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ear Movie Lovers, Learn interesting facts about the Oscar Awards, and know how to tell a Steven Spielberg film at one glance. ’t Here’s the February issue of Movies First, your exclusive forget to take a shot at our movie quiz, too. window to the world of cinema. We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous This month brings you an exciting assortment of month of movie watching. movies. A spirited Rosa Salazar stars as Alita, an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. gives suburban its new anthem with “Apna Regards Time Aayega” in ’s Gully Boy. Sonam Kapoor pushes the boundaries of love with Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Gautam Dutta toh Aisa Laga. CEO, PVR Limited

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and from that moment it stayed with her till she decided to GULLY BOY make a movie based on it. Apna Time AAyega

THE PLOT A musical drama that follows the journey of a gifted elhi had street rapper from the of Mumbai, who becomes a bustling Punjabi the face of the city’s underground rap music. Despite being discouraged over and over again, he believes rap/hip-hop scene. But they “apna time aayega”. made songs about cars, THE IDEA alcohol, romance. We rapped ‘Gully Boy’ is based on the life story of street rappers Vivian about our gully, our city Fernandes aka and Naved Shaikh aka , whose Mumbai. It was genuine, song ‘Mere Gully Mein’ took the world by storm. authentic Indian hip-hop. Director Zoya Akhtar says she saw a video of Divine - Divine, Rapper and Naezy in 2014, and that’s the first time she actually saw a real authentic “gully rap”. It got stuck in her head

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 4 The Collection Director and screenwriter Zoya Akhtar is known for her socially relevant, sensitive films that portray complex he film is not personal relationships. After completing a biopic of Naezy and Divine. a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, she This is a completely fictional assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony story. It is inspired by their music Gerber and Dev Benegal, before turning and they worked with me on the writer-director in her own right. film to make it look authentic. They were the people who took She has directed movies such as Luck me into their lives and showed by Chance (2009), Zindagi Na Milegi me how it’s done. There are a lot Dobara (2011) and Sheila Ki Jawani, a of things from their lives segment of Bombay Talkies (2013). She throughout the film, but this has co-written Talaash (2012) alongside is not an exact biopic. . She then went on to direct Dil - Zoya Akhtar, Director Dhadakne Do (2015), a film based on a dysfunctional Punjabi family.

DID YOU KNOW • Besides hitting the screens, the film will have its world premiere at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival that runs from February 1 to 7. • Sung by Ranveer Singh, the smash hit song “Apna Time Aayega” is composed by rapper Divine and Dub Sharma. • Ranveer Singh has sung four songs for the film. He worked for 10 months with Divine and Naezy to understand the nuances of rapping.

Gully Boy RELEASE 14 FEBRUARY

Genre: Drama Language: Hindi Director: Zoya Akhtar Cast: Ranveer Singh, , Studio:

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PLAY TRAILER BOOK TICKETS Alita: Battle Angel MOVIE OF THE MONTH

Tagline: An Angel Falls, A Warrior Rises. history while her street-smart new friend Hugo (Keean Release Date: 08th Feb, 2019 Johnson) offers instead to help trigger her memories. But Genre: Action, Adventure, Romance Language: English Director: Robert Rodriguez Cast: Rosa Salazar, Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly Studio: 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm Entertainment, Troublemaker Studios Pic Courtesy: 20th Century Fox e wanted Alita to feel really tactile and be very real — as real as one of my The Story: ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL, is an epic adventure of hope and empowerment. When Alita (Rosa Salazar) Desperado or Once Upon awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world a Time in Mexico type she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido (Christoph movies but with a high- Waltz), a compassionate doctor who realizes that tech element. somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and – Robert Rodriguez, soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past. As Alita Director learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield her from her mysterious

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hat I admire most about Alita is her sensitivity. She believes she’s someone completely insignificant and goes on to discover, not only is she someone significant, she’s someone extraordinary with extraordinary capabilities, someone who could have the power to not only save the lower world but all worlds and all people. – Rosa Salazar, it is only when the deadly and corrupt forces that run the Lead Actress city come after Alita that she discovers a clue to her past – she has unique fighting abilities that those in power will stop at nothing to control. If she can stay out of their grasp, she could be the key to saving her friends, her family and Divergent Series: Insurgent,” and “American Horror Story: the world she’s grown to love. Murder House.”

