Big shoes

The first trailer for the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot has arrived and it didn't necessarily blow anyone's socks off. This is just a Lara Croft teaser , but this may not be the movie that winds up saving video game movies in Hollywood. The movie does, however, clearly take into consideration that many people aren't a fan of movies ignoring the story of the games. In this case, the Tomb Raider trailer is essentially one giant Easter egg for the 2013 Tomb Raider video game. IGN decided to do a side-by-side comparison between the new Tomb Raider teaser trailer and some of the comparable game footage from the 2013 Tomb Raider game, which served as a reboot of the game series. To say that the two share some similarities would be an understatement. Shot for shot, the trailer is taking things we saw in the game and putting them on the big screen. So at the very least, it is going to be hard for people to say this movie didn't look anything like the game. It pretty much is … [Read more...] about First Tomb Raider Trailer Is One Big Video Game Easter Egg

In the past year, livestreaming has quickly morphed from a niche concept into one of the most booming platforms in the music industry — and with the marketing opportunities and potential revenue streams that livestreams have proven to be capable of when executed properly, they’ll likely stick around in some form well past Covid-19. A new white paper report on Thursday from international music conference MIDEM and strategic advisory company The Link details several key data points for the livestreaming ecosystem in the past year, and quotes musicians as well as executives from several companies that had embraced livestreams heavily in 2020. The biggest takeaways from the report are simple: Lots of fans have tuned into livestreams in the past year, and they’re becoming more willing to pay for their content. As MIDEM’s white paper points out, 30% of users on Bandsintown — a web service that helps fans keep track of bands playing in an area — had never watched a livestream show … [Read more...] about Here’s How Big Livestreaming Has Gotten Since the Pandemic Started

Shammi Kapoor Biography: Life History | Career | Unknown Facts | FilmiBeat Known to be the first rock-n-roll star of India, there is hardly anyone out there who escaped from Shammi Kapoor's charm. His blue eyes and impeccable dance moves made the girls go weak in their knees. Over the years, he worked with many of the leading actresses of Retro-Bollywood and give memorable films like Junglee, Brahmachari, China Town, Dil Deke Dekho, An Evening In Paris, Teesri Manzil and many others. Shamsher Raj Kapoor or Shammi Kapoor got his first big break in the film industry when Dev Anand walked out of Nasir Hussain's Tumsa Nahin Dekha and Kapoor stepped into his shoes. He was asked to shave his moustache, cut his hair, and lose the lanky physique. And the rest is history! Had Shammi Kapoor been alive, he would have turned 87 on 21st October, 2018. On his 87th birth anniversary today, we bring you some vintage pictures of this flamboyant star- The Family Portrait A … [Read more...] about Shammi Kapoor’s 87th Birth Anniversary: These Rare Photos Of Him Will Make You Go ‘Yahoo’

Steven Soderbergh has directed award-winning films like Traffic and Sex, Lies, and Videotape , as well as crowd-pleasers like Out of Sight and Ocean’s Eleven. He’s gone back in time with The Good German , and looked unnervingly prescient with Contagion . No job in his long and distinguished career, though, may have brought him more fulfillment than the 20 episodes of television he directed over two seasons of The Knick , the period medical drama that aired on Cinemax from 2014 to 2015 and has just come to HBO Max . “My wife has told me many times,” Soderbergh says, “‘That’s as happy as I’ve ever seen you working on anything.'” Set at a fictionalized version of Manhattan’s famed Knickerbocker Hospital at the turn of the 20th century, The Knick was created by Jack Amiel and Michael Begler, and starred Clive Owen as chief surgeon John “Thack” Thackeray, who used cocaine as an anesthetic on his patients, then got hooked on the drug himself. André Holland co-stars … [Read more...] about Steven Soderbergh on the Gore, the Grind, and the Glory of Making ‘The Knick’

Shashi Kapoor gets name 'TAXI' from brother Raj Kapoor; Here's Why | FilmiBeat Bollywood lost one of its prized possession today! Veteran actor Shashi Kapoor breathed his last at the age of 79 at a Mumbai hospital after being ill for sometime. Apart from being a brilliant actor, he was also known for speaking his mind and made sure that he was at his candid best in conversations. We bring you an old interview of his dating back to 1995 where he spoke to journalist Priya Warrier and sprung some 'surprises'... Shashi Kapoor Never Wanted To Become An Actor "I ‘m a very lazy actor. My coming into films was kind of thrust upon me, not something I had wanted to do. Being thrust upon me, I did my duty and I worked." He Never Used To Work On Sundays & Holidays "I was on time, very disciplined but did not work Sundays, took six weeks off from work to be with my family. I did upset a lot of producers and directors, including my brother, Mr. Raj Kapoor, … [Read more...] about NOSTALGIA! Shashi Kapoor’s Mother Used To Call Him ‘Fluky’ For This SHOCKING Reason