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Lindsay Lohan fails to show up at Venice Film Festival

American star Lindsay Lohan failed to show up yesterday at the ongoing 70th edition of the Venice Film Festival. She plays the female lead in Paul Schrader’s The Canyons opposite porn star James Deen. The title is part of the festival’s official lineup. Less than a month ago, Lohan  completed a court  ordered 90-day stay at a rehabilitation centre. She is said to be addicted to alcohol.

Ironically, Lohan portrays the suffering girlfriend of a Hollywood producer in The Canyons, a work that has been panned by critics.
However, Lohan’s off-the-screen activities have provided enough fodder for the press and the people to keep The Canyons flame burning bright. A Hollywood executive said recently that “Lindsay Lohan is now like U.S. golfer John Daly. She’s a curiosity who is watched primarily for the side entertainment she offers, not for her professional performance. Her stints in rehab and personal life drama won’t have much effect on how well The Canyons does because the movie has already been ripped apart.”

At a press conference post The Canyons screening here yesterday, Schrader who though began by saying that Lohan’s personal problems were “off the table”, did veer into the subject once or twice. Along with the rest of the film’s cast – which was present – Schrader praised Lohan’s performance, even comparing her to the legendary Marilyn Monroe. "They aren’t the same as actresses, they are very different,” the director averred. “But both have had trouble separating their professional lives from their personal lives."
Schrader also called himself "a free man": "For the past 16 months, I've been hostage, by my own choosing, to a very talented but unpredictable actress," he quipped. "One of her problems as an actor is she has a very hard time faking things," the helmer added.
Schrader in addition to being at Venice to promote The Canyons, is also the president of the jury for the Festival’s Horizons section. Which highlights innovative cinema.
He regretted that the American movie industry was passing through a stormy period with many cinemas closing down. The Canyons was made with the money raised through crowd funding.
Schrader, who wrote Taxi Driver and directed American Gigolo, has unfortunately strayed into what is arguably B-grade stuff. The Canyons seems like a half-hearted attempt. And nobody, just nobody acts with any conviction.
The Canyons purports to be a bleak parable about Hollywood’s tattier outer limits, and the death of cinema as we all know it. Maybe, there is just one power-packed scene in the whole work, and it comes right at the beginning when we see the camera panning across half a dozen derelict film houses.


Superheros are back in Hollywood

It’s a ‘super’ time for Hollywood, literally. Many of the superheroes that you might have seen on the big screen off late, are ready to make a second appearance, telling a fresh story and battling new villains. The coming months will see a slew of superhero films, which will continue the narrative established in their first outings.
Franchises are about moving the stories forward and this set of films will further the plot, with characters going back in time to realise their past, fighting their own generated enemies or even taking the help of an evil half brother — this will be the case of Thor, who will be leading the onslaught of these flicks with Thor 2 in November 2013.
He’ll be followed by Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 2014), The Amazing Spider-man 2 (May 2014), X Men: Days of Future Past (May 2014) and The Avengers: Age of Ultron in May 2015.

Captain America 2http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/popup/2013/6/New-Adventures-Superman.jpgSubtitled, The Winter Soldier, this film is more or less a S.H.I.E.L.D. movie, as Captain America Steve Rogers will be shown working for the organisation. The film will see Steve facing off against his former friend Bucky Barnes, who’s known as the winter soldier.

Amazing Spider-Man 2
The followup to The Amazing Spider-Man will see actor Jamie Foxx as the fan favourite villain Electro. Apart from featuring another antagonist in the form of the Rhino (played by Paul Giamatti), the film will also introduce the character of Harry Osborn.

X Men: Days of future PastA sequel to the X Men: First Class (2011), as well as X Men: The Last Stand (2006), Days of Future Past will see Wolverine travel back in time to 1973, in order to save the future of the mutants.

Thor 2Set one year after the events in the Avengers, Thor: The Dark World will see Thor taking the help of his half brother Loki to save the nine realms from an ancient race led by Malekith. The film will also see the demi-god reuniting with his lost love Jane Foster, who he takes to Asgard with him.

The Avengers 2The next outing of the team-up of the Marvel superheroes (minus Spider-Man) will revolve around a robot known as Ultron going rogue and battling the Avengers. Starring actors Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Mark Ruffalo, the film is set to release in May 2015.

Riddick (2013

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Release Date: September 6th, 2013

Riddick, the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000's hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddickreunites writer/director David Twohy (A Perfect Getaway, The Fugitive) and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise, xXx). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy.

The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he's encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty.

The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won't leave the planet without Riddick's head as their trophy. 

Rush (2013)

Rush portrays the exhilarating true story of two of the greatest rivals the world has ever witnessed—handsome English playboy James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Niki Lauda (Daniel Brühl). Set against the sexy and glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing, Rush follows the two drivers as they push themselves to the breaking point of physical and psychological endurance, where there is no shortcut to victory and no margin for error.

Thor

SUMITRA AND RAVINDRA AT VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2013


 Mrs. Sumitra Peries, Chairman of The Film Team and celebrated actor Mr. Ravindra Randeniya and Director of the Lester James Peries and Sumitra Peries Foundation Mr. Manabarana Sameera Randeniya flew to Venice on 29 August morning to the Venice International Film Festival to be present at the special screening of the specially restored version of Dr. Lester James Peries’ (1972) movie classic ‘Nidhanaya’ this weekend. Coincidentally, 41 years ago in 1972, ‘Nidhanaya’ truimphed at the same Venice International Film Festival by winning the Silver Lion of St. Mark.

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