See For Yourself

Since you have read about them, many of the movies that have been featured on "Coming Soon" posts have had trailers released. I'm not going to lie, I love trailers. Not only watching them, I love what they do. If I were in the PR department of some movie studio charged with cutting a movie trailer, I would think of the ask as the most fun challenge ever. In order to get people hyped for an upcoming film,and also for that film to make money in the box office, the teaser has to reveal enough to get the viewer excited while still holding back enough that will shock them on opening day.

It's A Wonderful Movie

You guessed it. My movie pick for this month is the timeless classic, It's A Wonderful Life. I choose this movie for two reasons. First, I have another one in mind for when Christmas actually roles around. Second, today is Thanksgiving Day and that is really the main theme of the film. A film, that I love by the way.

Butler Did It!

Another shining example of versatility is 44-year-old Gerard Butler. This Scotsman has played in everything from hardcore battle films like Zach Snyder's 300 to romantic comedies like The Ugly Truth. Let's take a quick look at what Mr. Butler is going to serve up in the next few months. See what I did there with his name? I'm pretty clever, no?

Netflix: The Big Tease

I want to take a moment to talk about Netflix. For those of you who don't know what it is, Netflix is a movie and television distributing company that provides a long list of on demand titles to the patron though either their mailbox, or internet connected device. For only eight dollars a month, both current and classic movies can be shipped right to your door OR they can be streamed on your computer, phone, tablet, game console, internet connected DVD or Blu-ray player. It's the "or" with which I have a problem.

This Time Next Year

Let's take a look at what movies we will be looking at around this time next year. All of these movies are either in production of pre-production, so they are still being developed and not in the shooting process yet. Still, there are some exciting prospects for when pumpkin spice everything will be in swing again.

Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Micheal Caine and Jessica Chastain will be appearing in a Sci-Fi film called Interstellar directed by Christopher Nolan. I'm pretty excited about this. (Of course, it IS Nolan after all.)

The Best of the Worst

Not only is it the fifth Thursday, but it's HALLOWEEN! which means I have no choice but to delve into my least favorite genre of film. Horror! So, today, we'll be counting down the top 5 horror movies in a post I like to call "The Best of the Worst."

5) The Others (2001): 

Have you ever checked to see if your dead or not? in this movie Nicole Kidman forgot to make sure one way or the other and it makes for some scary goings on. My sister loves this movie and she's not much of a horror movie buff. I have to say it didn't stink that bad.

4) Silent Hill (2006): 

I'll be honest, this one is only on the list because it's one of the only horror movies I've seen. I still don't understand what was going on. I know this is a film adaptation of a video game, but years after seeing it, I can only remember that Sean Bean was in it and there was an awesome execution. A woman was tied to the top of a long post and was slowly lowered down into a fire. it was pretty scary I guess.

October Movie Pick: The Truman Show

Truman Burbank was a average, happy-go-lucky insurance salesman living in the beautiful town of Sea Haven Island. He has lived there his whole life going to school, making friends and getting married. it seemed like a normal life, a blessed life. One day, a tiny thing occurs to him. His entire life is the basis of a television program and he is the star unaware. My movie pick for October is...The Truman Show.