Waleed M. Al-Yamani

Father to a Genius. Writer. Director. Producer. All round Guerilla.

[Waleed M. Al-Yamani @MagicAmigo]

So great to get to chat to Gino about 'Martyrs'. Thank you for having us on.

[African Couch Potato @africancouchpot]

In this week's episode we chat to film-makers @magicamigo and @allthingsrichardgau about an upcoming South African action-drama series called #Martyrs.

The @martyrsseries also stars @angelasithole @luthulidlamini @craigurbani @wongley

Listen here:
https://t.co/JizaDybGn8 #ACP

[Waleed M. Al-Yamani @MagicAmigo]

@eyewhytea May Allah grant you strength during this difficult time.

[Waleed M. Al-Yamani @MagicAmigo]

Such a great movie😍

[William Eubank @superswift]

Since Underwater is breaking into the top 10 on Amazon this week here’s a couple pics / art from production 🙌🦑

[Yonan @yonann]

Jason Alexander says he feared visiting Palestine as a Jew until 10 Palestinians protected him during an Israeli army raid in Ramallah

“How much of a risk would I be taking as an American Jew walking into Palestinian cities? And Mohammed said, ‘The greatest dishonor that could happen to a religious Muslim is to allow harm to come to an invited guest’”

“And he said, ‘Jason, if they had to, they’ll take a bullet for you.’ And what was so interesting about that trip is, we were having lunch in Ramallah with a bunch of actors and artists at a sort of outdoor restaurant”

“And the Israeli army was conducting a raid on a bank that they thought had terrorist ties a couple blocks away. And they must have, to announce themselves, just shot into the air. And I remember 10 of those guys at the table surrounding me. And I went, ‘Oh my God, he wasn’t kidding. They’re not going to let me get hurt’”

[Waleed M. Al-Yamani @MagicAmigo]

Honored to have you watch it first❤️

[African Couch Potato @africancouchpot]

@MagicAmigo @RichardSGau and @_AngelaSithole did a thing!

Can't wait for you guys to see it.

#MartyrsSeries #ACP

[liam cunningham @liamcunningham1]

This is the scourge of humanity. Zionism.
To do this to children is unforgivable.
This barbarism is being tolerated on our watch. Utterly shameful.

[Muhammed Ali @Chainless_Slave]

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Kindness is not found in anything but that it adds to its beauty, and it is not withdrawn from anything but that it makes it defective."

"Hellfire is forbidden to touch any person who is approachable, easygoing, and lenient in nature."

Muslim & Tirmidhi

[Spyder Dobrofsky @spyderdobro]

There's no formula to making it in the movie industry, because every single individuals path is completely different, and impossible to replicate. You have to do it YOUR WAY because there is no other way. Take inspiration from others. The best advice is to write what you love.

[القرآن @Quranconnect_]

I could post this a million times🥹❤️

[Hamza Yusuf @Hamza_a96]

The front page of @ScotNational tomorrow is what every UK newspaper front page should look like.

But, as throughout the entirety of the genocide, it stands alone with a moral backbone, not afraid to tell the truth about the horrors the rest of the press whitewash.

[smile2jannah @smile2jannah]

Some villains are heroes in real life

[Quadcarl @Quadcarl]

This is the official trailer for NAZA. It’s being suppressed on every social media platform.

Please watch and share.

[🇿🇦 Bumfluffski 🇿🇦 @Bumfluffski]

We've been brainwashed away from what actual terrorists look like.

Whenever I see things happening like this, I always ask what the global response would be if the roles were reversed... What would the headlines read if Niger's army was sitting on the border of France?

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

Oscar nominee Florence Pugh addressed her outspoken support for Palestine in a Vanity Fair interview, stating she was "never scared" to speak out and questioning why Hollywood took so long to express sympathy.

Despite likely losing hundreds of thousands of followers for sharing humanitarian aid links, Pugh declared, "Silence in the face of such suffering is not neutrality. It is complicity" at the Together for Palestine benefit, which raised over $2 million for humanitarian aid.

Her team supported her attendance despite filming conflicts with Avengers: Doomsday. Reflecting on the crisis, Pugh added,
"Empathy should not be this hard".

[Cenk Uygur @cenkuygur]

From New York to Benjamin Netanyahu: “Keep our mayor’s name out of your fucking mouth!"

[WearThePeace @WearThePeaceCo]

Actress Susan Sarandon being arrested earlier today for protesting Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the United Nations. One is speaking out against genocide, one is committing it. One was arrested, one was not.

[LOST @TheLOSTworld_]

Adam Scott, the actor known for Parks and Recreation and Severance, picked LOST for the New York Times’ list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century and talked about one of the storytelling tropes the show introduced to television.

Source: @teamdeckerstar

[cinesthetic. @TheCinesthetic]

I genuinely think Jason Statham might have one of the strangest movie-star careers in Hollywood.

The guy has spent roughly 25 years making action movies, and somehow he has almost never fallen into the trap that catches so many actors once they reach this stage of their career. He keeps making movies. Not TV seasons. Not a random streaming series. Not a pile of forgotten direct-to-video sequels. He just keeps showing up in theatrical action movies.

And it’s not like he has spent his entire career making giant studio blockbusters either.

He went from LOCK, STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS and SNATCH to THE TRANSPORTER, CRANK, DEATH RACE, THE BANK JOB, HOMEFRONT, SAFE, WILD CARD and a bunch of other relatively modest action movies. Then he somehow became part of FAST & FURIOUS, THE EXPENDABLES and THE MEG without abandoning the smaller stuff.

That’s the impressive part.

A lot of action stars from previous generations eventually ended up doing increasingly cheap movies that went straight to VHS, DVD or television. Statham somehow kept finding distributors willing to put his movies in cinemas.

Even when the movie itself is basically a $30 million Jason Statham movie, there is still a theatrical audience for it.

And I think the reason is pretty simple: Jason Statham knows exactly what people are paying to see.

He isn’t pretending every movie is going to win an Oscar. He isn’t constantly trying to reinvent himself. He found a very specific screen persona and has spent 25 years refining it.

You know what you’re getting with a Statham movie. A tough guy. A ridiculous problem. Some excellent fights. A few great one-liners. Probably a vehicle chase. Maybe a corrupt organization. And eventually Jason Statham is going to beat the absolute hell out of somebody.

But somehow that consistency became a brand.

Tom Cruise has built an incredible theatrical career by being extremely selective and turning almost every movie into an event.

Statham has done something completely different.

He has made being reliable into a form of stardom.

There are very few actors who can put their name on a relatively modest action movie and still make a studio believe people will leave the house to watch it.

That might actually be one of the most impressive things about Jason Statham’s career.

[liam cunningham @liamcunningham1]

If you find yourself saying
‘I’m not taking sides’
during a genocide, you are.
You most definitely are.