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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 freeThere is, it’s fair to say, nothing more important to the movies than actors.The right performance can tip a film into the realm of greatness; a bad one can doom an otherwise promising project to mediocrity or ridicule.What would There Will Be Blood be without Daniel Day-Lewis at its centre? Would The Godfather still sparkle without Al Pacino and Marlon Brando? These are not questions…

This week, as we mourn the death of Andre Braugher, who died at the age of 61 on Monday, December 11 due to a brief illness, we remember the great movies and TV shows the actor appeared in. But as Scoob! Holiday Haunt writer Tony Cervone has pointed out, there’s one performance by the talented Brooklyn Nine-Nine star we may never see following Warner Bros. cancelling the movie’s release last year. Now I’m even more upset that the movie was shelved! Scoob! Holiday Haunt was the animated follow-up to 2020’s Scoob!, and it…

macOS Sonoma est arrivé et il s’accompagne d’une nouvelle fonctionnalité qu’Apple appelle “mode Jeu”. Lorsqu’il est activé, il se déclenche automatiquement au lancement d’un jeu pour donner la priorité au CPU et au GPU afin de maximiser les performances. Il améliore également la connectivité avec les appareils sans fil, de sorte que les éléments tels que les manettes et AirPods présentent moins de latence. Le mode Jeu s’inscrit dans le cadre des efforts déployés par la marque pour rendre le Mac plus attrayant pour…

Before the end of the year, Timothée Chalamet will take us to a world of pure imagination when he takes on the role of the world-famous chocolatier and candy maker, Willy Wonka, in Paul King’s upcoming movie, Wonka. A perfect choice for the part played by Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp in previous adaptations of Roald Dahl’s beloved and quirky character, Chalamet has more than a few performances under his belt that showcase all the ways in which he is perfect to take on such a well-known figure like Willy Wonka...As part of…

Pearl Jam will headline two European festivals this summer, announcing its first performances of 2024 on Monday.On July 11, the Seattle grunge icons are scheduled to headline Mad Cool Festival in Madrid, Spain, alongside Dua Lipa, Janelle Monáe, Avril Lagine, Greta Van Fleet and the Smashing Pumpkins, according to a series of tweets posted Monday on Pearl Jam’s X account. The band accompanied the announcement with a clip of its 1994 song, “Better Man.” A few days after launching the tour, the “Alive” and “Black”…

When the news broke that Billie Eilish would be involved in Barbie, no one could have predicted the chart-topper she and her brother, FINNEAS, came up with. The answer eventually came in the emotionally charged track “What Was I Made For?” which is about questioning your life’s purpose as a doll or a human, fitting in very well with the Barbie movie’s themes. It turns out, the formation of the track was no picnic as the Grammy winner explained the struggles of making this song and how it worked out as one of her “best…

20. Becoming Jane (2007)Not Anne Hathaway’s finest hour, this formulaic Austen biopic from Miramax has Hathaway in excessively fragrant and phoney mode as the gorgeous novelist drawn to James McAvoy’s passionate, penniless lawyer, while being wooed by Laurence Fox’s snooty toff. No prizes for guessing who she picks. Hathaway, in no particular order, smiles, trembles and pouts. Not to worry: her lapse in concentration was a one-off.19. Song One (2014)This New-York-set romcom is admittedly short on laughs or sexual heat,…

Credit: cottonbro studio from Pexels Who could have imagined how quickly we would return to pre-COVID routines? Here we are again, juggling year-end stressors, wondering how we can squeeze everything in. If you have young children, you will likely also have several school concerts to mark the end of the year. While we want to…

For many actors, an Academy Award win constitutes the apogee of their careers – but for every actor that takes home the famous statuette, there are countless more that, despite turning in once-in-a-lifetime performances, don’t even get a nomination. Here are ten unmissable performances that should have gotten more love at the Oscars. 10. Gene Wilder, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsgQvZOBhEY Timothée Chalomet’s soon-to-be-revealed portrayal may yet surprise us all, but until…

The Swedish rockers are looking to "franchise" themselves so they have a presence everywhere all the time Do you look good in a suit? Do you own a Rickenbacker? Do you have an opaquely Swedish accent that sounds good when screaming, “Hate to Say I Told You So”? If so, you and your cover band could become a Hives franchisee. “We have arrived at a point where the Hives can no longer keep up with public demand for concerts,” the band said in a statement. “This is where you come in. Help us create…