Key People: Alita is co-written and produced by James The Amazing Alita: Alita: Battle Angel intrigues the Cameron — who wanted to direct the project himself, but audience about the stakes the heroine is being faced was too deeply involved with Avatar to find time for it. with as she swings between her human desires and her advanced robotic strength. She takes on villains such Director Robert Rodriguez is acclaimed for his stylized as the hunter-warrior Zapan, played by Deadpool’s Ed action films including Sin City, Desperado and Spy Kids. Skrein, and Scrapyard Businessman Vector, portrayed by Mahershala Ali, who orders her destruction. In between American actress Rosa Bianca Salazar (July 16, 1985) the confrontations with these characters, Alita competes in plays Alita. Best known for her “The Maze Runner: Scorch the world’s brutal sport of Motorball, which promises to be Trials,” she has acted in major TV series such as “The an incredible action sequence.

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The main character, even though 01 it’s a live action film, is done with CG animation and was shot in 3D using the stereo imaging system that James Cameron had been developing for his documentaries. James Cameron confirmed in an 02 interview that this is a combination of the first four books in Yukito Kishiro’s series of manga books (“Motorball” from books 3 and 4, and the story from books 1 and 2). The film is based on the nine-volume 03 Japanese manga “Gunnm” written and illustrated by Yukito Kishiro. The comic book ran from 1990 to 1995 and was released in North America under the title “Battle Angel Alita.” The motion capture suit which Rosa 04 Salazar wore for her titular role had 53 marks tracked by infrared cameras to get the most fluid, and realistic movements. 05 ‘Alita’ means ‘Little Wing’ in Spanish.

Intense action: The character is brought to life via a motion-capture performance from Salazar, who says she was “surprised at how much of me is in there” when she saw the results. She’s the centre of a fully-realised sci-fi world, which imagines futuristic cities floating above a decimated Earth.

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 9 MUST WATCH BLOCKBUSTERS

FEB FEB Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga 01 Amavas 08 Genre: Drama Genre: Horror Language(s): Hindi Language(s): Hindi Director: Shelly Chopra Dhar Director: Bhushan Patel Cast: Anil Kapoor, Juhi Cast: Nargis Fakhri, Sachiin Chawla, Sonam Kapoor Joshi Studio: Vinod Chopra Films Studio: Viking Media and Pic Courtesy: Vinod Chopra Entertainment, Weeping Grave Films Productions Pic Courtesy: Viking Media

Movie Plot: Sweety’s parents want her to get married but has a Movie Plot: The story of an evil spirit that haunts a villa on secret that may not find acceptance in her family and society. moonless nights. Did You Know: This is the first time real-life father and Did You Know: Nargis Fakhri, who made her debut in Bollywood daughter Anil Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor have acted together with the Ranbir Kapoor starrer ‘Rockstar’ is all set to make her in a film. Although not the first time working together; he was comeback with a horror film ‘Amavas’. The film is directed by a producer of her previous films:Aisha (2010), Khoobsurat Bhushan Patel, who has earlier helmed various horror films (2014), and Veere Di Wedding (2018). including ‘1920: Evil Returns’, ‘Ragini MMS 2’, and ‘Alone’.

