A Quiet Place: Day One: Last News

Guardians of The Galaxy and Gladiator star Djimon Hounsou has revealed that despite decades of success in the film industry, he still struggles financially due to systemic racism.Making his breakthrough in Steven Spielberg’s 1998 historical drama Amistad, the Beninese actor has worked consistently since then, appearing in Rebel Moon, Shazam, and A Quiet Place: Day One among others. He has been nominated for two Academy Awards, for Amistad and 2006 thriller Blood Diamond with Leonardo DiCaprio.Appearing on CNN’s African Voices Changemakers show, he spoke about how industry has yet to pay sufficiently for his work.

Rotten Tomatoes has pulled together the critical consensus on every horror movie released since January 1, and the film topping the poll is Late Night With The Devil, Colin and Cameron Cairnes’ found footage supernatural horror set on a late night chat show on Halloween 1977.The film stars David Dastmalchian (Prisoners, Blade Runner 2049) as Jack Delroy, the host of the show in question, as he attempts to boost ratings by inviting an allegedly possessed girl onto the show.The film made headlines on its opening weekend in March when it drew exactly $666,666 on its first Sunday of release, contributing to an overall weekend haul of $2.8million (£2.2million). It tops Rotten Tomatoes’ list with a very strong 97 per cent critics score, and is available to stream on Shudder or to rent or buy.The Irish film Oddity makes it into second place with 96 per cent.

Lupita Nyong’o has opened up about her experience filming A Quiet Place: Day One, and how “therapeutic” the experience was for her.In the film, Nyong’o portrays Sam a cancer-stricken woman who is trying to survive the first day of an alien invasion. Playing a character with cancer was a form of catharsis for Nyong’o, who in 2020 experienced heartbreak and tragedy when her Black Panther co-star Chadwick Boseman died of colon cancer.Speaking to PEOPLE magazine, Nyong’o said the role was “scary to have to go there”, especially for a character who “is really facing their mortality, even before this apocalypse takes place, and whose life is slipping between her fingers.”“That was daunting to have to go there, psychologically and emotionally,” she said.

John Krasinski pulled off quite the feat with 2018’s “A Quiet Place” alien invasion horror movie. Not only did the actor and leading man introduce a viable new Hollywood franchise, but he also launched himself into the stratosphere of new filmmakers that could make suspenseful and emotional dramas that thrilled audiences, put asses in seats, and pleased critics and moviegoers alike.