Movies for the Holidays

This article gives release dates for new movies opening from now untill Christmas Day.There is a brief description of each movie and the authors advice on what to see and what to avoid but it looks like an interesting mix of films. Click here to see the article.

New United Artist movie studio has a poor start.

United Artists owned by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner has gotten off to a poor  start as their first movie “Lions For Lambs” may lose money.Tom Cruises new movie “Valkyrie” set to be released next year may also not do well.For the full story click here.

Movies and Graphic Novels

Film makers and the writers of Graphic Novels are working together more often.Novels are being made into movies and some movies wind up as graphic novels.To find out how this is changing both art forms click here.

Lionsgate and Tyler Perry

The leading independent film studio Lionsgate has aquired the rights to the next 2 Tyler Perry films.Tyler Perry is a very popular film maker.For information on both Tyler Perry and Lionsgate please click here.

Movie Review:”He Was a Quiet Man”

Christian Bale in “He Was a Quiet Man”plays an obnoxious office worker with paranoid fantasies and some very wierd obsessions. The movie directed by Frank Cappello focuses on the main character and a bizzare incident which causes people to change their opinion of him.The review can be read by clicking here.

Interview with Frank Darabont

Frank Darabont is best known as the director of the Stephan King stories “The Green Mile”and “Shawshank Redemption”.  Now he has directed another Stephan King story “The Mist” which will soon be in theaters.In the interview he talks about his new movie and working on Stephen King’s stories.Please click here.

Movie Review :”Beowulf “3d Version

The reviewer descibed the 3D version of the movie “Beowulf” as stunning.To read the full review please click here.

Interview with Maggie Q

Maggie Q was living in Hawaii when she was discovered by  Jackie Chan and she started her acting career as an action heroine in Aisia.Her breakthrough in Hollywood cane when she starred with Tom Cruise in” Mission Impossible 3 “and this year she was in “Live Free or Die Hard”. She was interviewed by Kritie LuStout of CNN.Please click here to read the interview.

4 Movie Reviews

To see reviews of “Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium”, “Love in the time of Cholera”, “Redacted”, and” Southland Tales” please click here.

New “Vudu” downloading service

“Vudu” is a movie downloading service started in October which cinsists of a set top box which allows the downloading of movies either for rental or purchase.The Vudu box already offers 5000 standard movies from major film studios and independent film distributers.Now however Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, and Lionsgate will start to offer films in hi definition format.Please click here for more information.