“African Queens: Queen Cleopatra” director Tina Gharavi is addressing the casting of biracial Black actress Adele James as the titular Greek-Egyptian ruler. The trailer for Netflix docuseries “Queen ...
“Queen Cleopatra,” Netflix’s four-part documentary on perhaps the most famous Queen of Egypt, has been very poorly reviewed. On Rotten Tomatoes it currently has a tomatometer score of 10%, meaning ...
Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra was shredded by audience reviews following its May 10 release, with many comparing its calamitous release to the real-life Cleopatra’s own suicide. The docuseries, produced ...
In response to Netflix casting a mixed race actress to play Cleopatra in a new series, a government-owned Egyptian media station says it will produce a documentary depicting the queen with an actress ...
Few creative selections kick conversational hornet’s nests like a producer’s decision to cast a person of color in a role long associated with whiteness. Choosing biracial actor Adele James to play ...
A features writer at Collider, Shreejit hails from a country known for its unabashed love for its cinema. During his postgrad in Journalism, Shreejit discovered his love for film analysis through his ...
That's where the Rotten Tomatoes audience score for Queen Cleopatra currently stands as of this writing, which is kind of amazing. I've rarely, if ever seen an audience score this low, and the only ...
Netflix on Wednesday finally released its polarizing “African Queens” docu-series “Queen Cleopatra,” which depicts the Egyptian ruler as Black. But Egypt has already launched counterprogramming plans ...
Egyptian archeologists say they’ve discovered a previously hidden ancient tunnel that some believe could lead to the long-lost tomb of Queen Cleopatra. Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...
Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...
Famous for her wiles, Cleopatra has been played by beauties like Theda Bara (above), Claudette Colbert, Elizabeth Taylor and Vivien Leigh. But an Egyptologist's recreation shows the real Queen was a ...