FEB FEB Hum Chaar 15 Total Dhamaal 22 Genre: Drama Genre: Comedy Language(s): Hindi Language(s): Hindi Director:Abhishek Dixit Director: Indra Kumar Cast: Simran Sharma, Tushar Cast: , Anil Kapoor, Pandey, Prit Kamani Madhuri Dixit, Arshad Warsi Studio: Rajshri Productions Studio: Fox Star Studios, Pic Courtesy: Rajshri Reliance Entertainment Productions Pic Courtesy: Fox Star Studios

Movie Plot: The story of four friends who drift apart but still Movie Plot: Six people encounter wild jungle animals and care about each other. danger at every turn while racing against time to find a Did You Know: The movie is Rajshri Productions’s new hidden stash of 50 crore rupees. project three years after the Salman Khan starrer ‘Prem Did You Know: Anil Kapoor and Madhuri Dixit will share Ratan Dhan Payo’, which entered the 100-crore club. The film presents a fresh and talented bunch of faces which are screen space after 17 years. Their last movie was Lajja portrayed as The Chaar Pillars of Hum Chaar. (2001) which got nominated for .

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FEB FEB 22 YARDS 22 Escape Room 01 Genre: Sports Genre: Action, Horror Language(s): Hindi Language(s): English Director: Mitali Ghoshal Director: Adam Robitel Cast: Barun Sobti, Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Panchhi Bora, Chaiti Ghoshal, Miller, Jay Ellis Rajit Kapur Studio: Columbia Pictures Studio: MS Productions Pic Courtesy: Columbia Pic courtesy: MS Productions Pictures

Movie Plot: A dramatic portrayal of a fallen Movie Plot: Six strangers find themselves in circumstances cricket agent and a young cricketer. beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

Did You Know: The film premiered at the Bay Did You Know: This is the third film in two years to be titled Area South Asian Film Festival, where it garnered Escape Room. The movie is helmed by iHorror movie winner great appreciation. Adam Robitel, who also directed Insidious: The Last Key.

FEB Mary Queen of Scots 01

Genre: Drama, Historical, Biopic Language(s): English Director: Josie Rourke Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie, Jack Lowden Studio: Focus Features, Working Title Films, Perfect World Pictures Pic courtesy: Focus Features

Movie Plot: Mary Stuart’s attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution. Did You Know: The film is based on the biography “Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart.” It has been nominated for Oscar Awards - Best Costume Design and Make up & Hairstyling.

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FEB FEB Cold Pursuit 08 The Lego Movie 2 08 Genre: Action, Drama Genre: Animation, Action, Language(s): English Adventure Director: Hans Petter Moland Language(s): English Cast: Liam Neeson, Director: Mike Mitchell Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum Cast: Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Studio: Studio Canal, Summit Banks, Tiffany Haddish Entertainment Studio: Warner Animation Pic Courtesy: Studio Canal Group, Lego Systems, Vertigo Entertainment Pic Courtesy: Warner Animation Group

Movie Plot: A snowplow driver seeks revenge against Movie Plot: The citizens are facing a huge new threat: LEGO the drug dealers he thinks killed his son. DUPLO® invaders from outer space, wrecking everything

Did You Know: The film is based on the 2014 faster than they can rebuild. Norwegian revenge thriller film ‘In Order of Did You Know: This is the fourth film in the Lego Movie Disappearance’. franchise followed by Lego Batman and Lego Ninjago movie.

FEB FEB Happy Death Day 2U 14 Beautiful Boy 15 Genre: Horror, Mystery, Genre: Biography, Drama Thriller Language(s): English Language(s): English Director: Felix Van Director: Christopher Landon Groeningen Cast: Jessica Rothe, Israel Cast: Steve Carell, Timothee Broussard, Suraj Sharma Chalamet, Amy Ryan Studio: Universal Pictures Studio: Plan B Entertainment, Pic Courtesy: Universal Big Indie Pictures Pictures Pic Courtesy: Plan B Entertainment

Movie Plot: Tree Gelbman enters a time loop and must Movie Plot: The film deals with the strained relationship escape it to destroy the baby-faced killer who threatens between a father and his drug-addicted teenage son. her and her friends. Did You Know: Timothee Chalamet earned nominations at Did You Know: The film is a sequel to Happy Death the Golden Globes, Screen Actor Guild, and BAFTA Awards Day (2017). for his work in the film.

