Holiday Movie Times:Brave, Twilight, Life of Pi and More

It’s the end of the year 2012, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Christmas comes one after another. At this period of each year, busy people would like to slow down and spend some quality time with their family. Check out some of the latest wonderful movies for your weekend movie times with your family.

Latest on DVD Movies perfect for kids

Red Dog (2011)
DVD release: Tuesday November 6, 2012

This story is based on the legendary true story of the lovable red dog who roamed the outback in searching for his original master. During such period, this little creature finds his way into the hearts of everyone he meets, bringing people and communities together, some who find love, and others who find themselves.

Arthur Christmas (2011)
DVD release: Tuesday November 6, 2012

When as a child, have you ever wondered how Santa Clause distributed so many gifts over one single night in Christmas time? Santa's exhilarating; ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole and his elves will be the answer to this query. As Santa Clause’s youngest son, Arthur tries to deliver the last present before the dawn comes on Christmas morning.

Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups (2012)
DVD release: Tuesday November 20, 2012

This is a Disney holiday production of the cutest talking pups ever. Hope, Jingle, Charity, and Noble, are all the themes the movie is about, suitable for the whole family.

Brave
DVD release: Tuesday November 13, 2012

Set in highlands of Scotland in a rugged and mythical time, "Brave" features princess Merida, an aspiring archer and impetuous daughter of royalty. She must rely on her bravery and archery skills to defend his homeland against a beastly curse.

Latest in theaters for teens and adults

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)
Theater date: November 16, 2012

The last part of the Twilight series, the birth of Bella’s daughter, who is believed to be the dangerous “immortal child”, brings up new threat to their peace. The Cullens gather other vampire clans for protecting the kid. Bella becomes a vampire as well, see how she changed stronger.

Skyfall (2012)
Theater date: November 9, 2012

The latest James Bond movie, 007’s another blockbuster, Skyfall is about Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down and destroy the threat, no matter how personal the cost.

Life of Pi
Theater date: November 21, 2012 (USA)

It’s a surreal tale of a boy’s disaster-propelled journey to adulthood.
Adapted from the best-selling novel by Yann Martel about Pi Patel, and directed with one of the most excellent Chinese director-An Li, it's a story about the son of a zookeeper, Pi, who survives the ship wreck found himself accompanied with a fearsome Bengal tiger. In the pacific ocean, on a 26-foot lifeboat, the Indian boy Pi together with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a 450-pound Bengal tiger-Richard Parker, is all fighting for survival.
It is regarded as a competitive Oscar chaser! Also an inspiring 3D art.

Well, there are many more on DVD or in the theaters, pick up some for your weekend movie times-whether at home for DVD movies or hit the theaters for the latest!

Classic Movies and New Movies for Christmas 2012

There are 48 days left before Christmas 2012 arrives. When talking about Christmas movies, I would always think about comedy movies while Home Alone series (I prefer only 1 and 2)are definitely the top classic Christmas choices.

Classic Christmas Movies:

1. Home Alone (1990)
DVD Release Date: October 5, 1999
Run Time: 103 minutes

As the youngest kid of the family, the 8-year-old little boy Kevin often feels like being the subject of ridicule from his siblings and cousins. He wishes "his family would disappear" and  he is mistakenly left at home while his big family heading to Paris for Christmas holiday. Home alone with little money and food, he has to fight against two idiotic burglars. With the help of the neighbor “murdererish” old man, the recidivists got caught.

It makes the Christmas Eve full of joy and laughs.There is a happy ending: family gathering and family reunion, both for Kevin and for the old man. Merry Christmas!

Family Movies 2012 on DVD for Family Weekend Night

Nowadays, people are always on the go, busy with never-ending work, even after work or on the weekends. How long has it been the last time you have some quality time with your family members? Well, you can try some warmhearted family movies with your family members. Below are some family movies 2012 released on DVD, get some and enjoy yourselves.

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted

Theatrical Release Date: 06/08/2012
DVD Release Date: 10/16/2012
Run Time: 85min.

This 3D computer-animated comedy movie by DreamWorks is still about the story of Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe, who are still fighting to get back home- Big Apple. A lion, zebra, hippo, giraffe, four penguins, two monkeys, three lemurs certainly would make the journey full of fun, and make your weekend night enjoyable.

Upcoming Action Movie DVD Releases on Nov. 2012

This week, several wonderful movies like Magic Mike, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Seeking a Friend for the End of The World, etc. are available on DVDs. Next month (Nov. 2012), there will be several great ones on DVDs, as an action movie fan; I would like to collect some of the best action movies on DVDs.

The Amazing Spider-Man (PG-13)

Publisher: Columbia Pictures
Release date: November 9

The Amazing Spider-Man is the story of Peter Parker (Garfield), an outcast high schooler. It is a reboot of the Spider-Man film series, portraying the character's origin story and his development into a superhero while a high school student.

