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Recommended: Control

2011-03-29T03:37:00.000-07:00

Control is a 2007 black-and-white biographical film about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis. Matt Greenhalgh wrote the screenplay based on the book Touching from a Distance, written by Curtis' widow Deborah who co-produced the film. Directed by Anton Corbijn, Control stars Sam Riley as Ian, Samantha Morton as Deborah, and Alexandra Maria Lara as Annik Honoré. It also stars James Anthony Pearson, Joe Anderson, and Harry Treadaway as Joy Division members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris, respectively, as well as Toby Kebbell as band manager Rob Gretton and Craig Parkinson as Factory Records head Tony Wilson.
The film follows Ian Curtis' life from 1973 to 1980, focusing on his marriage to Deborah, the formation and rise of Joy Division, his struggle with epilepsy, and his extramarital affair with Annik, culminating in his May 1980 suicide. The film's title derives from the Joy Division song "She's Lost Control".
Flawless movie! Dark, cool and depressing with great directing and awesome acting by the entire acting staff. Needless to say the soundtrack is amazing! Watch this movie!

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Mr. Popper's Penguins

2011-03-28T11:18:00.000-07:00

Jim Carrey is Mr. Popper, a driven businessman who is clueless when it comes to the important things in life - until he inherits six penguins. Popper's penguins turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland - and the rest of his life upside-down. Filmed on a refrigerated soundstage with real Gentoo Penguins, "Mr. Popper's Penguins" is a contemporary adaptation of the classic book.
Mr. Popper's Penguins is an upcoming comedy film starring Jim Carrey, based on the children's book of the same name. The film was originally slated for a release on August 5, 2011, but got pushed over to June 17, 2011.

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Recommended: Animal Kingdom

2011-03-19T05:46:00.000-07:00

Tells the story of seventeen year-old J (Josh) as he navigates his survival amongst an explosive criminal family and the detective who thinks he can save him.
Animal Kingdom is a 2010 Australian drama written and directed by David Michôd, and stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, Luke Ford, Sullivan Stapleton, Jacki Weaver and James Frecheville. The film has received several awards and nominations with Weaver receiving multiple awards for her performance, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress .
The film is loosely inspired by the real life Pettingill family, and by the Walsh Street police shootings that occurred in Melbourne in 1988.
Awesome powerful crime movie about family, manipulation, morality and much more.David Michôd has done great job with the directing and writing a great script. The sound editing is simply amazing.Awesome acting job done by the entire cast , especially Ben Mendelsohn as the super creepy psychopath Pope and Jackie Weaver as the women who'll stop at nothing to protect her boys.
I seriously recommend you to see this movie it is one of the best films in 2010.

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Beautiful Boy

2011-03-15T15:19:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Boy is a movie about married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.
Starring Michael Sheen and Maria Bello as the married couple. The film is directed by Shawn Ku who has also written the script alongside with Michael Armbruster. From the trailer the film looks to be really heavy and emotional. Check it out.

Top 10 Saddest Movies

2011-03-14T09:21:00.000-07:00

10. A Moment to Remember

A Moment to Remember(Nae meorisokui jiwoogae) is a 2004 South Korean movie based on a 2001 Japanese television drama Pure Soul broadcast by Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation. The movie was officially released on November 5, 2004 in South Korea.
A Korean love story about a young couple's enduring love, which is tested when 27 year old Sun-jin is diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease.
One of the greatest love-story movies I have ever seen.Really sad.

9. Hachi: A Dog's Tale
Hachi: A Dog's Tale is a 2009 American drama film based on the true story of the faithful Akita Hachikō. It is a remake of the 1987 Japanese film Hachikō Monogatari. It was directed by Lasse Hallström, written by Stephen P. Lindsey and stars Richard Gere, Joan Allen and Sarah Roemer.
In Bedridge, Professor Parker Wilson(Richard Gere) finds an abandoned dog at the train station and takes it home with the intention of returning the animal to its owner. He finds that the dog is an Akita and names it Hachiko. However, nobody claims the dog so his family decides to keep Hachi.

