The trend continues. Hollywood, like every year, is ready to release an array of movies and animation films in the beginning of New Year. Although a number of block buster movies are already showing in theaters there is no dearth of excitement among movie lovers for new releases. As per box office news some of the latest movies are making great profit with the rush of viewers in the festive season. Film magazines are full with film reviews and movie photos while Page 3 reporters are competing with each other for exclusive interviews of movie stars. If you have not updated your movie list yet here is some latest movies news for you.



Movie buffs are all charged up with the release of ‘Slumdog Millionaire'. This British drama film has already rocked the world with its touching story and excellent cinematography and causing commotion in the box office too. Director Danny Boyle is on a high with awards flowing from everywhere while exclusive interview of Slumdog Millionaire's Jamal Mullick, Dev Patel is already being aired. This cross over film has already bagged 4 Golden Globes and five out of the six awards it won nomination for at the Critics' Choice. Millions of viewers hope this winning spree continues for Slumdog Millionaire with ten nominations at the 81st Academy Awards and eleven at 62nd BAFTA Awards.

Another release of 2009 is Defiance that has all the attributes to be enlisted among the best commercial movies of the year. The creator of The Last Samurai, Edward Zwick is back with another war film. Much acclaimed actor Daniel Craig is featuring the lead role as Tuvia Bielski. The action thriller based on the novel' Defiance: The Bielski Partisans' is a story of four Jewish brothers who escaped from a Nazi military base. The movie evolves round the incidents and danger the prisoners faced while escaping. The films title song ‘Defiance' is already a hit and it won nomination for Best Original Score at the 2009 Oscar. Though the novel could be filmed more dynamically Defiance has much to offer to its viewers.

Those who love to watch off-beat films can include in their movie lists the names such as ‘The Reader', ‘Doubt', ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' and ‘Challenging'. ‘Revolutionary Road' pairing Leonardo DiCaprio and the Kate Winslet has already acquired critics' appraisals. Extraordinary performance of the blonde beauty in Revolutionary Road and The Reader has brought her two Golden Globes in 2009. The Reader gives you a taste of modern German classic. While portraying the complex character of a concentration camp guard, Hanna in The Reader Kate Winslet shows her class as an actor.

With the release of Revolutionary Road it was inevitable that comparisons will take place between the box office hit Titanic and this latest Leo and Kate paired movie. From the innocent teenager in Titanic to the desperate housewife in Revolutionary Road the blonde beauty has walked a long way and that shows in her performance.

Doubt is a superb screen adaptation of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer and Tony Award winning drama. The movie is a quest for existential truth that enthralls its viewers with the desolating consequence of blind ‘justice' in the epoch of ethics and moral conviction. That is where Doubt succeeds in raising questions in the mind of its audience.

The list is long. Reviews of 2009 Golden Globe winning feature films are already available on the web. Apart from film reviews websites come loaded with movie clips, movie news and photos. In addition to the latest movie releases you have a lot more coming soon. So, this year you have good reasons to rush to the theater.