At this year’s Venice Film Festival, no film has been more talked about than this latest project from Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, which recounts the heart-shattering story of a six-year-old girl killed in Gaza, and received a record 23-minute standing ovation at the festival this week. It isn’t uncommon to hear cheers or boos at the end of a …
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Gaza movie ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ devastates Venice audiences – The Washington Post
Gaza movie ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ devastates Venice audiences The Washington Post Gaza film The Voice of Hind Rajab gets record 23-minute ovation at Venice BBC Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara Have Rare Red Carpet Date Night at Venice Film Festival 2025 E! News The Voice of Hind Rajab review – docufiction is fierce, vehement and heart-shattering The Guardian Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara …
Read More »Netflix’s New #1 Murder Mystery Movie Is Getting Stabbed in the Back by Audiences on Rotten Tomatoes
For those who like their murder a little on the quaint side, then Netflix’s new mystery movie could be for you. Then again, judging by its audience reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, that may not be the case at all. Based on the novel by Richard Osman, The Thursday Murder Club seemed to be making a killing with its early critics’ …
Read More »Audiences Disagree On Movie’s Meaning
[This story contains spoilers for Weapons.] Zach Cregger’s Weapons is the latest horror success story in a year when epic studio horror films with large casts and even larger ambitions have thrived, like Sinners, Final Destination: Bloodlines and 28 Years Later. After eclipsing box office projections and sending enthusiastic audiences home with heightened pulses and more than a few chuckles …
Read More »Alan Tudyk Says His Name ‘Was Not Mentioned’ in I, Robot Publicity Because His Performance as Sonny the Robot Scored Higher With Test Audiences Than Will Smith
Alan Tudyk has made an explosive allegation surrounding his involvement with I, Robot, claiming his name was pulled from the film’s publicity because his performance as Sonny the Robot scored higher with test audiences than Will Smith. Alex Proyas’ 2004 sci-fi film I, Robot sees Smith’s Detective Del Spooner investigate the alleged suicide of U.S. Robotics founder Alfred Lanning, believing …
Read More »Jay Leno says political late-night hosts alienate audiences
Jay Leno believes the late-night television landscape could use more nonpartisan humor. The former The Tonight Show host had a nonpartisan approach to his humor and has some thoughts about the politicization of late-night television, he said in an interview The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation. “I got hate letters saying, ‘You and your Republican friends,’ and another saying, ‘I hope …
Read More »Jay Leno says political comedy can alienate audiences: ‘I don’t think anybody wants to hear a lecture’
Facebook Tweet Email Link Jay Leno is happy standing in the middle of the aisle as far as political humor goes. During a recent conversation with David Trulio for The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation, the former late-night host spoke about some of the risks that can come with mixing politics and comedy. “I like to think that people come to …
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