Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Saturday, November 28, 2015
10 Romantic Movies for Valentine's Day 2015
1. P.S. I Love You (2007)
Cast: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler
Plot: Holly and Gerry are a married couple and deeply in love. Gerry dies from an illness, Holly Kennedy loses the love of her life. But Gerry plans ahead by knowing how hard Holly will take his death. Beginning on her 30th birthday, she receives the first in a series of letters written by him to ease her grief and encourage her to move forward to a new life.
2. A Walk to Remember (2002)
Cast: Shane West and Mandy Moore
Plot: The story of two North Carolina teens, Landon Carter and Jamie Sullivan, who are thrown together after Landon gets into trouble. The two start powerful and inspirational relationship, in which they discover truths that take most people a lifetime to learn.
3. If Only (2004)
Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt and Paul Nicholls
Plot: Violinist Samantha (Jennifer Love Hewitt) is always taken for granted by her live-in partner Wyndham (Paul Nicholls).
Briton loves her very much but more in love with his own career. He knows her importance until he is to lose her to death one day.
4. Sweet November (2001)
Cast: Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron
Plot: Nelson Moss (Keanu Reeves) and Sara Deever (Charlize Theron)ly spent one hour in DMV hell, since then, they were intrigued by each other, but not quite ready to commit, they develop a one-month trial, after which they'll go their separate ways. No expectations. No pressure. No strings attached.
5. Casablanca （1942)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid
Plot: Rick Blaine (Humphrey Bogart) set in unoccupied Africa during the early days of World War II, one day met former lover, she was in the same town with her husband who is a famed rebel. Rick can help them get out of the country.
6. Gone with the Wind (1940)
Cast: Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable
Plot: This movie is a 1939 American film, a historical epic and romance-drama adapted from Margaret Mitchell's Pulitzer-winning 1936 novel of the same name. It tells the tragical survival and tangled love story of petulant southern belle Scarlett O'Hara (Vivien Leigh), based on the American Civil War and Reconstruction era.
7. An Officer and a Gentleman（1982)
Cast: Richard Gere, Louis Gossett Jr., Debra Winger
Plot: Zack Mayo (Richard Gere) is a new brat of the U.S. Navy. He met with Sgt. Emil Foley (Louis Gossett Jr.) a strict leadship. Through Foley’s training and guidance, an Zack learns some tough lessons and discovers what he truly wants out of life.
8. The Way We Were (1973)
Cast: Sydney Pollack Starring: Barbra Streisand, Robert Redford, Bradford Dillman and Lois Chiles.
Plot: Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand) meets Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford) are attracted by each other during their college days. In the wake of World War II, they meet again and marry. Katie's objections. They have the fundamental differences in the way they engage the world, which eventually pull them apart.
9. You've Got Mail (1998)
Cast: Hallee Hirsh, Michael Palin, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear, Jean Stapleton
Plot: Kathleen Kelly owns a little yet famous bookstore for children's books, she falls in love with a man over the internet without knowing him in person. Suddenly, her business get endangered by the opening of Fox Books. She never know that the man on the internet is right the son of the owner of Fox Books.
10. Vertigo (1958)
Cast: Samuel A. Taylor, Maxwell Anderson, Alec Coppel
Plot: The Plot is intriguing, with a police officer being hired to investigate the strange behavior of an acquaintance's wife. Scottie ended up falling in love with her. Unfortunately for him, Madeleine died and he was left alone until a woman named Judy came along and things start to unfold.
Saturday, November 21, 2015
Top 10 Most Incredible Dinosaur Movies Of All Time
In the beginning, there were dinosaurs. And that was it. They roamed, they ruled, they straight-up chilled on our good planet until (probably) a meteor came out of nowhere and led them to a fiery and unpleasant and (almost but not complete, IMHO) extinction. DINOS, y’all! I’ve always been fascinated by these creatures and, in anticipation of the new Jurassic Park — ahem — WORLD movie, I’ve been thinking about dinosaurs even more than usual. Perhaps you’ve also experienced a resurgence in interest. Maybe you’ve been watching the chickens run back and forth in you and your girlfriend’s backyard and thinking about their ancient lineage. Maybe you’ve recently pinned a little brachiosaurus figurine to your new super-cute collared top and a super-cute girl gave you a thumbs up. MAYBE you just want to sit/lay on your best friend’s couch all day and watch dino-centric movies and eat popcorn for dinner. Baby, this one’s for you.
