Natalie Portman has been in the news lately for all the right reasons. Her portrayal of a troubled ballet dancer in the Black Swan won her a Golden Globe award and she is my favourite to land the Oscar as well. Portman had previously come close to winning the Oscar in 2005 when she was nominated for her role in Closer under the category of 'Best Supporting Actress'. But this year she is likely to make the transition from being an Oscar nominee to an Oscar winner! Even with all these wonderful and much deserved accolades coming her way, it would require something really special for her latest film to have any serious impact on the box office. No Strings Attached starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher is releasing this weekend without hardly the buzz that Black Swan created. And understandably so. No Strings Attached, as the name suggests, is nothing more than a story of two friends who want to be in a relationship without any strings attached and who, I presume, would eventually fall in love that would complicate matters and thus result in a two hour long movie that the audience will have to endure. Releasing alongwith it is the Ben Affleck and Tommy Lee Jones starrer The Company Men - a story about three co-workers whose lives change after being laid off by their company. Sounds more meaningful. Both these movies would have to wrestle with The Green Hornet for the top spot that did decently well with $34 million collections at the US box office on its opening weekend. A three-way contest it would be, but the sparkling gems of 2011 are yet to come!
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