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  • MN+ brings ‘The Verdict’ all through August

    MN+ brings ‘The Verdict’ all through August

    MUMBAI: MN+ is ready to bring to its audience the most engaging line-up of movies in its new property – ‘The Verdict.’ This unique property will have you engrossed and intrigued with its focus on movies that display intense courtroom dramas. The movies in the property will air for the entire month of August, every Sunday at 9pm.

    ‘The Verdict’ will feature the Hollywood’s best works of art that includes, ‘A Time to Kill’, ‘The Client’, ‘Devil’s Advocate’,and ‘Fracture’.

    A Time to Kill is an ironic story of a lawyer, who defends a murder accused only because the victims had raped the accused’s 10-year-old daughter. The movie was appreciated for the power packed performances of the 6 Oscar winning actors, namely Sandra Bullock, Matthew McCounaughey, Kevin Spacy, Brenda Fricker, Chris Cooper and Octavia Spencer.

    The Client is an interesting story, about a young boy who finds himself in the middle of a mafia lawyer’s suicide case. The star-cast of the movie has the Oscar Award Nominee – Susan Sarandon, who’s exemplary performance is the highlight of this edge of the seat thriller.

    The Devil’s Advocate is the journey of a talented small town lawyer who is suddenly in the midst of an intriguing case with a lot at stake, assisting a stellar lawyer and the various choices he makes during the experience. The movie, starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves, was hugely appreciated. Al Pacino was nominated for the Best Villain in the MTV Movie Awards, 1998.

    Fracture is an American-German thriller, which opens as a seemingly simple murder case but unfolds as a mystery, as Ted, the husband is being tried for murdering his wife. The movie was critically acclaimed for a tense and occasionally twisty screenplay.

  • MN+ brings ‘The Verdict’ all through August

    MN+ brings ‘The Verdict’ all through August

    MUMBAI: MN+ is ready to bring to its audience the most engaging line-up of movies in its new property – ‘The Verdict.’ This unique property will have you engrossed and intrigued with its focus on movies that display intense courtroom dramas. The movies in the property will air for the entire month of August, every Sunday at 9pm.

    ‘The Verdict’ will feature the Hollywood’s best works of art that includes, ‘A Time to Kill’, ‘The Client’, ‘Devil’s Advocate’,and ‘Fracture’.

    A Time to Kill is an ironic story of a lawyer, who defends a murder accused only because the victims had raped the accused’s 10-year-old daughter. The movie was appreciated for the power packed performances of the 6 Oscar winning actors, namely Sandra Bullock, Matthew McCounaughey, Kevin Spacy, Brenda Fricker, Chris Cooper and Octavia Spencer.

    The Client is an interesting story, about a young boy who finds himself in the middle of a mafia lawyer’s suicide case. The star-cast of the movie has the Oscar Award Nominee – Susan Sarandon, who’s exemplary performance is the highlight of this edge of the seat thriller.

    The Devil’s Advocate is the journey of a talented small town lawyer who is suddenly in the midst of an intriguing case with a lot at stake, assisting a stellar lawyer and the various choices he makes during the experience. The movie, starring Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves, was hugely appreciated. Al Pacino was nominated for the Best Villain in the MTV Movie Awards, 1998.

    Fracture is an American-German thriller, which opens as a seemingly simple murder case but unfolds as a mystery, as Ted, the husband is being tried for murdering his wife. The movie was critically acclaimed for a tense and occasionally twisty screenplay.

  • ‘Minions’ mania to take over Indian theaters this July

    ‘Minions’ mania to take over Indian theaters this July

    MUMBAI: Universal Pictures India has already tasted success in 2015 with blockbusters Fast and Furious 7 and Jurassic World. The studio is now all set for the release of the animated comedy film Minions, a spin-off of the Despicable Me series. Featuring voiceovers by Sandra Bullock, Jon Hamm, Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, Steve Coogan, Jennifer Saunders and Geoffrey Rush, the film will see a pan India release on 10 July, 2015.

      

    The story revolves around a Minion named Kevin who along with Stuart and lovable little Bob—ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow. The trio embarks upon a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill (Sandra Bullock), the world’s first-ever female super-villain. They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minion kind from annihilation.

     

     Minions co-director Pierre Coffin said, “This movie is not just for one audience. It’s for a broad audience, but we tried to be witty about it, meaning that every time there is a joke, we try putting multiple levels on it. That’s the magic of animation. You can express everything for your characters with sheer physical movements.” 

  • Romedy Now to premiere ‘The Blind Side’ for Indian viewers

    Romedy Now to premiere ‘The Blind Side’ for Indian viewers

    MUMBAI: Romedy Now will premiere John Lee Hancock directed, Sandra Bullock starrer The Blind Side in India on 24 January 2015 at 9 pm.

     

    The Blind Side is a tale of Michael ‘Big Mike’ Oher (Quinton Aaron), who was abandoned at a young age and left to wander the streets with only a plastic bag of his most treasured possessions; as he longed for a sense of familiarity and kinship. The film follows Oher from his impoverished upbringing and the many trials and tribulations he faces throughout his childhood.