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FEB FEB THE WIFE 15 The Rhythm Section 22 Genre: Drama Genre: Action, Mystery, Language(s): English Thriller Director: Bjorn Runge Language(s): English Cast: Glenn Close, Director: Reed Morano Jonathan Pryce, Cast: Blake Lively, Jude Law, Chrsitian Slater Sterling K. Brown Studio: Anonymous Content, Studio: Paramount Pictures Tempo Productions, Pic Courtesy: Paramount Silver Reel Pictures Pic courtesy: Anonymous Content

Movie Plot: A wife questions her life choices as she travels Movie Plot: A woman seeks revenge against those who to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive orchestrated a plane crash that killed her family. the Nobel Prize for Literature. Did You Know: The film is based on the first of Did You Know: Glenn Close won the Golden Globe Award bestselling author Mark Burnell’s “Stephanie Patrick” and an Oscar nomination for her performance in the film. series of four novels.

FEB Isn’t it Romantic 22

Genre: Comedy Language(s): English Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson Cast: Liam Hemsworth, Rebel Wilson, Priyanka Chopra Studio: New Line Cinema, Bron Creative Pic Courtesy: New Line Cinema

Movie Plot: A young woman disenchanted with love mysteriously finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy. Did You Know: This is Priyanka Chopra’s first Hollywood rom- com movie.

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01 Christian Charles Philip Bale was born on January 30, 1974 in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

02 His father was an activist and adventurer and his mother a circus dancer.

03 Bale is the stepson of the world-famous feminist Gloria Steinem.

The family lived in different 04 countries throughout Bale’s childhood, including Wales, England, Portugal, and the United States.

05 His first acting role was at the age of 8 in 1982 in a commercial for a fabric softener.

06 He made his stage debut at the age of 10 with The Nerd on London’s West End. The lead actor of the play was Rowan Atkinson, better known as Mr. Bean.

07 Bale is an excellent horseman and an avid reader.

A devoted animal lover, he 08 has two dogs [Mojo and Ramone] and three cats [Miriam, Molly and Lilly], 21 Little-Known which are all strays that he Things About…. found. 09 The kind-hearted actor is active in many organisations, including Greenpeace, the Christian Bale World Wildlife Foundation, PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 18 the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, the Happy 21 In his upcoming movie Vice, Bale has Child Mission, and a school for street kids in undergone an incredible transformation to play Rio De Janeiro. the role of former American Vice President Dick Cheney. He has gained 40 pounds, bleached his He is an avid fan of video games and cites 10 eyebrows and bulked up his neck muscles for Super Mario as one of his all-time favourites the part. while growing up.

11 Bale holds the records for the most weight lost (63 pounds for The Machinist (2004)) and gained (80 pounds for Batman Begins (2005) for film roles.

Despite multiple accidents and serious 12 injuries, he is still an avid motorcyclist.

Christian Bale performs most of his stunts 13 on his own. For ‘The Dark Knight,’ he didn’t use a body double for the stunt in which Batman dives off one building and crashes into the other.

14 Bale was very close to landing the role of Jack Dawson in ‘Titanic’ but director James Cameron didn’t want two British lead actors Guess the Movie playing the two leads, who were both supposed to be American. • Released in 1994, this film won two 15 Known to be a very private person, he does Oscars and had two directors not attend parties and has appeared only in a handful of talk shows in his entire life. • Originally titled “The King of the Jungle,” the film remains the highest grossing 2D 16 He is the first non-American actor to portray animated film of all-time Batman/Bruce Wayne. • Elton John won an Academy Award for He is also the youngest actor ever to portray Best Original Song, composed specially 17 the role of Batman. for this movie He made his big screen debut with Steven • To prepare for the film, several Disney 18 Spielberg’s Empire of the Sun. The director animators went to Africa to study animal chose him from among more than 4,000 kids behaviour and interaction in the wild. who auditioned for the role. • Actors Rowan Atkinson, Whoopi Goldberg 19 After Bale read the children’s book Charlotte’s Web, he decided not to eat red and Matthew Broderick lent their voices to meat anymore. key characters in the film 20 His first Batsuit, made up of 110 parts, • Three spotted hyenas are among the was so tight that he nearly had a nervous villains in the film. Christian Bale breakdown. PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 19 How The Oscars Got Their Name And 7 More Fun, Fascinating Facts About Hollywood’s Iconic Awards

