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Rambo Vanessa Farquharson, Windsor Star »

Since 1982 and the Sylvester Stallone film First Blood, people have been using the expression “going Rambo” to describe, in the words of Wikipedia, “someone who thoughtlessly charges into a fight with no regard for personal safety or careful planning.”
Appropriately, Stallone has gone Rambo yet again with the making of this fourth instalment in his […]

Sundance honors films with a political edge »

The top two American winners at the Sundance Film Festival put faces on at least three political hot buttons: Hurricane Katrina as it becomes something more than an act of nature, the collapse of the economy and illegal immigration.
Both Tia Lessin and Carl Deal’s Trouble the Water, which won the documentary Grand Jury prize, and […]

Girl behaving badly in St Trinian’s »

Mischa Barton picks her way through the battered old school building in Henley that serves as the set for the return of the St Trinian’s franchise. This nostalgic realm of jolly hockey sticks and high school japery has been reimagined for the 21st century by Ealing Studios.
The film’s directors, Barnaby Thompson, who acquired the […]

ALONE Sweeps LA Screamfest Awards »

This pleases me. Thai horror picture Alone, fresh off of Best Director and Best Actress awards at Fantastic Fest - where it was runner up to Nacho Vigalondo’s Time Crimes for best picture - has just swept the awards at the LA Screamfest, getting the nod for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best […]

Britney set for “Blackout” hit despite herself »

After making headlines for everything but music, Britney Spears is back with an album industry insiders say should top the charts despite her.
Over the past year the one-time Mouseketeer shaved her head, spent time in rehab, went through an ugly divorce, lost custody of her children and attacked a photographer’s car.
And in an odd habit […]

Redford, Cruise brood over war in “Lions for Lambs »

ROME (Reuters) - Robert Redford and Tom Cruise get serious in their new film “Lions for Lambs”, Hollywood’s latest take on U.S. foreign policy and the military fallout from the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The film brings together what at first seem three separate story lines, playing out simultaneously, to look at the sacrifice of U.S. […]

Toronto film festival rule was chanes by the law on a New anti-piracy »

Security guards equipped with night-vision goggles swirled around the auditorium, silently scoping out anyone who might have smuggled a camcorder into the theatre.The screening of the Russell Crowe romance “A Good Year” at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival was considered prime territory for potential movie pirates, since the actor’s international appeal would have made […]

Sojourn in Tollywood hopes by Sneha Ullal »

Saucy heroine Sneha Ullal has taken a leaf out of her Bollywood counterpart Amrita Rao’s book.
Well, you might ask what exactly did Amrita Rao do to warrant emulation by Sneha.
The answer is Ms Rao acted in Telugu film, ‘Athidi’, in the company of superstar Mahesh Babu . It has become a smashing hit.
Obviously, Sneha has […]

Javier Bardem open up for new Woody Allen film »

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain’s hottest film star Javier Bardem is to join his compatriot Penelope Cruz in Woody’s Allen’s new movie, he told Spain’s El Pais newspaper on Thursday.
Asked what role he would have in the Allen feature, to be shot this summer in Barcelona, Bardem said “It’s something of a secret. It’s (Allen’s) philosophy […]

Monica Bedi’s jail sentence was reduces by Andhra High Court »

The Andhra Pradesh High Court today reduced to three years the jail sentence given to Monica Bedi, the companion of underworld don Abu Salem, in a fake passport case.