8.It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life is a 1946 American comedy/drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra and based on the short story "The Greatest Gift" written by Philip Van Doren Stern.
The film stars James Stewart as George Bailey, a man whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody (Henry Travers). Clarence shows George all the lives he has touched and the contributions he has made to his community.

7.Lilja 4-Ever
Lilya 4-ever is a 2002 Swedish drama film. It is director Lukas Moodysson's third feature film which marks a sharp change of mood from his previous two films, the uplifting love story Show Me Love and Together, set in the 1970s. Lilya 4-ever is an unremittingly brutal and realistic story of the downward spiral of Lilya, played by Oksana Akinshina, a girl in the former Soviet Union whose mother abandons her to move to the United States. The story is loosely based on a true case and examines the issue of human trafficking and sexual slavery.

6.Precious

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, often shortened as Precious, is a 2009 American drama film directed by Lee Daniels. Precious is an adaptation by Geoffrey S. Fletcher of the 1996 novel Push by Sapphire. The film stars Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, and Mariah Carey. The film marked the acting debut of Sidibe.

Precious received six nominations, including Best Picture, for the 82nd Academy Awards. Supporting actress Mo'Nique and screenwriter Geoffrey S. Fletcher were selected as the winners in their respective categories.

5.The Pursuit of Happyness

The Pursuit of Happyness is a 2006 American biographical drama film directed by Gabriele Muccino and based on the life of Chris Gardner. The film stars Will Smith as Gardner, an on-and-off-homeless salesman-turned stockbroker.
The screenplay by Steven Conrad is based on the best-selling memoir written by Gardner with Quincy Troupe. The film was released on December 15, 2006, by Columbia Pictures. For his performance, Smith received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and a Golden Globe nomination.

4. The Sea Inside

The Sea Inside (Spanish: Mar adentro) is a 2004 film by the Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar(Open Your Eyes, The Others). It is based on the real-life story of Ramón Sampedro (played by Javier Bardem), a Spanish ship mechanic left quadriplegic after a diving accident. Sampedro fought a 29-year campaign in support of euthanasia and his right to end his own life.

3.Grave of the Fireflies

Grave of the Fireflies is a 1988 Japanese animated war drama film written and directed by Isao Takahata. This is the first film produced by Shinchosha, who hired Studio Ghibli to do the animation production work. It is an adaptation of the semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Akiyuki Nosaka, intended as a personal apology to the author's own sister. Roger Ebert considers it to be one of the most powerful anti-war movies ever made. Animation historian Ernest Rister compares the film to Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List.

2.Awakenings

Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film based on Oliver Sacks's 1973 memoir Awakenings. It tells the true story of British neurologist Oliver Sacks, fictionalized as American Malcolm Sayer and portrayed by Robin Williams who, in 1969, discovers beneficial effects of the then-new drug L-Dopa. He administered it to catatonic patients who survived the 1917–28 epidemic of encephalitis lethargica. Leonard Lowe (played by Robert De Niro) and the rest of the patients were awakened after decades of catatonic state and have to deal with a new life in a new time.
Directed by Penny Marshall, the film was produced by Walter Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, who first encountered Sacks's book as undergraduates at Yale University and optioned it a few years later. Awakenings stars Robert De Niro, Robin Williams, John Heard, Ruth Nelson, Julie Kavner, Penelope Ann Miller, and Max Von Sydow. The film features a non-speaking cameo from jazz legend Dexter Gordon (who died before the film's release) who appears as a patient and then-unknowns Bradley Whitford, Peter Stormare, Vin Diesel, and Vincent Pastore play a doctor, neurochemist, hospital orderly and a psych-ward patient, respectively.

1. Schindler's List

Schindler's List is a 1993 American biographical drama film about Oskar Schindler, a German businessman who saved the lives of more than a thousand mostly Polish-Jewish refugees during the Holocaust by employing them in his factories. The film was directed by Steven Spielberg, and based on the novel Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally. It stars Liam Neeson as Schindler, Ralph Fiennes as Schutzstaffel (SS) officer Amon Göth, and Ben Kingsley as Schindler's Jewish accountant Itzhak Stern.
The film was a box office success and recipient of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Score, as well as numerous other awards (7 BAFTAs, 3 Golden Globes). In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked the film 8th on its list of the 100 best American films of all time (up one position from its 9th place listing on the 1998 list).

