The trailer of Akshay Kumar’s upcoming film ‘Gold’ has impressed one and all. Veteran hockey player Balbir Singh Sr. also joined the ranks in praising it.
Uday Chopra might be away from the silver screen but he has been hitting the headlines more often than not for his rumoured love affair with actress Nargis Fakhri. However, in the light of reports of their break-up circulating of late, the actor’s latest post on his Twitter handle has started an all-new rumour altogether.The actor took to his twitter handle wrote that he is in a Twitter relationship with someone called Joanna Dusk. He wrote, ‘In a Twitter relationship with @joannadusk’While nothing much is known to us about the lady in question, it seems that the young Chopra scion has moved on in life after splitting from his rumoured girlfriend Nargis.Reports were rife that Uday apparently ended his relationship with the actress over a messaging app and that he is now all set to mingle.
It's a known fact that the family has close connections with many of our Bollywood celebrities and it is no surprise that many of them made their presence felt at the engagement bash
The sequel to the critically adored “Sicario” opens with a jaw-dropping reveal.
The on-screen violence is partly to blame. The rest? We’re not used to seeing this side of the immigration debate on the big screen.
“Sicario: Day of the Soldado” opens with an Islamic extremist blowing himself up after attempting to cross the southern U.S. Border. Minutes later, we watch more terrorists bomb a midwest convenience store. The screenplay even name drops ISIS in the first five or so minutes.
Is franchise screenwriter Taylor Sheridan of “Hell or High Water” fame making a statement?
Not really. The film soon drops us back to the U.S.-Mexico border, a place where the good guys need a refresher course on Morality 101. The bad guys? Don’t ask. It’s all credibly staged, but there’s something unnecessary about the fledgling franchise all the same.
“Sicario” star Emily Blunt didn’t sign on for the sequel. Instead, we get more screen time for Josh Brolin and Benicio Del Toro. Their characters are drawn back to the ongoing border dispute with a mission to ignore the rules.
And they’re only happy to oblige.
Brolin’s federal agent Matt Graver is tasked with whipping up war along the border, hoping to draw Mexican cartels into a drawn-out war. Meanwhile, Del Toro’s mysterious Alejandro helps foment the war by kidnapping cartel leader’s daughter (Isabela Moner) and pinning the blame n a rival.
Sheridan’s still young screenwriting career is a thing of beauty, but his dialogue here smacks of action film necessity.
“Dirty is exactly why you’re here…”
“No rules this time…
You get the drill.
The Islamic angle is fresh and raw, but it’s a feint all the same. The story’s focus is on both human trafficking along the border and the inhumanity of all those connected to the border dispute.
That’s what the first movie delivered. So re-delivering that message hardly feels fresh, let alone necessary.
Luck doesn’t live on this side of the border. Benicio Del Toro and Josh Brolin face-off in #SicarioMovie, see it unfold on the big screen June 29th. pic.twitter.com/WjI9z5oLxw
— Sicario (@SicarioMovie) June 9, 2018
The original centered on Blunt’s character. We saw her slowly grasp the intractable nature of the border debate, losing a part of herself in the process. We needed that kind of on-screen surrogate, a vital cog missing here.
Sheridan’s Islamic storyline is subversive to the core given the tenor of modern Hollywood. His screenplay still doesn’t devolve into political talking points. The subject remains delicate in our divided times, but the scribe isn’t willing to throw red meat in either direction.
FAST FACT: Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan grew up on a cattle ranch and started herding cattle at 14.
The most intriguing element in “Soldado?” A Latino youth named Miguel (Elijah Rodriguez) recruited into the cartel life. We get an early glimpse of his family life – a doting mum and a stable home front. He’s a willing participant in criminality all the same.
The thumbnail sketch is maddeningly slight.
Hildur Guðnadóttir’s score grows bombastic as the final moments arrive. The emotional heft? It’s simply not strong enough to ride the sonic wave. The film ends on an unrealistic note albeit one intended to extend the franchise.
That hardly seems necessary, but it’s not the worst news to hit Hollywood of late.
HiT or Miss: “Sicario: Day of the Soldado” is feel bad cinema, told with the necessary grit and too little to differentiate it from the original.
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It’s been 26 years since a handsome young hunk, with a centre-parted hairdo and a dimpled smile, walked onto our screens and claimed his stake over our heart.
While many would be interested to see Manisha Koirala’s biopic, we must say the actress has chosen the best ones to play her onscreen
After much wait, the makers of 'Fanney Khan' have finally released a teaser from the upcoming film starring Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Rajkummar Rao
Recently, she shared a cute Instagram story where she is seen getting magnetically pulled towards Ishaan Khatter in what looks like a rehearsal hall.
Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor, who were last seen together on-screen in Remo D'Souza's 2015 hit dance drama film 'ABCD 2' are all set to collaborate once again.
