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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 freeWould you rather watch a film made by a human or a machine? After a week when social media has become clogged with clips from Open AI’s new model, which can produce scarily realistic movies from a simple prompt, it was a relief to head to the Film Independent Spirit Awards.Here on the beach by Santa Monica pier was a celebration of the sort of creativity, ingenuity and originality that…

After years of sitting on the sidelines, Reddit is finally moving ahead with its IPO—and some parties stand to see serious bank, while some names that you would expect to be among the beneficiaries are absent.Reddit filed its S1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) late Thursday, giving the public the first look at its plan to go public. (The company filed privately in December 2021, but shelved the plans after the market for IPOs became choppy.) Among the information was a look at who holds how much stock.As…

President Joe Biden delivered his first major election year campaign speech on Friday near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Biden lambasted his predecessor and potential 2024 rival Donald Trump in a forceful addredss, emphasizing the former president’s refusal to accept the peaceful transfer of power in 2020 as a continued threat to American democracy.  “Today we are here to answer the most important of questions: Is democracy still America’s sacred cause?” Biden told a crowd of supporters. “This isn’t rhetorical,…

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson confirms the live-action Moana is his next project. Cobra Kai brings back a familiar name for its final season. Plus, a new look at the anime adaptation of Go! Go! Loser Ranger!. To me, my spoilers!Dominic Monaghan on Attending Fan ConventionsAlien LegionAccording to Deadline, Deadpool’s Tim Miller is attached to direct a film adaptation of Alien Legion, the 80's comic book series originally published at Marvel’s creator-owned imprint, Epic Comics. Described as “the French Foreign Legion in…

Display bezel wars might become a thing again if the latest rumors about the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro Max are true. Apple’s next flagship might have a thin 1.55mm display bezel (via @UniverseIce), which would represent a significant reduction from the current iPhone 14’s 2.17mm bezel. As a result, Samsung may lose to Apple in this department, and the company may want to reengage in a battle for the thinnest bezels, even though it somewhat ignored this design aspect in recent years. And that’s because Samsung is no longer…

It never made sense to her, Mara Wilson writes in Good Girls Don’t, that the enduring image of a child actor is of a spoilt brat. “A bratty child is one who won’t do what they’re told; child actors only do what they’re told. Brats are selfish and greedy; child actors often support their families. A spoilt and misbehaving child will not get very far in the entertainment industry.” Wilson, the star of some of the biggest family films of the 90s, including Mrs Doubtfire, Miracle on 34th Street and Matilda, only wanted to…

Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Despite being an Academy Award-winning filmmaker with a litany of critically-acclaimed film and television projects under his belt, one opinion-splitting Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster was all it took the tides to turn against Taika Waititi. In fairness, Thor: Love and Thunder was a massive step down from its predecessor – which comfortably ranks as one of the superhero franchise’s finest installments – but it didn’t take long for the consensus to reach the conclusion that…

Busted have debuted a new version of the fan favourite song ‘Loser Kid 2.0’ featuring Canadian pop-punk band Simple Plan.The track is the first in a series of new versions of Busted fan favourites, which will be released over the course of the year. The trio has collaborations with McFly and All Time Low coming soon.Matt says “Loser Kid has always been a favourite track of mine. It was the end of the first album and summed up that record. ‘Wore my sisters jeans’ is also a standout lyric from that time for me too. Still…

When Angela Bassett learned she didn’t win at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday, she didn’t make a scene. There was no fit, there were no tears.Instead, the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star kept a blank face and slowly turned her head as fellow nominees applauded winner Jamie Lee Curtis. But some Twitter users felt her subtle reaction made her a “sore loser.”“Bassett is a fantastic actress. A shame she didn’t continue performing tonight and applaud when Jamie Lee won,” wrote Twitter user @SPisacreta. “Everyone wants to win.…

Over more than 30 years, the Brian Jonestown Massacre have garnered a reputation like that of few other bands. The San Francisco group, led by Anton Newcombe, are known for their fecund creativity, violent volatility, chaos and magic – all of which are woven together to create music spanning psychedelia, shoegaze, country and garage rock. I have joined them for part of their UK tour. “Stop putting off a genius, you cocksucking dickhead!” yells Newcombe to a heckler during one of many guitar-tuning breaks in Brighton. “Go…