Archive for October, 2009

On Halloween everyone's entitled to one good scare

Happy All Hallows Eve everyone. In celebration of this most frightening of holidays, we here at Movie-Thoughts invite you to take a look at our essay on a film that was inspired by this night of the year – John Carpenter’s Halloween.

They say the more you know your fears the less powerful they become. Our essay, “Halloween: Destroying Normality One Home and Family at a Time,” will help you kick the frights that scare you while watching Halloween by allowing you to know better what exactly it is that makes you so scared of it. So save yourself, and don’t be afraid.

Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins

Thor, set to begin production in January, will now star Anthony Hopkins as Oden, father on Thor and Loki. The rest of the cast includes Chris Hemsworth (as Thor), Tom Hiddleston (as Loki), and Natalie Portman as Jane Foster, Thor’s romantic interest.

Thor is set to release May 20th, 2010.

Source: Variety

In Other News…

Disney continues to trim down Miramax studios. Miramax president Daniel Battsek has been asked to step down as head of Disney’s specialty film division. Disney plans to cut 50 more jobs at Miramax by January, leaving only around 20.

The figurative trimming of the fat is a continuation of Disney’s plans to cut costs, which it said it planned to do months ago. Miramax, which usually releases 6 to 8 films per year, will now only release 3 annually.

Under Battsek’s guidance over the last 18 years, Miramax has released such acclaimed films as The Queen, Gone Baby Gone, Gangs of New York, The Aviator, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, No Country for Old Men, and Doubt. Miramax’s last film this year will be Everything’s Fine starring Robert De Niro, set to release December 4th.

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Short Take: Great for fans, and enjoyable for all

Director: Kenny Ortega

Cast: Michael Jackson

Length: 1h 42m

Synopsis: A documentary comprised of fly-on-the-wall behind-the-scenes footage of Michael Jackson’s rehearsals for his This is it concert tour that was canceled due to the singer’s untimely death. Read the rest of this entry »