it. The omens were there 28 years ago: the highest-grossing movie that year was Jurassic Park, whose dinosaurs ironically represented an evolutionary leap. Audiences were wowed by those hyper-realistic digital effects – all six minutes of them.There were no big franchise or effects movies among that year’s UK Top 10: it was stuff such as Aladdin, The Bodyguard and Coppola’s Dracula, (mostly released in 1992 in the US). These days it’s rare…