     

    Leah Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock) is a wealthy, strong-minded Southern woman who upon seeing Michael Oher staggering along an empty Memphis Street, shivering from the cold, takes him under her wing. From their very first encounter, Leigh Anne recognizes Michael’s true potential and looks to him as one of her own. Leigh Anne’s motherly instincts and unabashed personality comforts Michael, who was separated from his drug-addicted mother at the mere age of seven.

     

    The Blind Side is a tale of friendship and family, and the close bond shared between a mother and her son.

     

    Bullock was praised for her steadfast performance in the 2009 motion picture, and went on to win both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress.

  • HBO’s ‘Selfie in Space’ contest sends winning picture into space

    HBO’s ‘Selfie in Space’ contest sends winning picture into space

    MUMBAI: To celebrate the HBO blockbuster movie of the year, Gravity, premiering on 21 December 2014, HBO is organising the first ever ‘HBO Selfie in Space’ contest which gives viewers a once in a lifetime opportunity to send their selfie to space.

     

    The winner’s selfie will travel to space and a video of the same will be taken and uploaded to capture the voyage.

     

     The participants can upload their photograph along with a caption and the hashtag #SelfieInSpace on HBO India’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/HBOIndia) or HBO South Asia’s website (http://www.hbosouthasia.com/selfieinspace/).

     

    The contest allows the participants to upload more than one photo and it is on till the midnight of 21 December 2014. In addition, participants can also stand to win an Xbox 360 with Kinect.

     

    One of the world’s all-time biggest blockbusters, Gravity featuring George Clooney, Sandra Bullock, Ed Harris, Amy Warren, won seven Oscars including best visual effects, best sound editing, best sound mixing, best cinematography, best film editing, best original score and best director.

     

    Bullock plays Dr. Ryan Stone, a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (Clooney). On a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes when the shuttle gets destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalsky completely alone. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space!

     

    Gravity will air this Sunday at 1 pm and 9 pm on HBO.

  • Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Gravity’ returning to wide release on 17 January

    Warner Bros. Pictures’ ‘Gravity’ returning to wide release on 17 January

    MUMBAI: Following months of overwhelming critical and audience acclaim and numerous year-end awards, Warner Bros Pictures is bringing Alfonso Cuarón’s cinematic achievement Gravity back to big screens in the US. The film, which stars Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, will be re-released on more than 900 screens on 17 January 2014, it was announced today by Warner Bros Pictures Domestic Distribution President Dan Fellman.

     

    Originally released on 4 October 2013, Gravity instantly became a favourite of both critics and audiences. It has since become one of the most honoured films of the year, most recently bringing a Golden Globe Award for Best Director to Alfonso Cuarón. The film has also received 11 BAFTA Award nominations and 10 Critics’ Choice Award nominations, both including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress (Bullock). It has also won Best Picture awards from several prestigious critics organisations, including the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and has been included on 395 critics’ and critics groups’ top ten lists, as well as being named one of the AFI’s ten best films of the year. It was also announced as the year’s best reviewed film by the website Rotten Tomatoes.

     

    In addition, the talents behind the film have been recognised by their peers, with a Directors Guild of America Award nomination for Cuarón; a Producers Guild of America Award nomination for David Heyman and Cuarón; a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Bullock; a American Society of Cinematographers Award nomination for Emmanuel Lubezki; an Art Directors Guild Award nomination for Andy Nicholson; and an American Cinema Editors’ Eddie Award nomination for Cuarón and Mark Sanger.

     

    Gravity has also been a smash hit at the box office, earning more than $670 million worldwide and counting, with most moviegoers opting to view it in 3D. In making the announcement, Fellman stated, “We are thrilled by the many accolades for Gravity, which has generated renewed word-of-mouth and interest in seeing the film, whether for the first time or to experience it again. We wanted to give audiences everywhere another opportunity to see it the way it was meant to be seen—on the big screen.”

     

    Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side) and George Clooney (Syriana) star in Gravity, a heart-pounding thriller that pulls one into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. The film is directed by Oscar nominee Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men).

  • Harry Potter 3 director gets VES Visionary award

    Harry Potter 3 director gets VES Visionary award

    Today, the Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry’s professional honorary society, named acclaimed filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron as the recipient of its Visionary Award in recognition of his extraordinary career including his landmark achievement on this year’s hugely acclaimed Gravity.

     

    The award will be presented to him at the 12th Annual VES Awards on 12 February, 2014 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

     

    The VES Visionary Award, bestowed by the VES Board of Directors, recognises an individual who has uniquely and consistently employed the art and science of visual effects to foster imagination and ignite future discoveries by way of artistry, invention and groundbreaking work. VES will honor Cuaron for his consummate artistry, expansive storytelling and profound ability to use and pioneer technology and visual effects to bring his unique visions to life.

     

    A three-time Oscar nominee, Cuaron directed, co-wrote, produced and edited the drama Gravity, which is one of the most acclaimed films of this. The accolades that Cuaron and the film have received to date include: Best Director and Best Picture awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association; four Golden Globe nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress (Sandra Bullock); and ten Broadcast Film Critics Association nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Visual Effects, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Art Direction.