The Expendables 2 (R)

Publisher: Lionsgate
Release date: November 20

The Expendables are back and this time it's personal. It is a sequel to the 2010 action film The Expendables. It is actually Action movie stars’ gathering: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Chuck Norris, Randy Couture, Terry Crews, Liam Hemsworth, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Men in Black 3 (PG-13)

Publisher: Columbia
Release date: November 30

It is the third installment in the Men in Black film series. In Men in Black 3, Agents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back. Agent J travels in time to MIB's early years in the 1960s, to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history.

Principal photography began in 2010, taking place ten years after its predecessor Men in Black II. And in fact, it is fifteen years after the original Men in Black. What also attracts people’s attention is that Barry Sonnenfeld returned as director while Steven Spielberg executive producer.

There must be some interesting extras unveiling the background stories which are my favorite parts of DVDs. Let’s wait and see.

Top Horror Movies for Halloween 2012-Turn off the Light to Enjoy the Night (Updated)

It’s the October again with the arrival of Halloween in about 3 weeks. Speak of Halloween; creepy things always pop up in our minds. Are you ready for the night? With these best Halloween movies, you can just turn off your light and enjoy the night!(These movies are already available on DVDs) (sources from YouTube, IMDb)

1. Rosemary's Baby (1968)
This movie is about a young couple move into a New York apartment expecting their first child. The husband a poor actor makes a pact with the devil in hoping of the success in his career. They find themselves surrounded by peculiar neighbors, who are after the baby as a sacrifice to the devil.

2. The Exorcist (1973)
Being regarded as the scariest movie of all time by Entertainment Weekly and Movies.com, it tells a story about a girl who is possessed by demon and her mother tries to save her soul by asking for two priests’ help.
The film earned ten Academy Award nominations — winning two (Best Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay), and losing Best Picture to The Sting.

3. Silent Night, Bloody Night (1974)
The movies is also named as Night of the Dark Full Moon and re-released in the 1981 horror boom as Death House.
A man inherits an isolated mansion, which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.

4. The Omen (1976)
An American ambassador Robert learns that his son (which is really not his but one he picked up at the hospital: When Katharine has a stillborn child, a priest at the hospital suggests Robert taking a healthy newborn whose mother has just died in childbirth. Without telling his wife he agrees) is the literal antichrist. Naturally, grisly deaths occur. He is an evil incarnate.
Two endings were filmed. Besides, the remake of the movie was released on 06/06/06.

5. Halloween (1978)
The Halloween classic, as the name itself shows, shocked audience in 1978.
The year is 1963, the night: Halloween. Police are called to 43 Lampkin Ln. only to discover that 15 year old Judith Myers has been stabbed to death, by her 6 year-old brother, Michael. After being institutionalized for 15 years, Myers breaks out on the night before Halloween.
Good news, HALLOWEEN the classic will hit theaters from 25 to 30 this month. Michael Myer is back before Halloween!

6. The Amityville Horror (1979)
Buying the house for a steal in the fall of 1975 because of a multiple murder barely a year before, they move in to experience a series of increasingly disturbing paranormal events, this movie is adapted from the true story of George Lee and Kathy Lutz, it’s about their miserable staying at the house in Amityville. They flee, finally.

7. Friday the 13th (1980)
Well, this may somehow be close to our life, like similar experience we’ve went through. This movie is about a group of young counselors who are working to get Camp Crystal Lake up and running for the summer. But someone isn’t too happy with the camp and one by one they are knocked off in dramatic gory ways.

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DVD Release of The Dark Knight Rises: What to Expect for?

While as one of the most popular summer blockbuster in 2012, many batman fans would have already watched the epic movie of The Dark Knight Rises in the theaters. Now it is preparing for DVD and Blu-ray release on December 4th according Warner Bros’ statement through Entertainment Weekly.

The film will be offered in a Blu-ray and DVD Combo Pack, and digital download on Dec. 4th. Both the Blu-ray and DVD contain the featurette of The Journey of Bruce Wayne where filmmakers will reveal the bold creative choices that led to the stunning conclusion of Bruce Wayne’s story. Trailers and art galleries are also available.

The Blu-ray combo pack includes many extras- a Documentary of Batmobile (witness all five Batmobiles together for the first time ever); the 17 featurettes of Ending the Knight reveals how Christopher Nolan and his production team made these batman movies; Batman vs. Bane to completely destroy a city street, etc.

Will some of the Deleted Scenes appear in the BD/DVD combo pack? In the official list of extras mentioned above, nothing as deleted scenes is included. Ending the Knight could be considered as the make-up when fans wonder if there were deleted scenes containing in some of the seventeen featurettes?　

