The Church of Scientology was founded in 1954 by some followers of a science-fiction writer L Ron Hubbard. ...
02:38 PM, Mar 14, 2013
Spanish actor Javier Bardem was nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for best supporting actor for his portrayal of the villain in the latest James Bond film, 'Skyfall'. ...
04:58 PM, Dec 13, 2012
Los Angeles: Paul Thomas Anderson's cult drama The Master commanded a huge following in its opening weekend, smashing records on just a handful of screens. The Weinstein Co. release made $729,745 in five theatres in New York and Los Angeles for a record-setting per-screen average of $145,949, according to Sunday studio estimates. The hugely anticipated film, which just won several of the top awards at the Venice Film Festival and...
12:55 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Venice: South Korean movie Pieta, an ultra-violent story of a loan shark confronted by a mysterious woman claiming to be his mother, scooped the Golden Lion award for best picture at the Venice film festival. The other big winner on the night was Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, loosely based on the early days of Scientology, which earned him a Silver Lion for best director and a joint best actor...
07:48 PM, Sep 10, 2012
Venice: Venice traditionally fires the starting gun in the long movie awards season, and as the world's oldest film festival reaches the halfway point three actors have set Hollywood tongues wagging with memorable performances. Michael Shannon as a serial hitman, Philip Seymour Hoffman as a cult leader modelled on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and Joaquin Phoenix playing the tortured, volatile protg are already in the frame around six months...
12:42 PM, Sep 04, 2012
Venice: Philip Seymour Hoffman shines as a cult leader in The Master, a compelling new film inspired by the real life of Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard about how power and faith can corrupt. The movie, from There Will Be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson, has its world premiere at the Venice film festival and with the Weinstein Company behind it as US distributor, Oscar nominations look like a decent...
11:11 AM, Sep 03, 2012
Rajeev Masand says, 'The Ides of March is an intelligent thriller'. What do you think? Write your review and win prizes.
10:54 PM, Nov 18, 2011
Cast: Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman Director: George Clooney 'The Ides of March', directed by George Clooney, is a meaty, fast-moving political thriller about betrayal and disillusionment. And although it makes no new revelations about politics or politicians, it keeps you glued to your seat thanks to some terrific performances from its delicious cast. Clooney himself takes the role of charismatic Pennsylvania Governor Mike Morris, who's in the...
10:46 PM, Nov 18, 2011
London: The England cricket team, which arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday for the five-match one-day international series against India, is yet to know who its opponents for Saturday's warm-up game will be, the British media reported. England have two 50-overs warm-up games scheduled in Hyderabad before the ODI series begins against the World Champions on October 14. England stand-in coach Richard Halsall admitted that they are in the dark about...
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