‘The Rite’ starring Anthony Hopkins (‘The Wolfman’, ‘The Silence of the Lambs’), took the weekend box office top spot with $15 million. The Rite is about An American priest travels to Italy to study at an exorcism school.

“Enthiran” The most incredible action sequence in history from Bollywood
By Salar Golestanian @ 28 Jan 2011 ::

Get ready for the most incredible 10-minute action sequence in history with the Bollywood movie called “Enthiran” (aka “Robot”). The mind-boggling climax of blockbuster Indian sci-fi movie which features, among other things, a robot guy blasting an army of cops using their own guns, then changing into a giant snake made entirely of replicas of himself, and other assorted nuttiness.

‘District 9′ Director Neill Blomkamp’s ‘Elysium’ Picked Up By Sony
By Salar Golestanian @ 23 Jan 2011 ::

Sony has picked up ‘District 9′ director Neill Blomkamp’s big budgeted follow up named ‘Elysium’. It is reported that Sony has set a budget set at $120 million for ‘Elysium’ is a big step from Blomkamp’s $35 million, under-the-radar hit, ‘District 9′. The new film will star Matt Damon (Ocean 11/12/13, ‘Hereafter’, Bourne Identity’), Jodie Foster (‘Contact’, The Brave One’) and Sharlto Copley (‘District 9′, ‘The A-Team’) with Syd Mead (‘Blade Runner’, ‘Alien’, ‘Tron’) as Production Designer.

‘The Green Hornet’ is a lots of fun and debut in theatres this weekend
By Salar Golestanian @ 16 Jan 2011 ::

Early reviews are looking good for ‘The Green Hornet’ - Directed by eclectic French director Michel Gondry, the film stars Seth Rogan (‘Pineapple Express’, ‘Superbad’), Jay Chou (‘Curse of the Golden Flower’, ‘True Legend’) and Cameron Diaz. ‘The Green Hornet’ debuted in 1936 on Detroit radio station WXYZ and was later adapted to comic books and a 1966 television series starring superstar martial artist, Bruce Lee.

New Trailer for BATTLE: LOS ANGELES
By Salar Golestanian @ 15 Jan 2011 ::

Yahoo has released this gripping, action packed trailer for Battle: Los Angeles. In the last few years many of the Sci Fi/Action movies had advertising campaign that were better than the actual movie, fingers crossed this won’t follow that trend and it will be as good as the Trailer or better!

' Priest ' - First Official Movie Trailer 2010 HD
By Salar Golestanian @ 13 Jan 2011 ::

'Priest' is the post-apocalyptic 3D vampire film and now we have the first release of the official trailer. The Movie is set to hit theatres on Friday the 13th - May 13, 2011. It is based on Min-Woo Hyung’s excellent graphic novel, ‘Priest’, the film stars Cam Gigandet (‘Pandorum’, ‘Twilight’), Paul Bettany (‘Iron Man’, ‘Legion’), Karl Urban (‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘Star Trek’, upcoming ‘Dredd’), Christopher Plummer (‘Up’, ‘The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus’), Brad Dourif (‘The Lord of the Rings’, ‘Dune’) and is directed by Scott Stewart (‘Legion’).

James Bond 23 will be released worldwide on November 9th, 2012
By Salar Golestanian @ 13 Jan 2011 ::

In a press release on 11th January 2011 - LOS ANGELES, CA - Michael G. Wilson & Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions, together with Gary Barber & Roger Birnbaum, Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., announced that the 23rd James Bond film will commence production in late 2011 for a worldwide release on November 9, 2012.

Vote for your favourite films in Contention - 2010 Visual Effects Oscar Award
By Salar Golestanian @ 11 Jan 2011 ::

It's one of those harder-to-pick technical Oscar categories, but for those movie buffs already turning their attention to their annual office Oscar pool, the Best Visual Effects category for 2011 got a little clearer this week. Please vote by clicking here to see our own survey.

'Season of the Witch' starts in theatres today
By Salar Golestanian @ 08 Jan 2011 ::

14th-century knights transport a suspected witch to a monastery, where monks deduce her powers could be the source of the Black Plague. Directed by Dominic Sena and Writen by Bragi Schut and Stared by Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman (HellBoy), Christopher Lee and Claire Foy.

‘Tron Legacy’ Passes Important $180 Million Box Office Mark
By Salar Golestanian @ 04 Jan 2011 ::

The original Tron was a cutting edge sci-fi adventure when the film took its viewers into a new world, a CGI world. Using a combination of old special effects with new technology created for the film the film didn’t do anywhere near the business that was expected of it. But because of video and later DVD, Tron has developed a much-deserved cult following. With the new movie Disney has spend close to $180 million on the new sequal. The new movie is using the latest technical resources available today, Tron: Legacy is also available in glorious Imax 3D.

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