Feature: “Angel Collection” (various dates), “Benji Christmas Collection” (various dates), ” Cars 2″ (2011), “Christmas Carol: Sixtieth Anniversary Edition” (1951), “Crazy, Stupid, Love” (2011),”Essential Daffy Duck” (…
TorrentFreak’s most pirated films list was led by (no surprise here) “Avatar,” followed by “The Dark Knight,” “Transformers,” “Inception” and “The Hangover.” So what does it tell us?
LOS ANGELES — Americans’ spending on home videos has finally emerged from the recession — helped by more purchases of higher-priced Blu-ray discs and greater outlays on cut-rate rentals from Netflix and Redbox. For the three months through September, home movie spending rose nearly 5 percent from a year earlier to $3.9 billion, the first increase since early 2008, according to industry …
Suppose you want to watch some movies on Halloween that are not necessarily scary.
Halloween is the ideal time for monster movies, ghost stories, and generally spooky entertainment.
Genre: ComedyDirectors: Glenn Ficarra, John RequaStars: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore**With its full complement of A-list acting talent, Crazy, Stupid, Love has so much going for it. The always reliable Steve Carell, playing clueless nerd Cal, is paired with Julianne Moore’s Emily, who announces after 25 years hitched that she wants a divorce. We don’t know why and we aren’t given …
Consumers are tending to favor Blu-ray over DVD when buying copies of top hits for home use, a nonprofit analyst group that tracks Hollywood reported Monday.
Genre: AnimationDirectors: John Lasseter, Brad LewisStars: Owen Wilson, Larry the Cable Guy, Michael Caine**Pixar’s ’toon machine spins its wheels with this low-octane sequel to Cars, its 2006 clunker.The movie opens like a James Bond picture, with an Aston Martin (voiced by Michael Caine) seeking to infiltrate an oil rig in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. There’s some international skulduggery …
The true story behind the composition of Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” has captured the imagination of filmmakers since at least “The Bride of Frankenstein.” That sequel to the original Universal Studios horror classic opens with a framing device in which Mary, Percy Shelley, and Lord Byron sit around while Mary tells them her story.
Video Happy Halloween, readers! Today, I’ll finish off my postings of horror films with one final set of recommendations for you.