1. Jurassic Park, and Jurassic Park III, but definitely not The Lost World
Here’s where it all began. Me, just a little tyke, sitting too close to the television, watching a man struggle against the most awesome creatures to ever exist. They were HUGE and fast and smart. They fought. They ate. They chased Jeff Goldblum! I was mesmerized! And soon thereafter I became obsessed. 20 years later, I’m still obsessed.
The reason I don’t include the second film, The Lost World, is because even as a kid it didn’t seem to hold to what Jurassic Park was all about — wonder, humans failing against nature (one of my favorite archetypes) — and also, it was all focused around this boring hetero white family who couldn’t get their shit together. There was no epic dino-fighting/dino-attacking scene, which, regardless of science or logic, is definitely my favorite kind of scene. Anyways, the first and third are my favorite you can’t change me!
2. The Land Before Time
So I tried to remember how many of these movies were made, and I got up to six — and then when I actually fact-checked myself, I learned that there were FOURTEEN of these movies?! Did the Now! That’s What I Call Music enterprise merge with an animated dinosaur series and nobody told me?! Anyways, these movies were a very intricate part of my childhood. I watched them so many times, learned so many names of dinosaurs and their personality types (perhaps asking longneck or triceratops was our child-version of the Myers Briggs). They got a little musical-y too, which is about as high as my musical limit enjoys. Let’s have a sleepover and watch these. All fourteen. Yep yep yep!
3. Dinosaur
This was my first IMAX movie experience. I remember breaking my neck to try and see every detail of all the dinosaurs. Looking back, the movie was pretty depressing (though there is a happy ending!) but it’s SO GOOD. I kept naming things “Aladar” years after this came out. Also, the production of this film is actually pretty amazing if that’s your thing (it’s mine, too).
4. We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story
The 80’s! Aliens! ANIMATED DINOSAURS AND A NOSTALGIC NYC! If Autostraddle isn’t a John Goodman fan club, I will bow myself out. I feel like I don’t have to say too much about this movie because it’s so good. LET’S TALK ABOUT IT
5. Theodore Rex
I actively remember renting this from Blockbuster (RIP) and while all my other gal pals fell asleep during Janelle’s b-day party extravaganza (seriously she always had the best birthday parties), I popped this sucker in and enjoyed WHOOPI GOLDBERG investigating CRIMES with a dinosaur named THEODORE.
6. Godzilla (1954)
Along with other totally inappropriate movies I watched for my age, another early memory is Godzilla. My favorite nights were TMC’s b-side horror nights, where the claymation and stop-animation effects would come out of the woodwork. The miniature sets that we’re built and the voice-overs, I could eat popcorn and M&Ms and watch this movie and it’s cousins (King Kong, The Creature from the Black Lagoon) every weekend if you wanted. Do you want to? Do you want to come over?
7. Journey to the Beginning of Time
Though the entire plot is centered on four straight cis-white boys (yada yada yada, amirte?), as a child I somehow just projected myself into the cast. #bois4lyfe They find a cave in the NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM that leads them to… DINOSAURS. Just like many of us still know in our hearts that our Hogwarts letter will come when the time is right, I also know in my heart of hearts that I will someday see a dinosaur. THEY AREN’T EXTINCT.
8. Monsters Resurrected
Though this is more of a documentary – I remember I was watching a series of TRUE LIFE REAL FOOTAGE docs on the Loch Ness and this came up and obviously I tuned in. Mostly, I just remember their reincarnation of the plesiosaur and I immediately drew the conclusion that I, yes tiny child I, had just figured it all out: NESSIE WAS A NON-EXTINCT PLESIOSAUR, IT ALL MADE SENSE! Though I am now older and wiser, I’m still not totally convinced I’m wrong. Remember when Discovery Channel played cool stuff?
9. Walking With Dinosaurs
Memaw would highlight programs for us to watch in her TV guide, things of special relevance to us and our interests, and we would plan entire days/weeks around these highlighted rectangles. 1990’s CGI technology? Promises of new knowledge surrounding the -aceous and -assic eras? I WAS SOLD. IT WAS HIGHLIGHTED. WE WERE GONNA WATCH.
You won’t be disappointed. there’s even a “making of” Walking With Dinosaurs, meaning you NEVER HAVE TO STOP. No but seriously, I use dinosaur facts a lot in my everyday life, and I think I got most of those facts from this show.
10. Jurassic World
Okay, call me a hype beast, but it’s already one of my favorite movies and I haven’t even seen it yet. Since 2002 there have been rumors of another movie, and I have asked “how high?” to every jump they gave. Though there are already going to be so many different things about this movie compared to the other ‘classic’ three, I CANNOT WAIT. I’ve been waiting. I’ve been watching the previews over and over and I usually hate previews! They’re basically just a bunch of spoilers but guys there is a PLESIOSAUR I AM READY, TAKE ME.