     

    Cuaron made his feature film directorial debut in 1992 with Solo Con Tu Pareja, the biggest box office hit in Mexico that year, which brought him an Ariel Award as the film’s co-writer. Cuaron made his American feature film debut in 1995 with the widely acclaimed A Little Princess, followed by Great Expectations in 1998. He then wrote and directed Y Tu Mama Tambien for which he received his first Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay as well as BAFTA Award nominations for Best Foreign Film and Best Original Screenplay. He went on to helm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third film in the most successful motion picture franchise of all time. Cuaron’s 2006 hit, Children of Men was celebrated by critics and film fans for its groundbreaking techniques. The film brought two Oscar nominations to Cuaron, for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing.

     

    “Alfonso pushes the known boundaries of filmmaking,” VES Board Chair Jeffrey A. Okun said in a release. “He has been at the forefront in using visual effects to tell remarkable, highly nuanced stories that change the way we think about what is possible to achieve. Throughout his career, Alfonso has shown a rare talent for using cutting-edge technology to engage us in his deeply visceral storytelling and create unforgettable cinematic experiences.”
    Earlier, Christopher Nolan and Ang Lee have won the VES Visionary Award.

  • Bawdy comedy ‘The Heat‘ by Paul Feig being released on 28 June

    Bawdy comedy ‘The Heat‘ by Paul Feig being released on 28 June

    NEW DELHI: The Heat, the comedy starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy is being released by Fox Star Studios on 28 June.

    FBI special agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) – the Fed – and Boston cop Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy) – the Fuzz – could not be more incompatible. But when they join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies. 

    From DGA Award winner and Emmy nominee Paul Feig, the director of Bridesmaids (worldwide theatrical gross: almost $300 million), The Heat takes a look at the odd couple pairing of two law enforcement officials who, to their everlasting shock, slowly find themselves on the same page. The Heat stars Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock, whose films have grossed $2.9 billion worldwide, and Academy Award nominee Melissa McCarthy, who has had two consecutive smash hit comedies – Bridesmaids and Identity Thief – in as many years.

    Sandra Bullock as Ashburn is ambitious, talented, brainy, and possesses Sherlock Holmes-like powers of deduction and intuition. She’s always the smartest person in the room, and isn’t shy about letting everyone know it. The socially awkward Ashburn has no family, significant other, or even friends. Her only companion is a cat that belongs to her neighbor. 

    “Ashburn’s effectiveness as an FBI agent comes from her meticulousness, stubbornness and thoroughness”, says Bullock. “But she’s completely inept when it comes to any kind of social interaction. She‘s trying so hard to make up for that particular weakness that she becomes insufferably arrogant on the job. Ashburn is respected but not liked because she isn’t a team player. Every time she opens her mouth, people cringe.”

    If Ashburn needs to be taken down a notch, then Mullins is only too happy to oblige. Mullins, says Melissa McCarthy, is “all kinds of bark, but no bite – though she might actually bite people.” Mullins grew up on the streets of Boston, and has a shoot-from-the-hip (and mouth) style of dealing with crime and its perpetrators. She’s the “yang” to Ashburn’s “yin”.

  • Sandra Bullock to play Scarlet Overkill in Minions

    Sandra Bullock to play Scarlet Overkill in Minions

    MUMBAI: Sandra Bullock is all set to voice villain Scarlet Overkill in Universal Pictures‘ animated spin-off of 2010 film Despicable Me titled Minions that follows the yellow henchmen from Despicable Me on their quest for a new leader in the 1960s.

    The actress will play the evil antagonist Scarlet Overkill, who is described as “Audrey Hepburn-like” and driven by world domination.

    The film will establish the history of the yellow henchmen who have existed since the beginning of time and follow their journey in the 1960s to find a new evil master after they have destroyed all of the bad guys who were previously a threat.

    Minions is to be directed by Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balfa and produced by Janet Healy and Chris Meledandri with Chris Renaud serving as executive producer.

    The film has been scheduled for a December 2014 release.

    Incidentally, this July will see the release of Despicable Me 2 that stars Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews and Will Arnett returning to voice their characters. New additions that have been added include Steve Carrell, Kristen Wiig and Al Pacino.

  • Forbes names Kristen Stewart as highest-paid actress

    Forbes names Kristen Stewart as highest-paid actress

    MUMBAI: Among the current actresses of Hollywood, Kristen Stewart has been named Hollywood‘s highest-paid actress in Forbes magazine‘s annual list earning as much as $34.5 million last year. She narrowly beat Cameron Diaz who earned $34 million.
    Kristen‘s earnings came from her $12.5 million salary plus profit share for both instalments of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Parts I and II, and also her role in Snow White and the Huntsman. On the other hand, Cameron‘s earnings came from her salaries for Bad Teacher, The Green Hornet and What to Expect When You‘re Expecting, it is learnt.

    Sandra Bullock was placed third in the list for the $25 million she earned for her upcoming film Gravity as well as the profits she is still making from 2009 film The Blind Side.
    Angelina Jolie follows at number four with $20 million and Charlize Theron with $18 million is at the fifth slot.