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The Smurfs

2011-03-12T11:21:00.000-08:00

The Smurfs, also known as The Smurfs Movie, is an upcoming live-action/CGI-animated family film directed by Raja Gosnell(Big Momma's House, Home Alone 3), written by J. David Stem and David N. Weiss, and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Hank Azaria and Sofía Vergara, with the voices of Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Jeff Foxworthy, Paul Reubens, Alan Cumming, and George Lopez. Produced by Jordan Kerner, the film will be distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Set in the Middle Ages, the evil wizard Gargamel (Hank Azaria) and his cat, Azrael, discover the Smurfs' village
and chase them into some woods. The Smurfs get scattered and Clumsy Smurf (voiced by Anton Yelchin) wanders into a "forbidden" grotto and some of the other Smurfs follow. But Papa Smurf just warns about the grotto, where all Smurfs should never go into this little cave. Since it's also a blue moon, a magical portal within the grotto transports them into present-day Central Park in New York, by the magic ring where Gargamel wearing it's powers. They take shelter with a married couple (Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays) and try to find a way back to their village before Gargamel finds them.

Super 8

2011-03-11T07:44:00.000-08:00

Super 8 is an upcoming science fiction film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, and starring Elle Fanning, Amanda Michalka, and Kyle Chandler, due to be released on June 10, 2011 in both conventional and IMAX theatres.
Set in 1979 Ohio, a group of six young children use a Super 8 camera to make their own zombie movie. One night while filming near a remote stretch of railroad tracks, the children witness a truck collide with an oncoming train leading to a catastrophic derailment. Amidst the fire and destruction, something inhuman emerges.

Game of Thrones

2011-03-10T01:23:00.000-08:00

Game of Thrones is an upcoming American medieval fantasy television series created by David Benioff and Dan Weiss for HBO. The series, based on author George R. R. Martin's best-selling A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels, chronicles the violent dynastic struggles among noble families for control of the Iron Throne of Westeros. The series will debut on April 17, 2011. In the UK, the series will debut on Sky Atlantic on April 18, 2011.
The television series is expected to follow the multiple storylines of the A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels closely, and author Martin has stated that the pilot script was very faithful to his work. Set in Westeros where "summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime," Game of Thrones chronicles the violent dynastic struggles among noble families for control of the Iron Throne.

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Recommended: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

2011-03-09T14:57:00.000-08:00

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romanian: 4 luni, 3 săptămâni şi 2 zile) is a 2007 Romanian film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. It won the Palme d'Or and the FIPRESCI Award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
The film is set in Communist Romania in the final years of the Nicolae Ceauşescu era. It tells the story of two students, roommates in the university dormitory, who try to arrange an illegal abortion. After making its worldwide debut at Cannes, the film made its Romanian debut on 1 June 2007, at the Transilvania International Film Festival.
The movie is just brilliant with great directing by Cristian Mungiu and stunning performance by Anamaria Marica. The great camera work makes the film very realistic and makes the message of the movie even more stronger. This film has really disturbing scenes and it may be too much for the more sensible people but i still recommend to be seen by everyone. Clearly one of the best films of 2007. Check it out!!

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Kung Fu Panda 2

2011-03-08T14:34:00.000-08:00

Po is now living his dream as the Dragon Warrior. Protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters. The Furious Five.But Po's new life of awesomeness is threatened by the emergence of a formidable villain. Who plans to use a secret. Unstoppable weapon to conquer China and destroy Kung Fu. Po must look to his past and uncover the secrets of his mysterious origins; only the will he be able to unlock the strength he needs to succeed.
Kung Fu Panda 2, formerly titled Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom, is an upcoming animated film and the sequel to the 2008 film, Kung Fu Panda. It is set to be in 3D (with IMAX 3D only in select international markets), will be directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson, and executive produced by Guillermo del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth, Blade II). with most of the original cast returning, along with some new characters. The film is set to be released on May 26, 2011 and was originally going to be named Kung Fu Panda 2: Pandamonium.

