tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107378942011-04-21T21:14:51.749-07:00Quarknoreply@blogger.comBlogger1161100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-18546030005311305502008-06-25T19:45:00.000-07:002008-06-25T20:05:31.266-07:00

We can confidently make the statement that Pixar's latest film Wall-E is not only going to be a blockbuster but also will likely be one of the best films of 2008. It also carries the tremendous potential of establishing itself as one of the best science fiction movie ever made. We never had the habit of making too much exaggerated comments but today we can't resist ourselves from telling what we

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Here comes another excellent creation from Giuseppe Tornatore, the celebrated director of 'Cinema Paradiso' (1988) and 'Malena' (2000).His new film, 'The Unknown Woman' (International title: “La Sconosciuta”) is a haunting story of mystery and love with the leading character of a Russian woman named Irena (Xenia Rappoport) who calculatedly insinuates herself into the lives of a young, affluent

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-19455896955487524272008-05-04T14:52:00.000-07:002008-05-04T15:18:56.300-07:00

“Iron Man” grossed an estimated $201 million (including international sales), according to Paramount Pictures. The film was made with an estimated $135 million. The totals were slightly short of first-weekend sales for “Spider-Man,” the 2002 blockbuster that holds the record for the top nonsequel superhero movie opening.Based on the long-running Marvel comic book series, “Iron Man” is the story

Quarknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-27380599209100228592008-04-21T18:40:00.000-07:002008-04-21T18:59:22.969-07:00

Richard Gere and Hilary Swank are set to be together in Avalon Pictures' biopic on Amelia Earhart, the legendary American pilot who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.The film named 'Amelia' revolves around the rocky relationship between the famed aviator and her husband, publisher George Putnam. Mira Nair ('Namesake', '

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-29841357385845839382008-04-14T16:14:00.000-07:002008-04-14T16:54:16.963-07:00

May 9, 'Speed Racer' : Based on the classic 1960s series created by anime pioneer Tatsuo Yoshida that later was retooled for North American audiences, the big-screen film will follow the adventures of the young race car driver Speed in his quest for glory in his thundering gadget-laden vehicle, Mach 5. This new movie from the Wachowski brothers (The Matrix) that stars Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-74510084723317192252008-04-02T19:22:00.000-07:002008-04-02T19:39:36.422-07:00

Set in the backdrop of America's nascent pro-football league of 1925, 'Leatherheads' succeeds as a quick-witted romantic comedy starring Oscar winners George Clooney and Renée Zellweger.Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero who is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-24430277089157271852008-03-06T18:29:00.000-08:002008-03-06T18:47:32.563-08:00

Tomorrow Warner Bros. Pictures releases, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Centropolis Production of a Roland Emmerich film: "10,000 B.C.", starring Steven Strait ('The Covenant', 'Undiscovered' ), Camilla Belle ('The Ballad Of Jack And Rose') and Cliff Curtis ('Traffic', 'Runaway jury'). The film is directed by Roland Emmerich ("Independence Day," "The Day After Tomorrow"), from a

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-46422871725267497972008-02-25T17:56:00.000-08:002008-02-25T20:16:54.926-08:00

On Feb 15th, Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson were seen puckering up on the red carpet at the International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin, Germany on the occasion of the premiere show of the movie 'The Other Boleyn Girl'.The movie tells the (distorted) story of two sisters, Anne (played by Natalie Portman) and Mary (Scarlett Johansson). Driven by their ambitious father's desires to

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-51083512540431554472008-02-14T19:54:00.000-08:002008-02-14T20:14:56.324-08:00

Martin McDonagh makes his feature directorial debut on the film 'In Bruges' based on his own original screenplay. McDonagh got his start on the stage. His plays (which include 'The Lieutenant of Inishmore' and 'The Pillowman') have brought him two Olivier Awards and four Tony Award nominations. He eventually decided to turn his darkly comedic voice toward the cinematic world, resulting in his

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-53520101799328138952008-01-16T17:21:00.000-08:002008-01-16T18:20:54.444-08:00

The United States army discontinued the 'draft' in 1973, moving to an all-volunteer military force, thus there is currently no mandatory conscription. But what if the 'draft' is back? You have just 30 days to report...'Day Zero' follows the lives of three best friends in New York City who have 30 days to come to terms with their fate the draft is back and they've been called to serve. 'Day Zero'

Quarknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-27375131614151103542007-12-17T16:34:00.000-08:002007-12-17T17:04:09.488-08:00

Will Smith stars as Robert Neville [image copyright © 2007 Warner Bros. Pictures]"I Am Legend", the sci-fi vampire drama about the last survivor of a planetwide plague opened with a record-breaking $76.5 million, the biggest December opening ever and a personal best for Smith. It could beat the $72.6 million debut of "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" in 2003, according to Warner Bros.'

