| What Are The DVD Easter Eggs? by Mark Affler |
| The fact that you need to see is that there are a lot of dvd Easter eggs that are present in most dvds that you can buy online or in stores. The real attractive thing about it is that finding and discovering dvd Easter eggs is a real treasure hunt. |
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| Is Burning a Backup of a DVD that you Purchased Legal? by Rich Vial |
| This is a very interesting question and seems to be in the grey area of law. I will present some interesting issues on the subject for both sides. The important thing to mention is that I am not giving legal advice on the subject and I am not an expert. |
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| Biographies: Visual Artists In The Movies by Natalia Kobseva |
| Visual artists biographies is a popular theme in the movie world. Moviemakers have always been fascinated by visual artists biographies, especially if it includes struggle with insanity, drug addiction or social conventions. In addition, it gives them an opportunity to depict original or resurrected artworks on the big screen. |
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| Are You a Steven Spielberg Wannabe? by Svein Farovig |
| You have just been on a holiday trip to Italy. Your new high tech digital video camera was your travelling companion. Well maybe your wife and kids too. However, on this trip you really push the button. You go bananas with your new toy and instruct your surroundings to behave just as you want them on your widescreen back home. |
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| Picking the Winners of the 2010 Academy Awards by Craig Parker |
| The 82nd Academy Awards are now under a month away. The nominations have been announced and the speculation has begun. As always it is as intense as usual for this is no ordinary awards competition. These awards have the ability to instantly change your life. If it is your name that is read out when the envelope is opened suffice to say that your life will never be the same again. |
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger Needs to Go Back to Movies by Brad Sturdivant |
| Arnold the Governor has been fun, but movie fans need Schwarzenegger back in front of the camera. There's been a void ever since he left and now is the time for him to make his return. |
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| 'Valentine's Day' Feels Less Like a Crush Than It Does a Rash by Sean Chavel |
| "Valentine's Day" offers more traffic of inconsequential characters than it does offer anything insightful about young men and women in love. With diminishing interests, the viewing experience becomes a parlor game of which actor gets the most screen time and which actor gets the least. |
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| 'Edge of Darkness' Utilizes Mel Gibson's Strength and Appeal by Sean Chavel |
| 'The Edge of Darkness' is an overlong thriller, but it has interesting edges and spiky dialogue that keeps you watching. Mel Gibson is superb doing his characteristic mad guy to the max. |
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| 'The Wolfman' A Curse To Sit Through by Sean Chavel |
| 'The Wolfman' is nearly a disaster that certainly is not redeemed by the lazy and uninteresting performances by Benicio del Toro and Anthony Hopkins who do not pass off well playing father and son who have both been bitten. The special effects in the transformation scenes offer nothing new that we haven't seen before. |
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| The Star Wars Stories Need to End by Brad Sturdivant |
| We all know Star Wars is a great film, but George Lucas has milked it to its death. Let's leave the stories to the books and end any more movies or TV shows. |
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| Christian Bale Needs to Get Back to His Roots by Brad Sturdivant |
| Christian Bale is one of the best and most liked actors working today, but he needs to get back to doing smaller, character driven roles and then mix in a few bigger parts. |
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| Movies Capital in Evolving Film Making by Steve Albright |
| Many films come out every year but there are not many movies capital in changing the way Hollywood makes feature films. When these types of movies do come out they are a great pleasure to watch and are treat to movie goers, but beyond that their affect remains in the way that they influence the entire industry. |
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| Avatar Movie-Life Energy-Kundalini by Aden James |
The Avatar movie does a great job in depicting the energy web of life; the surrealistic forms give one the feeling that everything is connected.and indeed it is, our human nervous system connects to the vibrant energetic force of all life, a good example of this is, that there is only one breath. Think about this for a minute that the breath you take is the very same breath taken in by a merchant in New Deli, India.
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| Avatar Movie Sends Us a Message by Ryan Round |
| Don't you just love the Avatar movie? Wasn't seeing it the biggest 3-D screen viewing experience of a lifetime? Of course you've seen it, having grossed more than $1 billion in less than three weeks of being released. Written and directed by James Cameron, no movie has ever grossed more money other than his film Titanic. |
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| Movies Capital in Launching New Careers by Steve Albright |
| In the world of Hollywood it's beyond difficult to make it, this has been true since movies became popular and flocks of Midwestern kids headed west to make their dreams come true. When a star does breakthrough it's due to years of persistence and hard work, although it's also important to recognize the movies capital in launching their new careers. |
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| "Fantastic Mr. Fox" Tickles You With Delight by Sean Chavel |
| Of all of this year's animated films, "Fantastic Mr. Fox" is the most deserving of a big audience. It certainly is an original, and delightful, movie escape. |
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| The Book of Eli Contains Denzel Brand of Religion by Sean Chavel |
| "The Book of Eli" is a surprisingly thoughtful action movie, directed by the Hughes Brothers, that fits the post-apocalyptic category. Denzel Washington is a wasteland drifter carrying scripture. Gary Oldman gives another layered performance as a villainous town ruler. |
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| 'Did You Hear About the Morgans?' Isn't Exactly Romantic but it has its Charms by Sean Chavel |
| Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker as New Yorkers relocated to Wyoming in the fish out of water comedy "Did You Hear About the Morgans?" Not as uninspired as advance word has suggested, it is trite but has some zingers and a slightly different attitude from its genre comparisons. Neither is it essential viewing, but it is halfway decent. |
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| 'Public Enemies' An Underrated Action Epic Comes to DVD by Sean Chavel |
| "Public Enemies" is the Michael Mann film about John Dillinger's bank robbing spree in the 1930's, the era of the Great Depression, as well as an exploration of the early days of the FBI as organized by J. Edgar Hoover. |
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| Jeff Bridges Attains Oscar Attention with his Turn in "Crazy Heart" by Sean Chavel |
| As Bad Blake, Jeff Bridges reminds us again as to why he is a premiere character actor. This sad take on a out of fuel 57-year old musician will likely get the actor an Oscar nomination. |
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| "The Lovely Bones" is a Creative if Liberal Adaptation of the Best-Selling Book by Sean Chavel |
| Peter Jackson's emotional film of a love, loss and the agonies of revenge, set in 1973 in the suburbs of Pennsylvania. Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon round out the cast, but it is young actress Saoirse Ronan from "Atonement" who steals the show. |
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| Best Films of the Decade by Sean Chavel |
| No Country for Old Man and Mulholland Dr. lead off the list of the best films of the last ten years, in an article that catalogs twenty accomplished titles. |
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| 'Invictus' a Stirring Portrait of South Africa by Sean Chavel |
| "Invictus" is another Clint Eastwood crowd-pleaser and realistic Oscar candidate. Morgan Freeman excels as Nelson Mandela, another role he was born to play. |
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| "Brothers" Has Gathered Hype That Has Been Misplaced by Sean Chavel |
| Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal and Natalie Portman are three characters entangled in hardship and guilt in "Brothers," a heavy-handed film that tries too hard to pluck emotion from its audience. |
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| How to Find Your Online Movies Capital by Steve Albright |
| There are so many new technologies and mediums for watching movies and shows online that you are no longer restricted to just simply watching on a standard TV. There are many different websites that allow you to watch programming online. The trick to finding your online movies capital is to know where to look. |
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