Life, Above All: movie review

Chanda (Khomotso Manyaka), the fearsomely brave 12-year-old girl from a South African township in "Life, Above All," is overburdened with woe. Her baby sister has just died; her mother (Lerato Mvelase) is mysteriously sick and getting sicker; her stepfather, wasting away, is a vagrant alcoholic; and her two younger, uncomprehending siblings are in her care.
To the film's credit, for all that she has to contend with, Chanda never comes across as a saint or an icon. She is, above all, a 12-year-old girl. Her resilience is her only weapon of survival in a hostile community where the spread of AIDS, which is what her mother has, is regarded by the township folk as divine punishment.
Director and coscreenwriter Oliver Schmitz, who was born in Cape Town and has worked in films and television since the mid-'80s, has an unerring eye for capturing the sorrow in these situations: the way Chanda and her mother hold each other, the look on Chanda's face as she surveys the human wreckage around her. He doesn't linger over the compositions, though. His emotionalism is highly principled.

Murder 2 Movie Report

Murder 2 is a film directed by Mohit Suri who had also directed the sequel to Raaz. This film is also a sequel of film Murder released seven years ago in 2004. The film actually deals with the crimes related to the flesh trade and exposes the darker side of the society.
Viewer's Review
An Excellent Crime Thriller 
 Overall, Murder 2 is an excellent crime thriller film. The film has an astounding and astonishing story. Emraan Hashmi as an angry man looks perfect and gets into the skin of character. Positives: 1. Mohit Suri's direction is perfect. 2. Emraan Hashmi and Prashant Narayanan are excellent. 3. Music suits the mood of the film. 4. Sex scenes between Emraan and Jacqueline are excellent. Negatives: 1. The only negative point in the film is its foul screenplay which offers almost no scope for the audience to laugh or smile.

Don 2 Movie Preview

Don 2 Hindi Movie Synopsis :-Shah Rukh Khan is back and expected to give some wonderful movie with a surprise to his fans by a macho and rough look in his upcoming movie Don 2- The Chase Continues. This movie is action  thriller oriented one which is directed by Farhan Akhtar is the sequel of a hit hindi movie in 2006 titled as "Don" .SRK’s one more popular Bollywood Movie is Don which was supposed to be a remake of old same titled movie of Amitabh bachan and hence after this he started to be compared with bollywood star amitabh bachan. In...

Sonam Kapoor’s advice to guys: get a pedicure

B-town’s fashionista says grooming isn’t only for girls

Sonam Kapoor sure knows how to make the men sit up and take notice. First, she rocked the Kapoor (as in Ranbir) khandaan when she joked about her Saawariya co-star’s er… asset on Koffee With Karan. Now, she has gone ahead and said how men in general should get manicures and pedicures! B-town’s resident fashionista said on Simi Selects India’s Most Desirable that “Men should really get a pedicure done!! As there’s no harm in it – it isn’t girly! But at least they would get their corns and inner growth removed.” Well guys, now you know what you should do to impress Sonam. Go on, rush to your nearest salon!

Why is Kajal going so gaga over Ajay?

The Singham girl is all praises for her co-star, for his spontaneity and helpful attitude

Working with a star can be a nerve-wracking experience and if it is someone like the talented Ajay Devgn, anyone would be on tenterhooks. But Kajal Aggarwal, the recent import from the south who is cast opposite him in Singham, can’t thank Ajay enough. Insiders say that he is one actor who doesn’t like to rehearse before a shot, but likes to keep it spontaneous. However, the Golmaal hero made an exception for Kajal during the making of Singham. “I love to have rehearsals before every take,” says the young lady. “So I would request him to practice his lines with me. He would sweetly oblige. He doesn’t need rehearsals. He is so impromptu with his work, but for my sake he encouraged rehearsals, because I was comfortable with that,” reveals Kajal. But that’s not all. “And he gave me one tip. I very naturally speak very fast. So he used to always tell me to slow down.” Well, it’s nice that Kajal has pleasant memories of working with the actor, but she had better take note of what happened to Ajay-Kangna Ranaut friendship. The buzz at the time was that the two were very friendly while filming for Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, but it all changed during the Tezz schedule. Not only that, Ajay and Kangna have now reportedly decided not to work together for a while. We hope Kajal doesn’t want to follow suit where that is concerned!

Asha Bhosle, Sunidhi Chauhan sing for Indo-US movie

With all the hype and hoopla of Himesh Reshammiya singing and collaborating in the West, a bunch of our best singers have gone ahead and recorded songs for a Indo-US project. These include veteran Asha Bhosle, and Sunidhi Chauhan, Kumar Sanu, Sharon Prabhakar, Reema Lahiri and Mamta Sharma. Composer Bappi Lahiri has scored for the film, which is titled Will To Live. MC Hammer has sung the title track. Moreover, choreographer Longinus Fernandes aka Longi of Jai ho fame has shot for the promo video of the film.
Will To Live is directed by Charles Sleichter and co-directed by Biplab Chaterjee. It stars Geoffrey Broderick, Anusha Singh, Erik Altemus, Arjun and Subhasis among others. The film is based on a true story of a father who travels all the way to the Himalayas to find a rare herb, which could cure his son’s cancer.

Harry Potter Takes Biggest Hollywood Film Opening Of 2011

Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows Part 2 has taken the biggest opening for a Hollywood film in 2011.

The first day collections are around 4.75 crore nett and the prints arrived late at a few centres due to the multiplex revenue sharing issues.

The best opening prior to Harry Potter And the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was Pirates Of The Carribean: On Stranger Tides at 3.25 crore nett on first day. but Harry Potter has beaten it by nearly 50%.