Los Angeles: 'The Avengers' proved that five superheroes are better than one by bursting into Hollywood's record books with a massive $200.3 million in ticket sales over its opening weekend in U.S. and Canadian theaters, kicking off Hollywood's summer movie season with a bang. The domestic debut for the big-budget, effects-filled movie from Disney's Marvel studios sped past last summer's 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Part 2,' which...
04:31 PM, May 07, 2012
London: In flood-hit fields in the Philippines, farmers are testing a hardy new variety of rice that can survive completely submerged for more than two weeks. In Kenya's Kibera slum, poor urban families are turning around their diets and incomes just by learning to grow vegetables in sack gardens outside their doors. And in India, a push to help marginalised rural communities gain title to their land is leading to...
02:13 AM, May 06, 2012
London: Two years ago, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) launched a petition to fight hunger with the slogan: "1,000,000,000 people live in chronic hunger and I'm mad as hell." Since then, more than 3.4 million people, including actors, pop stars and footballers, have added their voices to the online campaign calling on governments to make the elimination of hunger their top priority. But outrage over the "horrifying figure"...
10:57 PM, May 05, 2012
An exploitation film is a film that basically takes a subject and simply exploits it to the maximum - the film's sole purpose is to shock and titillate the audience. ...
04:54 PM, Apr 19, 2012
Los Angeles: Filmgoers brought big appetites for 'The Hunger Games' to box offices over the weekend as the blockbuster movie added $95.9 million in global ticket sales and pushed the worldwide total since its record-setting debut to $365 million. The Lions Gate Entertainment movie about teenagers forced into a deadly survival match ranked No. 1 for the second straight weekend on domestic charts. Ticket sales in the United States and...
02:17 PM, Apr 02, 2012
TIRUNELVELI: A day after leaders of the Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) called off their indefinite fast, anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Project (KKNPP) protestors started a relay fast at Idinthakarai on Wednesday. After the government gave its nod to commence work at the Plant on March 19, 13 persons, led by PMANE coordinators S P Udaykumar and Pushparayan, started an indefinite fast at Idinthakarai. On Tuesday, talks were conducted...
11:00 AM, Mar 29, 2012
London: Actor Liam Hemsworth, whose recently released 'Hunger Games' has turned out to be a box office winner, says he is looking forward to shooting the sequel. The 22-year-old, who plays Gale in the adaptation of the popular Suzanne Collins novel of the same name, said the shooting for the second film will begin soon, reported Femalefirst. "I'm a fan of the books and would be extremely happy to shoot...
05:07 PM, Mar 28, 2012
This week Rajeev Masand reviews Saif ali Khan starrer 'Agent vinod' and Hollywood flick 'The Hunger Games'. ...
11:19 AM, Mar 24, 2012
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Stanley Tucci, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Wes Bentley, Donald Sutherland Director: Gary Ross 24 teenagers are packed off to the woods and encouraged to go on a killing spree against each other, while the rest of the world watches the action like a sporting event on giant television screens Based on the bestselling young-adult novel by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games is a...
11:37 PM, Mar 23, 2012
The much awaited Bollywood film 'Agent Vinod' releases this Friday. Hollywood film 'The Hunger Games' also hits screens. ...
09:50 AM, Mar 23, 2012
New Delhi: American author Suzaane Collinss novel 'The Hunger Games' for young adults was launched here in the run-up to the release of its big screen adaptation. Former Indian cricket captain Krish Srikkanth said the film will be 'as good' as 'Harry Potter'. "We've launched the book and as well as the movie " The Hunger Games. The movie will be as good as Harry Potter," said Srikkanth, who launched...
03:33 PM, Mar 22, 2012
Los Angeles: Jennifer Lawrence earned an Oscar nomination for playing a tough young woman in a gritty drug drama, but as she becomes a role model to young girls in her latest film 'The Hunger Games,' the actress wants to clean up her act. Lawrence, 21, is no stranger to Hollywood after being thrust into the spotlight with a breakout performance in 2010 indie hit 'Winter's Bone,' which yielded the...
12:07 PM, Mar 22, 2012
New Delhi: Directed by Gary Ross, The Hunger Games will hit Indian screens on March 23. The movie has gotten rave reviews overseas and a handful of the Indian audience who are aware of the trilogy and the upcoming film " cannot wait it to hit screens. Dont know about the movie or the trilogy? Heres a crash course before the Friday that will see the release of the much...
03:46 PM, Mar 19, 2012
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