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Cars 2

2011-03-07T23:50:00.000-08:00

Cars 2 is an upcoming American computer-animated 3-D film. It is the sequel to the 2006 film, Cars. It is produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. It is currently scheduled for release in theaters in the US on June 24, 2011 and in the UK on July 22, 2011.
The film is directed by John Lasseter(Toy Story,Cars) and co-directed by Brad Lewis. It features the voices of Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine and Emily Mortimer.
It will be released in Disney Digital 3-D, IMAX 3D, RealD 3D and 2-D.

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Super

2011-03-06T10:54:00.000-08:00

After his wife Sarah (Tyler) hooks up with a smooth-talking drug dealer named Jacques (Kevin Bacon), Frank (Wilson) transforms himself into superhero "The Crimson Bolt". Then with the help of a trusty wrench, Frank wages a one man war on crime. Libby (Page), a local comic book store employee, transforms herself into a superheroine named "Boltie" and becomes Frank's sidekick. The two then team up to take Jacques down.
Super is a 2010 American dark comedy directed and written by James Gunn(Slither), starring Rainn Wilson(The Office), Liv Tyler(Lord of the rings,Armageddon) and Ellen Page(Inception, Juno). The movie was filmed between 9 December 2009 and 24 January 2010 in Shreveport, Louisiana.

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Water for Elephants

2011-03-04T10:22:00.000-08:00

As a young man, Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson) was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob (Holbrook), now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie.
It was there that he met Marlena, (Witherspoon) the beautiful equestrian star married to August (Waltz), the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an un-trainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.
Water for Elephants is an upcoming 2011 drama film based on Sara Gruen's novel of the same name, directed by Francis Lawrence(I am a Legend, Constantine) and starring Robert Pattinson as Jacob Jankowski, Reese Witherspoon as Marlena and Christoph Waltz as August. Hal Holbrook will play the older Jacob Jankowski.
Other cast members include Mark Povinelli as Kinko/Walter, Jim Norton as Camel, Scott MacDonald as Blackie, James Frain as Rosie's caretaker, Ken Foree as Earl and Paul Schneider as Charlie O'Brien.

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Blade Runner prequel

2011-03-03T01:59:00.000-08:00

Warner Bros-based financing and production company Alcon Entertainment (“The Blind Side,” “The Book of Eli”) co-founders and co-Chief Executive Officers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, in the most significant property acquisition negotiations in the Company’s 13-year history, are in final discussions to secure film, television and ancillary franchise rights to produce prequels and sequels to the iconic 1982 science-fiction thriller “Blade Runner.”
Johnson and Kosove stated: “We are honored and excited to be in business with Bud Yorkin. This is a major acquisition for our company, and a personal favorite film for both of us. We recognize the responsibility we have to do justice to the memory of the original with any prequel or sequel we produce. We have long-term goals for the franchise, and are exploring multi-platform concepts, not just limiting ourselves to one medium only.”
Released by Warner Bros. almost 30 years ago, "Blade Runner" was adapted by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples from Philip K. Dick's novel “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and directed by Ridley Scott following his landmark “Alien.” The film was nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction).

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Top 10 Gangster Movies

2011-03-03T01:18:00.000-08:00

Number 10: Scarface

Scarface is a 1983 American epic crime drama movie directed by Brian De Palma, written by Oliver Stone, produced by Martin Bregman and starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana. Based on Howard Hawks' original 1932 film of the same name, the film tells the story of a fictional Cuban refugee who comes to Miami in 1980 as a result of the Mariel Boatlift. Montana becomes a drug cartel member during the cocaine.

Number 9: The Godfather Part 3

The Godfather Part III is a 1990 American gangster film written by Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola, who directed. It completes the story of Michael Corleone, a Mafia kingpin who tries to legitimize his criminal empire. The movie also weaves into its plot a fictionalized account of real-life events—the 1978 death of Pope John Paul I and the Papal banking scandal of 1981-1982—and links them with each other and with the affairs of Michael Corleone. The film stars Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, and Andy García, and features Eli Wallach, Joe Mantegna, George Hamilton, Bridget Fonda, and Sofia Coppola.

