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In recent years no book as garnered as much controversy as a single novel, written by a not so famous writer. The book was ‘DA Vinci Code’ and it was written by Dan Brown an American author. The Da Vinci Code was published by the Doubleday Group in the United States and in the United Kingdom its publication was done by Bantam Books.

The book follows a time in the life of Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon when he is forced to investigate the murder of a old man in Paris’s Louvre Museum. In the course of his investigation, Langdon learns about a centuries old tussle between the Priory of Scion and Opus Dei. He also stumbles upon a conspiracy regarding the marriage of Jesus Christ of Nazareth to Mary Magdalene and a blood line started by them.

The Da Vinci Code was a stupendous success in the year 2004. It was featured on the second spot of all the best sellers list with the first spot being taken by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

The book also won the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards that are given out for the Adult Fiction. Its popularity was not limited to just sales and rewards instead it gave birth to a large number of conspiracy theory fanatic groups. The book also spawned a large number of offspring works. It also was reviewed quite well by publications like the New York Times, The Washington Post and the people.

The book also increased the sale of other Holy Grail related books. Some books like the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail, The Last Templar and The Templar Legacy became best seller due to the interest generated by The Da Vinci code.

Stephen King is well known for scaring the wits out of people with his horror novels. Here is a look at what most of the people think of as his scariest work so far.

‘It’ is a bestselling horror novel by the renowned author Stephen King, the novel was published in the year 1986. The book is considered to be one of Stephen King’s most visceral and truly graphic works. Some people also consider it to be his masterpiece putting it on the same pedestals as his another best seller, The Stand.

‘It’ is treated as a landmark in King’s writing career as it introduced some themes which were used by Stephen King in most of his works. Some of the main themes dealt in ‘IT’ are: childhood trauma, the power of memory, and the ugliness that lies under the so called perfect life of a small-town façade.

The ‘It’ is one of those novels by Stephen King that features a nonlinear narrative. The novel’s narrative actually keeps on alternating between two entirely different time periods. It also follows the different perspectives and stories of its seven protagonists, one after another.

‘It’ was very popular and still is, Hollywood took notice of the novel and soon it was adapted into a Television movie in the year, 1990 with the same name title. It features actors like, John Ritter, Harry Anderson, Tim Reid, Annette O’Toole, Richard Thomas and Tim Curry as Pennywise the clown. It was also listed as the best-selling book in America in 1986 by the journal Publishers Weekly.

According to a recent announcement Sci Fi Channel has decide to make another adaptation of the novel under the same name. This time it will be a 4 hour TV movie.

Well it looks like, ‘IT’ will surely continue to become King’s most famous work.

The Exorcist is a 1973 film, credited with putting the horror genre into the mainstream. The film was an adaptation of a novel of the same name, written by William Peter Blatty, first published in the year, 1971.

The Exorcist deals with the demonic possession faced by a young girl. The girl’s mother desperately attempts to win back her daughter. She contacts two Christian priests for doing an exorcism on her daughter.

The film starred Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb, Mercedes McCambridge and Jason Miller. It can be safely said that the film as well as novel take inspirations from a real exorcism that happened in 1949 that was performed on a 14-year-old boy. The film started a cycle of the exorcism movies as it as followed by the Omen series and Rosemary’s Baby.

The film also cemented its position in the history of cinemas as one of the most profitable horror films of all time. The film grossed $402,500,000 around the world. The film also earned a total of ten Academy Award nominations, it ended up with two Oscars, one for the Best Sound and one for the Best Adapted Screenplay.

It was also nominated as the Best film but it ended up losing the award to The Sting starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford. The film became so much famous that not only it caused a boost the novel’s sale but it was also restored and released with some new and extended scenes. The re-release happened on March 17, 2000 and then the restored version was released on September 22, 2000.

So if you have not watched the film, go ahead rent it and spend a night getting scared out of your senses. The Exorcist is easily available o0n DVD in both original and restored versions.

