Movies – Page 104

‘Caroline in the City’ actor Amy Pietz joins ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel ‘Elle’ cast

Amy Pietz | Photo Credit: Dana Patrick The Caroline in the City actress Amy Pietz will join the cast of Elle, an upcoming Amazon Prime Video series that serves as the prequel to Resse Witherspoon’s comedy movie Legally Blonde, reported Deadline. Pietz will have a recurring role in the series as one of the regular […]

Samuel L Jackson to lead ‘Man Of War’

Samuel L. Jackson | Photo Credit: CJ RIVERA Actor Samuel L Jackson is set to star in Paramount Pictures’ film Man Of War. The film will have a screenplay by Sheldon Turner. It is directed by Tim Story, who is also producing the project alongside Turner and Jennifer Klein, according to the entertainment news outlet […]

‘Alappuzha Gymkhana’ movie review: Khalid Rahman dodges genre coventions to deliver an effective sports comedy

A still from ‘Alappuzha Gymkhana’ | Photo Credit: Think Music India/YouTube In Boxing, dodging a punch is probably as important as landing one. Filmmaker Khalid Rahman clearly knows a thing or two about this evasion technique, which he portrays so well in the elegantly staged boxing bouts in his fifth film, Alappuzha Gymkhana. Like a […]

‘Good Bad Ugly’ Day 1 box office: Ajith Kumar returns to form with Rs. 28.50 crore opening, bests ‘Vidaamuyarchi’ figure

Ajith Kumar in a still from ‘Good Bad Ugly’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Tamil superstar Ajith Kumar has just made a scintillating return to form at the box office with Good Bad Ugly, which collected Rs. 28.50 crores on its opening day on Thursday, April 10. This figure is much bigger than the Rs. […]

Kamal Haasan visits Perplexity AI, meets CEO Aravind Srinivas in San Francisco: ‘Our thirst for what’s next remains’

Kamal Haasan with Perplexity AI CEO Aravind Srinivas at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco, California, US | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Veteran actor-filmmaker Kamal Haasan on Friday (April 11) visited the San Francisco headquarters of the AI-powered search engine Perplexity AI and met the company’s CEO Aravind Srinivas. Sharing pictures taken during the visit on […]

Oscars to introduce Best Stunt Design category in 2027 for 100th Academy Awards ceremony

A still from ‘The Fall Guy’ | Photo Credit: Universal Pictures The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will officially recognise the art of stunt work with a new Oscar category for Best Stunt Design, debuting at the 100th Academy Awards in 2028 for films released in 2027. The long-anticipated move marks a historic […]

‘Jaat’ movie review: Sunny Deol finds crackling form in this battle of bulls

Sunny Deol comes out of memes this week, demanding an apology from naysayers. Taking a break from the western front, the original one-man army fires a salvo on the Coromandel coast. When Bollywood takes a break from Muslim terrorists, it reincarnates Ravan to take on the hero. A decade after Shah Rukh Khan rode on Chennai […]

‘Good Bad Ugly’ movie review: Ajith Kumar and Adhik’s pop-culture goldmine delivers despite hollowness

Who knew that a character sending a specific someone’s photo on a WhatsApp group would make for one of the ‘massiest’ sequences we have seen in recent times? Director Adhik Ravichandran, who, over the last ten years, has gotten us used to his use of bright colours, dutch-angle shots and quirky humour, takes it up […]

‘Bazooka’ movie review: Mammootty’s gaming thriller is a dull, patchily-written film

Mammootty in a still from ‘Bazooka’ A few late flourishes can sometimes redeem a film even though it might be hurtling downhill till that point. But, in Deeno Dennis’s directorial debut Bazooka, that supposed redemption arc comes way beyond a point where most of us would have stopped caring for the characters or the plot. […]

‘Masaan’ director Neeraj Ghaywan’s ‘Homebound’ selected for Cannes 2025’s Un Certain Regard

Director Neeraj Ghaywan posing during a photocall for ‘Masaan’ at the 68th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes | Photo Credit: AFP Ten years after his breakthrough debut Masaan was selected for Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan returns to the Croisette with his sophomore feature Homebound, again featured in the same category. The […]