Number 8: City of God

City of God (Portuguese: Cidade de Deus) is a 2002 Brazilian crime film directed by Fernando Meirelles and co-directed by Kátia Lund, released in its home country in 2002 and worldwide in 2003. It was adapted by Bráulio Mantovani from the 1997 novel of the same name written by Paulo Lins. It depicts the growth of organized crime in the Cidade de Deus suburb of Rio de Janeiro, between the end of the '60s and the beginning of the '80s, with the closure of the film depicting the war between the drug dealer Li'l Zé and criminal Knockout Ned. The tagline is "Fight and you'll never survive... Run and you'll never escape."

Number 7: Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American crime film directed by Quentin Tarantino, who cowrote its screenplay with Roger Avary. The film is known for its rich, eclectic dialogue, ironic mix of humor and violence, nonlinear storyline, and host of cinematic allusions and pop culture references. The film was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture; Tarantino and Avary won for Best Original Screenplay. It was also awarded the Palme d'Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. A major critical and commercial success, it revitalized the career of its leading man, John Travolta, who received an Academy Award nomination, as did costars Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman.

Number 6: Casino

Casino is a 1995 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese.
Robert De Niro stars as Sam "Ace" Rothstein, a Jewish-American top gambling handicapper who is called by the Mob to oversee the day-to-day operations at the fictional Tangiers casino in Las Vegas. The story is based on Frank Rosenthal, who ran the Stardust, Fremont and the Hacienda casinos in Las Vegas for the Chicago Outfit from the 1970s until the early 1980s.

Joe Pesci plays Nicky Santoro, based on real-life mob enforcer Anthony Spilotro. Nicky is sent to Vegas to make sure that money from the Tangiers is skimmed off the top and that the mobsters in Vegas are kept in line. Sharon Stone plays Ginger, Ace's self-obsessed and devious wife, a role that earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
When released, Casino had the most uses of the word "fuck" (422) in a feature length film.

Number 5: The Departed( Check out also the original- Infernal Affairs)
The Departed is a 2006 American crime film, fashioned as a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs. The film was directed by Martin Scorsese, written by William Monahan, and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen, Ray Winstone, Vera Farmiga and Alec Baldwin. It won four awards at the 79th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and Best Director for Scorsese.
This film takes place in Boston, Massachusetts, where Irish Mob boss Francis "Frank" Costello (Nicholson) plants Colin Sullivan (Damon) as an informant within the Massachusetts State Police. Simultaneously, the police assign undercover cop Billy Costigan (DiCaprio) to infiltrate Costello's crew. When both sides realize the situation, each man attempts to discover the other's true identity before their cover is blown.

Number 4: Once Upon a Time in America
Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 Italian/American epic crime film directed and co-written by Sergio Leone and starring Robert De Niro and James Woods. The story chronicles the lives of Jewish ghetto youths who rise to prominence in New York City's world of organized crime. The film explores themes of childhood friendships, love, lust, greed, betrayal, loss, broken relationships, and the rise of mobsters in American society.
Leone adapted the story from the novel The Hoods, written by Harry Grey, while filming Once Upon a Time in the West. From there, Leone began production of Once Upon a Time in America. The film went through various casting developments and production issues before filming began in 1982.

Number 3: The Godfather part 2
The Godfather Part II is an Academy Award winning 1974 American gangster film directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a script co-written with Mario Puzo. The film is both a sequel and a prequel to The Godfather, chronicling the story of the Corleone family following the events of the first film while also depicting the rise to power of the young Vito Corleone. The film stars Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, Talia Shire, John Cazale, Michael V. Gazzo and Lee Strasberg.
The Godfather Part II was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won six, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor for Robert De Niro, and has been selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry. When the film won the Oscar for Best Picture, it marked the first time an original movie and its sequel both captured the award. It also marked the fourth consecutive year the Oscar went to a film whose plot focused on criminals and criminal activity.

Number 2: Goodfellas
Goodfellas (also styled GoodFellas) is an Academy Award winning 1990 American gangster film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Scorsese. The film follows the rise and fall of three gangsters over three decades.