Source:AutoStraddle
Monday, November 2, 2015
The Scariest Movies Based on True Stories
When it comes to scary movies, we all get extra shivers when we see onscreen that a movie is based on true stories. Can you think of the scariest movies inspired from reality? We made a list of some of the best movies from the horror genre that took their inspiration from real facts, let’s see which one scared you the most:
The Silence of the Lambs
Speaking of Ed Gein, he was also an inspiration for Thomas Harris’ Silence of the Lambs, he would skin his victims; the story was also based on the known killer Ted Bundy. His relationship with Robert Keppel, a professor and criminal profiler was the base for Clarice’s relationship with Hannibal Lecter. Isn’t it weird how sometimes life is weirder than fiction?
Jaws
One of the most well-known horror movies, Jaws was based on Peter Benchley’s novel, and the author got his inspiration from the story of a fisherman from Long Island who, in 1964 caught a great white shark. The waters don’t look that safe now, do they?
The Exorcist
There are numerous exorcism movies out there but one has remained in the mind of the viewers as great cult classic, The Exorcist from 1973. The movie is actually based on the true story of boy who was considered to be possessed. Roland Doe, not his real name, just a pseudonym, was brought in to be exorcised by the Catholic Church in 1949. The movie was made from the novel of Peter Blatty and he got his inspiration from Doe’s case. Looks even scarier now, doesn’t it?
Psycho
When you say “horror film” you say Hitchcock but how surprised are you to see the movie about the mysterious and creepy Norman Bates on this list? We all know that the movie is based on Robert Bloch’s novel but where did the author have his inspiration? Rumor has it that he was inspired in writing his book from a Wisconsin serial killer, Ed Gein
The Hills Have Eyes
This freaky scary movie is not everyone’s favorite, a story about a flesh-eating family will surely creep you to death, especially since the movie is so graphic. The script was based on the legend of Alexander Sawney Bean, the head of a 48-member clan 16th century from Scotland. The clan gained its fame for mass murdering and cannibalizing. So you see, history has some very dark and twisted skeletons in its closet.
Dead Ringers
One of Jeremy Irons’ best movies, David Cronenberg cult film about identical twins Elliot and Beverly was based on the true story of Stewart and Cyril Marcus, twins and gynecologists, found dead from withdrawal. The twins suffered from barbiturate addiction. David Cronenberg found their story interesting and used parts of it as an inspiration for his famous film. To this day, Dead Ringer is one of the most controversial movies in the history of cinema, considered a masterpiece by many and hard to watch by few.
A Nightmare on Elm Street
The horror story of a generation, A Nightmare on Elm Street is the movie that haunted teenagers from all over the world and it still does, given its multiple reruns, remakes and spin-offs. While the actual story is fictional, the director and writer said that he was slightly inspired by a group of Cambodian immigrants who died due to their nightmares. The story appeared in the LA Times and that’s how Wes Craven got his inspiration for the famous Nightmare on Elm Street.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
What a weird movie this was, right? Texas Chainsaw massacre will forever remain a cult classic but did you know that the character of Leatherface is somewhat inspired form a real-life person? The plot of the movie is fictional but this character was inspired by a serial killer who, when arrested, was found in possession of human skin masks. Creepy, no? You would not want to think that there are people out there committing these kind of atrocities but as you can see, life always surprises us.
Zodiac
The Zodiac killer is one of the most popular serial killers in history, it was only natural that books, movies and plays were made from his story. The thriller was directed by David Fincher and was based on the non-fiction book with the same name. The Zodiac Killer operated in San Francesco in the 1970s, and his modus operandi was taunt the police with letters mailed to newspapers. His case remains one of the most infamous unsolved murder mysteries in the history of the San Francisco’s police department.
Hard Candy
Hard Candy is a vigilante thriller about a young girl who finds and tortures a suspected sexual predator. The movie is quite graphical and its release was surrounded by controversy from both the audience and critics due to its clear depict of torturing methods and due to the sexual charge of the film. The producer of the independent movie got his inspiration from something he heard in the news about a women from Tokyo who allegedly was luring men into traps promising them sex. The director said that he did not find that particular news again and that his story was merely an idea that raised from that press segment, so in the end, we are not sure how much of a reality is in Hard Candy.
As you can see, life has a tendency to surprise and scare us even more than horror fiction does. Just imagine how many unknown cases are there and how many more scary movies will be inspired from the tales of life.
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