entertainment - "movies"

A few years ago, the Sci Fi Channel had a show called Scare Tactics that I thought was one of the best shows they had on the channel. It’s a prank show that uses cinematic tricks, make-up, and premises built around horror and science fiction movies like aliens, mutant rats, etc. Basically, someone would set [...]

Exclusives: Channel touts 'Golden Girls,' 30 original movies -- Hallmark Channel has commissioned 30 original movies this year, bought 99 family-oriented theatricals from the Walt Disney library and picked up rerun rights to 'The Golden Girls.'

There is a scene so tense and unnerving in The Orphanage it reminded me just how effective the movies can be.

Front Page: Pact includes 'Mummy,' 'Hellboy II' -- In what NBC Universal calls 'a groundbreaking deal,' cabler FX will pony up more than $100 million to buy 15 Universal theatrical movies, the bulk of which are prebuys of titles to be released throughout the year, including 'The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.'

After watching the first half of the lineup for New Directors/New Films, movies of modest means and evident ambition, I prefer to think of the festival as Serious Directors/Small Films.

Multiplication matters, especially when it comes to how movies perform at the box office. Week in and week out, the media spotlight shines on those movies that crack the top 10. And as soon as movies slip out of the top spots, they are quickly forgotten.