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-36231910272665355952007-12-03T18:02:00.000-08:002007-12-03T18:50:08.857-08:00

The 2008 Sundance Film Festival runs January 17-27, 2008, in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. There are 4 competition categories: (i) Documentary (ii) Dramatic (iii) World Cinema Documentary (iv) World Cinema Dramatic. In addition to the four Competition categories, the Festival presents films in five out-of-competition sections.For the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, 121

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-9393184922084699902007-11-24T07:33:00.000-08:002008-02-25T20:16:38.213-08:00

[Unearthing 'Feel Good' movies: In this series we'll try to bring back the charm of some forgotten (relatively speaking) movies which were not big hits at their times but can still find a resonance in your heart for their well-written scripts, exploration of human relationships, good acting and finally their ability to leave behind a good feeling that makes us do those simple things that matter

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Guillermo ArriagaGuillermo Arriaga is the celebrated screenwriter of the trilogy directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu -- "Amores Perros", "21 Grams", and "Babel". He also received the 2005 Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay Award for "The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada". However, his collaboration with Alejandro Gonzalez drew an end after a fall-out just before the 2006 Cannes screening

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-37389940203360869272007-10-03T19:00:00.000-07:002007-10-04T19:28:01.099-07:00

If things go smoothly, the next directional venture of Martin Scorsese would be based on the book "The Wolf of Wall Street" released last week by Bantam Books. This is the autobiography of New York stockbroker Jordan Belfort who was sent to jail for securities fraud and money laundering in the '90s.The storyline will be adapted by Emmy-winning "Sopranos" writer-producer Terence Winter and

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-56853190664031264342007-09-13T21:50:00.000-07:002007-09-13T22:10:46.189-07:00

The 64th Venice Film Festival came to an end on September 8th. In the awards ceremony that took place in the Palazzo del Cinema, the Golden Lion for Best Film went to 'Se, Jie' (Lust, Caution) directed by Ang Lee, the Academy Award-winning director of "Brokeback Mountain" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". From the trend in last few years we can guess that it would also be a strong contender

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-17247474254683343522007-08-31T09:54:00.000-07:002007-09-03T08:44:01.237-07:00

The 64th edition of the Venice Film Festival, which by the way is the oldest film festival of the world, kicked off on Wednesday with an opening movie called "Atonement". Cinema fans, film critics, actors and directors have arrived at the opening ceremony of the 64th Venice film festival, turning the event into a movie carnival. The event will go on until September 8th. The festival is famous

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-76150457404909160192007-08-19T21:25:00.000-07:002007-08-19T23:06:37.617-07:00

The 2007 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films & Short Film Market (ShortFest) will be held at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs, CA. The Festival , now in its 13th years, has announced its roster of 332 films, selected from more than 2,500 worldwide entries.This year's opening night screening will be highlighted by award-winning live-action and animated films including Contact/

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-29219143033895396292007-07-30T05:28:00.000-07:002007-07-30T05:38:57.236-07:00

Ingmar Bergman, the Swedish film director died today at his home on the isle of Faaroe, off Sweden's east coast, the Swedish Film Institute said in a statement. He was 89. In his lifetime, he directed more than 50 movies, wrote scripts for another dozen, and was responsible for 168 works for the stage, television and radio and inspired many of his contemporary directors as far ranging as Woody

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-87267719395959501442007-06-21T04:05:00.000-07:002007-06-23T08:34:30.735-07:00

Citizen Kane (1941) [photo credit: American Film Institute]The American Film Institute has released its 2007 list of the top-100 American movies. And the 1941 Orson Welles classic "The Citizen Kane" is again rated the best movie ever by the Institute. The Top-100 were chosen from ballots sent to 1,500 filmmakers, actors, writers, critics and others in Hollywood.Director Martin Scorsese once said

Quarknoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-8012818569598587472007-05-29T12:00:00.000-07:002007-05-29T20:26:20.270-07:00

``Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End'' ruled the seven seas with a record $139.8 million domestically over the long Memorial Day weekend, lifting its worldwide total to $404 million. The 3rd ``Pirates'' film starring Johnny Depp as boozy buccaneer Jack Sparrow surpassed the four-day mark of $122.9 million for last year's ``X-Men: The Last Stand,'' the previous record-holder for a Memorial

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-89599721485754419912007-05-17T22:04:00.000-07:002007-05-17T22:36:36.921-07:00

The 60th annual Cannes Film Festival opened yesterday as a celebration of celluloid and celebrity, with a lineup including George Clooney, Angelina Jolie, Michael Moore and Quentin Tarantino. The Hong Kong based Director Wong Kar-wai opened the festival Wednesday with "My Blueberry Nights", his first English-language film and the acting debut of singer Norah Jones, who stars as a heartbroken

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-2262399031832380312007-04-30T21:02:00.000-07:002007-04-30T22:16:36.318-07:00

