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You don't need to go trick-or-treating to have a great Halloween. All you need is a DVD player.

"Happiness resides not in possessions," is a quote attributed to Greek Philosopher Democritus, who died before Alfred Hitchcock became a director and his films were available for the home video market.

A look at Alfred Hitchcock and how he changed filmmaking and film viewing.

Stellar director of cinema, pioneer of the austere and the macabre, the following Alfred Hitchcock tribute marks the coming of Halloween.

The top five best Alfred Hitchock films that no film buff (or casual fan) should go without seeing. Includes some of his classics as well as some of his lesser known work.

Good or bad, all his movies I've ever seen I have reviewed because they're worth my time to be reviewed.

Cary Grant played many types of roles during his career, and this list showcases his versatility.

James Bond has Bond Girls. Alfred Hitchcock has Blonde Girls. In most films, he had a lovely leading lady - what came to be known as the "Hitchcock Blonde"

Why one of cinema's greatest auteurs made the move from Britain to the States and how successful a move it proved to be.

Alfred Hitchcock manipulates the camera to create a thoughtful and creepy film.

You want something to do on Halloween huh? Well I can give you a list of some great events taking place in different areas of Phoenix! I have checked out alot of these myself having five kids.....

This book serves as a guide to film buffs significant films from around the world from the birth of the art of cinema to the present.

"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake". This quote by Alfred Hitchcock embodies the much discussed idea that he was an auteur filmmaker.

A movie guide to the classics that have defined genres, influenced filmmakers, and still serve as standards by which other films are measured. Looking for ideas for movies to rent - this is the book that will provide them.

This Adaptations is an anthology of short stories that were the basis for 35 movies. Why do filmmakers adapt from literature, anyway? Editor Stephanie Harrison quotes film theorist George Bluestone: "Film feeds off literature like sharks off a marlin."

A husband hires a man to kill his wife and gets to hear it taking place over a telephone.

William Castle had a smaller budget than Hitchcock, but his horror and suspense films have stood the test of time better than Hitchcock's post-Psycho output.

Some research into how Hitchcock participated in the final script version of his movies

Think there is nothing available on Netflix for instant viewing that would make the Roku worth the price? Check out the Hitchcock that you could be watching in your home right after reading this and every single one of my other other 2500-plus articles.

This is a comparison/contrast essay on the characters Midge and Madeleine in Alfred HItchcock's Vertigo, and explains why the character Scotty is attracted to Madeleine.

Many of Hitchcock's most memorable characters were ambiguously gay. Does the maintreaming of gayness in movies like in returning to ambiguity rather than the explicitness of contemporary portrayals?

For many generations, the question of what is a gentleman has puzzled many aspiring young men. One's interpretation of what is a gentleman may differ from another's; however, the essential elements are always the same.

A closer look at the fiction-to-film works of Alfred Hitchcock and Daphne Du Maurier

This investigation seeks to evaluate the films Vertigo, The Birds and Psycho, all directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and how the success of these films show his effect on pop culture.

This is a look at the methods Hitchcock used to create suspense and why modern directors don't use them as they should.

One of the sure fire ways to get your indie film noticed online and at film festivals is to have someone famous in it, someone like Paris Hilton.

The Fuji Fine-Pix S9000 digital camera has become one of the leading products in the Fuji-film product

Forced to spend the summer under house arrest, a grieving high school student finds a lot to keep him entertained in the neighborhood.

Discussion of five foreign films that are easily accessible to the American viewer, with emphasis on connections to our own movies.

Dallas has three great places for indie film lovers to congregate and enjoy independent films and these places, like the movies themselves, are a little off-center . . . a little out of the mainstream.

A portion of the ticket proceeds from the Native American film screenings will be donated to Native American organizations and Native American reservations across North America.

