When a sufficient number of movie goers find a movie that they like enough, they turn into fans. When a movie collects enough fans, it turns into a classic. There’s little doubt that the movie Twilight, and its leading characters Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, have amassed an adequate number of fans to enter the [...]
The three part Twilight movie franchise is based on the wildly successful novels by the American author Stephenie Meyer. At this writing, the novels have sold over 85 million copies in more than 38 countries. The first book in the Twilight series, Twilight, was made into a movie in 2008. The second book in the [...]
The Fourth Kind is a very unusual movie, on several levels. From the sobering face-on prologue by model-turned-movie-star Milla Jovovich to the split screen synchronized dialog to the documentary-like camera work and presentation, The Fourth Kind is not your typical movie. It’s even hard to find the appropriate genre for The Fourth Kind. Science fiction, [...]
The movie Old Dogs was released by Walt Disney in November of 2009. The movie stars John Travolta and Robin Williams. It also stars John Travolta’s wife, Kelly Preston, and John Travolta’s daughter, Ella Bleu Travolta. Old Dogs also had several cameo appearances by some well known actors including Seth Green, Matt Dillon, Justin Long, [...]
As James Cameron’s latest blockbuster movie, Avatar, rockets its way to becoming one of the two highest grossing movies of all time, the internet is abuzz with discussions regarding the scientific plausibility of the flora and fauna depicted in the movie. Having read some of the arguments that suggest that the flora and fauna of [...]
In 1984 James Cameron did something that Hollywood absolutely adores. He made a relatively low budget movie that got very little press and turned it into a huge money-making blockbuster that is still popular 25 years later. That movie was The Terminator, and James Cameron’s original movie has spawned several sequels, video games, toys, clothes [...]
Dexter is a caring brother, a loving husband and father, and a highly skilled forensic blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department. Dexter is also a serial killer. Not just any run-of-the-mill serial killer, either. In the world of serial killers, Dexter is near the top of the food chain – if the number [...]
Notice: If you have not yet seen the season 4 finale of the Showtime TV series Dexter, you should not read this article. This article contains several spoilers.
The season 4 finale of Dexter was shocking, fulfilling, perplexing, sad, entertaining and opened the doors for Dexter to head in any number of new directions in season [...]
Over the decades, movie makers have crafted some delightful Christmas movies. In fact, some of the best movies ever produced are Christmas themed movies. Despite the fact that several Christmas movies rank in the top 100 movies ever made, people don’t seem to enjoy watching them at any other time of the year than Christmas [...]
It would be accurate to say that Twilight and New Moon have brought the vampire movie genre into a new and prosperous age. So it seems to make sense that people are saying Brad Pitt has agreed to being involved in a new vampire movie so that he can ride that wave of popularity. But [...]