The most anticipated Hollywood release of 2007, Spider-Man 3, premiered in Tokyo on April 17. The Tokyo premiere was held in rain for a lucky Japanese audience, who got to see the film well in advance of the rest of the world. The film releases in USA this Friday, May 4th (It opens for general realease in Japan on May 1).Spider-Man 3 may be the most expensive movie ever made, with reports

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-54978676774122509182007-03-12T22:02:00.000-07:002007-03-12T22:25:46.169-07:00

In December, 2003, while watching Tom Cruise heroics in "The Last Samurai", we first came to know about the ancient battle of Thermopylae that Tom's character referred to and in which 300 Spartan soldiers fought off a much larger Persian force in an epic battle. After 3 years and 3 months, we were rightly amazed to find out that the story of that battle has now become the stuff of 2007's first

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-38333689308274730532007-01-25T20:28:00.000-08:002007-01-25T21:43:33.464-08:00

"I'm not the dream that you had before.I'm the dream that will give you more and more." The movie 'Dreamgirls' earned the most Oscar nominations with eight, but not any of the big glamorous ones. For instance, Dreamgirls was left out of the running for Best Picture, Best Actress and Best Director. However, it got best supporting actor nods for two of its stars, Eddie Murphy and newcomer Jennifer

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-2371889572541344942007-01-08T18:31:00.000-08:002007-01-08T19:09:38.781-08:00

Here is a story of an idealistic 23-year old Erin Gruwell as she steps inside Wilson High School in Long Beach, California, sporting a crisp business suit, a string of pearls and all the enthusiasm of taking on the world on her first day of teaching. And here is her class awaits with a diverse group of teenagers from different walks of life - African Americans, Latinos, Asians, juvenile

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-75803183131708388962006-12-11T19:18:00.000-08:002006-12-11T19:46:24.993-08:00

From Academy Award winning filmmaker Mel Gibson ("The Passion of The Christ," "Braveheart"), comes "Apocalypto" -- a heart stopping mythic action-adventure set against the turbulent end times of the once great Mayan civilization. And despite its subtitles, unknown cast, obscure subject matter and the controversy surrounding Mel Gibson, "Apocalypto" found an opening weekend audience and topped the

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-90622918727275740912006-12-03T11:30:00.000-08:002006-12-03T12:01:07.680-08:00

The German film "The Lives of Others" won the best picture award Saturday at the 19th annual European Film Awards held at Warsaw, Poland. The film edged out competitors including "Volver" (read about it below) and this year's winner at Cannes, "The Wind That Shakes the Barley," British director Ken Loach's saga set amid Ireland's struggle for independence in the early 1920s.Directed and written

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-64689303480635212152006-11-27T23:11:00.000-08:002006-11-28T17:48:48.458-08:00

James bond was not prepared for it!! It was Thanksgiving weekend and families throughout the nation were too eager to accept a cute penguin more than they were for some good old action from Agent 007!"Happy Feet" the sensational children movie about a tap-dancing penguin topped the box office over the long Thanksgiving weekend. The animated movie, which beat the latest James Bond film "Casino

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-3488185698207131412006-11-14T19:25:00.000-08:002006-11-14T19:53:18.840-08:00

After the roaring success of 'Gladiator' in the year 2000, actor Russell Crowe and Director Ridley Scott have reunited their talents again on a movie that is entirely different in content. It is a slow moving, romantic comedy about life in France with good food, good friends, good wine and good love. The film is thus named appropriately 'A Good Year'.'A Good Year' is based on the best-selling

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-43349683356981219022006-10-25T21:01:00.000-07:002006-10-25T21:26:12.302-07:00

The story of 'The Prestige' begins in a rapidly changing Victorian-era London. At a time when magicians are idols and celebrities of the highest order, two young magicians set out to carve their own paths to fame. They are two contrasting characters: Robert Angier (played by Tony Award winner Hugh Jackman, beloved on screen for his portrayal of the feral Wolverine in "X-Men" and its sequels) and

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-57018067238932768572006-10-16T18:17:00.000-07:002006-10-16T18:42:50.760-07:00

'The Infamous' arrived one year too late. The film is based on the same true story that last year's oscar-contender 'Capote' was based upon. The story is of young Truman Capote (Toby Jones)and his investigation into the 1959 murders of a wealthy Kansas family of four. What starts out as a journey to figure out "whodunit" with his childhood friend Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock), turns into something

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-37494516398256526782006-10-09T16:19:00.000-07:002006-10-09T16:35:21.058-07:00

Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" topped the box office in the United States this weekend, raking in an estimated 27 million dollars. The movie, a film about undercover men that features Scorsese's trademark blood-letting and violence is the director's biggest weekend opener ever since "Cape Fear," which started with $10.2 million in 1991. His most recent film, 2004's "The Aviator," was the

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-30187524526654728182006-10-02T02:07:00.000-07:002006-10-14T08:44:31.127-07:00

