2012 is an upcoming disaster film directed by Roland Emmerich. The film has an ensemble cast, including John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Danny Glover, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Woody Harrelson. The film will be distributed by Columbia Pictures. Filming began in August 2008 in Vancouver. The film's release date is November 13, 2009. An epic adventure about a global cataclysm that brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
2012
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani
Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani is an upcoming 2009 Bollywood romantic comedy film. The film stars Ranbir Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Upen Patel in lead roles with Salman Khan making a special appearance. The movie was shot at Ooty, Mumbai, Goa and Turkey. This movie will release on November 6, 2009. Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani has been described as a 'light film with lots of humour in it'.The movie is about Prem (Ranbir Kapoor), a depressed lover boy who is madly in love with the beautiful Jennifer(Katrina Kaif). Ranbir Kapoor (Prem) is a person whose purpose of life is to spread joy and laughter all around. However each time he attempts to spreads a wave of happiness, it creates funny disorders. He will cross all limits to make her fall in love. The film is tagged as the craziest love story. He inadvertently abducts Katrina Kaif (Jenny). Jenny’s obsessed with love. And Ranbir Kapoor is head over heels in love with Katrina Kaif. He gets set to do all that he can to make her feel the same way about him including supporting her run away from her own marriage. And then situation worsens as her father, her husband and a deceitful politician come after them!
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Labels: 2009, Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani, bollywood, katrina kaif, Ranbir Kapoor, review
Monday, October 5, 2009
Aladin
Aladin is a forthcoming Bollywood movie directed by Sujoy Ghosh of Jhankaar Beats fame. Amitabh Bachchan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt, Jacqueline Fernandez, Juhi Chawla and Sameera Reddy appear in pivotal roles in the movie. Aladin is a contemporary take on the classic fairy tale and boasts of a visual scale never seen before on Indian screen. The film is slated for release on October 30, 2009. Aladin is a contemporary look on the classic fairy tale. Ritesh Deshmukh appears as the title character while Jacqueline Fernandez plays Jasmine. Amitabh Bachchan is Genius-the genie while Sanjay Dutt appears as the cool villainous Ringmaster. The story is contemporary but set in a fantasy world of make believe.
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Labels: 2009, Aladin, Amitabh Bachchan, bollywood, review, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sanjay Dutt
Monday, September 28, 2009
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna is a forthcoming Indian Bollywood film that stars Salman Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Sohail Khan in pivotal roles. Directed by debutante Prem Soni, the film, which revolves around the theme of extramarital affair, is a joint production of Sohail Khan Productions and UTV SpotBoy Pictures. The film will be produced by Sohail Khan and Ronnie Screwvala, and is expected to release on October 16, 2009. Main Aurr Mrs. Khanna revolves around the story of Samir Khanna (Salman Khan) and Raina Khanna (Kareena Kapoor) who have a fairytale marriage. Samir gets his dream job and they have a great life until one wrong decision leads them to part their ways. Kareena Kapoor falls in love with Sohail Khan and eventually breaks up with Salman Khan. Govinda plays the character who brings them back together.
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Labels: 2009, bollywood, Govinda, kareena kapoor, Main Aurr Mrs Khanna, review, Salman Khan
Saturday, September 26, 2009
London Dreams
London Dreams is an upcoming Bollywood musical film directed by Vipul Shah. Starring actors Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan in principal roles, where they were childhood friends. But they had little in common except their family's vague connection with music. While Arjun's life was consumed by a passionate drive to get on stage and realise his grandfather's unfulfilled dream, Mannu had little interest in his music tutor father's instruments and was content with remaining a child at heart with no higher ambition than enjoying the good things in life. But little did they expect music to strengthen their friendship and then test it with catastrophic results... the film also features Asin Thottumkal as the lead female character. Moreover Rannvijay Singh and Brinda Parekh play pivotal roles in the project, which will release on October 30, 2009.
