‘Vanguard’ Review: Jackie Chan Globe-Trots in Cluttered Action Toy Box

Michael Gove has signalled he will work with Nicola Sturgeon to allow thousands of Ukraine refugees into the UK before they are matched with host families.

Millie Bobby Brown was all smiles making her red carpet debut with boyfriend Jake Bongiovi at the 2022 BAFTAs.The 18-year-old ‘Stranger Things’ star looked absolutely glamorous, wearing a black velvet gown with a lace and a dramatic black train, accessorized with black gloves, a silver necklace, and a stunning ring.While the 19-year-old son of Jon Bon Jovi wore a classic black Fendi suit with a matching bowtie, showing support for Ukraine with the Ukrainian flak to his lapel.The happy couple walked side by side on the red carpet of the British Academy Film Awards at Royal Albert Hall in London.Rumors of their romantic relationship started last in June 2021, after being photographed together in New York City.

There are green shoots for the city’s restaurant, pub and bar businesses, with news that the sector is growing again following the pandemic.

Ariana DeBose is unstoppable! The Afro-Latina won in the best supporting actress category at the 2022 Critics Choice Awards for her stunning performance as Anita in Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story.“Wow, this is wild. I wrote some things down, and yet my phone is over there.

She found her match! Love Is Blind‘s Shaina Hurley introduced fans to boyfriend Chris Lardakis after calling off her engagement to Kyle Abrams.

Setting the record straight. Will Smith got honest about the rumors swirling around about his 24-year marriage to Jada Pinkett Smith.

After months of dropping subtle clues and oh-so casually tagging Skims Swim on Instagram, Kim Kardashian has officially released her line of bikinis, one-pieces and cover ups — and the collection is better than we could have imagined. 

Dolly Parton has taken herself out of the running for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. On Monday, the «Jolene» singer made the announcement via a statement on Instagram.  “Dolly here! Even though I’m extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don’t feel that I have earned that right. I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out,” it read.

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Stepping in. Queen Elizabeth II missed the 2022 Commonwealth Day Service, but she found someone to attend in her place — her son Prince Charles.

Key and Peele‘s Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are reteaming as part of the cast of Wendell & Wild, a new animated film that Oscar nominee Henry Selick (Coraline) is directing for Netflix, which will also star Lyric Ross (This Is Us), Angela Bassett (Black Panther), James Hong (Kung Fu Panda), Tamara Smart (A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting), Natalie Martinez (The Twilight Zone), Tantoo Cardinal (Dances with Wolves), Gabrielle Dennis (A Black Lady Sketch Show), Igal Naor (300: Rise of an Empire), David Harewood (Tulip Fever), Maxine Peake (Black Mirror), Ramona Young (Never Have I Ever), Sam Zelaya, Seema Virdi, Gary Gatewood and Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction).

EXCLUSIVE: Katherine McNamara (Shadowhunters) has signed on to star alongside Mickey Rourke, Mark Dacascos, Shaina West and Marcus Vincios Maciel in the action pic Jade, which marks the debut feature from director, producer and stuntman James Bamford.

Just like the SXSW world premiere of The Lost City was a homecoming for Sandra Bullock who lives here down in Austin, it marked a return for brothers Adam and Aaron Nee who jumpstarted their filmmaking careers at cinephile fest with the 2006 movie The Last Romantic. 

Jussie Smollett‘s friends, co-stars, and family members are showing him support in the days following his prison sentence.

An apparent "awkward" moment of tension between Phillip Schofield and Ruth Langsford was noticed by This Morning viewers. On Monday's edition of the show, Phil was joined by Josie Gibson, who was standing in for Holly Willoughby after she tested positive for Covid, when the show cut to a brief of what was coming up on Loose Women.The segment was hosted by 61 year old Ruth, whose husband Eamonn Holmes has a very rocky relationship with Phil. Phil kept his words to a minimum as he passed over to Ruth, and viewers noticed that he didn't say, "Thank you, Ruth" when the camera focused back on him.

Here are your Manchester City evening headlines for Monday, March 14.

Universal Credit claimants have been warned their payment date could change next month.The Easter bank holiday might mean the date will be different for Brits who claim the benefit.That's because payments aren't usually made on bank holidays, instead claimants could receive it on the previous working day.This year, Good Friday falls on April 15 with Easter Monday on the following Monday.So if your payment is due on either 15, 16, 17 or 18 of the month, you should expect to be paid on the Thursday before (April 14).You don't need to do anything extra to claim the benefit as the change will be applied automatically.However, if your payment falls outside of these days, you shouldn't expect any changes at all.The amount you're paid won't be impacted by the bank holiday.And it's not just Universal Credit payment dates that are different when it falls on a bank holiday.Other benefit payments in the UK are also made a day earlier on bank holiday weekends.You can contact the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) if you don't receive your payment before the bank holiday weekend.After Easter the next bank holiday is May 2 which falls on a Monday.This means claimants who get paid on this day of the month should instead get their benefit the Friday beforehand, which is April 29. Want all the biggest Lifestyle news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free Daily Star Hot Topics newsletter It comes after new fraud rules start today (March 14) as credit and debit card payments could get declined.

Anthony D'Alessandro Editorial Director/Box Office EditorSUNDAY AM UPDATE, refresh for chart and more analysis: The weekend before Thanksgiving is one of the most lucrative ones on the calendar, last year bringing in $204.9M off the opening of Disney’s Frozen II which posted November’s fifth best domestic opening of all-time at $130.3M.Who would ever think that the domestic box office would sink to such an atrocious level as this weekend. If last weekend brought in $10M for all titles with California theaters, and other markets like Illinois open, this weekend is surely the lowest weekend for exhibition since theaters reopened back in September for Tenet with an estimated $6M, a 40% drop.

The laziness of Jackie Chan’s latest fighting flick becomes obvious right away — when a secret security force called Vanguard heads to Africa to rescue an accountant’s daughter.We cut away from London to a sun-drenched landscape, and the screen reads: “Africa.” Africa is the second-largest continent in the world and contains 54 culturally and geographically distinct countries, from Egypt to Sierra Leone. And that’s the best they could do? “Africa”?The whole movie, called “Vanguard,” is hobbled by such scant detail.

If nothing else, director Stanley Tong and martial arts superstar Jackie Chan’s latest effort, Vanguard, proves the law of diminishing returns. Not too long ago a Chan film guaranteed an entertaining time at the movies and heaps of awe at what the human body could endure.