Fox Searchlight's "The Last King of Scotland" opened strongly last week in limited release. The film, casting Forest Whitaker as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin, took in $143,252 in four theatres over the weekend in New York City and Los Angeles. The film has grossed $172,389 since opening Wednesday and expands to more cities this week.Based on Giles Foden's award-winning novel of the same name, "The

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-86427773952324456672006-09-17T09:57:00.000-07:002006-09-17T10:18:49.653-07:00

Alejandro MonteverdeThe 10-day long 31st edition of Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) came to an end last night. Hundreds of film celebrites from around the world, including Penelope Cruz, Sean Penn, Brad Pitt, Sir Ridley Scott, Kate Winslet and Jennifer Lopez, attended this year's TIFF.'Bella', a small-budget first-time feature from Mexican-born director Alejandro Monteverde, captured

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1157813895823695762006-09-09T07:52:00.000-07:002006-09-09T14:04:56.450-07:00

The 63rd edition of the Venice Film Festival, which by the way is the oldest film festival of the world, winds up on Saturday after a red carpet award ceremony on the glamorous Lido beach front.The Chinese movie "Sanxia Haoren," or "Still Life," on Saturday took this year's Golden Lion, the top award at the Venice Film Festival. The award to Chinese director Jia Zhang-ke's film was unexpected,

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1157065064342430152006-08-31T15:38:00.000-07:002006-10-14T08:46:48.316-07:00

Peter Jackson, the celebrated director of Lord Of The Rings, has confirmed plans to remake classic film 'The Dam Busters'. The $US50 million movie will be shot in the UK as well as in Jackson's native New Zealand next year.The WingNut Films production will be based on the book The Dam Busters, the 1954 British film of the same name. The story is based on a heroic and daring mission in World War

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1156805291365806282006-08-28T15:33:00.000-07:002006-08-28T15:48:11.376-07:00

It seems box-office luck has got a habit of favoring Disney in recent times. Disney's new success is Mark Wahlberg's football tale "Invincible" which went the distance at the box office, debuting as the top weekend movie with $17 million."Invincible" is inspired by the true story of Vince Papale (Mark Wahlberg), a man with nothing to lose who ignored the staggering odds and made his dream come

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1155874610754932982006-08-14T20:52:00.000-07:002006-08-17T21:16:50.870-07:00

Nicolas Cage as Sgt. John McLoughlin in 'World Trade Center'After the release of 'United 93' in May, here comes another movie based on the most tragic day of America's history - 9/11/2001. Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone tells the true story of the heroic survival and rescue of two Port Authority policemen – John McLoughlin and Will Jimeno – who were trapped in the rubble of the World

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1154286050437982342006-07-31T11:52:00.000-07:002006-08-02T21:58:12.830-07:00

Despite the lackluster boxoffice performance of his latest release Lady In The Water, Shyamalan is still considered an A-list director in Hollywood -- and probably he would be the man to sit in Director's chair for a future Harry Potter production. While Lady made a disappointing little over $34 million until today, the film certainly isn't a flop. It cost nearly $60 million, half the budget of

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1153888832014059762006-07-25T21:20:00.000-07:002006-07-25T21:40:32.056-07:00

This is a great package of 6 short films released only in New York last Friday. The package is distributed through New Yorker Films. According to the distributor, these films have been chosen from previous programs, with many considerations in mind —among them, "a balance of geographical origins, tones, styles and genres". Here are short descriptions:"La Perra" (Chile, 17 min)Director: Hugo Maza

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The newest film of M. Night Shyamalan is going to be released this week on Friday, July 21st.The name of the film is 'Lady in the Water' based on a bed-time story that Shyamalan wrote for his children. The story centers on a apartment building superintendent (played by Paul Giamatti) who saves what he thinks is an ordinary woman from the building's pool. He soon discovers that this "woman" is a

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1152544067699993502006-07-10T07:30:00.000-07:002006-07-10T08:07:47.746-07:00

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest", Walt Disney Co.'s adventure-comedy sequel, starring Johnny Depp as the woozy, swaggering Captain Jack Sparrow, shattered the weekend box-office record with an estimated take of $132 million in the United States and Canada and went past the previous record holder "Spider-Man," which grossed $114.8 million in its first 3 days of release in 2002."Pirates

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1151989405393707172006-07-03T21:53:00.000-07:002006-07-03T22:11:03.330-07:00

'Superman Returns' took in 52.15 million dollars over opening weekend, lifting its 5-day total since its debut Wednesday to 84.2 million dollars. That puts the Warner Bros. film ahead of the premiere of last year's 'Batman Begins', another Warner superhero revival, which took in 48.7 million dollars over its opening weekend and 72.9 million dollars in its first 5 days. But 'Superman Returns'

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1150381556723987342006-06-15T07:04:00.000-07:002006-06-15T07:31:19.613-07:00

Yesterday American Film Institute announced the list of Top 100 inspirational films in the group's annual top-100 TV special that aired on CBS. Frank Capra's 1943 classic 'It's a wonderful life' got the Top spot followed by 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' (1962). The list was chosen from 300 nominated films on ballots sent to 1,500 filmmakers, actors, critics and others in Hollywood.Spielberg landed 3

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1148437902951692812006-05-23T19:30:00.000-07:002006-06-05T21:59:14.426-07:00

Akiva Goldman is the Oscar-winning screenwriter for the film "A beautiful mind". His other screen credits include boxing drama "Cinderella Man" and unsuccessful "Batman & Robin", "I, Robot" or "Lost in Space" etc .. .. And Oh yes! ... A recent blockbuster -- "The Da Vinci Code"!Buoyed by the box-office success of "The Da Vinci Code," Columbia Pictures has signed Akiva Goldman again to create a

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1148437766036041012006-05-23T19:29:00.000-07:002006-05-23T19:57:53.206-07:00

Despite strong criticism from christians worldwide and mainly negative reviews from movie-critics at its world premiere at the Cannes film festival and also immediately after its release, "Da Vinci" went on to score the second-biggest opening tally of all time at the global box office, raking in nearly $238 million worldwide in its opening weekend. This record would place the movie behind only

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1148190816314976542006-05-20T22:09:00.000-07:002006-05-20T22:55:27.586-07:00

Last few months saw lot of hype and controversy worldwide around the movie version of 'The Da Vinci Code' but finally it turned out to be an anti-climax from a movie-goer's point of view.A risk with a movie on a popular thriller (yes, it's just that. Let us treat this as a work of fiction and do not get too serious about the story-line) is that the end is well-known to majority of audience and so

Quarknoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10737894.post-1146670953117112882006-05-03T08:16:00.000-07:002006-05-03T14:45:16.736-07:00

We all had to wake up in the morning of September 11, 2001 and discover a world that greeted us with so much of nightmare. After four and half years, when the memory of the day had already taken a back seat in my daily affairs, I somehow managed to find time to sneak in a theater to see the movie: United 93.Initially I took a seat at the back but after a few minutes I went forward to take a front

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Robert De NiroThe 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival was inaugurated on Monday at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center at 375 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013. The festival was created by co-founders Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff.This year’s Festival surpasses previous years’ numbers for world, international and North American premieres with more than 274 selected films,

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News: The 11th 'Star Trek' film is on its wayName of the Film: As-yet-untitledRelease date: Sometime in 2008.Studio: Paramount that has produced all the 'Star Trek' films and TV series.Director: JJ Abrams, creator of TV show 'Lost', "Alias'' and 'Felicity' and director-writer of 'Mission Impossible III' which debuts in May.Story-line: Will focus on the early days of Captain James T Kirk and Mr

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Casablanca always finds a place in top 10 in the list of top 100 American films put up by any film critic. No one ever disputes this. Who can forget the haunting song which Ingrid Bergman asked to be ``played again'', and which brought back such painful memories for Bogart's Rick: ``You must remember this, a kiss is still a kiss ''?However, few realize that what was sung in the movie is only part

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Ice Age: The Meltdown became the first movie of 2006 to break the $100 million mark, according to studio estimates released on Sunday. The animated sequel sold $34.5 million worth of tickets during the three-day weekend, bringing its cumulative 10-day haul to $116.4 million, distributor 20th Century Fox said. That compares to the $87.3 million its 2002 predecessor made after the same time. The

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We regret that due to unavoidable reasons, we need to take a break. We'll not have our regular postings in next two weeks. Regular postings will resume on April 10th. In the mean-time, you may go through our past postings on various topics of interest. We suggest that you use the search box on top to search for past postings on topics of your interest (e.g. 'Russel Crowe', 'Godfather', 'Ang Lee',

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Today is the first birthday of 2Movie! We thank all our readers who supported us continuously in our year long journey. We hope we'll be able to bring quality information, stories and reviews from the world of movies and serve to our readers in years to come.

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We would have bought the 'stock' of Paul Giamatti, if actors and actresses were traded like companies of the financial world.Paul Giamatti, at 38, has come quite far in the tinsel town to establish himself as a great character actor. That day we were in a Chicago-to-LA flight and the whole lot of passangers were glued to the monitors that were showing 'Cinderella Man', a wonderful film that

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Here is what we wrote on May 7, 2005 on 'Crash', the movie that has won Oscar tonight!Crash is a rare cinematic event that America was waiting for a long time. It is a film that challenges audiences to look inward at their own prejudices and presents a provocative look at the complexities of racial conflict in America. No one is Hero here. No one is a villain. All are normal people - normal

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On the last date of August, 2005, Night M. Shyamalan started producing his next film that will be released in summer of 2006 -- July 21st to be specific.The name of the film is 'Lady in the Water' based on a bed-time story that Shyamalan wrote for his children. The story centers on a apartment building superintendent (played by Paul Giamatti -- the rising star of 'Sideways' and 'Cinderella Man';

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David Strathairn, who is nominated for an Oscar for his performance as Edward R. Murrow in George Clooney’s 'Good Night and Good Luck', has joined Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Fox in the currently untitled football-based drama for Warner Bros. Pictures.The film will focus on the aftermath of a plane crash that killed members of the Marshall University football team and much of its coaching

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Jasmila Zbanic's "Grbavica" won the top prize, the Golden Bear, at the 2006 Berlinale, awarded tonight at the festival's closing ceremony in Germany's capital city. The film is from Austria and Bosnia & Herzegovina. Zbanic described it as a "small film from a small country with a small budget" that tells the story of the fraught relationship between an assaulted woman and the rebellious daughter

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Baz Luhrmann is to begin shooting his new period romance starring Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe in July or August. The project is rumored to be shaping up as 'an epic' and it has been already compared to 'Gone With the Wind'.The film takes place around the time of World War II. It will be shot in the Kimberley region of Western Australia on sets created by Luhrmann.In related news, a boxset

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'Grind' is the name of the new movie from Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. The production is set to begin in the coming weeks. 'Grind' is two 60-minute horror films, with Tarantino directing one and Rodriguez behind the lens for the other.Tarantino's film, 'Death Proof', is a slasher movie, while Rodriguez's film, 'Planet Terror', is a zombie movie. The structure of 'Grind' pays homage to

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Oscar nominations have been announced this morning.The line-up for the best film of 2005:Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Carsh, Good Night and Good Luck, MunichFor seeing nomination for all categories, please visit the Oscar page: http://www.oscar.com/nominees/list.htmlWe all are looking forward to the evening of March 5th to find out who all will win in this incredibly good year for American movies.

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Reese Witherspoon as singer June Carter in "Walk the Line" and Philip Seymour Hoffman as author Truman Capote in "Capote" won lead-acting awards yesterday night from the Screen Actors Guild, while the ensemble drama "Crash" pulled off an upset win over "Brokeback Mountain" for the overall cast award. "Crash" follows the lives of a far-flung cast of characters over a chaotic 36-hour period in Los

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The Sundance film festival was founded by Robert Redford 25 years ago in Sundance, Utah. The festival presents 120 dramatic and documentary feature-length films in nine categories each year. It has introduced American audiences to such cult hits as Clerks, Smoke Signals, In the Bedroom, American Splendor and Napoleon Dynamite.This year the top winners at the Sundance Film Festival covered

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As a follow-up of Golden Globe and PGA, Ang Lee, the director of "Brokeback Mountain" won the prestigious Directors Guild of America prize Saturday night, making him the clear favorite for the Academy Award as best director. "I think we're all winners. We're blessed that we're filmmakers. What a life," said Lee, who received his award from two-time DGA winner Ron Howard. It was the second

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Ang Lee is always known for his eclectic filmography with as many as ten films bearing his unique signature. These include the visually eclectic 'Wo hu cang long' aka 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' (2000) as well as a quintessentially bitter American family saga 'The Ice Storm' (1997).Two years ago, Ang Lee directed 'The Hulk', which made money and grossed over $250 million across the world.

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Last night the Producers Guild of America (PGA) handed out their annual awards, and Ang Lee’s ‘Brokeback’ came away as best film, beating out challengers like ‘Crash’, ‘Capote’, ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’, and ‘Walk the Line’.The PGA’s are usually considered a strong Oscar indicator. But last year they chose ‘The Aviator’ as best film, while the Academy went on to choose ‘Million Dollar Baby’.

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"…in the beginning all the World was America, and more so than it is now.”- John Locke, Second Treatise on government (1690)If you want to get lost in America as it was at the beginning of the 17th century, it's time to rush to the movie theater and to get lost amid this visually superb presentation of an epic adventure set amid the encounter of European and Native American cultures during the

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"Brokeback Mountain" that released on December 9th won best dramatic film, best director for Ang Lee, best song and best screenplay for Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana (adapted from a short story "The Shipping News" by Annie Proulx) at the 63rd Golden Globe Ceremony last night."Brokeback Mountain" is a poetic film spanning a 20-year romance between two cowboys. It is a low-budget, art house film

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“It’s not about talent, it’s about heart. It’s about who can go out there and play the hardest. They’re not going to give us anything, so you’ve got to go out there and you’ve got to take it.”-- Coach Don Haskins"Glory Road" is based on the inspiring true story of the underdog Texas Western basketball team whose drive to win went past some of the most bruising and difficult challenges during a

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Vincent Schiavelli, the well-known droopy-eyed character actor died in Sicily on Monday. He was 57. He may not have a famous name, but his face is known by many. Many of our memories of classic images from our favorite movies bear unforgettable images of his strong screen presence.Schiavelli played in over 150 movies throughout his acting career, mostly as eccentric or creepy characters. Among

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It seems this is the Oscar year for special effects. So many contenders would compete with each other -- 'Star Wars III', 'War of the World' , 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire' and now 'King Kong'!Peter Jackson, the celebrated director of 'Lord of the Rings' brings this pure magic to movie-lovers of all age. Sometime or other we all had our share of the thrill of experiencing this iconic

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Harry Potter, the boy wizard has worked his magic again at the box office. Over the 3-day Thanks-Giving weekend "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" took in nearly 55 million dollars over the 3-day Thanksgiving weekend to remain the top movie in the country. The film's 10-day total now tops 201 (m) million dollars.The Johnny Cash bio-pic "Walk the Line" remains in second place with nearly 20

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For a long time (see our past posting ) we knew that Shyamalan was working on Yann Martel's 2002 Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi. This is a wonderful tale of a 16-year-old boy's voyage from India to Canada, on a ship carrying animals his father is transporting from a zoo. When the ship sinks mid-ocean, the sole survivor, the boy, is forced to share a lifeboat with a hyena, an injured zebra

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In a recent press conference, Mel Gibson talked in detail for the first time about his next directorial effort "Apocalypto". The project will be filmed in the Mayan dialect of Yucatec, and uses a cast of local actors to tell a story set about 600 years ago, before the Spanish conquest, in the midst of the mysterious decline of the Mayan civilization.The plot of Apocalypto - a Greek word meaning '

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"We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason, if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine; and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to speak, to associate, and to defend causes that werefor the moment unpopular."– See it Now broadcast,March 9, 1954The year is 1953, television isstill in its

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The Jodie Foster thriller'Flightplan' has blasted off at boxoffice, taking in $24.6 million inits debut weekend. Jodie Fosterteamed up with Academy Award-winning producer Brian Grazer (ABeautiful Mind, 8 Mile, Ransom)to bring this original tale of high-flying suspense to life. The film isdirected by Robert Schwentke.On a plane at 40,000 feet, KylePratt (Foster) faces everymother's worst nightmare

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Coppola sometime in 1980sFRANCIS Ford Coppola, thecelebrated director of Godfather, isto return to film-making after an 8-year break - with a low-budget filmstarring the British actor Tim Roth(whose credits include Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction). Coppola willdirect an adaptation of Youth without Youth, a novel by theRomanian author Mircea Eliade.Coppola will finance the productionand has

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It seems all the good movieswere waiting to get releasedin this fall. Here is anothermovie with strongperformances: 'Proof' basedon the Pulitzer Prize-winningplay by David Auburn ispoised to win the heart of allserious movie-goers.The storyine of 'Proof' followsa devoted daughter (GwynethPaltrow) who comes to termswith the death of her father(Anthony Hopkins) - a brilliantmathematician whose

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Here is a movie with 3 Oscar-nomination potential in acting category andmuch of the credit goes to the director Lasse Hallstrom who enchanted usbefore with movies like Chocolat (2000), The Cider House Rules (1999).The 3-dimensional rendering of the main 3 characters (portrayed byRobert Redford, Morgan Freeman, Jennifer Lopez) is a treat to watch.Some critics may call it boring in a movie-year

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"The news hit the British HighCommission in Nairobi at nine-thirty on a Monday morning.Sandy Woodraw took it like abullet, jaw rigid, chest out, smackthrough his divided English heart.He was standing. That much heafterwards remembered. He wasstanding and the internal phonewas piping. He was reaching forsomething, he heard the pipingso he checked himself in order tostretch down and fish the

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"The Brothers Grimm," fromdirector Terry Gilliam (otherfilms: "Brazil," "The Adventuresof Baron Von Munchausen"),stars Matt Demon and HeathLedger as Wilhelm and JacobGrimm, the legendary brotherswho are on an enchantedadventure set in a world ofheroes and villains, witches andtrolls, undying evil and true love,- a realm the two storytellersthought was just fantasies... untilit came into their

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Today is Alfred Hitchcok'sbirthday. In 1899 on thisday Hitchcock was born inLeytonstone, England.He was the son of East Endgreengrocer WilliamHitchcock and his wifeEmma and was raised as astrict Catholic and attendedSaint Ignatius College run byJesuits. His first joboutside of the familybusiness was in 1915 as anestimator for the HenleyTelegraph and CableCompany. His interest inmovies began at

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Here stands Bill Murray whosename, for the time being, is DonJohnston. Don has just beendumped by his latest lover,Sherry. Don resigns himself toloneliness. While gettingsubmerged into the long hoursof being alone, a mysterious pinkletter reaches him and compelshim to reflect on his past.The mail is from an anonymousformer lover and informs himthat he has a 19-year-old sonwho may now be looking