Scorsese originally intended to direct Goodfellas before The Last Temptation of Christ, but when funds materialized to make Last Temptation, he postponed what was then known as Wise Guy. The title of Pileggi's book had already been used for a TV series and for Brian De Palma's 1986 comedy Wise Guys, so Pileggi and Scorsese changed the name of their film to Goodfellas. To prepare for their roles in the film, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Ray Liotta talked often with Pileggi, who shared research material left over from writing the book. According to Pesci, improvisation and ad-libbing came out of rehearsals where Scorsese gave the actors freedom to do whatever they wanted. The director made transcripts of these sessions, took the lines he liked best, and put them into a revised script the cast worked from during principal photography.

Number 1: The Godfather

The Godfather is an Academy Award winning 1972 American mob-drama film based on the novel of the same name by Mario Puzo and directed by Francis Ford Coppola from a screenplay by Puzo, Coppola, and Robert Towne (uncredited). It stars Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Richard S. Castellano, Robert Duvall Sterling Hayden, John Marley, Richard Conte and Diane Keaton, and features John Cazale, Talia Shire, Al Martino, and Abe Vigoda. The story spans ten years from 1945 to 1955 and chronicles the fictional Italian American Corleone crime family.
The Godfather received Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay, and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. In addition, it is ranked third, behind Citizen Kane and Casablanca, on the AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies list by the American Film Institute. It was moved up to second when the list was published again in 2008.

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Captain America: The First Avenger

2011-03-02T08:14:00.000-08:00

In 1942, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) is deemed physically unfit to enlist in the U.S. Army and fight the Nazis in World War II. Volunteering instead for Project: Rebirth, a secret military operation, he is physically transformed into a super-soldier dubbed Captain America. With sidekick Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), he fights the Red Skull (Hugo Weaving), Hitler's treacherous head of advanced weaponry, whose own plan for world domination involves a seemingly magical object known as the Tesseract.
Captain America: The First Avenger is an upcoming American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics
character Captain America. The film stars Chris Evans( Fantastic Four, The Losers) as Captain America with Joe Johnston(The Wolfman, October Sky) directing a script by David Self, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely, and Joss Whedon. The film will be part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and is scheduled for release on July 22, 2011. The film is scheduled to be released in 3D
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Recommended: I Saw the Devil

2011-03-01T13:37:00.000-08:00

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiance Soo-Hyun, a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.
I Saw the Devil is a 2010 South Korean film directed by Kim Ji-woon(A Tale of Two Sisters, A Bittersweet Life), starring Choi Min-sik(Oldboy) and Lee Byung-hun(A Bittersweet Life). It premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. It will receive a limited U.S theatrical release on March 4th, 2011.

One of the greatest revenge movie I have ever seen. Great directing by Kim Ji-woon and amazing acting by Choi Min-sik and Lee Byung-hun.Great cinematography and very well made action scenes(really brutal). If You are a fan of movies like Oldboy or Se7en you will definitely enjoy this one.

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Real Steel

2011-02-28T10:23:00.000-08:00

In the near future, robots have replaced humans in boxing. Charlie Kenton (Jackman) loses a chance to become a boxing champion when robots take over, and he becomes a small-time promoter. When he has difficulty making a living, he reluctantly teams up with his son Max (Goyo) to build a robot that can contend for the championship.
Real Steel is a 2011 American science fiction film starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Shawn Levy(Night at the Museum, Date Night). The film, featuring robot gladiators, is based on the 1956 short story "Steel" by Richard Matheson. Real Steel is scheduled to be released on October 7, 2011.

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The Oscars Winners

2011-02-28T02:07:00.000-08:00

BEST PICTURE: The King's Speech( Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin)

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE: Colin Firth( The King's Speech)

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Christian Bale (The Fighter)

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE : Natalie Portman (Black Swan)

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE: Melissa Leo( The Fighter)

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM: Toy Story 3(Lee Unkrich)

ART DIRECTION: Alice in Wonderland- Robert Stromberg (Production Design); Karen O'Hara (Set Decoration)

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Inception(Wally Pfister)

COSTUME DESIGN: Alice in Wonderland( Colleen Atwood)

DIRECTING: Tom Hooper( The King's Speech)

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: Inside Job( Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs)

DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT: Strangers No More( Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon)

FILM EDITING: The Social Network( Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter)

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: In a Better World( Denmark)

MAKEUP: The Wolfman(Rick Baker and Dave Elsey)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE): The Social Network( Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross)