Director Siva Ganesh, who earlier helmed ’33 Prema Kathalu’ and ‘Sakala Kalavallabhudu’, has come up with an interesting project titled ‘Idi Naa Biopic’. Bankrolled by Ravi Chandra Emandi, Srinivas GV Reddy and Nagendra Varma under the banner of Yuvan Touring Talkies, the film stars debutants Vishwa and Nikitha Pawar in lead roles.
Friday, June 29, 2018, is packed with seven Telugu releases. So, obviously it will be a festival for film buffs and they will queue up at theatres as early as possible to catch the show. Just like every other film, theatres would witness the overflow of people and other fanfare. As there are no big star films, these films are gearing up for release next Friday. Here are the seven Telugu films which are scheduled to release on June 29, 2018.
Rakul Preet Singh started as a model and made her debut in T-town with the 2011 film ‘Keratam’. After doing a few more films in South, she went to Bollywood in 2014 for the film ‘Yaariyan’. Now, for the first time, the sizzling hot actress is doing her first ever item number.
Ahead of its release on July 5, 2018, the theatrical trailer of Gopi Chand starrer ‘Pantham’ released today. The action drama stars Gopi Chand and Mehreen Pirzada.
Tollywood actor Sumanth Akkineni has joined hands with the director Anil Srikantam for a suspense thriller titled ‘Idam Jagath’. Jonnalagadda Padmavate and Gangapatnam Sridhar are producing the film under the banner of Viraat Films in association with Sri Vignesh Karthik Cinemas.
We may fall in love once or maybe several times, but first love is always memorable one; such is the story of Sharad and Pallavi in the upcoming movie Kay Zhal Kalena. Being a love saga, music becomes an important chunk of the film and to unveil the melodies, the team of Kay Zhal Kalena came together for the music launch recently.
Paul Rudd sure has range, and that has nothing to do with him shrinking to the size of an ant.
The comic actor sheds his wisecracking ways (mostly) for “The Catcher Was a Spy,” a fact-based story with evergreen implications. Would you kill someone if it meant saving the lives of thousands, maybe even millions?
The “Ant Man” star builds a compelling character study here before the film’s plot kicks into high gear. This isn’t a classic World War II saga, yet its modest size is actually a blessing.
Morris “Moe” Berg is a journeyman catcher in his final days with the Boston Red Sox. He’s better at speaking a half dozen languages than smacking a curve ball. That gets the attention of the U.S. military, where he reemerges after hanging up his cleats.
His gig at the OSS (a precursor to the CIA) gets more interesting when he’s tasked with taking down Werner Heisenberg (a bewigged Mark Strong). The German scientist may be savvy enough to create his nation’s first atomic bomb.
Or so the Allied forces fear.
Paul Rudd’s Moe Berg romances Sienna Miller in ‘The Catcher Was a Spy,’ but their love story is far from ordinary.
Moe gets some help courtesy of fellow scientists, including Paul Giamatti, but the mission is fraught with danger all the same. He’ll have to face live fire, dubious contacts and his own inner doubt before facing off with Heisenberg.
“Catcher” delivers a few lump in throat moments, particularly when Moe and co. end up running for their lives on an Italian battlefield. Still, the focus is on the personal side of this spy, and it’s there where the story stumbles.
Mo’s relationship with Estella (Sienna Miller) is both hot and cold, literally. One moment, they’re engaging in passionate, spontaneous sex he initiates. The next? The movie clearly shows Moe as bisexual, one expert at keeping that part of his life secret.
Get it? He’s a natural spy. Only the evidence of his bisexual nature appears flimsy at best. The real Moe Berg may not have been attracted to men, though, a potential falsehood that should be ignored to fully enjoy the film.
To paraphrase a certain “Seinfeld” episode, “not that there’s anything wrong with that,” but Moe’s hidden sexuality looms large in the film.
FAST FACT: Managerial legend Casey Stengel once dubbed Moe Berg “the strangest man ever to play baseball.”
Rudd’s performance is rock solid, even if he lights up during Moe’s more comic asides. He’s getting the knack of this action hero thing courtesy of the “Ant Man” saga. He also excels at exuding a raw, instinctive intelligence.
That’s precisely what our hero needs here. You wish his eclectic personality played out more in the film’s third act, when the chase consumes the narrative. Still, we’re watching a wildly different kind of spy than we’re used to seeing.
He’s not James Bond. He’s more like Bull Durham with a knack for conflicted heroism.
HiT or Miss: “The Catcher Was a Spy” takes liberties large and small with the source material. What emerges is a satisfying, original World War II tale all the same.
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Salman Khan is back with another Eid release 'Race 3' and his fans are more than happy with his festive gift and the box office collection of the film is a proof of it.
Sanjay Dutt's upcoming biopic titled 'Sanju' has been creating noise for all the right reasons. From the quirky posters to the gripping trailer, makers have been teasing fans for quite some time now.