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Labels: 2009, Ajay Devgan, Asin, bollywood, London Dreams, review, Salman Khan
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Blue
Blue is a forthcoming Bollywood film directed by Anthony D'Souza, scheduled for release on October 16, 2009, starring Akshay Kumar, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta and Zayed Khan. It is an action film that is centered around an underwater treasure guarded by sharks. The film was written by American writers Joshua Lurie and Bryan M. Sullivan. Kylie Minogue makes a guest appearance in the film. A. R. Rahman composed the music. The story follows brothers Sagar and Sam who are interested in treasure. Along with Mona, Sagar's wife, they travel to the Bahamas in search of a mysterious treasure hidden 200 feet deep within the sea. Along the way, they meet Aarav who is searching for the same treasure. But they don't know is that Aarav is a devious con-artist who would stop at nothing to get what he wants. The treasure is gurded by sharks, sting rays, and other marine animals. The rest of the story deals with the 4 characters go diving deep withing the sea in search of the treasure.
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Labels: 2009, Akshay Kumar, Blue, bollywood, Lara Dutta, review, Sanjay Dutt, Zayed Khan
Do Knot Disturb
Do Knot Disturb is an upcoming Bollywood comedy movie directed by David Dhawan. Govinda, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sushmita Sen, Lara Dutta and Sohail Khan appear in important roles in this laugh riot. A rich businessman wants to hide his extra marital affair with a supermodel. He bribes a waiter into pretending to be the model's boyfriend. Mistaken identities and misunderstandings follow which are sure to take the viewers on a hilarious ride. This movie is copied from french film The Valet (French: La doublure) is a 2006 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber. The screenplay focuses on a parking valet who is enlisted to impersonate the lover of a famous fashion model in order to deflect attention from her relationship with a married businessman.
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Labels: 2009, bollywood, Do Knot Disturb, Govinda, Lara Dutta, review, Ritesh Deshmukh, Sushmita Sen
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Astro Boy
Astro Boy, Also called Atom in Japan, is a 2009 computer-animated 3-D film based on the highly successful Japanese franchise of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. An origin story set in futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is about a young robot with incredible powers created by a brilliant scientist, Dr. Tenma, in the image of the son he had lost. Unable to fulfill the grieving man's expectations, our hero embarks on a journey in search of acceptance, becoming part of a group of rowdy kids led by a girl named Cora, and experiencing betrayal and a netherworld of robot gladiators led by the greedy ring master, Ham Egg, before he returns to save Metro City and reconcile with the father who had rejected him.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Wanted
Wanted is a forthcoming Bollywood film directed by noted choreographer-turned-director prabhu Deva starring Salman Khan and Ayesha Takia in the lead roles. It is a remake of the Pokkiri (2007 film), also directed by Prabhu Deva himself, which is also a remake of Telugu film Pokiri. Radhe (Salman Khan) is a hard-core gangster. A sharp-shooter with a sharp brain, he works for Gani Bhai, the dreaded Mafioso, on his own terms. Totally fearless, Radhe singlehandedly eliminates Gani Bhai's enemies, one by one - making more enemies in the process. Radhe's astounded when young and pretty Jhanvi (Ayesha Takia) professes her affection for him. Inspector Talpade's lustful eyes fall on Jahnavi. He doesn't know that Jahnavi has developed a soft spot for Radhe. Jahnavi is a very simple innocent and a naive girl and she believes that everything is good in the world and nothing is bad. After she meets Radhe she realizes that all her previous notions were wrong and life after that becomes a roller coaster ride for her. There is a transition in her character then. Whether it's the Golden gang or Data Pawle's Gang, everybody wants the biggest piece of the lucrative cake that is Mumbai and the only way to get it is to eliminate whoever gets in the way. As Mumbai reels under bloody gang wars, Commissioner Ashraf Khan Vows to make the city crime-free and starts his campaign by arresting 200 criminals.
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Labels: 2009, Ayesha Takia, bollywood, review, Salman Khan, Wanted
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Wake Up Sid
Wake Up Sid is a forthcoming Hindi romantic comedy film that stars Konkona Sen Sharma and Ranbir Kapoor in the lead roles. Produced under Karan Johar's Dharma Productions [2], distributed by UTV Motion Pictures and directed by debutante Ayaan Mukherjee, who earlier was assistant director of Ashutosh Gowariker in Swades and Karan Johar in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna. The movie is scheduled to release on October 2, 2009. This is the story of Siddharth Mehra (Ranbir Kapoor), a lazy, unmotivated slacker from Mumbai whose life undergoes a series of changes after taking his final year college exams. Sid's world is breezy, carefree, and without any true responsibilities. The most important elements in his life are his friends, his camera, his car, and his Playstation 3.
