Anupama Chopra's review: ABCD

ABCD
Direction: Remo D'Souza
Actors: Prabhudeva, Ganesh Acharya
Rating: **1/2 A dance film should work like a shot of espresso. It should give you an adrenalin kick and leave you buzzing.

ABCD: Any Body Can Dance is India's first 3D dance film.Taking a cue from Hollywood's Step Up series,

Oscars 2013: best actress winners to present at ceremony

Best actress Oscar winners Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman and Reese Witherspoon will be among the presenters at next week's 85th Academy Awards, organizers said Wednesday.

Michael Keaton will play a race organizer in Need for Speed

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Michael Keaton has joined the cast of the cinema adaptation of the famous video game saga that began in 1994 on 3DO consoles.

DreamWorks studios has recruited Michael Keaton to star in Need for Speed. He will play an illegal car

Women headline Berlin film fest's breakout hits

Fierce performances by lead actresses lit up the screens Sunday at the 63rd Berlinale which, after Cannes shunned female filmmakers in its competition last year, also has three women directors in the race.

In the first real favourite to emerge at the 11-day festival, the bittersweet Chilean

John Abraham's film drops Honey Singh

Rapper Honey Singh has been in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. The composer, who recently stirred up a controversy with one of his songs, has now lost out on an opportunity due to his public image.

The makers of John Abraham’s next, I, Me Aur Main, have apparently dropped the

Malaika Arora Khan, the dancing queen

An hour and she hasn’t touched the salad bowl! You’d expect Bollywood’s enduring pin-up and item queen to be a tad high maintenance. But she isn’t. Not entirely. It’s 5 pm and Malaika Arora Khan, endlessly leggy

Salman Khan set to start filming Mental in Dubai

Salman Khan’s next, tentatively titled Mental, has been in the news for various reasons, including shooting delays and casting troubles. Now sources tell us that the film, whose shooting was postponed from January

Post-Newtown massacre it is violent movies as usual in Hollywood

In the days following the mass shooting at Sandy Hook School in Newtown, Conn., NBC pulled a Blake Shelton holiday special at the last minute as it contained an animated segment about reindeer killing,

Is there a double standard in Hollywood when it comes to May-December romances?

Congratulations are in order for Alec Baldwin and his glowing wife Hilaria. The newlyweds announced on Tuesday that they are expecting a baby this summer.

Baldwin will be a father for the second time at the sprightly age of 54. His wife will be a mother for the first

Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn getting more serious, report says

Tiger Woods and Lindsey Vonn seem to be getting closer every day.

The “friends,” who have denied they are romantically linked, have been getting to know each other’s families,

Anupama Chopra's review: Special 26

Special 26
Direction: Neeraj Pandey
Actors: Akshay Kumar, Manoj Bajpayee, Anupam Kher 
Rating: ***1/2 Special 26 is the best Hindi film I’ve seen this year. Inspired by a real-life heist in 1987, writer-director Neeraj Pandey constructs an elaborate cat-and-mouse chase between cops and robbers.

Ryan Gosling casts real-life love Eva Mendes in directorial debut

Actor Ryan Gosling has roped in his real-life lady love Eva Mendes to star in his directorial debut.

Gosling, who featured in The Notebook, penned the script for sci-fi thriller How to Catch a Monster, and he

Jennifer Aniston, Mark Duplass to star in zany science comedy

Deadline.com has revealed that Ben Kingsley will star alongside Jennifer Aniston and Mark Duplass in a movie about the invention of the five-sided box, a revolution in the wrapping world which threatens the

OSCAR 2013: producers have faith in host Seth MacFarlane

The producers of this year's Oscars show said Monday they have no big red button to press in case boundary-pushing host Seth MacFarlane oversteps the mark.

They voiced confidence in the Family Guy creator as more than 160 nominees attended a traditional Oscar

Sanjay Dutt’s Zila Ghaziabad in title trouble

The locals of Ghaziabad have moved court against actor Sanjay Dutt’s next film, Zila Ghaziabad, protesting against the subject of the film. They believe that the movie will dent the image of the city and provoke the

No retirement for next 30 years: Anupam Kher

Actor Anupam Kher isn't thinking of retirement anytime soon and promises to keep reinventing himself.

"I am not going to retire for the next 30 years. I will keep reinventing myself and that's the beauty of cinema,"

Special 26 to be remade down South?

Filmmaker Neeraj Pandey-directed Special 26, which has garnered positive response, is likely to be remade down South.

"Yes, I have received many calls since Friday. Many people from South have approached me asking for the

Who was the worst-dressed female star at the Grammy Awards?

Did Katy Perry not get the "buttocks and breasts" memo warning stars to be "adequately covered" at the Grammys? It certainly doesn't look like it!

Film critic Rex Reed takes heat for calling Melissa McCarthy a 'hippo'

Film critic Rex Reed is facing the wrath of people taking issue with his recent comments about actress Melissa McCarthy, who the reviewer called "tractor-sized" and a "female hippo."

Hot Links: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West shopping for more real estate?

Kim Kardashian and rapper Kanye West have already reportedly purchased a home in Bel Air, and now, according to TMZ, the duo is shopping around for more property.  The couple is reportedly also planning to

Every role requires glamour: Neha Dhupia

Actor Neha Dhupia  feels that every role requires some glamour quotient.

“Nowadays everyone is glamorous. The girl next door is glamorous too. When I did Julie  and I did a

First look: Bipasha Basu, Nawazuddin Siddiqui in Aatma

Bipasha Basu and Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer Aatma's first look is out! The two look fairly good in the poster. This is the first time the actors are paired together onscreen. Nawazuddin Siddique is certainly the

Murder 3 gets U/A certificate

Known for raunchy scenes, the third film of the Murder series has got a U/A certifcate from the Indian Censor Board as debutant director Vishesh Bhatt has focused more on storyline than on bold content. “My