Jackie Chan brings Kung Fu to India

Kung Fu Yoga, Jackie Chan and Sonu Sood film with some elementary Kung Fu as Chinese archaeologist, Jack is in search of lost treasure of Magadha. His assistants and Indian gangs try to outsmart an Indian prince, Randall and his army to capture the gold. Jack enlists Indian archaeologist Ashmita  (Disha Patani) for searching and…

Sir John Hurt 77, one of the best known English actors dies of cancer

Veteran English actor Sir John Vincent Hurt CBE, dies aged 77, on Wednesday at his home in Norfolk. He was an English actor and voice actor whose career spanned six decades. The Bafta-winning star, famous for his roles in David Lynch’s The Elephant Man (1980) and chestburster inAlien (1979), had been treated for pancreatic cancer…

Victor Lownes Playboy Executive dies aged 88

Playboy executive director Victor Lownes dies at the age of 88. He helped establish Playboy and ran the magazine’s UK clubs and casinos in the 1960s and 70s. Lownes met Playboy founder Hugh Hefner at a party in 1954 and became the magazine’s promotion director. He was one who suggested that Playboy set up a…

Valerie world’s first triple screen laptop

Razer,  the Gaming PC maker, has unveiled a concept laptop with three 4K screens at the CES tech show in Las Vegas. Project Valerie is the world’s first portable laptop of its kind with two additional 17 in (43cm) screens which slide out from the central display automatically. Gamers are splashing out on high-end laptops All…

George Michael dies aged 53

The 1980s ex-Wham star passed away peacefully at home according to Thames Valley Police and South Central Ambulance Service who attended a property in Oxfordshire at 13:42 GMT on Christmas day. His publicist said : “It is with great sadness that we can confirm our beloved son, brother and friend George passed away peacefully at…

Buddy’s quirky independent film saga.

An interview with auteur and film director Bauddhayan Mukherji Bauddhayan ‘Buddy’ Mukherji is first and foremost a Director (independent film) who also has a full time job doing the same thing – but for TV ads – he gets given the script and makes the commercial.  He has made more than 350 ads from agencies…

Bridget Jones’s Baby? – Oh Good!

Oh – what a surprise!  The popular Bridget Jones is back and this time there’s a new deal – a bun in the oven with a bit of a quandary as to who is the definitive doting dad!  Director Sharon Maguire with a cast including Colin Firth and dishy Patrick Dempsey, not to forget Emma Thompson…

Embrace of the Serpent – a ride into the unknown.

Directed by Ciro Guerra this film won the Alfred P Sloan prize and has been on release in UK since June this year. It examines the ravages of colonialism through two explorers who have in fact been adrift with malaise and fever and yet are still clinging to their material goods and finding it hard…