• Though there are several different stories that claim to tell the origin of the nickname “Oscar,” the most common attributes the nickname to a comment made by Margaret Herrick, a librarian at the Academy. Upon first seeing the statuette, she commented that the statuette looked like her Uncle Oscar. The nickname stuck and was officially used by the Academy beginning in 1939.

• The list of hosts for the ceremony is dotted with prestigious names such as Will Rogers, Frank Capra, Jack Benny, Fred Astaire, Jack Lemmon and David Letterman. However, one man has dominated Academy Award history; Bob Hope hosted a whopping 18 Academy Award ceremonies.

• Weighing 8.5 pounds and standing 13.5 inches in height, the coveted Oscar statuette is made of gold-plated britannium. However, between 1942 and the end of World War II, the statuettes were made of plaster to conserve metal. Winners of these statuettes got the actual trophy after the war.

• It depicts a knight, holding a sword, standing on a reel of film which has five spokes, representing the 5 original branches of the Academy--actors, directors, producers, technicians, and writers. In 1949, the Academy started to number the statuettes, starting with number 501.

• The first Academy Awards, which took place at a private dinner for about 270 people, were presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, California. Today, the ceremony takes place at the Dolby Theatre (around the corner from the Roosevelt).

• In 1940, the LA Times broke the Academy’s embargo and published the names of all the Oscar winners prior to the ceremony. As a result, the Academy introduced the sealed envelope tradition that is present to this day.

• At the 61st Academy Awards, held in 1989, the Academy decided to replace the trademark phrase “And the winner is...” with the phrase “And the Oscar goes to...” Notice it this time!

• In a strange turn of events, Charlie Chaplin’s movie Limelight, which was produced in 1952, won an Academy Award in 1972— 20 years after its first release. According to the Academy’s rules at the time, a movie could not be considered for an Academy Award until it had played in Los Angeles. When Limelight finally played at a theater in Los Angeles in 1972, it became eligible for an award.

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 20 The First Ever… • Lupita Nyong’o’s brilliantly moving performance in the • Black actor to win the Best Actor: Sidney Poitier multi-Oscar-winning film 12 Years A Slave landed her an for Lilies of the Field (1963). Oscar in 2014 for Best Supporting Actress. She gave a heartwarming speech with a great ending line many will • Black actress to win Best Actress: Halle Berry remember: “When I look down at this golden statue, may for Monster’s Ball (2001). it remind me and every little child, that no matter where • Woman to win Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow for The you’re from, your dreams are valid.” Hurt Locker (2008). • Youngest actress to win an Oscar: Tatum O’Neal, who was 10-year-old when she won the Best Supporting Actress award for Paper Moon in 1974. • Oldest person to win the Award: Christopher Plummer for Best Supporting Actor in 2012 for his performance in ‘Beginners’, at 82.

Memorable Moments: • Charlie Chaplin made a joyous return to Hollywood after a two-decade absence over alleged Communist ties. Chaplin received an honorary Oscar in 1972, along with • At the 2017 Academy Awards, Warren Beatty and Faye an emotional 12-minute standing ovation. Dunaway went on stage to announce the award for Best Picture but they had the wrong envelope. Beatty had the envelope for Best Actress, which went to La La Land’s Emma Stone. In a moment of mass confusion, La La Land’s team came up on stage, took the award, and began giving their acceptance speeches before someone alerted that Moonlight was the actual winner.

