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Do you know anything about this topic? Share your expertise with our thousands of visitors each day by submitting your quality, informative 'Movies' article, and if you become a member we will pay you for your unique and original work (note that all submissions are reviewed by our editors). Your Movies Guide is Michael Russell. Recent articles submitted to your independent guide to Movies 1. Samurai X-betrayal - By: Michael Russell Kenshin and Tomoe are living in a remote Japanese village away from Kyoto and away from the ones that are trying to track them down. They portray themselves as husband and wife. Kenshin tills the ground, turning it into a garden, while Tomoe plant seeds, do chores and cooks dinner everyday. One da... Featured ArticleThe Beginnings Of Moviemaking In The United States The Great Train Robbery was a film made in 1903 and was the first American film that had a story to tell its audience. It was made by Edwin S. Porter and it lasted for eight minutes. This was a silent movie and had a “cops and robbers” plot, like a lot of films that followed it. Printed subtitles were eventually added to the silent movies in 1912. These subtitles were flashed together with the action scenes to help the audience understand what was happening. In order to add more drama and excite ...
Read full story 2. Samurai X-trust - By: Michael Russell Shinta, is a young boy traveling in a caravan with his adopted family in rural era Japan. While traveling, a group of bandits attack the caravan and started murdering them one by one. They got to Shinta's adopted family and killed them as well. When the bandits started to come towa... 3. Dan Curtis' Dracula - By: Michael Russell Jonathan Harker, played by Murray Brown, has arrived in Transylvania and spent the night in a local inn. Jonathan wakes up, gets dressed, board the stagecoach and makes a journey to castle of Count Dracula. He arrives at the castle by sunset. Count Dracula welcomes Jonathan Harker ... 4. The Specialist - By: Michael Russell Ray Quick, Sylvester Stallone, started out as an CIA explosives expert until a previous assignment went terrible wrong where both him and fellow CIA partner Ned, played by James Woods, are no longer were friends. Years later, it’s a warm night at a hot Miami nightclub, and the beautiful May Munro,... 5. The Shadow - By: Michael Russell The “Butcher of Lhasa” is also known as Yinko, played by Alec Baldwin, is a ruthless opium drug dealer who made a practice of taking other’s opium fields, and killing anyone who crosses his path. One night, Yinko is kidnapped from his estate and taken to a Chinese temple. Once there, he meets a prie... 6. The Specialist - By: Michael Russell Ray Quick, Sylvester Stallone, started out as an CIA explosives expert until a previous assignment went terrible wrong where both him and fellow CIA partner Ned, played by James Woods, are no longer were friends. Years later, it’s a warm night a... 7. The Introduction Of Sound In Motion Pictures - By: Michael Russell In the mid-1920s, the film industry had met its new rival: the radio. Because of it, a lot of people stopped going to the movies and the movie industry was threatened. Amazingly however, scientists in the United States and abroad had simultaneously discovered a way to add sound to silent pictures. T... 8. The Stars Of Silent Pictures - By: Michael Russell Ever since the beginning of the cinema, the public was always particularly interested in the leading actors and actresses of these movies. They were called “stars”. They had such a public appeal that the success of a certain movie would depend largely on the popularity of the cast. Each “star” in th... 9. The Beginnings Of Moviemaking In The United States - By: Michael Russell The Great Train Robbery was a film made in 1903 and was the first American film that had a story to tell its audience. It was made by Edwin S. Porter and it lasted for eight minutes. This was a silent movie and had a “cops and robbers” plot, like a lot of films that followed it. Printed subtitles we... 10. Movie Reviews - By: Michael Russell Movie reviews are an important part of the film industry. A lot of people write movie reviews from bloggers to newspaper reporters to every day people. But, if the movie reviews come from people who have a great reputation in the industry, they could actually help determine the fate of a movie. Some... 11. Movies To Watch - By: Michael Russell Movies to watch Some of my all-time favorite movies were given bad reviews when they first came out. I used to read the reviews and choose what movies to watch or venture out to see based on someone else's opinions. Since then, I have learned that my tastes vary greatly from some reviews.... 12. History Movies - By: Michael Russell A good way to teach is using history movies. Many different subjects can be complemented by the use of history movies. Not only can these movies help teach, but they can also be rather entertaining to a class of students who have spent their entire lives immersed in technology. The use of history mo... 13. Movie Rentals - By: Michael Russell Movie rentals I have given up on movie rentals. I dont think in my case they really qualify as movie rentals anyway. I think that instead of movie rentals, I should call them movie purchases, because every time that I pick up a few movie rentals, I end up keeping them out so long that I p... 14. Box Office - By: Michael Russell The box office is an essential concept when it comes to the movies. The box office is what determines how well a movie is doing. Literally, the term refers to where you go and purchase tickets for the movie. But when someone says that a movie is doing well at the box office, it means that it is gett... 15. Movies To Watch - By: Michael Russell Movies To Watch Entertainers get paid big money because we love to be entertained. Movies, music, and television allow us a chance to escape from our own reality for a while, and many times, offer us a good laugh, or a scare. There are so many options for entertainment that many people do... 16. Free Anime Movies - By: (see Article) This article provides useful, detailed information about Free Anime Movies. The term \"Anime\" refers to Japanese animation movies, sometimes called as Japanimation. Japanese comics called Manga heavily influence Anime movies. They are made of bright colors and stylized images with variet... 17. Online Movie Rental - By: Michael Russell Online movie rental companies are popping up everywhere now. What started just a short while ago as a sort of strange new concept is now quickly becoming a standard in movie renting. Even the big name video rental stores are beginning to start their own online movie rental deals to get in on the a... 18. Movie Gift Certificates - By: Michael Russell Movie Gift Certificates Going to the movies is a popular dating activity for almost any age group, and is great for first dates, or night away from the children for married couples. Catching a movie is also something friends like to do together to stay in touch. Going to see the movies is... 19. Reasons To Own A Home Theater System - By: Michael Russell Few things are more fun than a movie on the big screen. Experiencing the excitement of great action and high drama can make you feel like you have entered another world. The characters seem as real as your neighbors. Unfortunately, the move theater itself can destroy your good time.... 20. Blockbuster Movie - By: Michael Russell Have you ever had the opportunity to see a blockbuster movie? Of course you must have seen it in the cinemas, but what I meant to ask is, have you ever seen through a blockbuster movie? If you have, then you would have noticed a couple of salient aspects. But before we get into all that, we need to ... 21. Box Office History - By: Michael Russell Movies have been in existence for quite some time. This period of time is referred to as box office history. The box office is the turn used to describe the act of selling tickets. The box office is literally the place you go to buy your movie tickets. However, when someone is talking about box offi... 22. Blockbusters - By: Michael Russell Movies that are considered blockbusters are often listed as the highest grossing movies of all time. If movies are blockbusters it just means that they have sold a lot of tickets and are extremely popular. In recent history, the Pirates of the Caribbean phenomenon indicated that the movies were bloc... Please feel free to submit your quality, informative article for our readers. |