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Paris Has Fallen: release date, cast, plot, trailer, interviews and everything we know

Paris Has Fallen: Tewfik Jallab and Ritu Arya star in a thrilling spin-off series based on Gerard Butler’s blockbuster movie franchise.

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Polite Society review – Nida Manzoor’s kickass celebration of sisterhood

A martial arts-obsessed teenager intervenes in her sibling’s forthcoming nuptials in this pinballing genre mashup from the director of C4’s We Are Lady Parts

The Guardian - UK

"Polite Society" star on sisterhood

The young star talked about her latest role along with her training in martial arts and favorite Bollywood films

Salon

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Fun comedy ‘Polite Society’ marries matchmaking and martial arts

Movie about two British-Pakistani sisters is propelled by an infectious and genuine punk-rock energy.

Chicago Sun-Times

Polite Society casts Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya as kung-fu-fighting sisters contending with a hastily arranged marriage

Polite Society, by British writer-director Nida Manzoor, mixes the kooky comedy of Everything Everywhere All At Once with the spunky charm of Bend It Like Beckham and the action thrills of Jackie Chan movies.

ABC News

Polite Society director and star on using the action genre to explore the "violence" of being a teenage girl

Exclusive: Director Nida Manzoor and actor Priya Kansara tell Total Film all about their charming new action-comedy

Total Film

Polite Society review: A homegrown martial arts comedy that delivers a roundhouse kick to the heart

The directing debut of ‘We Are Lady Parts’ creator Nida Manzoor blends emotional honesty with stylistic verve

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Polite Society review: "A charm-bomb of a movie"

Hissing "I am the Fury", suburban schoolgirl Ria Khan (Priya Kansara) throws herself into a stream of kung fu leaps, punches and roundhouse kicks for her YouTube channel. A wannabe stuntwoman, she’s the surprise heroine of this rowdy and wildly charming action comedy, whose writer/director Nida Manzoor – in her…

Total Film

‘Haven’t we all wanted to kick an aunty at one point?’ martial arts meets Desi wedding in Polite Society

This British action comedy is a nuptials-based kung fu homage. Leads Priya Kansara and Ritu Arya discuss auditions, stereotypes – and being the next Tom Cruise

The Guardian - UK

Director Nida Manzoor: ‘For teenage girls, everything feels so intense it’s almost violent’

Known for We Are Lady Parts, her controversial sitcom about a Muslim punk band, the writer-director has made a feature film, Polite Society, that celebrates young female defiance with martial arts-fuelled energy

The Guardian - UK

Meet the Barbie cast: who's who in the anticipated Greta Gerwig movie

Barbie cast — here's who's playing Barbie, Ken and everyone else in the Greta Gerwig movie.

WhatToWatch

Polite Society review – inventive action comedy soars, then falters

We Are Lady Parts creator Nida Manzoor’s initially refreshing film follows two sisters torn apart by impending marriage but a big swing is taken that sinks what follows

The Guardian - US

Elliot Page signs up for very first dating app 18 months after divorcing wife

Elliot page has taken to Instagram to reveal he's signed up for his first ever dating app with the help of his friends

Daily Mirror

The Umbrella Academy on Netflix: When is season 3 out, cast and how many episodes?

The award-winning series is back

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