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Films have the power to bring to life some of the most inspiring and interesting stories known to man. Such is the story behind the film Remember The Titans. Directed by Boaz Yakin, Remember The Titans was based on the real-life story of coach Herman Boone and the football team of TC Williams High School. While some elements are fictionalized for the film, it highlights what Boone achieved amid the racial tensions of the early 1970s. Boone was a high school football coach who started his teaching career in 1958. After leading his first team to several championships, he returned…

The final season of Stranger Things is nearly upon us, and strange things have already started happening. Just a few days earlier, fans of the show were shocked to hear that Millie Bobby Brown had allegedly accused co-star David Harbour of bullying and harassment ahead of filming the final season. Just as the dust was settling, Harbour and Brown were spotted together at the premiere of the final season. The two were laughing, hugging and posing together for pictures on the red carpet. The two actors were behaving as if the aforementioned complaint never happened, and Brown never gave that…

Chinese filmmaker Yi Zhou has accused Hollywood actor Jeremy Renner of “domestic violence”, sending sexually explicit pictures and orchestrating a “smear campaign” against her. She also claimed that when she confronted Renner about the same, he allegedly threatened to report her to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). Yi Zhou has shared screenshots of many of her conversations on social media in an attempt to provide proof to support her allegations. Renner is best known for appearing in Avengers films. Yi Zhou claimed that Jeremy “talked me into having a relationship with him sold me his love” which is why she…

Priyanka Chopra has made a much-anticipated return to music with a desi rendition of the iconic Wham! classic Last Christmas. The track is part of acclaimed filmmaker Gurinder Chadha’s upcoming family musical Christmas Karma, which releases in cinemas across the UK, Ireland, and the US on November 14, and in India on December 12. Gurinder Chadha took to Instagram to share the song , expressing heartfelt gratitude to Priyanka for her support and generosity in backing a project close to her heart. She wrote: “This is @priyankachopra for you. One call to support the movie and she was in. Always…

Naturally, whatever Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, says becomes a global talking point. Now, even more so, as he has revealed his all-time favorite films in a recent conversation with Variety. The Pope’s selection reflects an appreciation for works that have become both cultural landmarks and cinematic touchstones, films that, to borrow the words of Martin Scorsese, embody what “absolute cinema” can be. The first film mentioned by him is widely regarded as one of the best Christmas movies ever made, Frank Capra’s 1946 classic It’s a Wonderful Life.  No wonder, in 1998, the American…

Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway are all set to return to the screen with the highly anticipated The Devil Wears Prada 2, and fans just got a glimpse of their iconic collaboration. The makers of the film have unveiled the teaser along with Meryl and Anne’s first looks. The teaser begins with a visual of a woman walking in red stilettos through an office. As people rush to get out of her way, we soon realise that the woman in the video is none other than Meryl Streep, reprising her role as the formidable Runway magazine editor-in-chief, Miranda Priestly, from…

Tom Cruise, at 63 still the biggest movie star in a room full of them, finally got to hold his own Oscar on a Hollywood stage on Sunday night.“Making movies is not what I do, it’s who I am,” said Cruise. He was composed as always, but at moments seemed near tears as he spoke, grasping the gold honorary statuette that celebrated his more than 40 years at the apex of the industry at the film academy’s annual Governors Awards. “In that theater we laugh together, we feel together, we hope together,” he said after a two-minute ovation. Production designer…

Gurinder Chadha is making a Christmas movie. She’s adapted Charles Dickens’ seminal 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, but not sans her own signature desi touch. The Scrooge of her film Christmas Karma, called Sood, is an Indian immigrant in London. But he’s not very fond of immigrants now — they’re all humbugs. The film is slated to release in cinemas on December 12 by PVR INOX. In an exclusive interview with SCREEN, Gurinder talks about the film, its politics and casting choices. She also goes down memory lane and looks back at her films with Aishwarya Rai, working with Anupam…

Wake Up Dead Man A Knives Out Mystery trailer: Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig have teamed up yet again for the third film of their popular franchise Knives Out. The third instalment, titled Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, enjoys a distinct flavour like the first two parts. While the first part (2019) was a hat tip to legendary murder mystery writer Agatha Christie, the second, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), was set on a remote island. The third part is, interestingly, set in an upstate New York church. Like the first two parts, the threequel…

The media conglomerate Disney has an immense amount of experience when it comes to live-action adaptations of animated films. While they have winners like The Lion King, The Jungle Book, and Alice in Wonderland, they also have come up with less fortunate projects such as Snow White, Cruella, and Aladdin. Having said that, they are now taking another stab at the genre with a live-action version of Moana and have just released the first teaser of the project. Moana has two instalments so far, and both of them did incredibly well at the global box office. According to Box Office…