Movie trailers are usually meant to create a buzz and set expectations among audiences high. But the promo for Arjun Rampal and Chitrangda Singh's next film, Inkaar, has ended up going through more than four additional cuts, thanks to the sizzling on-screen chemistry between the two. Inkaar, which is about sexual harassment at the workplace, will see Arjun and Chitrangda battle it out in a war of the sexes. ...
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A taut domestic drama from Iran is competing against a Belgian thriller, a true Polish tale from the Holocaust and dramas from Canada and Israel in the Academy Awards race for best foreign-language film. ...
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\Horror anthologies can be rather hit and miss affairs, ranging in quality from the excellent “Three” to the rather shabby “Black Night”. The awkwardly titled “4 Bia” (apparently playing on the word ‘phobia’, though causing no end of problems with pronunciation and search engines in the process) from Thailand is the latest film to take a stab at attempting the difficult task of delivering a package of consi ...
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For some slum dwellers, it is a smear against poverty. For activists and social workers, the film permits international public opinion to understand the situation of the poor in India, and press the public administration to do more. ...
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'Benjamin Button' and 'Slumdog Millionaire' are showered with nominations. It's a beloved annual tradition -- griping about the Oscar nominations. The batch of nominees announced Thursday already has prompted some questions. Like, how come "Gran Torino," filmed here in metro Detroit, was left out of the fun? Nothing for best picture or best actor or director for Clint Eastwood? Uh, memo to the Academy of Mo ...
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