Josh Brolin And Miles Teller To Take On Wildfires In New Biopic

• Spotlight wins Best Picture and Mad Max: Fury Road wins six awards at the Alan Rickman.
• Thirty-six people are killed in an explosion in a coal mine near Vorkuta, Russia.
• The Jamaica Labour Party, led   wins a narrow majority in the Jamaican general election.
•  Tara Air Flight 193 crashes in Nepal, killing all twenty-three people on board.
• In motorsport, Denny Hamlin (pictured) wins the Daytona 500 by 0.01 seconds, the narrowest margin in the race's history.

• Ongoing events:
  • Zika virus outbreak
  • European migrant crisis
• Recent deaths:
  • Douglas Slocombe

Alan Rickman, giant of British screen and stage, dies at 69

Alan Rickman, one of the best-loved and most warmly admired British actors of the past 30 years, has died in London aged 69. His death was confirmed on Thursday by his family who said that he died “surrounded by family and friends”. Rickman had been suffering from cancer.
A star whose arch features and languid diction were recognisable across the generations, Rickman found a fresh legion of fans with his role as Professor Snape in the Harry Potter films.
Cast and crew on those movies were among the first to pay tribute to the actor. In a lengthy post, Daniel Radcliffe wrote that Rickman was “one of the greatest actors I will ever work with” as well as “one of the loyalest and most supportive people I’ve ever met in the film industry”.
JK Rowling, who wrote the Harry Potter books, said: “There are no words to express how shocked and devastated I am to hear of Alan Rickman’s death. He was a magnificent actor & a wonderful man”, while Michael Gambon, who played Dumbledore, said: “Everybody loved Alan. He was always happy and fun and creative and very, very funny.”

SundanceNow Doc Club Launches Series of 5-Minute Films About Social Issues (Exclusive) 

In the wake of the 2009 financial collapse, Jarecki produced a funny and angry protest short entitled “Move Your Money.


 in which he urged viewers to push their money from the banking goliaths that got bailed out by the federal government to smaller community financial institutions.



 He made it in a few days, but found that its brisk run time allowed the film to go viral. It was seen by millions more people than had watched pictures such as “Freakonomics” or “Why We Fight” that he’d labored for years to bring to screens.

Bollywood 2016: Films to look forward to in February.

 

Come February, you will get to see films of various genres hitting the silverscreen.

Here’s taking a look at the films you can look forward to this month:

Ghayal Once Again

Sunny Deol makes a comeback with a sequel to his 1990 blockbuster ‘Ghayal’ – ‘Ghayal Once Again’, an action-drama. The film which has four youngsters in pivotal roles will release on February 5. Let’s see if Sunny Paa pulls of a stunner once again!

Fitoor

Starring Aditya Roy Kapoor, Katrina Kaif and Tabu, this Abhishek Kapoor film is an adaptation of Charles Dickens’ ‘The Great Expectations’. Set in the backdrop of Kashmir, ‘Fitoor’ is a romantic saga of Noor and Firdaus, essayed by Aditya and Katrina respectively. This film will release on February 12.

Neerja

Sonam Kapoor essays the titular role in this biopic of Neerja Bhanot, who was posthumously conferred with the Ashoka Chakra (India's highest peacetime gallantry award) in 1987. She was the youngest and first woman recipient of the medal. ‘Neerja’ will release on February 19.

'Thor: Ragnarok' latest news: Movie may feature a more intellectual Hulk 

 

According to this Comic Book article, Mark Ruffalo has been going around and leaving details about what his role in "Thor: Ragnarok" will entail. The actor says that Hulk will be 'intelligent' this time, although it could just be 'witty anecdotes' placed there by director Taika Waititi. It might be such gems like his famous 'Puny God' line.

Latest Warcraft movie trailer teases more war, less craft

 

 

 The effects-heavy movie uses a mixture of performance capture technology and prosthetics for its orc cast --.

Mad Max director George Miller named as Jury President for the 69th Cannes Film Festival

 

With Fury Road nominated for 10 Oscars (and if there's any justice in this world it'll win Best Director at the very least), it's safe to say 2016 had gotten off to a good start for George Miller.

Well it's just gotten that bit better for the Mad Max creator as he has just been named Jury President for the 69th Cannes Film Festival taking place in May.
Organisers commented that "Throughout his career, George Miller has constantly experimented with a variety of genres, brilliantly reconciling mass audience expectations and the highest artistic standards,"

Pope Francis to Make Acting Debut in ‘Beyond the Sun’

 

Pope Francis will play himself in the new religious movie “Beyond the Sun,” marking his acting debut and the first time that a pope has appeared in a feature film.

“Beyond the Sun” — from Ambi Pictures — is a family adventure based on the Gospels. Pope Francis asked the filmmakers to make a movie that communicated Jesus’ message to children.
AMBI co-founders Andrea Iervolino and Lady Monika Bacardi will finance and produce the film. Graciela Rodriguez wrote the screenplay and will co-produce with Gabriel Leybu. Monsignor Eduardo Garcia will be Pope Francis’ advisor.