Do you want to watch a film which is counted as one of the best films in the world and has a strong Indian connection? Well go for The Sixth Sense, which has been written and directed by M. Night. Shyamalan, of Indian origin. Also the film is based on the very Indian theme of life after death.

The Sixth sense is a critically acclaimed psychological horror film. The film narrates the story of Cole Sear, who is a young boy seemingly troubled and living an isolated existence. He has a very strange problem he actually sees ‘Dead People’ and even talks to them. His case is handled by an equally troubled child psychologist who understands his problem and tries to help him out.

The film established Shyamalan as a successful screen writer and director. The film also introduced his attraction towards twist endings. The film was both critically acclaimed and patronized by the cinema going public. It ended up as on of the highest earners that year and even earned six Academy Awards nominations that also included nods for Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Director and Best supporting actor.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America awarded The Sixth Sense with a Nebula Award for Best Script in the year 1999. The film also earned #71 spot on the 100 Scariest Movie Moments chosen by Bravo. Recently the film has also garnered a new acclaim, being named the 89th Best Film of all time, by the American Film Institute in the year 2007.

The film has become extremely popular over the years. People often quote a famous line form the film, “I see dead people” as a catchphrase. It has reached the number 44 on AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies Quote List. The Sixth Sense’s popularity also made it as one of America’s most “heart pounding movies of all-time”.

Amitabh Bachchan, who is arguably the greatest actor to come out of India, has had countless, unforgettable, classic Hindi films. Recently Ridley Scott, an American filmmaker has reportedly asked Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan to star in his upcoming film, “Body of Lies.” In a recent interview with a prominent Indian newspaper, Bachchan admitted that without a script, it would be difficult to accept the role: “Ridley Scott wants me to play a part of the Jordanian in the film. I’ve asked for more details. I need to see the script before I take a call.”Body of Lies,” a thriller based on an Al Queda plot, will feature Russell Crowe as a manipulative CIA boss, who teams up with DiCaprio, an ex journalist turned CIA operative, in order to catch an Al Queda leader. The filming of “Body of Lies” will begin in the fall of 2007. In this film Amitabh is supposed to stars alongside Leonardo DiCaprio and Russel Crowe.

An Oscar winning Hollywood actress Halle Berry announces her pregnancy. But after two days of announcing her pregnancy her car was damaged and she blamed the Paparazzi for her car crash, she said that Paparazzi crossed limits when they forced her off the road while driving in Hollywood. She said that Paparazzi chased her and she got into car accident. She was stuck with her crashed car, and she was wondering that if this accident somehow impacted her pregnancy and she was feeling totally helpless and despoiled she thought that she hope this jerks and this hit hasn’t done anything to her internally.

Hollywood Actress Eva Longoria has recently opened that she has no plans of having kids. She told us that, she and her screen character, Gabrielle, on the hit TV show were not keen in the coming future. Marc Cherry, her boss on the TV show had slapped a baby ban on her and her husband Tony Parker, who is the French basketball star. The ban oblique that the couple would have to wait at least for a year before they down serious business of making babies. Tony and Eva are excited to start a family but Marc has forbidden her to get pregnant this year.

Yeah its Friday and I have written about the new releases in the previous post but this one called Eye of the Dolphin deserves a separate post to be honest so in all my honesty I am throwing in a new post for this lovely movie.

The movie “Eye Of The Dolphin” is a family movie with a good story and an excellent flow all throughout without a slight hint of boredom or anything like that even remotely. I am normally not very easy to impress but I am impressed with this excellent movie. The story is about a little girl who is forced to live with her father who is too much in love with dolphins and is busy doing his research work all day long without being able to spare any time for his daughter but one day the little girls life changes and the reason is a wild dolphin who becomes friends with her and the rest is for you to watch and then talk about it latter I can bet any money that you will like the movie. Below is a little trailer of the movie for you…. Have fun.