The suggested prices are as follows: a Blu-ray Combo Pack for $35.99, a Single disc Amaray for $28.98, a Bat Cowl package Blu-ray Combo Pack for $39.99, The Dark Knight Trilogy Blu-ray for $52.99, and The Dark Knight Trilogy DVD for $38.99.

In addition, Warner Bros is planning to release The Dark Knight Trilogy Limited Edition Giftset, in which all 3 batman movies will be in one collection: Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, in 2013. Will deleted scenes show up in this collection then?

The seventeen featurettes include: The Prologue: High-Altitude Hijacking, Return to the Batcave, Beneath Gotham, The Bat, Batman vs Bane, Armory Accepted, Gameday Destruction, Demolishing a City Street, The Pit, The Chant, The War on Wall Street, Race to the Reactor, The Journey of Bruce Wayne, Gotham’s Reckoning, A Girls Gotta Eat, Shadows & Light in Large Format, and The End of A Legend.

Halloween 2012: Best DVD Movies for Kids

Halloween 2012 is drawing near as Halloween ideas rise like mushrooms after rain. The classic movie of 1978 HALLOWEEN will re-release during the period of October 25 to 30. That would be great for many people, but not suitable for kids somehow. So below I’ll recommend some nice Halloween movies for kids.

Hocus Pocus

Released by Disney in 1993 and on DVD in 2002, Hocus Pocus is a Halloween movie (2 wins and 9 nominations awards) about a Halloween-hating teenager (Max). After 300 years, the 3 Sanderson sister witches are resurrected by Max accidently. To protect his sister, Max together with a classmate crush, a zombie, and an immortal black cat. They have to end the witches’ terror.

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

“It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” was released in 1966 and on DVD in 2008. It’s a story about Peanuts gang who prepared for Halloween. They celebrate Halloween while Linus hopes that he will be visited by The Great Pumpkin, and Charlie Brown is invited to a Halloween Party as he dresses up as a ghost with more eyeholes than needed. All funs of Halloween to be found here!

Halloweentown II - Kalabar's Revenge

 
Halloweentown II - Kalabar's Revenge is the second in the Halloween series released for the Holy nights by Disney Channel Original movies in 2001, and the DVD came out in 2005. It’s about Cromwell clan and their grandma who lives in Halloween town and the son of Kalabar-Cromwell’s enemy. It begins in a mortal neighborhood Halloween party.

Besides, there are many other wonderful movies released on DVD for the holy night enjoyment such as Nicktoons - Halloween - Tales of Fright (2003), Madeline's Halloween and Other Spooky Tales, etc. Next time, I will collect some horror movies for you.

Best Halloween Movies for the Night and on DVD/BD

With the mystical Halloween drawing near, the Halloween night starts to gather increasing attention from abroad. As a day of horning the dead, mixed with excitement, horrible things may happen, among which this year's exclusive one would make it more special than ever-the cinema scare classic John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN will be put on big screen again about 35 years later for this Halloween 2012!

This nationwide release begins on October 25th and ends on October 31 night with select showings. It certainly is the widest distribution since originally shocking audiences in 1978 (older than many of us, maybe). Of course, it appears with brand new look as in HD transfer and 5.1 audio for better viewing experience.

The short entitled exclusive documentary "You can't kill the bogeyman: 35 years of Halloween" will also be included in Screen vision's current presentation.

This is absolutely breaking news for honor movie fans, and for those who never had a chance of viewing Michael Myers in theaters for its first run. Such re-release also serves as a nice kick off for its next new movie next autumn.

Participating theaters included many cities and places with more and more updated and added into the list (check it out for the latest updates). Don't know what to watch for the coming holy night? HALLOWEEN will be a killer choice I suppose.

For DVD/BD collectors (updated):
Halloween (1978): DVD released on August 14, 2007.
Halloween 2 (1981): DVD/BD released on September 18, 2001.
Halloween 3 (1982): DVD on October 7, 2003.
Halloween 4/5: BD released on August 21, 2012. Besides, you can also watch these two on Hulu online, for free. Or you would like to get Halloween movies on your portable devices like iPad for enjoyment, with some cool tool on Halloween Special Offer which will last from October 31st to November 10th.

If your town is excluded in the participating theaters, probably the DVD/BD for home theater would also be perfect for the night. Below is a tease trailer for the re-lease, let's take the adventure "in advance".(ATTENTION: if you are afraid or not suitable for this HORROR movie, do NOT click it):

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Prometheus Leads Fox's Digital HD for the Latest Movies through New Streaming Access before Discs

Want to reach the latest blockbuster weeks earlier before DVD and Blu-ray copies available? As announced earlier this month, 20th Century Fox would make it possible by offering users support for streaming movies services-selling HD digital copies of movies, either stream or download the movies. As a matter of fact, the sci-fiction movie "Prometheus" leads the trend, which is already on the shelve for downloading while the disc version won't come out until Oct. 11th.