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Labels: 2009, bollywood, Ranbir Kapoor, Wake Up Sid
Dil Bole Hadippa
Dil Bole Hadippa! (translation: Heart Goes Hurrah!) is a forthcoming 2009 Bollywood film directed by Anurag Singh and produced by Aditya Chopra under the Yash Raj Films banner. It stars Rani Mukerji and Shahid Kapoor in pivotal roles in the story about a young woman who pretends to be a man to join an all-male cricket team, with Anupam Kher, Dalip Tahil, Rakhi Sawant and Sherlyn Chopra in supporting roles.The film is slated for a release on September 18, 2009. The film tells the story of Veera (Rani Mukerji), a fire-cracker of a girl who lives in a small village but dreams of playing cricket in the big league. Rohan (Shahid Kapoor) is an accomplished captain of a county cricket team in England. Rohan returns to India to captain his father's cricket team which has been losing consecutively for the last 8 years. In a village where girls don't play cricket, Veera has to put on a turban and beard and become a man to fulfill her dreams. Her brilliance on the field earns her a place in Rohan's team.
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Labels: 2009, bollywood, Dil Bole Hadippa, Rakhi Sawant, Rani Mukerji, Shahid Kapoor
Monday, September 14, 2009
What's Your Raashee?
Yogesh Patel (Harman Baweja), a young man who has always wished for a love marriage, is told that he must find his dream girl within ten days to save his family from utter ruin. He makes a plan; he will meet one girl from each raashee – sun sign, so that he will get twelve chances to fall in love. Two meetings per day gives him six days to meet them, three days to make a final decision and he can get married on the tenth day. Priyanka Chopra plays twelve different characters depicting the twelve zodiac signs. Each character will have a trait related to each respective zodiac sign.
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Labels: 2009, bollywood, Harman Baweja, Priyanka Chopra, What's Your Raashee
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a 2009 computer-animated film produced by Sony Pictures Animation and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It is scheduled for a theatrical release on September 18, 2009 and is inspired by the children's book of the same name by Judi Barrett and Ron Barrett.A scientist named Flint Lockwood spent his entire life creating inventions that were unwanted or faulty, which doesn't help his struggle to try to see eye to eye with his dad. Finally while trying to solve world hunger he develops a method to directly convert water into food and releases the effects on the world. Hunger is eliminated as weather delivers food, but a problem of global proportions soon evolves when the food weather machine that Flint invented develops a mind of its own, and starts wreaking havoc on the world. Flint is now saddled with the task of stopping his maniac creation to stop the ensuing chaos.
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Labels: 2009, animation, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, review, sony pictures
Monday, September 7, 2009
9
9 is a 2009 animated sci-fi/action film directed by Shane Acker and produced by Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, director of Wanted, and stars Elijah Wood, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Connelly, Crispin Glover, Martin Landau and Christopher Plummer. It is based on Acker's Academy Award-nominated short film of the same name. Although CGI, the movie will have a stylized look resembling stop motion. The screenplay was written by Shane Acker, Ben Gluck, and Pamela Pettler, co-writer of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Casting for this film was done by Mindy Marin, production design by Robert St. Pierre and Fred Warter, and art direction by Christophe Vacher. The film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for violence and scary images. In the U.K., the film has been rated 12A by the BBFC for moderate sustained threat.
