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“The Slap Heard Around The World” is how Australia’s Sydney Morning Herald has appropriately described it.

Love Hurts has received a poor reception from critics, who were unimpressed by the film’s action and plot.Quan’s first lead role since winning an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All At Once has him playing a former hit-man brought back into his former profession when his brother tries to hunt him down. The film currently has a 21 per cent critics’ score on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 70 reviews.Many critics felt the action scenes were unbelievable.

Netflix’s Back In Action, the first film starring Cameron Diaz since 2014, has received a mixed reception from critics after its debut on the service.Reviews have mostly praised the chemistry between the Charlie’s Angels actor and co-star Jamie Foxx, but criticise the lacklustre storytelling.The pair star as two former CIA spies drawn back into their old ways when their identities are revealed. On the day of the film’s release (January 17), the film has a score of 50 on review aggregator Metacritic (indicating “Mixed or Average” reviews), while on Rotten Tomatoes is has a “Rotten” score of 26 per cent from 23 reviews.Paste Magazine’s review described it as “a dated and unambitious, but technically proficient action flick with decent leads but not a ton for them to do”.

Kevin Costner’s self-financed Western Horizon: An American Saga has bombed at the box office.The movie is the first of four planned chapters, which tells a number of stories over the course of 12 years in the American West.The first instalment, which also stars Sienna Miller, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sam Worthington, Ella Hunt, Isabelle Fuhrman and Jena Malone, was mostly financed by Costner himself, with the actor spending over $98million (£77million) of his own money on the project.Now, the film has opened to poor box office sales, making just $11million (£8.6million) in the US (per Slash film). Following its premiere at Cannes in May, Horizon was largely panned by critics, with The Hollywood Reporter’s David Rooney describing the film as a “a clumsy slog beyond saving.”Peter Bradshaw gave the film just two stars in his review for The Guardian. He wrote: “The film moseys blankly along and, aside from some mildly diverting moments, it spends 180 keeping you guessing as to when and whether it is going to be interesting.”In a more positive review, however, The Telegraph’s Robbie Collin awarded it four stars and wrote: “The film is earnest yet hopeful, with crisply drawn characters – but perhaps its full grandeur won’t be fully realised until part two.”Despite the mostly negative reviews, the film did receive a lengthy, seven-minute standing ovation at Cannes, leaving Costner visibly emotional.Recently, Costner also hit back at critics who complained about the representation of Native Americans in the film.

Jessica Alba's comeback film has shot to the top of the Netflix charts, despite being slammed by fans.

Kevin Costner’s new movie, which he has largely financed himself, has been panned by critics in its first-look reviews at Cannes.The film – which Costner has directed, co-written and stars in – is a four-part Western drama that takes place over 15 years of the American Civil War. Costner has spent over $98million (£77million) of his own money on the project.The film, which premiered at Cannes on Sunday (May 19) also stars Sienna Miller, Jamie Campbell Bower, Sam Worthington, Ella Hunt, Isabelle Fuhrman and Jena Malone.After the premiere, the first-look reviews for the project were largely negative.

Banshees of Inisherin). The feature debut of director Bryce McGuire, the film concerns a possessed swimming pool in a suburban family’s backyard.

Napoleon, with generally favourable reviews across the board.The historical drama stars Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role as Napoleon Bonaparte, the military mastermind and Emperor of France. It spans 32 years from the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789 to Napoleon’s death on St Helena in 1821, and explores significant battles as well as the romantic turmoil with his wife Joséphine de Beauharnais.Many have praised director Scott for crafting the kind of bombastic spectacle favoured in late ’50s and early ’60s Hollywood, noting in particular the technical and theatrical skill enacted for the sweeping, bloody battle scenes.

Oppenheimer have praised the film as a “knockout” and Christopher Nolan’s “most impressive work yet”.The upcoming biopic stars Cillian Murphy as scientist and “father of the atomic bomb” J. Robert Oppenheimer, and is set to be released on July 21, 2023.The first social media reactions to the anticipated epic have arrived after a world premiere event in Paris yesterday (June 11) where Murphy, Nolan and cast members Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr.