Bomb Blast In Jodhha Akbar

"Mumbai (ABC Live): The Controversy on ‘Jodhhaa Akbar’ a Bollywood film by Ashutosh Gowarikar resulted in a bomb blast in cinema theatre of Panvel town in district Thane on Wednesday afternoon"

10 Best gunfights in cinema history

"I have only recently come to see that Michael Mann is a maker of boring movies with awesome final shootouts that eclipse the rest of the film making it seem better than it really was."

Sean Young to Enter Rehab After DGA Heckling

A couple of months ago, I finally saw Blade Runner the way it was meant to be seen -- on the big screen. I know, I know, I'm a quarter century late, but it was part of Ridley Scott's re-released 'Extended Final...

Pakistan May Lift Bollywood Ban

I had no idea, until this morning, that Bollywood movies were banned from being screened in Pakistan. Having only allowed three Indian films to be shown in Pakistan, back in 2006, today's announcement proposes...

Sundance Film Fest Winners Announced

This year's 2008 Sundance Film Festival has drawn to a close and the winners have just been announced. Although a mumblecore feature took home the audience prize, I'm personally excited to check out the Patti...

'Cloverfield' Sickens Moviegoers

Despite its devastatingly good weekend at the box office, it was the monster movie's cinematography that really got moviegoers churning."Cloverfield, the blockbuster horror film selling out cinemas across America,...

"Bollywood Today"

""" It would be a mistake to look only at the photos in this new book on Bollywood. The real eye candy is not the photographs but the writing. ""In Bollywood Today, Kaveree Bamzai entertainingly combines good-prose with insightful-analysis. Details are contemporary...

Vietnam War films in spotlight at Berlin festival

Berlin (ANTARA News) - The 58th Berlin Film Festival will screen a retrospective recalling the impact of the Vietnam conflict on US cinema, the organisers said on Monday. Mike Nichols' 1970 anti-war film "Catch-22" and "Coming Home", for which Jane Fonda won an Oscar in 1979,...

The Times Starts its Top-50 Lists 11 Months Early

Every year the pundits say, "This'll be the biggest year for blah blah blah..." Inauspicious start, guys and gals, with the ultimate creators of these projects still on strike: anything not already in the can or...

Sean Penn to Lead Cannes Festival Jury

With Penn's film Into the Wild gaining nearly unanimous acclaim, this seems like a very timely and appropriate choice.  "American actor and director Sean Penn will head the awards jury at the Cannes Film Festival this year, organizers announced Thursday. The festival's...

New Zealand: Santas Gone Wild!

For strange reasons likely known only to New Zealanders, this is the second time that a group of raging drunk santas have wreaked havoc in public just in time for the holidays.The first occurred in Aukland back in...

Sharon Stone in Dubai to raise $1 mln for AIDS

""We're happy as artists to know that we're coming together in the movie community to work in AIDS awareness," Stone told Reuters on Monday night as she arrived on the red carpet.Wearing a long black satin dress...

20 Asian movies you must watch…

"So, here is my stripped-down list of Asian movies (Japanese, Chinese and Korean) you really should watch."

A Must See Movie From The European Film Awards Last Night!

The 20th European Film Awards was held in Berlin And The Israeli actor Sasson Gabay won the best actor award on his role in “The band’s visit” a comedy about an Egyptian police band who finds itself in...

Writers strike means reality boom times

There are potential implications for the news business here too:"LOS ANGELES - For five years, John Langley tried and failed to sell a cinema verite-style TV series tracking police officers on patrol. Then came the 1988 Hollywood writers strike.  "That's when Fox bought...

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