Movie Review: Iron Man Three

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 5/20/2013 6:13:00 PM

'A year ago, The Avengers came, saw and conquered the box office and its fans.  Iron Man Three sure looks to follow its path as Tony Stark is back in an all-new Iron Man adventure packed with enormous effects, many sidekicks and lots of quippy dialogue delivered in a style is uniquely Robert Downey Jr.'s.The events in New York that leaves the world and Tony Stark unsettled and that is not the place Stark hopes to find himself in.  He has high anxiety if anyone even mentions(...)'

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Top 5 Films for Mother's Day

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 5/12/2013 5:30:00 PM

'In most parts of the world today, Mother's Day is celebrated.  And as I'm sitting at home sick (having given my own mother the flu), I got to recalling some of my favorite films that feature great, moving and memorable mother-daughter relationships with her.5. Brave - One of the few animated feature films that contains a solid relationship between a mother and daughter.  In most animated feature films (see Disney films), the mother doesn't make past the first fifteen minut(...)'

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News Update: Cinderella, Elizabeth Bennett fights Zombies and JJ Abrams visits Downton Abbey!

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 5/2/2013 6:18:00 PM

'Meet the new Cinderella!  Walt Disney Pictures' new live action film on Cinderella cast its lead actress in Lily James (Downton Abbey) after their first choice Emma Watson passed on it.  The film has 2014 release and features Cate Blanchett as James' evil stepmother and will be directed by Kenneth Branagh.  Although my personal favorite Cinderella film still remains 1998's Ever After: A Cinderella Story featuring a kickass Drew Barrymore (bad English accent notwithsta(...)'

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First clip of Pixar's upcoming short The Blue Umbrella

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 5/2/2013 5:29:00 PM

'Here's a first clip from Disney Pixar's new short, The Blue Umbrella, due to debut in front of Monsters University this June. The official description says:It is just another evening commute until the rain starts to fall, and the city comes alive to the sound of dripping rain pipes, whistling awnings and gurgling gutters. And in the midst, two umbrellas—one blue, one not—fall eternally in love. I can hear the 'awws' in the theater already!  And it's also eerily reminiscent (...)'

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Around the World in Posters: Before Midnight, The Bling Ring and Only God Forgives!

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/26/2013 3:30:00 AM

'Check back in with Celine and Jesse in the third part of the story in Before Midnight. Waiting for Star Trek Into Darkness? Check out the Enterprise crew plus director JJ Abrams in Empire magazine.I'm suddenly reminded of The Rocketeer (1991) in this new IMAX poster of Iron Man 3. Let's count down the days to Spike Lee's adaptation of Chan-wook Park's Oldboy. Neon-sign dragon welcomes us to the world of MMA fighting in Only God Forgives. Stylish new poster for brand-conscious T(...)'

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New The Bling Ring Trailer!

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/26/2013 2:30:00 AM

';;;; Oh, Hermione! The full trailer for Sofia Coppola’s The Bling Ring released this week (Sidebar: What is with all the new trailers lately? I’m positively overwhelmed with all this new footage) and it shows more of L.A.’s teen set behaving badly and robbing celebrity homes.  I also caught a brief glimpse of Leslie Mann playing someone’s mom, I’m not yet sure who.  I’m still not used to Emma Watson’s American accent, I really hope it grows on me and doesn’t distract from (...)'

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News Update: Cannes Film Festival jury, Divergent and Shaun the Sheep!

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/25/2013 6:14:00 PM

'(Photo: Oscars)The jury for the Cannes feature film competition was announced this past Tuesday. The members are directors Ang Lee, Cristian Mungiu, Lynne Ramsay, Naomi Kawase and actors Nicole Kidman, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Auteuil and Vidya Balan. I’m totally floating my theory again that Spielberg and Lee are actually besties. A couple of months ago, they were both competing for the DGA (which they both lost to Ben Affleck) and the Oscar (which went to Lee) and now they’re on(...)'

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Revisting Sholay (1975)

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/25/2013 5:28:00 PM

'Sholay is like a rite of passage if you're Indian.  You have to see it and if you don't you'll get a horrified look with an exclamation, "You haven't seen Sholay!"  I've been guilty of this myself and while I have seen Sholay before, I had never experienced it on the big screen.Yesterday though I crossed that off my list.  And what an experience it was.  From the first reel, nay, when the censor certificate first showed up on the screen, the hoots and whistl(...)'

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New Thor: The Dark World Trailer!

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/23/2013 7:01:00 PM

'Debuting along with Iron Man 3 this Friday in theaters is the first ever Thor: The Dark World trailer.  After going back to his world Asgard at the end of Thor, we meet the hulky Norse God (Chris Hemsworth) once again on Earth as he is reunited with his lady love, Jane Foster (Natalie Portman).  Familiar faces return (Anthony Hopkins, Kat Dennings) and some new ones are introduced (Christopher Eccleston's Malekith) but the one face we were looking forward to is definitely (...)'

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Summer's Hottest Trailers: Man of Steel and Star Trek Into Darkness

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/22/2013 2:30:00 AM

';;;; Are we sure Man of Steel is not really directed by Christopher Nolan and not just produced by him? Because this trailer bears all his marks. This origin story of Superman looks incredibly promising with first looks of  Krypton, his father Jor-El (Russell Crowe), his adoptive father on Earth (Kevin Costner), Zod (Michael Shannon) and Lois Lane (Amy Adams).  Could this Superman film do what Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy did for the Batman brand? And what does the 'S' stan(...)'

