RedDevil's Turf

Directed by Vivek Agnihotri
Produced by Ronnie Screwvala
Starring John Abraham, Anil Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Naveen Andrews, Arshad Warsi & Boman Irani
Distributed by UTV Motion Pictures

I was surprised when I read that a movie named “Goal” was being made in Bollywood! Its really reflects the changing face of Bollywood. Indian viewers are viewing offbeat films now, and lots of small budgets and offbeat films are doing well here. But then in the recent past lots of movies were made on sports, nearly all were based on cricket. None of them managed to have a good day at the box office. So this raises another question, why to make a movie on sports again, and that too football which isn’t a really popular sport among the masses!

But said that, I still welcome such a film. In a cricket mad nation its really heartening to see someone coming up with a movie based on my favorite sport…football. I love the game more than I love any other sport. And this movie is based on the Hollywood movie Goal released in 2005. I loved that movie, and I was really exited to see someone willing to make such a film. But lets see how they capture the emotions, the glory of the game.  John Abraham plays the lead in the movie, I suppose John will do well with the role he has. But its the direction and the story I’m worried about. If they manage to make it like it should be its really a milestone for Bollywood. Cricket is on a decline in India now, sports like tennis, football and motor-racing are taking the center stage. Movies like Goal can really help in creating awareness and respect for such sports which are big in other countries, especially in Europe. So I’m waiting eagerly for this movie, and I hope it lives upto my expectations.

The release date for the movie is yet to be announced.

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Its official now, the game is coming out on Oct 31, 2007. And the following cars are speculated to be surely featured in the game:
Mitsubishi Eclipse
Mazda RX7
Plymouth Barracuda
Toyota Corolla
Audi RS4

Lot of other details are awaited, will keep you posted as soon as I get more details…Watch this space!

Need for Speed: ProStreet official website

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer
Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Chow Yun-Fat, Tom Hollander and Naomie Harris.
Distributed by Walt Disney Company, Buena Vista Pictures

Ahoy matey! Me has been waiting for this movie for long time coming, and finally me watches it and I’m glad to say it was good. Pirates of the Caribbean is among my favorite movies, I really loved the prequels, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, and I was waiting for the final installment ever since it was known that “At World’s End” will follow the Dead Man’s Chest, and like I mentioned in my Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End Preview, the way Dead Man’s Chest had ended, it left a lot of questions unanswered, so this really made this movie a must watch.

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Its official now, the game has a name. Like I promised in my earlier post about the game, here it is. The game will be known as “Need for Speed: ProStreet”. The eleventh title in the hugely successful Need for Speed series, is again a street racing game, without cops as things look right now. ProStreet will use the “Autosculpt™” feature available in Need for Speed: Carbon, but of course more advanced than the predecessor. Like EA says “Every dent, every scratch and every crumpled body panel is a battle scar, proof of your commitment and competitive mettle. ” So I guess the game should have lots of damage visible to the car whenever there is a crash. Game AI is improved to make racing more fun. Performance and looks are going to be much more customizable.

“Need for Speed ProStreet accelerates street racing culture by providing the ultimate stage for the pursuit of street racing supremacy,” said Executive Producer, Larry LaPierre. “This is a game about building the ultimate performance-tuned battle machine, taking it to multi-disciplinary showdowns all over the world and pitting your skills and reputation against the very best street racers.” So like Larry LaPierre puts it, this game should have what Underground and Carbon had and much more. Still some more details are awaited about the other features and of course what exotics are going to be featured this time, but Mazda RX-7 is one car surely in the game as it was also featured in the teaser trailer. I will keep posting more as I find them, so watch this space.

Official Site: www.needforspeed.com

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I’ve been noticing some changes in the left navigation at my orkut account for the past few days, and I did feel that something new was coming up. And then it was there today. They’ve added feeds to orkut, so now if you want to share your photos from Fotolog, Picasa Web Albums or Flickr, or have a blog on Blogger, WordPress or LiveJournal, you can show that content in your orkut profile. What I didn’t like about it was, that every feed appears as a part of the left navigation.

Now as you can see in this screen shot, there should have been a single button for feeds, and then all the feeds inside that. Maybe they will iron this out in the future. But then Google always brings out something interesting for orkut! Cheers!

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I was wondering some days back…when was the new NFS (Need for Speed) title coming up. And today my friend gave me a link to a teaser for the upcoming version. I was exited. Wonder whats it gonna be this time. The teaser was, well just a teaser, you just get to see a glimpse of a Mazda RX-7, with lots of stickers and stuff. The teaser tells us that more is to come on May 31, exactly 8 hours and 16 minutes from this very moment as i write. The game title is not known although speculations as to what the Need for Speed XI is officially gonna be known as. The link my friend gave me suggested it will be Need for Speed ‘Damage’. Lets see when EA lets us know more about it. But one thing is sure it wont disappoint. Year after year, they bring out such fantastic games to satisfy our “Need for Speed”. Bring it on EA!
So keep a watch on this one, you can’t miss it. Will post more as i get to know about it. Watch this space.
Official Site with teaser trailer.

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Spider-Man 3
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Produced by: Avi Arad, Stan Lee, Laura Ziskin, Grant Curtis
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace
Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment

A superhero movie isn’t just about superpowers and supervillians, it’s about the things which make one a hero and other the villain. The qualities of a good man and a bad man are what make you a hero and a villain. And that’s what this movie is all about. Its not just the superheroes suffer from, we do suffer from it as well. And that’s what the movie is all about. It tells you that it’s not easy to live a dual life, where one has to strike the perfect balance between responsibilities and ambitions. Ok enough of good talks, movie review this is so let’s talk about it.