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG): Toy Story 3("We Belong Together"
Music and Lyric by Randy Newman)

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED): The Lost Thing( Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann)

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION): God of Love( Luke Matheny)

SOUND EDITING: Inception(Richard King)

SOUND MIXING: Inception(Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick)

VISUAL EFFECTS: Inception( Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb)

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY): The Social Network( Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin)

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY): The King's Speech( Screenplay by David Seidler)

Spirit Awards - Winners

2011-02-27T05:19:00.000-08:00

Yesterday the Film Independent Spirit Awards were aired on IFC.Here are the winners:

Best Feature: Black Swan(Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin)

Best Director: Darren Aronofsky - for the Black Swan

Best Firs Feature: Get Low(Aaron Schneider, Dean Zanuck, David Gundlach,)

John Cassavetes Award: Daddy Longlegs(Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Casey Neistat, Tom Scott)

Best Screenplay: Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg(The Kids Are All Right)

Best First Screenplay: Lena Dunham( Tiny Furniture)

Best Female Lead: Natalie Portman( Black Swan)

Best Male Lead: James Franco(127 Hours)
Best Supporting Female: Dale Dickey(Winter's Bone)

Best Supporting Male: John Hawkes(Winter's Bone)

Best Foreign Film: The King's Speech(Tom Hooper)

Best Documentary: Exit Through The Gift Shop( Bansky)

Best Cinematography : Matthews Libatique(Black Swan)

Other Winners:
Robert Altman Award: Please Give
Piaget Producers Award: Anish Savjani( Meek's Cutoff)
Acura Someone To Watch: Mike Ott( Littlerock)
AVENNO Truer than Fiction Award : Jeff Malmberg( Marwencol)

The Hangover 2- teaser trailer

2011-02-24T13:18:00.000-08:00

The Hangover: Part II, previously titled The Hangover 2, is an upcoming 2011 American comedy film and sequel to 2009's The Hangover. The film stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha and Ken Jeong with Todd Phillips directing a script written by himself and Scot Armstrong. The film is being produced by Legendary Pictures and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. Production began in October 2010 and is scheduled for release in the U.S. on the May 26, 2011 Memorial Day weekend.

Source:Wikipedia

Your Highness

2011-02-24T00:16:00.000-08:00

Thadeous (Danny McBride) is a lazy, arrogant prince whose brother, Fabious (James Franco) must go on an epic quest in order to save their father's kingdom. Natalie Portman plays a warrior princess who is also the lazy prince's love interest. Zooey Deschanel plays Belladonna, Fabious' virginal bride. Justin Theroux plays Leezar, the evil wizard who kidnaps Belladonna. Michael Clarke Duncan plays the Giant Troll.
Your Highness is an upcoming fantasy comedy film set to be released April 8, 2011.Directed by David Gordon Green(Pineapple Express,Snow Angels).

Source:Wikipedia

Source Code

2011-02-23T22:47:00.000-08:00

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he's ever known, he learns he's part of a government experiment called the "Source Code," a program that enables him to cross over into another man's identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack.
Source Code is an upcoming American techno-thriller film directed by Duncan Jones, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright.
It is set for release on April 1, 2011 in North America by Summit Entertainment.

Source:Wikipedia

Apollo 18

2011-02-23T13:58:00.000-08:00

Officially, Apollo 17, launched December 17th, 1972 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later, in December of 1973, two American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies its authenticity, others say it’s the real reason we’ve never gone back to the moon.

The movie is directed by Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego and its his first English-language movie amd it is being produced by Timur Bekmambetov.
The film was scheduled to be released theatrically on March 4, 2011.This was changed to April 22, 2011.

Limitless

2011-02-22T13:57:00.000-08:00

A copywriter discovers a top-secret drug which bestows him with super human abilities. As his usage begins to change his life, he begins to consider the drug's shadowy origins; meanwhile, a group of killers trails his every move.
Limitless is a 2011 American thriller film directed by Neil Burger(The Lucky Ones; The Illusionist) and starring Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, and Robert De Niro. It is based on the 2001 novel The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn. The film is scheduled to be released in the United States and Canada on March 18. It is scheduled to be released in the United Kingdom on March 23, 2011.

Sources:IMDB,Wikipedia