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News Update: Stars Wars, Pitch Perfect and the Oscars!

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/21/2013 5:05:00 PM

';;;; There is just too much movie news to process coming out of Cinemacon.  Prepare yourselves for 2015 as Disney will release The Avengers 2, two Pixar films (the original Inside Out and the sequel to Finding Nemo), the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean and the first of the proposed Star Wars trilogy, Episode VII.  Later sequels will also theaters promptly in 2017 and 2019. AND there will be a new Star Wars film every year from 2015-2019 in the form of spin-offs and sequels.(...)'

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New Monsters University Character Posters!

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/21/2013 3:22:00 PM

'Some great new Monsters University posters were released last week giving us a look at the crazy, carefree days of the Monsters, Inc. crew along with some new characters voiced by Dame Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Nathan Fillion, John Krasinski, Bonnie Hunt (yay!), Beth Behrs, John Ratzenberger (of course!) and many more! Take a look.Helen Mirren as Dean Hardscrabble of the School of Scaring.Alfred Molina as Professor Knight. Anyone else reminded of the mother-in-law from Dinosaurs?(...)'

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Movie Review: Celeste and Jesse Forever

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/14/2013 6:52:00 PM

'Is there ever such a thing as "the perfect breakup"? Celeste and Jesse seem to think so.  They are best friends, constantly together and yet separated and in the process of a divorce.Their friends think it's weird for them to act as if nothing is the matter and continue on in their lives as before.  But of course things do not remain this way for long.  Celeste (Rashida Jones), a trend forecaster, and Jesse (Andy Samberg), an illustrator with no real direction, must m(...)'

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Around the World in Posters: The Great Gatsby, Elysium, Lone Ranger, Violet & Daisy and more!

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/11/2013 3:31:00 PM

'There are some great new posters out this week giving us a look ahead to a summer of sci-fi, action and lots of end-of-the world action.  Have a look below.  Kudos to the production design team for The Great Gatsby because it looks absolutely stunning. I am loving these Art Deco posters.  First poster for Neill Blomkamp's follow-up to District 9, Elysium starring everyman Matt Damon,  Sharlto Copley and Jodie FosterThese guys have clearly not learned their lesson(...)'

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Weekly News Update: First Look at Violet & Daisy, Anne Hathaway joins Interstellar and Ebert's last review

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/10/2013 5:17:00 PM

'(Photo: Enterntainment Weekly)First Look from Entertainment Weekly on Gregory Fletcher's debut flick on teenage assassins, Violet & Daisy starring Alexis Bledel, Saoirse Ronan and James Gandolfini.  If the director's name name sounds familiar, it's because Fletcher won the adapted screenplay Oscar in 2010 for Precious.EW also has some great news stills from Star Trek Into Darkness that I quickly skimmed through and tried to forget as I want to experience it all on May 17th.(...)'

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Roger Ebert: The Balcony is Now Closed

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/5/2013 4:59:00 PM

';;;; In a film released this year, Stand Up Guys, Al Pacino playing a character named Val says: They say we die twice. Once when the breath leaves our body, and once when the last person we know says our name. Film critic and author Roger Ebert who passed away on April 4th 2013 leaves behind such a legacy that his name will live on in the annals of film history and criticism. I discovered Ebert’s film review show way back in the ‘90s when ‘Siskel & Ebert’ used to play on Channe(...)'

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Movie Review: Jurassic Park 3D

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/5/2013 4:31:00 PM

'It has been 20 years since the first Jurassic Park film released in theaters to become a gigantic summer blockbuster and launched a dino-franchise that still holds steam today (Jurassic Park 4 is already in the works).  This week, the original Jurassic Park is back in theaters in a 3D avatar and while the 3D may seem unnecessary (I think that has to do more with the theater I watched it in. It will look awesome in IMAX), one can’t deny that even after all these years, the film(...)'

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Casting News for Captain America, Interstellar and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/4/2013 7:27:00 PM

';;;; Matthew McConaughey continues to impress with his choice of projects.  According to The Guardian, he has confirmed his lead role in Christopher Nolan’s next film Interstellar.  This should be an intriguing combination.  ;;;However, the most intriguing combination award of the week goes to Robert Redford and Marvel. The veteran actor-producer-director and founder of Sundance joins the cast of Captain America: The Winter Soldier as “the head of S.H.I.E.L.D.”.(...)'

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Movie Reviews Monthly Roundup: Kai Po Che!, The Words, 10 Years and more...

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/4/2013 7:07:00 PM

'So I haven't been able to make each review post individually but here's a look at some movies I saw in the past month. Based on the book, The 3 Mistakes of My Life, by best-selling author Chetan Bhagat, this film doesn't faithfully follow it.  However, it retains the feel and flow of the book which is about three friends in Ahmedabad, Gujarat who have aspirations to become something in their lives. The three boys are so different from one another: Omi (Amit Sadh) is defined by (...)'

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Finding Nemo gets a sequel!

Author : Sonal      Blog : Life in Technicolor      Date : 4/2/2013 7:07:00 PM

'Big news coming out of Disney Pixar today! It's official... Finding Nemo is getting a sequel titled Finding Dory.  Initially I thought this was an April Fools' prank but seeing that's now April 3rd in my part of the world, the news is starting to sink in. (Photo: Dory on Facebook)Director Andrew Stanton, who definitely needs a win after the dismal failure of John Carter, is back to what he does best: computer animation.  He said of the new film and its lead character:(...)'

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