Such new access for latest movies services work through iTunes, Google Play, Amazon, Cinema Now, PlayStation, Vudu, Xbox Live and YouTube as well. It is named as "Digital HD", which provides movie addicts better offer: earlier release at lower cost of similar quality, even with Cloud storage as well as multiple devices supported. Prometheus just appears as an excellent example when you can get it now for $15 (DVD for $29.9 while BD for 39.9 on October 11). As Mary Daily(President of Worldwide Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment) put it: "Over time, DIGITAL HD will embody the benefits of HD quality and the ultimate all-access pass to the best in entertainment".

Actually Fox took efforts to promote its discs over the past few years, while this transition to stream access for movies indicates that digital will rules the future pictures, it's the coming of medium time (as Mike Dunn-worldwide president of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment believed).

According to Fox, the New Digital HD for the Latest Movies through Streaming Access before Discs is available around 50 countries and more. With the alien Prometheus as initiative Digital HD, 600 movies including Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, The Watch, among others, will soon be shown on the above retailers such as Amazon, iTunes, etc.

E.T. 's Back Home: One-night Only in Theaters and the First-time on Blu-ray in October

Do you still remember the little boy and his younger sister as well as the “unhandsome alien” in E.T.-Steven Spielberg’s movie “The Extra-Terrestrial”? Well, the previously-announced 30th Anniversary earlier this year is soon coming, which means E.T. would finally come to BD version, all the years after released in DVD by the year of 2002. And before that, exciting news for E.T. fans, this classic will hit the theaters once more for one night only! The dates go to October 3rd and 9th respectively.

E.T. the abbreviation for the Extra-Terrestrial is a movie made in 1982, older than many of us. As an Academy Award-winning director winning movie and Nominated for nine Academy Awards in 1982, it is generally regarded as Steven Spielberg’s magic adventure for children.

The soon-coming first-ever BD version for E.T. is greatly improved in quality as in 6 times the resolution of DVD, and with 7.1 surround sound. The Anniversary edition Blu-ray combo pack includes the 1982 theatrical movie, an all-new interview with Steven Spielberg (in which he will talk about his view of E.T.), Ultra Violet, a DVD and a Digital Copy. The included “The E.T. Journals” reveals an hour of unprecedented footage from the set of the movie-the behind-the scenes footage. Besides, you will get the original theatrical trailer and witness the two deleted scenes from 2002 version of the film. Well, there are even more to expect for!

TCM Presents ‘E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial’ 30th Anniversary Event” will take place Wednesday, October 3 at 7:00 p.m. local time, with special matinee screenings in select theaters at 2:00 p.m. local time.(quoted)

 

As the most successful blockbuster of its age, E.T. still remains in the 9th place in American's movies with Avatar and Titanic lead the list.

E.T. , welcome home!

Most Expected Vampire Movie in 2012: Breaking Dawn-Part 2, Bella the Vampire

So long a time for audience to wait before the release of the upcoming vampire movie- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2. Finally, it will be shown about 2 months later on November 16th. As vampire movie fans, I’m starting to expect the DVD’s coming already to complete my Twilight collection. Before that, let’s see what to anticipate in the second part.

Just as its two former ones, the Final Episode, the 3 main cast members-Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner reprise their roles. The biggest difference is that Bella has turned into a vampire and their little daughter Renesmee is growing up.

The main plot: Bella, being a new vampire, somehow enjoyed her new life after giving birth to her daughter Renesmee. She also feels excited about the abilities that bring up to her. Meanwhile, their happy family life is threatened by Volturi once again since the vampire Irina misidentifies Renesmee as an uncontrollable “immortal child” who would challenge the power and existence of the Volturi family. On Irina’s presentations, Volturi decided to destroy Tenesmee and the Cullens. The Cullens gather other vampires to justify Renesmee not an “immortal child”, yet she could probably endanger the vampires. A 150-year-old vampire-human crossbreed Mapuche named Nahuel proved that the child would do no harm to vampires. Volturi left Bella, Edward and Renesmee in peace.

To me, the most expected part would be Bella’s transition as a vampire- tackling a cougar, diving off a massive cliff, executing an impressive high kick, as well as the little child Renesmee (Mackenzie Foy).

Below is the the official trailer of the final “Twilight” movie. What follows in the new trailer is loads of vampire-on-vampire action, including one shot of Edward swinging a kicking Bella at one of the villainous vampires in the Volturi. The latest trailer for "Twilight: Breaking Dawn - Part 2," which premiered at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards this evening fully display Bella the vampire's strength.