Review on selected independent movies shown at Cinequest Film Festival, 2005

Alfred Hitchcock once said "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out". This is basically the essence of his idea that films are not real life because real life is quintessentially boring. This quote also shows the essence of the principals of soviet montage;

M. Night Shyamalam, a native of India, now resides of Philadelphia. His films have made him a reputation of being a kind of occult, New Age Hitchcock.

It is one of the most talked about films today because of its...

As a worst case scenarios go, Martin Scorsese's for this years Academy Awards could be worse. If he somehow manages to get edged out again for a Best Director award, at least he still has the late great Alfred Hitchcock to keep him company.

This article reviews, and lists, the best that classic horror movies have to offer. Take a few Saturday nights and enjoy a horror movie classic. Don't forget to scream!

In compiling these lists I have purposely skipped over low budget films and, in all but one case, sequels that are much too easy to pick apart.

Here is a continuing look at my picks of the best films of the decade.

Hollywood has made some excellent romantic films over time. Some are classic and some are surprisingly modern. Here is a list for your consideration.

If you are alone on Valentines Day, you can still celebrate the glory of love. Just pick up one of these five films

There are certain movies we all expect to see every holiday. However, there are some lesser-known seasonal films you should keep a watch out for, too.
Read on to see which ones they are.

An overview of how some filoms of the Thirties reflected the American society while others were merely romantic comedies or films noir to get the movie audience out of the Depression doldrums

Top 10 Christmas & Holiday Films

An examination of the Jimmy Stewart 'persona' and a look at how Hitchcock played upon it for dramatic and thematic meaning.

A Masterpiece of terror and suspence by Alfred Hitchcock.

Article on Hollywood's most snubbed actors and directors, historically, and work that went unheralded by AMPAS.

In Blackmail, Rich and Strange and The 39 Steps, a featured man and woman ascend a stairway to symbolize a turning point in the dynamics of their relationship. The ascents not only serve character developments, but voice Hitchcocks view of relationships.

Grace Kelly is perhaps remembered as the cherished Hollywood icon. A movie star turned princess that transcended from Hollywood to royalty.

Review of the first sequel to the Alfred Hitchcock classic!

The 48 Hour Film Festival has grown from a competition between five guys in Los Angeles into an international sensation.

Babya today announced Production Suite 2007-a complete video & audio production suite for the film and music industry.

There are film buffs that would kill for a glimpse of unfinished films from some of Hollywood's greatest directors including Orson Welles, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Terry Gilliam, and even Jerry Lewis.

An essay examining the permissive cinema of the early 70's and how it allowed Alfred Hitchcock to use more graphic images in his 1972 film "Frenzy".

This is a movie that owes a lot to Alfred Hitchcock. However, if you are going to imitate Hitchcock, do it well. This one, does it VERY well.

The American Film Industry has compiled a list of the 25 most enduring actresses of Hollywood lore; the following are the greatest film performances of the 25 best.

If you have Netflix and a Roku you can start watching The League of Gentlemen immediately. Just make sure to set aside five or six hours for the rest of the night because you'll probably want to get through all of them in one sitting.

It seems that technology is making things smaller. And that is true with the Aiptek digital camcorder. I review this small work of art for potential buyers.

In just a few months the nominations for the 79th Academy Awards will be announced. As is the case every year there will no doubt be a few shocks as to who was included and who was excluded from the list.

Magic lovers will enjoy this movie's behind the scenes look at magicians. Suspense and drama lovers will enjoy the plot twists and turns.

Whether a Hitchcock fan or not, Frenzy may be a little too much for you to take.

Vegas+DVD Production Suite allows you to edit feature-length productions, as well as music videos, TV commercials, Web content viral videos, DVDs and promotional films. The suite includes Vegas 7 and DVD Architect 4 software.

Truth and Dare: New York Korean Film Festival 2005, running from Sept 2-11, 2005, boasts an impressive sampling of contemporary Korean cinema, both popular and critically successful films.