Spider-Man’s story continues where it left off in the second part. Peter Parker is happy in his life, his studies, his job, and his relationship with Mary Jane Watson. He eventually decides to marry her, and that’s when things start to change. Relationship between Peter and Mary is not going at its best, and Peter still has to fight with Harry for Harry’s father’s death. Then there is this strange black “thing” from outer space which gets onto a changed Spidey. Peter finds himself in a different personality; he is much darker in nature. And then the black “thing” gives him a black suit. He has 4 villains to fight with. One is his old friend in new shape. The New Goblin, then Flint Marko / The Sandman, who eventually turns out to be the real killer of Ben Parker, and then a new photographer on the block , Eddie Brock, Jr. who is after Pete’s job, and who then eventually turns into that black thing Venom, and then finally, Peter himself has to fight the darkness within. He tries to come out of the feeling of revenge, power, jealousy, and other such feelings. So he gets out of it, and teaches the bad guys a lesson.

So that’s what the story was all about. Direction wise, it’s a perfect job from Sam Raimi. Acting wise everyone does a great job. Background score is great. Effects, now this has something which we haven’t seen often, if at all we have seen. The action scenes are very well choreographed and shot and animated. The effects do not take the charm out of the picture, and serves the purpose. The storyline is well carried, although the movie tries to slip during the break, but then it’s necessary to show the lighter moments of the story. The climax keeps you on your seats and makes up for the slip.

All in all it’s a great movie for summer. Should and will do well in theaters. And with the fourth movie being discussed, Spider-Man fans will be happy.

Rating 8.5/10

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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Produced by: Jerry Bruckheimer
Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Bill Nighy, Geoffrey Rush, Jack Davenport, Chow Yun-Fat, Tom Hollander and Naomie Harris.
Distributed by Walt Disney Company, Buena Vista Pictures

The Mega Movie Month – May, third big movie to be released in this month, third part of the Pirates of the Caribbean series.

In the end of Dead Man’s Chest, Will, Elizabeth, and company were with Tia Dalma, who offered them the chance to rescue Captain Jack Sparrow. She says they will need a captain, “who knows those waters,” prompting the reappearance of Captain Barbossa, who was believed to be dead. The last movie then left some questions unanswered:
First: How the hell did Barbossa reappear?
Second: How the hell could Jack be swallowed by a giant squid? Errr….that ugly Kraken.
There might be some more questions in your mind, but never mind, the Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End is here to answer all those questions.

The trailers have been airing for quite sometime now, and it projects an exciting end (hopefully) to the tussle between Lord Beckett & the pirates, lots of them, from around the world, who have joined forces, and meet in Singapore. They then rescue Jack Sparrow, and then begin the battle against Lord Beckett, who now posses the heart of Davy Jones, and hence control over Jones and the Flying Dutchman.

So the movie promises an action packed time, with lots of wit and humor from Captain Jack Sparrow, romance between Will & Elizabeth, and the strange alliance between Sparrow and Barbossa. Wonder how did they join hands! So Ahoy Matey! Thou Shalt see this one, as thy movie shalt nay be missed (You should see this movie, its not to be missed)
The third trailer of the movie came out today. Click here to view it.
Official Site

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Spider-Man 3
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Produced by: Avi Arad, Stan Lee, Laura Ziskin, Grant Curtis
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace
Distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment
Its summer time and that means lots of movies (other than the usual heat of course), and the first one to hit your nearest theater is the comic flick Spider-Man 3, the third installment in the blockbuster Spider-Man franchisee.

The same team of Sam Raimi,Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco along with some new characters, comes back with another action packed superhero flick to thrill you. The latest trailer came out today, exactly 2 weeks before the US release. You can find the trailer here. The story is about Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) finally getting settled in life, eventually deciding to marry his love, Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst). But then suddenly things start to get nasty, and suddenly Spidey finds himself in all sorts of troubles. And…his suit has turned black. Wow! looks cool Spidey! So then he fights the blackness within himself, teaches the bad guys some lessons, ummm…yeah some new bad guys this time. Most importantly the reason of that black suit, Ven…bah! I don’t want to spoil it for you guys, but for the Spider-Man fans they have already got the hint, others are Sandman & the New Goblin, No, Willem Dafoe is not back as the Green Goblin, but we have another Goblin, the first Goblin’s son, the New Goblin. Enough of Gobling, its James Franco (Harry Osborn) as New Goblin, so he is trying to take revenge from Peter for his father’s death, and then its the usual action, and finally the winner takes it all. And winner is always Spidey. So do watch it, its a must see, more so if you are a Spider-Man fan, and if you saw the first two flicks then again see this, even if not still see it, its worth it. Venom…aahhh…I spilled it, well anyways, Venom, finally makes his first proper appearance in this latest trailer. So it would be interesting to see his story.

And yes, the movie isn’t out yet, and there are already talks about the fourth Spider-Man flick! Yes! Reports are that the script is already in discussion about the fourth installment, but Raimi’s involvement is a bit of a uncertainty, as he is having The Hobbit to attend to, so either Spidey 4 will be pushed back, or a new director will take the Spidey project, which should be interesting if it does happen. As Tobey Maguire has told that he will work if Raimi is directing it, Kirsten Dunst too said, if both Tobey and Sam were in the project, she was willing to take her role of Mary Jane Watson again. Well enough of the fourth, lets enjoy the third shall we?

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International release dates

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