LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Influential visual effects maker and animator Ray Harryhausen, who brought monsters, skeletons and mythological beasts to life for movies like “Jason and the Argonauts” long before computers took over the job, died Tuesday at age 92, his family said. Harryhausen, who was born in Los Angeles and worked for more than 40 years in the movie industry, died in London, his …
“Cloud Atlas” (R, 172 minutes, Warner): At its simplest, “Cloud Atlas” tells the interlocking stories of several characters over a 500-year span. How these disparate players intersect becomes the labyrinthine game, in which each story line gets its own distinctive look and tone. Those visual cues work well in helping viewers make sense of the dizzying time-trips “Cloud Atlas” takes them on; more …
Washington, D.C. (May 7, 2013) – Microsoft’s next XBox will likely include a Blu-ray player, according to an internal e-mail sent to Microsoft employees which was obtained by the web site, Ars Technica.
All the naysayers who believe no one goes to the movies anymore, take note: “Iron Man 3†roared into U.S. theaters last week, opening to $175 million, the second-largest movie opening weekend of all time.
The 1973 film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar is released on Blu-ray by Universal Studios May 7.
By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle Not many people have hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, the whole dang thing, that is – about 2,650 miles. But millions have walked at least a piece of it. More people have climbed Mount Everest than have completed the The post DVD delves into what it’s like to hike the PCT appeared first on Lake Tahoe News .
By Jeff Sneider LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) – A trio of Hollywood veterans are teaming up to reinvent 1950s B-movies from the American International Pictures library.
With Iron Man 3 hitting theatres and rocketing to huge box office numbers this past weekend, the summer movie season officially began.
Members of the Domestic Violence and Disability group, meeting in Auckland yesterday, expressed their disgust at reports that complaints made over a twelve year period by disabled people living at Parklands residential facility did not appear to have …
Quentin Tarantino’s bloody slave revenge epic “Django Unchained†fought off gangsters, ghosts and a tsunami to hang on to the No. 1 spot in DVD sales and rentals — for the second week running. Also, with “Jurassic Park 3-D†in theaters and “Jurassic Park 4†in pre-production, the 1994 release of “Jurassic Park†made a surprise reappearance on the rental chart — in its 968th week.