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Oscar win sparks Hurt Locker rush
Kathryn Bigelow’s Oscar triumph has had an instant effect on her movie’s fortunes with rentals more than doubling in a matter of hours. The Hurt Locker landed six titles at the world’s biggest movie bash this week, including best director and film. Now DVD subscription firm Lovefilm has reported rentals for the Iraq war thriller shot... »
Oscar 2010 Winners: The Hurt Locker wins Best Picture Award
You may feel aghast when you find out the Hurt Locker bagged the Best Picture in the currently concluded Oscar Academy Awards 2010. Oscar 2010 Winners: The Hurt Locker wins Best Picture Award updates. The 82nd Annual Academy Oscar Awards 2010 will go live in just few hours. Yes the most anticipated event of the... »
MIA Wasikowska picture Alice in Wonderland
MIA Wasikowska says Johnny Depp has prepared her for the wash of fame that’s about to greet her. The actress — who stars opposite Depp in the new Tim Burton picture Alice in Wonderland — admires how the Pirates of The Caribbean star has remained so grounded. “I think Johnny does it by setting an example,”... »
Movie summary MY NAME IS KHAN
Though almost delayed by a decade and dozen films, Karan Johar touches the now-traditional theme of the aftermath of 9/11 and the victimized Muslim with simplicity and sensitivity in My Name is Khan . Within the range that the global-issue offers, the film still doesn’t attempt to go out of the world... »
Shah Rukh Khan starrer “My Name Is Khan”
Grossing an estimated $1.86 million at the box office in its first weekend, Shah Rukh Khan starrer “My Name Is Khan” has broken the record for the largest opening weekend ever for a Hindi film in North America. The Fox Searchlight release directed by Karan Johar averaged $15,500 from 120 theatres across the United States and... »
Valentine’s Day is coming! give card flower and love
YOU may recall Love Actually, that 2003 British romantic comedy made up of different stories involving multiple actors, and where varied themes of love were explored in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Gary Marshall, the man behind Pretty Woman (1990), has now come up with the American version of that ensemble project. In Valentine’s Day,... »
Ghostbusters 3 coming to cinema
Ghostbusters III, is about to be released, like a million years after the sequel in the 90s. According to rumors around the movie mill, Bill Murray said: ““I said to , ‘I’ll do it if you kill me off in the first reel.’ So now... »
Dear John
Romantic drama Dear John has knocked sci-fi epic Avatar off the top spot in the North American box office chart. The film, starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried as lovers whose romance is curtailed by the 11 September attacks, took $32.4m (£20.6m). James Cameron’s Avatar took $23.6m (£15.2m) after seven weeks at number one, raising its... »
When in Rome
Of all the pretty faces and talented comedians to populate “When in Rome,” the funniest co-star is the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Yes, there at the centre of this unabashedly formulaic romantic comedy is Frank Lloyd Wright’s revered New York landmark. After it was inelegantly shot to bits in “The International” last year, it now... »
iPad also is an e-book reader
SAN FRANCISCO (Hollywood Reporter) – After months of hype that reached a fever pitch in the past few weeks, Apple’s new iPad is likely to underwhelm executives in Hollywood who had their fingers crossed that the sexy new tablet could be a game changer for film and TV studios. Entertainment | Film Instead, the... »
Jane Ng Meng Hui Asian Film Awards winner
Jane Ng Meng Hui has created film history by being the first local actress to be nominated at the Asian Film Awards (AFA). The actress and radio deejay was nominated in the best newcomer category at the 4th AFA on Jan 20 for her portrayal of a neglected 16-year-old schoolgirl in At the End of... »
Designed chimp-proof camera Chimpcam
The world’s first film shot entirely by chimpanzees is to be broadcast by the BBC as part of a natural history documentary. The apes created the movie using a specially designed chimp-proof camera given to them by primatologists. The film-making exercise is part of a scientific study into how chimpanzees perceive the world and each other. It... »
Successful film in Bollywood history
Creating the most successful film in Bollywood history should, surely, be an excuse for breaking into song — preferably backed by a troupe of sari-swirling dancers. Instead, the achievement has spawned an ugly row between India’s most successful author, one of its most powerful movie moguls and its most bankable leading man. 3 Idiots, which... »
Science-fiction epic “Avatar” surged past the 500-million-dollar
Science-fiction epic “Avatar” surged past the 500-million-dollar mark at the North American box office this weekend, maintaining its push towards an all-time record, final figures showed Tuesday. Director James Cameron’s groundbreaking 3-D spectacular added to its haul over the four-day Martin Luther King holiday weekend with another 54.4 million dollars, box office tracker Exhibitor Relations... »
Veer movie preview
After playing a prince early in his career in portions of 1992 film Suryavanshi, macho star Salman Khan is returning to period drama in his latest venture Veer that releases Friday. Source: Wikipedia Interestingly, the epic has been written by Salman 20 years ago and is an Eros International Media Ltd presentation and Vijay Galani Moviez... »
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