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Brian Herzlinger won $1,100 on a game show and all he wanted was toshot a film on Drew, his dreamgirl. And that is what he did. He shot theentire film for $1,100 and named it "My Date With Drew".The production used a camera purchased on credit from Circuit City, andthen returned under the store's 30-day refund policy. On his journey towoo Drew to give him a date, Herzlinger consults a psychic for

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The story of The Island is set infuture - mid 21st century. If youwere always thinking of makinga great film someday on 'clones'but not finding time to take theinitiative, well, your chance isover. Someone (in this case,Michael Bay, the celebrateddirector of "Armageddon," "PearlHarbor") has made it ... already!Lincoln Six-Echo (played byEwan McGregor : Remember himin "Star Wars: Episodes I, II &

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War of the Worlds, the Spielberg-Tom Cruisereinvention of the classic H.G. Wells alien-invasion saga, laid waste to all rivals, grossing$64.5 from Friday to Sunday and an estimated$77.6 million over the full 4-day holiday weekend,bringing its 6-day total to $113.2 million.Interestingly, Spielberg's biggest movie so far was also about aliens, E.T.which had taken $432 millions in 1982. His combined

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2Movie salutes AMC theater!In a rare marketing ploy, the No. 2 U.S. movie theater chain, AMCEntertainment, is offering a money-back guarantee for boxing picture"Cinderella Man," hoping to boost interest in the struggling film amid arecord box-office slump. Advertisements offering on-the-spot refunds toAMC patrons unhappy with the film began running June 24 in newspapersand on the exhibitor's Web

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"No one would have believed in the last years of the Nineteenth centurythat this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligencesgreater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busiedthemselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized andstudied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope mightscrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply

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Here begins Batman. Christian Bale stars as Bruce Wayne/Batman;Michael Caine is his trusted butler Alfred; Gary Oldman is LieutenantJames Gordon, a detective on the Gotham police force; Katie Holmes isa childhood friend of Wayne's aka Batman's; Liam Neeson is Wayne'smentor, Henri Ducard; Ken Watanabe is the villainous Ra's Al Ghul;Morgan Freeman is Lucius Fox, a former board member and

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Star Wars III is history now. Let us take a deep breath and look at thepast again to bring to you some golden memories.At a Lincoln Center retrospective of his films in New York in 1974, thefabled director François Truffaut introduced two brilliant sequences fromHitchcock films: the clash of the cymbals in The Man Who Knew Too Much; and the low-flying plane attack on Cary Grant in North By

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After 'A Beautiful Mind' Ron Howard teams up again with Russell Crowe... this time for a story inspired by the life of legendary athlete JimBraddock, a once-promising light heavyweight boxer who was forced intoretirement after a string of losses in the ring. As America enters thedarkest years of the Great Depression, Braddock accepts a string ofdead-end jobs to support his wife, Mae (Renee

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The latest Star Wars movie has broken three Guinness World Records, itwas announced today.They were previously held by Keanu Reeves thrillers,The Matrix Revolutions and The Matrix Reloaded. Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith has taken the record for highest box office film grosson an opening day. George Lucas’s final Star Wars movie took anastonishing £27,395,847 on its release in the

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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith will be in theaterson May 18th

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After three years of fighting in the Clone Wars (Episode II), AnakinSkywalker begins his journey towards the Dark Side of the Force,putting his friendship with Obi Wan Kenobi and his marriage at risk. .

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"Man to Man" is an epic about anthropologists who hunt and capturepygmies for study back in Europe, in an attempt to illustrate the linkbetween man and ape. This French film had limited release onWednesday. The film is directed by Régis Wargnier based on a storythat he wrote with Willium Boyd. Among the foreign films released sofar in USA, "Man to Man" certainly finds a high rank in terms of

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Crash is a rare cinematic event that America was waiting for a long time.It is a film that challenges audiences to look inward at their ownprejudices and presents a provocative look at the complexities of racialconflict in America. No one is Hero here. No one is a villain. All are normalpeople - normal characters made up with good and bad. It is no doubt agreat movie and will remain to be so in

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Orlando Bloom, a 28 year old from Canterbury, England, is the new JamesBond! The next Bond film -- a revisitation of 'Casino Royale' -- sees thefresh faced Orlando take on the role of a young James: a clever teenagerwith a quite pronounced preference for espionage.Orlando Bloom has featured in some of Hollywood's biggest blockbustersover the last few years. We can not forget Paris in 'Troy'. His

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On April 29, 1980, Alfred Hitchcock passed away. He was 81.In 1899, Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born to greengrocer WilliamHitchcock and his wife Emma in London's East End. The family wasCatholic and catholicism drilled strictly into him from the start. Heattended a Jesuit preparatory school. In 1913, at the age of 14, he took aposition at the Henley Telegraph and Cable Company. At around this

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