Friday 29 December 2017

‘Black Panther,’ ‘Tomb Raider’ & More: Female Action Stars of 2018 | THR News



'Black Panther' and 'Tomb Raider' are just a few of the movies that will put female stars at the center of the action in 2018
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Thursday 28 December 2017

Priyanka Chopra finally reveals why she maintained silence on Padmavati controversy

Priyanka Chopra finally reveals why she maintained silence on Padmavati controversy

Ever since the controversy around Padmavati sparked, Priyanka Chopra remained mum. Now she reveals why.

We all know about Padmavati controversy, reports of which are doing rounds on social media for past few months. From death threats to ban, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama faced it all. As a result, the release of the film has been deterred. Who’s who of film industry raised their voice on the matter but it was Priyanka Chopra who chose to remain mum on the matter. She was expected to extend her support to Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Sanjay Leela Bhansali whom she had worked in Bajirao Mastani with. During an interview at Penguin’s Annual Lecture, the actress finally spoke why she chose to maintain her silence on the matter.

When asked about the "Padmavati" controversy, the actor fired back at the anchor for asking questions about "another film and another filmmaker, instead of my life, for which 

we are here".......

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Tuesday 26 December 2017

Box Office: 'Last Jedi,' 'Jumanji' Rule Christmas; 'Downsizing' Bombs

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'Downsizing'


'The Post' prospers, while the verdict is out on 'Pitch Perfect 3' and 'The Greatest Showman.' A holiday loser is 'Father Figures.'

Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle are the biggest winners of the holiday box-office feast, while at the other end of the Christmas table Alexander Payne's Downsizing and the R-rated Father Figures are fighting for scraps.
Moviegoing always dips on Christmas Eve, but traffic will pick up in earnest later on Monday once presents are unwrapped. The corridor between Christmas Day and New Year's Day is the most lucrative stretch of the year. This year is especially important if the revenue gap at the domestic box office is to come in only 1 or 2 percent behind 2016's record $11.4 billion.
Disney and Lucasfilm's The Last Jedi grossed $100.7 million from 4,232 theaters for the long holiday weekend (Friday to Monday), pushing its domestic total to $397.3 million. Through Sunday, the film's global haul is a mighty $745.5 million after earning another $75.1 million this weekend from 54 foreign markets, helping Disney jump the $6 billion mark at the global box office for the second time — a feat no other studio has accomplished.........

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Thursday 21 December 2017

Priyanka Chopra on Padmavati controversy: I stand by Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film

Priyanka Chopra supports Padmavati

Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s much awaited historical drama Padmavati has been gripped in controversy since its announcement.

Priyanka Chopra hopes the controversy surrounding Padmavati clears up soon and the people get to witness the magnum opus in all its glory. Priyanka, who featured in a song in Bhansali's Goliyon Ki Raasleela: Ram-Leela and essayed a full-fledged role as Kashibai in his film Bajirao Mastani, said she would always stand by the filmmaker. 

The period drama, Padmavati, is yet to receive a certificate from the CBFC. Several Rajput outfits and political leaders have accused the director of "distorting historical facts" in the movie. 

Starring Deepika Padukone in the title role, with Shahid Kapoor as Maharawal Ratan Singh and Ranveer Singh as Sultan Alauddin Khilji, the film was earlier scheduled to arrive in the theatres on December 1.

"I have an incredible relationship with Sanjay sir and I admire him tremendously. I know this film will come out and people will see the art behind it,’’ she said. .......

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Monday 18 December 2017

#Salmania fever is here! Salman Khan starrer Tiger Zinda Hai records bumper advance booking

Salman Khan starrer Tiger Zinda Hai records bumper advance booking

The Salmania fever is running high everywhere and fans are ready to see the Dabangg Khan back in action.

After Tubelight, Salman Khan is all set to woo his fans with his upcoming film Tiger Zinda Hai. The film, which will hit the cinemas this Friday has opened to massive advance booking. Advance ticket sales have begun for the December 22nd release of the Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif starrer Tiger Zinda Hai, and some opening night screenings in big urban centres have already sold out. The Salmania fever is running high everywhere and fans are ready to see the Dabangg Khan back in action.

Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to Twitter to announce, “Well begun is half done… #TigerZindaHai  advance booking opens with a BIG ROAR… Several shows housefull at several centres… Expect a toofani start on Friday… #Salmania.”.....







Thursday 14 December 2017

Salman Khan’s Tiger Zinda Hai fails to get clearance from Pakistan censor board

Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif in a still from Tiger Zinda Hai

The first part, Ek Tha Tiger, was also not cleared for the release in Pakistan.

Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif starrer spy thriller Tiger Zinda Hai will not release in Pakistan after it failed to obtain a clearance from the country's Central Board of Film Censors. Geo Films, which has the distribution rights for the film in Pakistan, had started publishing the release of the film with the note 'subject to censor clearance' but its release on December 22 is unlikely now....

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Thursday 7 December 2017

Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Behind the Story | 20th Century FOX


“Kingsman: The Secret Service" introduced the world to Kingsman - an independent, international intelligence agency operating at the highest level of discretion, whose ultimate goal is to keep the world safe. In "Kingsman: The Golden Circle," our heroes face a new challenge. When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their agents' strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common enemy, in order to save the world, something that's becoming a bit of a habit for Eggsy...

Written by Jane Goldman & Matthew Vaughn, based upon the comic book by Mark Millar & Dave Gibbons

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Wednesday 6 December 2017

Kurt Russell to Play Santa Claus in Netflix Christmas Movie (Exclusive)

Getty Images (Russell, Camp); Courtesy of Russell Baer (Lewis)

Judah Lewis, the star of Netflix's 'The Babysitter,' and 'Big Little Lies' actress Darby Camp are also starring in the fresh take on the holiday family film.
Kurt Russell is bringing Christmas cheer to Netflix.

The veteran actor is teaming with Judah Lewis, the star of Netflix’s horror-comedy film The Babysitter, along with Darby Camp of Big Little Lies, to star in an untitled Christmas movie for the streaming giant.


Chris Columbus — who knows a thing or two about the holidays, having directed two Home Alone movies — is producing the live-action pic that will also mix CG elements. Clay Kaytis, co-director of The Angry Birds Movie, is helming the feature.........

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Friday 1 December 2017

'The Conformist' ('Bing Zhi Xia'): Film Review

Courtesy of Tokyo FilmEx

Chinese star Huang Bo secured a prize in Shanghai for his turn as a ruffian drifting across jobs and cities in the Sino-Russian borderlands.

After The Conformist's Tokyo FilmEx screening, a viewer asked director Cai Shangjun whether film noir is a genre on the rise in Chinese cinema. It's not hard to see why. Cai's third and latest feature, which bowed at FilmEx alongside Vivian Qu's noir-inflected Angels Wear White, is a finely crafted tale in which a hard-boiled hoodlum contends with myriad criminals, multiple conspiracies and an icy femme fatale in bleak border outposts in China and Russia.
Though The Conformist's story and visual style bear scant resemblance to Bernando Bertolucci's thriller of the same name, Cai has acquitted himself with many of the same elements that propelled that 1970 film to legendary status. There's the lead actor's stellar performance, with Huang Bo (Lost in ThailandJourney to the West: Conquering the Demons) delivering a nuanced, measured turn in perhaps his most against-type role to date. Then there's the sight and sound: Hong Kong D.P. Yu Lik-wai teases out an eerie sense of beauty from the film's gloomy architecture and snowy landscapes, while Qin Wenchen's score and Wen Bo's sound effects further augment the ambience.........

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