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ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Dir- Tim Burton
Cast- Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Michael Sheen, Stephen Fry, Crispin Glover and Helena Bonham Carter
Synopsis- 19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen’s reign of terror.

BROOKLYN’S FINEST
Dir- Antoine [...]

Best Picture
AVATAR

THE BLIND SIDE

DISTRICT 9

Best Record
Halo – Beyoncé
I Gotta Feeling – Black Eyed Peas
Poker Face – Lady Gaga
Use Somebody – Kings Of Leon
You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift
Best Album
Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King – Dave Matthews Band
The E.N.D. – Black Eyed Peas
The Fame – Lady Gaga
Fearless – Taylor Swift
I Am… Sasha Fierce – Beyoncé
Best [...]

THE CRAZIES
Dir- Breck Eisner
Cast- Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Danielle Panabaker, Preston Bailey and Joe Anderson
Synopsis- As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife, and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for [...]

This is a video of Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro presenting the master filmmaker Martin Scorsese with a Lifetime Achievement Award  at the 67th Golden Globes Award. There is a lovely montage of Scorsese’s films, followed by his acceptance speech which is one of the best I’ve heard and clearly shows this man’s unending love [...]

For the four-day Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, Avatar pulled in an estimated $54.6 million, eclipsing Cloverfield’s $46.1 million as the biggest gross the holiday period has ever seen. Debuting in second place, The Book of Eli was no slouch either, grossing an estimated $38 million four-day, which was the holiday’s fourth-biggest ever. As busy [...]

Ricky Gervais, that British comedic genius responsible for Extras and The Office, hosted the 67th Golden Globes. And was he ballsy or what! Taking a dig at Hollywood celebrities in general, commenting on the amount of plastic surgery present in the room, to attacking individuals with pointed remarks like when he said, “I like a [...]

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Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? is the story of Puneet (Ajay Devgn) and Munmun (Konkona Sen), a happily married couple living in Mumbai whose lives take an interesting turn when a distant relative, Chachaji (Paresh Rawal) turns up unannounced at their doorstep from a far off village. The guest overstays his welcome so much so [...]

http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2010/01/14/avatar-heads-into-weekend-five-with-strong-early-ticket-sales/
There’s a collective holding of breath right now amongst box office analysts and pundits everywhere as James Cameron’s sprawling sci-fi flick Avatar trundles towards a record-breaking performance as the top-grossing movie of all time. There are still a few records to break on the domestic sales front for Avatar to hit #2, but there’s really just one [...]

It is indeed happening. Post Avatar, and its wonderful use and seamless blending of 3D technology and mo-cap photography, the face of cinema as we know it was bound to change. If December 17, 2009 saw the release of Avatar, then December 17, 2010 should be marked in your calendar as the day of Tron [...]

The theatrical trailer of Teen Patti is out. This is a highly anticipated film for me. Bachchan, Maddy and Kingsley!
http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/broadband/video/Movie-Promos/xYZYsb48/3/Theatrical-Trailer-Teen-Patti.html

The long-running drama surrounding MGM’s future took an odd turn Tuesday with rumors sweeping through the town about Sam Mendes directing next James Bond film.
The beleaguered studio refused to confirm reports about Mendes being in talks for the 23rd Bond pic. MGM also denied other reports that pre-production had been halted after producers Michael G. [...]

Empire Magazine Online has just released their ‘Review of the Decade‘ which is treat to read (not to be missed). It brings back all those good memories of great movies and some not so great.
Cheer is in store for all A R Rahman fans as in their Top 10 Scores, they have placed ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ [...]

James Cameron’s $450 million game-changing pro-green sci-fi extravaganza Avatar has completed 3 weekends at the international box-office. And the numbers that this film has managed to throw up are just as awe-inspiring, if not more, than the film itself. In just 17 days of its release, Avatar has done a worldwide gross of $1,025,378,961…a little [...]

http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2634&p=.htm
This New Year’s weekend was the biggest-grossing ever, fueled by the highest gross ever posted by a single movie on the holiday. Easing ten percent, Avatar generated a whopping estimated $68.3 million, claiming the New Year’s record from Meet the Fockers‘ $41.7 million. More importantly, it delivered the highest-grossing third weekend ever, surpassing the first [...]

http://www.virsanghvi.com/vir-world-ArticleDetail.aspx?ID=415
Here are two images you may remember from television. The first was the Oscar ceremony. Simon Beaufoy won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Slumdog Millionaire. It is no secret that Beaufoy’s script differed significantly from the book by Vikas Swarup on which Slumdog was based. But Beaufoy made it a point to thank [...]

A BOOK, A FILM AND THE TRUTH
http://www.chetanbhagat.com/blog/general/a-book-a-film-and-the-truth
Dear All,

THE BOOK OF ELI
Dir- Hughes Brothers
Cast- Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis and Gary Oldman
Synopsis- A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.

DAYBREAKERS
Dir- Spierig Brothers
Cast- Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill
Synopsis- In the year 2019, a plague [...]

http://passionforcinema.com/avatar-the-greatest-show-on-earth/
Avatar
Dir- James Cameron
Cast- Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi and Sigourney Weaver.
Rating- **** ½

Brittany Murphy died last night after she went into full cardiac arrest and could not be revived, multiple sources tell TMZ.
She was 32.
The Los Angeles City Fire Department tells TMZ they received a call to a home in Los Angeles that is listed as belonging to her husband, Simon Monjack.