When 9 first comes to life, he finds himself in a post-apocalyptic world where all humans are gone, and it is only by chance that he discovers a small community of others like him taking refuge from fearsome machines that roam the earth intent on their extinction. Despite being the neophyte of the group, 9 convinces the others that hiding will do them no good. They must take the offensive if they are to survive, and they must discover why the machines want to destroy them in the first place. As they'll soon come to learn, the very future of civilization may depend on them.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Up
Up is a 2009 American computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film premiered on May 29, 2009 in North America as the first animated film to premiere on the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. The film is scheduled for release on October 16, 2009 in the United Kingdom. Up is director Pete Docter's second feature-length film after Monsters, Inc., and features the voices of Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Bob Peterson, and Jordan Nagai. It is Pixar's tenth feature film and the studio's first to be presented in Disney Digital 3-D, and is accompanied in theaters by the short film Partly Cloudy. The film was also shown in Dolby 3D in selected theaters. The film centers around a grumpy old man named Carl Fredricksen and an overeager Wilderness Explorer named Russell who fly to South America in a floating house suspended from helium balloons. The film has received overwhelmingly positive reviews with a rating of 97% on Rotten Tomatoes. A video game based on the film of the same name was released on May 26, 2009.
Thursday, September 3, 2009
G-Force
A specially trained squad of guinea pigs is dispatched to stop a diabolical billionaire from taking over the world. G-Force is a 2009 action comedy film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer for Walt Disney Pictures in Disney Digital 3-D. Written by Cormac and Marianne Wibberley, the film is the directorial debut of Hoyt Yeatman, whose earlier work includes in the area of visual effects. Yeatman has previously worked with Bruckheimer on a number of films, including The Rock, Armageddon, and Kangaroo Jack. It was released in the US on July 24, 2009. This is the first live-action Disney film to be produced in Disney Digital 3-D, not including two concert films, Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert and Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience. The film will not only be shown in Disney Digital 3-D, but also in competing 3-D technologies like Dolby 3D
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Gamer
Gamer is a 2009 science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. The film stars Gerard Butler as an unwilling participant in an online game in which participants can control human beings as players. In 2034, mind-control technology has taken society by storm, and a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows gamers to control human death row prisoners in mass-scale deathmatches. Any inmate who lives through 30 matches wins his freedom. Simon (Logan Lerman) controls Kable (Gerard Butler) the on-line champion of the game having won 27 matches and lived through them all, with his every move tracked by millions, his ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind (Michael C. Hall) through launching an attack on the system that has imprisoned him.
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Julie and Julia
Julie & Julia is a 2009 dramedy film, written and directed by Nora Ephron. The film depicts events in the life of chef Julia Child in the early years in her culinary career, contrasting her life with Julie Powell, a woman who aspires to cook all 524 recipes from Child's cookbook. Frustrated Lower Manhattan Development Corporation worker Julie Powell (Amy Adams) embarks on a year-long culinary quest to cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. She chronicles her trials and tribulations in a blog that catches on with the food crowd. The film also covers the years Julia Child (Meryl Streep) and her husband Paul (Stanley Tucci) spent in Paris during the 1940s and 1950s, when he was a Foreign Service Officer who was eventually investigated by Senator Joseph McCarthy for alleged communist ties. Ephron began filming Julie & Julia in March 2008. Meryl Streep portrays Julia Child, and Amy Adams appears as Julie Powell. The film officially premiered on July 30, 2009 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City and opened throughout North America on August 7, 2009.
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Labels: 2009, Julia, Julie, Julie and Julia
District 9
District 9 is a 2009 science-fiction film directed by Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter Jackson. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope and Robert Hobbs. Copley plays the role of Wikus van de Merwe, a bureaucrat assigned to evict and move an alien species stranded on Earth from one government refugee camp to another in Johannesburg, South Africa. After being exposed to an alien substance that alters his DNA, Wikus must work with the aliens to help them escape the planet and save his own humanity. The theatrical trailer appeared in July 2009. Released on August 14, 2009 in North America by TriStar Pictures, the film received positive reviews and earned $37 million on its opening weekend.
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Labels: 2009, District 9, fiction, science
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds is a war film released in August 2009 by the Universal Pictures and the Weinstein Company. Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt), the commanding officer of an American-led killing squad known as "The Basterds" terrorize the Nazis in German-occupied France during World War II. Inglourious Basterds was filmed in locations like France and Germany, beginning in October 2008. The film was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. At Cannes, Inglourious Basterds was the only US film to win an award, earning a best actor award for Christoph Waltz. The film also pays homage to the World War II .
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Labels: 2009, brad pitt, Inglourious Basterds