• Heath Ledger’s father, mother, and sister accepted the late Australian actor’s posthumous Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his iconic performance as the Joker in The Dark Knight in 2009. The moment was obviously a bittersweet recognition for an incredible talent that passed way too young. OSCAR AWARDS 2019 The awards will take place on Sunday 24 February 2019, and will air live on The ABC Television Network. Yorgos Lanthimos’s period drama The Favourite and Alfonso Cuaron’s Roma secured 10 nominations each. Both films have been shortlisted for the prestigious Best Picture award, along with Black Panther (a popular choice), BlacKkKlansman, Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book, A Star is Born and Vice. Olivia Colman is in pole position to land Best Actress for her superb performance as Queen Anne while co-stars Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone will battle it out for the Best Supporting Actress. Christian Bale is hotly-tipped to win Best Actor for his role as former vice-president Dick Cheney in Vice while the Best Supporting Actor category favourites are Richard E Grant and Sam Elliott

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 21 Saoirse Una Ronan

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 22 Saoirse Una Ronan RISING STAR PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 23 Saoirse Una Ronan RISING STAR

In a very short period of time, Saoirse has shot to Her profile continued to grow with leading roles inFocus the top of every casting director and producer’s list. (2015), The Legend of Tarzan (2016) and the superhero This talented and gorgeous 26 year old is one of the youngest ever to be nominated for an Oscar. She is armed with coveted roles and powered with the ability to turn studio projects into box office hits. Her rise to the pinnacle of the competitive cinematic felt like world is inevitable. I was working with a FILMS: Saoirse Una Ronan began her career in master,” he said, “like Australian independent films in the late 2000s, before someone from the Golden working in the soap opera Neighbours (2008–2011), Age. Someone superior which earned her two Logie Award nominations. to my skills as an actor After moving to the US, she starred in the short lived in every way. She’s ABC drama series Pan Am (2011–2012), followed by Meryl reborn. a supporting role in the romantic comedy About Time - Ryan Gosling (2013). She captured everyone’s attention with her breakout role in The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 24 film Suicide Squad (2016). She received critical acclaim She likes to send friends and family, letters and as the disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in the postcards from around the world because she thinks biographical film I, Tonya, which she also produced. people don’t get enough mail that aren’t bills.

Her upcoming films areTerminal, Gotham City Sirens, Saoirse is skilled at martial arts and often utilises them Bad Monkeys, Maid Marian, Mary Queen of Scots and in action scenes. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

STAR POWER: She is a two-time Academy Award nominee; receiving a Best Supporting Actress nomination for Atonement (2007), and a Best Actress nomination for Brooklyn (2015). She has also received three BAFTA Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, two Screen Actors Guild nominations and two Satellite Awards.

UP CLOSE: ‘Searsha’ is how Irish people pronounce her name, but she herself pronounces it ‘Sersha,’ like ‘inertia.’ It’s Irish for ‘freedom.’

Ronan holds dual American and Irish citizenship. QUICK FACTS

She can pull off dozens of accents with ease. BIRTH NAME: Saoirse Una Ronan ______

OCCUPATION: Actress ______

BIRTH DATE: April 12, 1993 ______

PLACE OF BIRTH: Bronx, New York, U.S. ______

YEARS ACTIVE: 2003–Present ______

Parents: Paul Ronan, Monica Ronan

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 25 Steven Spielberg

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 26 Signature Spielberg: 7 filmmaking Masters@Work techniques of the iconic director

“The Spielberg Face” was first used to create effect in Jaws. The idea is simple, zoom in on a character as they are looking at something. Most of the time, this character is amazed, and the thing that they are looking at is revealed to the audience slowly, after the character shows their expression. Watch Jurassic Park, Close Encounters, and The Color Purple to see how often the director employs this technique.

One of his favourite camera angles is using a mirror or window reflection to capture his characters indirectly. Typically the character is watching something through the window, and that scene is reflected for the audience to see. Spielberg also uses rearview mirrors in cars to frame and show action, such as in Jurassic Park when the T-Rex is chasing the Jeep.

