The day Thomas Sajan was expecting to see a South Indian action epic at a theatre in British Columbia, a spate of shootings thousands of kilometres away disrupted his plans. Sajan, a self-described South Indian film fanatic, said he had been waiting months to see Malaikottai Vaaliban, a blockbuster Malayalam-language film about an aging warrior … Read more
In the years since the Covid-19 pandemic shifting audience tastes have given rise to two divergent trends in India’s exhibition industry. According to the latest Ficci-EY media and entertainment report, footfalls in theatres (single screens and multiplexes) have fallen by 9% to 900 million in 2023 from 994 million in 2022. But, gross box-office collections … Read more
Fun in Acapulco: Elvis Presley stars in 1963 trailer In the early 60s, Ursula Andress sizzled her way across the big screen after making a bikini-clad splash as the first iconic Bond Girl in the original 007 movie Bond film, Dr No. Filmmakers scrambled to capitalise on the beach beauty and she was immediately chosen … Read more
Despite a career packed with movie musicals, Elvis Presley actually said no to being in the biggest one of all time. During his final tour in 1977, months before he died, the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll, told his (on the road) ‘girlfriend’ Kathy Westmoreland that he was sad because he hadn’t made a “classic … Read more
Can you ever have too much Elvis? 40 years ago, film studios hoped not when they cast the rock and roll legend in the 1960s light comedy Kissing Cousins. Released in March 1964, on the surface it looked like just another frothy confection of tangled romances, intercut with jaunty songs, but there was a big … Read more
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie director who was shot by Alec Baldwin during a movie rehearsal — and survived — testified Friday at trial that he was approaching the cinematographer when he heard a loud bang and felt the bullet’s impact. “It felt like someone had taken a baseball bat to my shoulder,” … Read more
Hollywood’s on-screen talent will get a chance to celebrate their craft Saturday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. The best of television and film will gather at the Shrine Auditorium, where performers will honor their peers at the only awards show voted on by actors exclusively. With the Academy Awards right around … Read more
LONDON (AP) — “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” took five prizes and Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest” won three. Christopher Nolan won his first best director BAFTA … Read more
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A grand jury indicted Alec Baldwin on Friday on an involuntary manslaughter charge in a 2021 fatal shooting during a rehearsal on a movie set in New Mexico, reviving a dormant case against the A-list actor. Special prosecutors brought the case before a grand jury in Santa Fe this week, … Read more
“I don’t like goodbyes,” tearfully observes one of the characters in director Mahalia Belo’s horribly believable survival drama set in the aftermath of a catastrophic storm, which floods vast swathes of the UK and renders cities, including London, uninhabitable. Those farewells are never-ending in The End We Start From, adapted by screenwriter Alice Birch from … Read more
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