Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Chris Hemsworth Talks "Awkward" Naked Movie Scenes, Snow White Sequel With Kristen Stewart

We'll get to Chris Hemsworth talking about doing a Snow White and the Huntsman sequel with Kristen Stewart in just a minute!

First, the 30-year-old hunky Aussie actor is talking about stripping down and getting naked in the first 10 minutes of his new racing flick Rush.

"I remember reading the script going, 'I wonder if that will stay in there?'" Hemsworth told E! News of the nude scene while at the Toronto International Film Festival. "And I said to [director] Ron [Howard], 'What's the rating on the film and where is it going to sit?' We shot it, yeah, and it's in there."

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But Hemsworth, who plays Formula 1 racer James Hunt in the film, wasn't too nervous about the sexy scene. "I've been training a lot anyway but it's still pretty awkward," he smiled. "It's more intimidating than the driving scenes...a hundred people standing around and cameras and, 'Quick! Get your gear off.'"

Meanwhile, Liam Hemsworth's older bro says he hasn't heard anything about doing a sequel to his and Stewart's 2012 Huntsman flick. "I don't know," he dished. "If there's a hunger for another one. I had a great time making the film. I'm not sure what they plan on doing. I'm kind of booked up in Avengers [2], we do Avengers next year and that kind of takes up most of the year. And then press for Thor [2] this year and it just depends when we can squeeze it in. It's getting kind of narrower and narrower."

Watch the clips for yourself and get the scoop on how much weight Hemsworth had to lose for Rush!

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Will Julia Roberts Ever Direct a Movie? Watch and Find Out!

Julia Roberts has had quite a prestigious career in show business thus far.

But along with all of her accolades (like an Academy Award for Best Actress) and portraying such a wide variety of characters (including a prostitute, which is the role that shot her to fame), fans of the star wonder if she'll follow what seems to be a trend in Hollywood—going from actor to director.

"Oh I won't [direct]," the mom of three tells E! News at the Toronto Film Festival while promoting the premiere of her film August: Osage County.

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"I think any housewife will tell you that you're directing pretty much 24/7 so I'll stick to the in-house directing. It's too much for me. I love being an actor, I love being a homemaker and that's good for me," Roberts continued.

In fact, it turns out the A-lister is pretty amazing in the kitchen.

Roberts shared with us, "I'm quite a good cook. I'm like a closet home ec teacher...I can really cook anything."

Well, Julia, if you ever find yourself with an excess of leftovers, we'll be more than happy to take them off your hands.

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Friday, September 13, 2013

Bollywood movie review: Shuddh Desi Romance

(Any opinions expressed here are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters)

The hero of Maneesh Sharma‘s Shuddh Desi Romance is a confused young man. Raghu is never sure of what he wants. As a character in the film puts it, Raghu just flirts with himself.

Gayatri, on the other hand, knows exactly what she wants from life. She is an independent woman – and the man of the house – figuring out living expenses, insisting that her live-in boyfriend takes turns cooking and is unapologetic about having had relationships in the past.

These are characters poles apart from their Bollywood stereotypes. They don’t make a big deal about their love life, dealing with it as casually as one would drink a beverage or smoke a cigarette – at least on the outside. All this bravado ends when it comes to marriage.

Raghu and Gayatri take turns running away from marriage. When Raghu ditches Tara at the altar, he and Gayatri end up in a live-in relationship.

In the film’s first half, writer Jaideep Sahni and director Maneesh Sharma depict the flowering of a relationship with panache. Raghu and Gayatri find their way around each other, alternating between suspicion and trust, and an all-consuming lust. The writer and director weave a lovely background in the city of Jaipur, merging its modernity with the straitjacketed thought process typical of the Indian middle class.

When a drunken Diwali night leads to a warped proposal, Raghu and Gayatri find themselves about to get married to each other, at a time when neither is enchanted by the prospect.

Sahni, who pens some sparkling dialogue, explores the dilemmas the new generation must face when it comes to love – a witness to arranged marriages, told that marriage is the ultimate goal in life, and yet aware that the formula may not always work.

The first half of Shuddh Desi Romance is racy enough to hold your attention, but then it loses steam. The director’s technique of getting the characters to talk to the camera is jarring – almost as if he is too lazy to reveal their motives through action.

The lead pairing of Sushant Singh Rajput and Parineeti Chopra is brilliant. Their chemistry shines through and they pull off even the unconvincing scenes with conviction.

This is a film that will require a bit of patience as it trundles towards its conclusion, but spare some time and you will be rewarded with a fresh take on love that you haven’t seen in a long time.

(Follow Shilpa on Twitter @shilpajay)


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Press Release - EarthCam Premieres New World Trade Center Time-Lapse Movie to Commemorate September 11th Anniversary

EarthCam Premieres New World Trade Center Time-Lapse Movie to Commemorate September 11th Anniversary

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New York, September 11, 2013 -- Today, Americans across the country are pausing to reflect and honor all those lost on September 11, 2001. EarthCam is remembering the events of that day by sharing a special commemorative time-lapse movie. The video highlights the rebirth and continuous progress of American ingenuity at the World Trade Center site.

The two-minute time-lapse movie details the construction process for this impressive 2.6-million-square-foot building from October 2004 to September 2013, showcasing the resilience of the American spirit and the historic rise of this New York City icon. Over the past 9 years, EarthCam construction cameras documented progress from 35 critical angles with high definition megapixel imagery. Viewers are invited to watch the vertical rise of One World Trade Center and witness the transformation of downtown Manhattan, courtesy of hundreds of thousands of images. Included in the time-lapse are archives from EarthCam’s MegapixelCam across the Hudson River in Liberty State Park, which offer an all-encompassing view of the evolving city skyline. Watch as the spire is installed, bringing One WTC to a staggering height of 1,776 feet and securing the title of the tallest building in the United States. Finally, a breathtaking panorama auto-generated by EarthCam’s GigapixelCam delivers the most dramatic view and leaves a lasting impression.

EarthCam has been on site since 2001, when EarthCam CEO & Founder, Brian Cury, installed a webcam just days after the attacks on September 11th and this latest time-lapse movie commemorates the dedication by many involved in rebuilding lower New York City. All of the images have been donated to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum and were made available live at http://www.911memorial.org/911-memorial-webcam so people around the world could stay up-to-date on the constant progress and to educate future generations. New to the web page is an interactive view of the World Trade Center site, courtesy of EarthCam’s gigapixel webcam, which auto-generates 1 billion pixel panoramas. Special callouts on the image point out notable buildings and landmarks throughout the city that can be viewed from this aerial perspective.

Experience and watch the rebirth of the World Trade Center site with EarthCam’s commemorative time-lapse movie at www.youtube.com/earthcam.

ABOUT EARTHCAM

EarthCam is the global leader in delivering webcam content, technology and services. Founded in 1996, EarthCam provides live streaming video, time-lapse construction cameras and complete managed services for corporate and government clients in more than 1,500 international cities. With numerous applications in the construction, transportation, entertainment industries, EarthCam's revolutionary gigapixel camera systems deliver superior HD clarity, monitoring, documenting and archiving of the world's most important projects and events.

Projects documented by EarthCam include: Barclays Center, San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Statue of Liberty Restoration, Panama Canal Expansion, Smithsonian Institution Restoration, Brickell CityCentre, Hong Kong Disneyland, Washington Monument Restoration, Los Angeles International Airport, Denver Union Station, George W. Bush Presidential Center, Whitney Museum of American Art, Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi, Levi’s Stadium and National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Learn more about EarthCam at www.earthcam.net. 

Visit the World Trade Center webcams at www.earthcam.com/worldtradecenter. 

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