Just about every main character in a Spielberg film either has “daddy issues,” or they have kids with whom they don’t bright, glowing lights. Even in Lincoln, Spielberg pays have the best of relationships. This probably stems from special attention to the contrast between the dark and the director’s own experience —his parents divorced bright, glowing white light. when he was 19. In The Sugarland Express, two deadbeat parents run from the law to try and prevent their son from In Spielberg films, foreigners speak English in their being taken into foster care. Close Encounters is full of respective foreign accents. There is no logical reason why neglectful parenting. We all know about Indiana Jones’ Germans in World War 2 would chat in English, or why rocky relationship with his father from The Last Crusade, Oskar Schindler would speak to Stern in English, but in and in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It’s Indiana’s turn Spielberg’s films they do so that we can understand them. to experience the difficulties of being a dad. War of the Worlds is basically Tom Cruise’s attempts to reconcile He likes to show the hero as larger than a bad character, with his kids. so you’ll often see the two standing side by side, with the hero looking taller and more dominant. Spielberg is one of the first directors to use bright lights All his films, except The Color Purple, have music by to create a sense of promise or danger. In many of his the iconic composer John Williams. His main themes scenes, you’ll notice streams of light that pour in and for the Indiana Jones series, Jurassic Park, E.T., Close leave the characters in silhouette. Jurassic Park is full of Encounters and Jaws (not to mention the Star interesting background lighting, especially once the storm Wars and Harry Potter films) are some of the most hits. Minority Report is an interesting canvas of dark and memorable of the post-Hollywood blockbuster era.

PVR MOVIES FIRST PAGE 27 They said

“Don’t tell me I can’t do it; don’t tell me it can’t be done!” — Howard Hughes

“It’s never too late – never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.”

— Jane Fonda

“You can fail at what you don’t want, so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.” — Jim Carrey

All you have in the end is to be able to look back and like the choices you made.” — Matt Damon

“Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that’s real power.” — Clint Eastwood

“I believe there’s an inner power that makes winners or losers. And the winners are the ones who really listen to the truth of their hearts.”

— Sylvester Stallone Guess the Movie Answer: The Lion King Lion The Answer: Movie the Guess

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MOVIE NAME (LANGUAGE) GENRE FORMAT icons RELEASE DATE

ESCAPE ROOM (ENGLISH) ACTION, HORROR 4DX 1 FEB ______

EK LADKI KO DEKHA TOH AISA LAGA (HINDI) DRAMA 1 FEB ______

MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (ENGLISH) DRAMA, HISTORICAL, BIOPIC 1 FEB ______

BTS - LOVE YOURSELF CONCERT FILM (ENGLISH) Documentary, Music 2 FEB ______

AMAVAS (HINDI) HORROR 8 FEB ______

ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (ENGLISH) ACTION, ADVENTURE, ROMANCE IMAX 3D / 4DX 8 FEB ______

COLD PURSUIT (ENGLISH) ACTION, DRAMA 8 FEB ______

THE LEGO MOVIE 2 (ENGLISH) ANIMATION, ACTION, ADVENTURE 3D 8 FEB ______

HAPPY DEATH DAY 2U (ENGLISH) HORROR, MYSTERY, THRILLER 14 FEB ______

GULLY BOY (HINDI) DRAMA 14 FEB ______

BEAUTIFUL BOY (ENGLISH) BIOGRAPHY, DRAMA 15 FEB ______

HUM CHAAR (HINDI) drama 15 FEB ______

THE WIFE (english) Drama 15 FEB ______

TOTAL DHAMAAL (HINDI) COMEDY 22 FEB ______

THE RHYTHM SECTION (ENGLISH) ACTION, MYSTERY, THRILLER 22 FEB ______

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC (ENGLISH) COMEDY 22 FEB ______

22 YARDS (hindi) Sports 22 FEB

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