Some movies have great scary moments like that moment in Bunuel's UN CHIEN ANDALOU when the razor comes across the woman's eye just as the cloud passes over the moon;

When people complain there are no more good


movies to watch, they are looking at the wrong place.


Sometimes you have to look back and sometimes


underneath to find good alternatives for the


tired old Hollywood formula.

Here's range of summer movies for every occasion. Check out the old classics and new favorites, all with summer as the common denominator.

Review of a Hitchcock classic.

Among other strange habits that I've developed over the years, I've developed an affinity for foreign films. If it's got subtitles, sign me up! So I thought I'd try to spread the word and share a few of my favorites. So be brave and give one a try!

Paper looking at how Hitchcock displays his artistic prowess in one of his final movies, "Frenzy"

A look at Psycho and how it spawned countless imitators and gave birth to the slasher genre.

The force and dominance of the studio system in the "golden era" of Hollywood was unprecedented and remains, to this day, unmatched. This is a closer look at the illusions it created and what theh system really represented.

Some of the most renowned movies have been nominated for a best picture Oscar only to lose out to another feature film. What are some of them?

Top 10 Songs of the 1950's lists the Billborad Top Ten Hits year by year. This article also offers some tidbits of music history from the fifties decade.

Ed Gein butchered women and robbed graves in rural Wisconsin in the 1950s. His bizarre story helped to inspire Hitchcock's Psycho.

The series is amusing and a fun puzzle to unravel although it stretches believability to a point that non-mystery fans might have difficulty accepting; however, Universal created a bare bones set, and some have found technical glitches with the DVDs.

The Coens' remake of a 1955 British classic delivers lots of laughs if little substance.

Here are some more essential facts and information on Chinese astrology. In Part II, we will look at the last six Chinese zodiac signs.

The release of season six of The Simpsons on DVD officially completes the release of the show's golden age on home video.

Magnificent vistas, luminous turquoise waters, and the best that nature has to offer, all combined with the best that any resort or lodge could offer…it doesn't get any better than Banff!

A paper on the language of commoners in Shakepeare's Much Ado About Nothing.

Although some divergences do occur, Hitchcock's rendition of Daphne Du Maurier's romantic suspense novel compliments her story in classic Hitchcockian style.

Whenever someone talks about the elite collection of American movies from the 20th century, Psycho is destined to come up. It is the definitive horror movie ever made to what all other horror movies made after it have been judged and put up against it.

The auteur theory is a laughable enterprise in trying to assign authorship to a single individual associated with the making of a movie.

A look at the use of visual elements as another means of reinforcing a script's central idea through the film, "One Hour Photo."

"Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world." -Chavez

Commonly called the worst filmmaker of all time, Ed Wood, Jr. is also a competent actor. I know! Unbelievable! Wood was a steadily working actor up until his death in the early seventies... and here is the proof.

If you are drawn to crime stories on television, the news and the best seller's lists, you will be hooked on the true crime stories featured at the Crime Library.

Ready to be terrified, scared to death or at least scared to sleep alone? If so, make sure you check out these great horror flicks. From true stories that you can relate with to scream fest movies, these are the movies you need to see.

A look at the Leonine personality. See what makes Leos happy and what they like or dislike.

Over the years, advertising revenue has become more important to TV networks than quality programing. The result: "safe," yet sub-par, shows.

Top 10 Songs of 1963 ad also the news of that age in time.

A little history of Lady Liberty .

"I'm in the revenge business! I just work for Vizzini to pay the bills." (-Inigo *The Princess Bride*) Here's a guide on fun ways to get revenge!

Director Sydney Pollack's new film "The Interpreter" is a taut, exciting and smart thriller. It's also a showcase for stars Nicole Kidman and Sean Penn.

Bodega Bay is a small fishing village located on the northern coast of California. It is a romantic, secluded getaway known for its rugged beauty and windswept beaches. Bodega Bay is also near Jenner-by-the-Sea and historic Fort Ross.

From its beginnings, the film industry generally excluded women from the film-making process.