A Welsh View

How Twilight Works

The Oatmeal explains why 13-year-old girls are fanatical about Twilight.

Behind-The-Scenes Star Wars Photos

A collection of behind-the-scenes Star Wars photos.

Cryptic Canvas - 50 Movies Hidden in a Painting

Can you find the 50 movies?

The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References

The 50 Greatest Simpsons Movie References - there are quite a few that I didn't recognise.

Video: You Know What's Bullshit? DVDs

So very true.

For Sale: House Used In Ferris Bueller Movie

The house that was used in Ferris Bueller's Day Off is up for sale. For $2,300,000, the 5300 square feet house in Illinois can be yours. [via]

21 Movie Posters Recreated with Lego

21 blockbuster movies recreated in Lego.

RunPee - The Best Time To Take A Pee During A Movie

RunPee lets you know the best time to nip out for a pee whilst watching a movie. (Includes the latest movies)

Video: Megashark vs Giant Octopus Trailer

Gotta love the cheesiness.

How Do You Tell If A Movie Is Going To Suck?

Count the number of helicopters in the trailer. More helicopters = worse film. Here are some examples.

Video: Bruno Trailer

A good character but not as funny as Borat. (Parts NSFW)

Video: Pay the Writer

I've never heard of Harlan Ellison but I just love his rant. [Thanks @shotbykim]

Video: How Benjamin Button Got His Face

A TED presentation about the technology that went into creating the different faces used in the movie, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Video: Kate Winslet's Reveals Strategy For Getting An Oscar

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Video: Movie Spoilers: Oscar Edition

Every best picture winner in Oscar history spoiled in one take in under 5 minutes. [via]

Video: The Top 50 Best Movie Deaths

A collection (with videos) of the top 50 best movie deaths. Obviously lots of spoilers.

Welsh Pub Builds Its Own Cinema

A pub in south Wales has installed it's own cinema so that locals can watch the latest blockbuster movies.

The King's Arms in Abergavenny has created its own cinema in the pub's recently-renovated barn extension - thought to be the first pub in Britain to do so.

Moviegoers can also take a meal from the pub's restaurant in with them to eat as they watch the film.

As the town hasn't got it's own cinema, it has become a success and the fortnightly screenings are going to be increased to weekly in the New Year. [via]

Video: 100 Movie Spoilers in 4 Minutes

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For Sale: Luke Skywalker's Lightsaber

Luke Skywalker's original lightsaber from Star Wars and Star Wars: The Empire Strike's Back is going to be auctioned next month and it is expected to fetch up to £120,000.

Also up for grabs is the Indiana Jones 'Fedora' hat was worn by Harrison Ford in the Temple of Doom, his bullwhip or his 41ins long machete and original Gremlins puppets. [via]

Video: The Kevin Bacon Movie Club

Video: Halloween Deleted Scenes

Video: Samuel L. Jackson's Best Yelling Scenes

11 scenes of Samuel L. Jackson yelling!

Chuckys Invade New York City

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Child's Play, a group of people dressed as Chucky descended on New York City brandishing knives and axes. Very freaky looking.

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Video: Gremlins Fan Sequence

A fan-made alternate sequence to replace the scene in Gremlins 2 where the film appears to break and the gremlins invade a John Wayne movie. I love the Indiana Jones sequence.

Here's the making of the sequence. [via]

Game: Can You Guess The Movie From Just One Letter?

Play the game.

TRON 2: The Story Behind the Comic Con Teaser Trailer

/Film has posted more information about the Tron 2 teaser trailer that I posted yesterday. It appears it wasn't actually a trailer rather it was the product of 6 months of hard work by director Joseph Kosinski who made the 3-minute teaser to convince Disney that a remake was commercially viable.

Video: Tron 2 Trailer

Here's an extremely poor quality bootleg trailer for the Tron remake due out in 2011. I've never seen the original so I don't really know what it's about or if it was any good. Is it worth renting? [via]

Joker Arrested For Stealing Dark Knight Swag

Police in Michigan have arrested a man who they say tried to steal posters and other items related to the new Batman movie from a cinema lobby while dressed up as the Joker. He was dressed in a green wig, purple suit and had his face painted to look like the Joker. Link [via]

Wes Craven In Scream 4 Talks

Fan created poster

I'm a huge fan of the first Scream movie, and the other two weren't too bad, but I'm not sure if a fourth installment would work.

I can still remember getting tickets from FHM to watch an early screening of the movie and being gutted when Drew Barrymore was killed in the opening scene. I watched the movie a year before getting access to the Internet so hadn't read anything about the movie.

Want To Help Produce A Movie?

I learnt about a site today whilst completing a survey on YouGov that is going to allow members of the public to take part in the production of a real movie.

CoProducer.org will allow people to choose the title of the movie, audition for roles, evaluate the script, choose the best trailer, edit the movie, help market it. Basically, people will have a say in every aspect of the movie.

The movie has already been funded so they aren't looking for people to contribute any more money. To reward people who contribute, if you complete between 6 and 12 surveys you will be entitled to receive an equal share of 55% of all profits.

If you want to take part, you need to visit the CoProuducer website and enter your email address before the end of July.

Dark Knight vs Titanic

Will Dark Knight gross more than Titanic's $600m? JoBlo.com doesn't think so.

Video: Groverfield

A Sesame Street inspired Cloverfield parody. [via]

The Worst Movie Endings Ever

The Times critics present the 20 worst endings in film. Where's No Country for Old Men?

A Tour Of Pixar

Rotten Tomatoes takes a tour of Pixar. Plenty of photos of probably one of the best working environments. How many work places have a 'cereal room'?

Video: Amblin' - Steven Spielberg's First Completed Film On 35mm

From the description on YouTube:-

Amblin' (1968) is the first completed film shot by Steven Spielberg on 35mm. The film is a short story set during the hippy era of the late '60s about a young couple who meet up in the desert, become friends, then lovers and make their way to a paradisiacal beach.

Here's the full movie.

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How The Dark Knight Went IMAX

/Film has posted some information about how the 20 minutes of The Dark Knight was shot with 70mm IMAX cameras. They have also posted the above image which shows how much more you get to see compared to the standard 35mm widescreen version.

The IMAX cinema that was fairly close to where I live has closed but luckily the IMAX in London, which has the largest screen in Britain, will still be showing TDK when I visit there in August.

Video: Top 100 Movies

A well made montage of 100 top movies. How many can you recognise? [via]

The Diminishing Returns Of A Superhero Movie Franchise

Portfolio.com has a graphic showing how Batmans ROI has reduced from over 600% for the first movie down to a loss for the fourth movie and a small return on the fifth.

Game: How Many Sequels?

I did great on Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elm Street and Friday the 13th but not so good on the others. [via Andy's Blog]

The Accuracy of 10 Disaster Flicks

To coincide with the release of The Happening, MSNBC tests the accuracy of 10 disaster movies.

IMDB Film-Length Project

Charting the length of the top 50 films for each decade. [via]

Watch 10mph For Free

To help raise money for their next movie, the makers of 10mph have released their movie on YouTube for a limited time. The film is about two film makers that spend 100 days travelling from Seattle to Boston on a Segway.[via]

Evolution of Credits

Even though the closing credits for Lord of The Rings is long, according to Wikipedia the 1956 version of Around the World in 80 Days and Clerks 2 had even longer closing credits. In the case of Around the World in 80 Days, it's closing credits featured an animated recap of the movie's three-hour storyline, identifying the actors in the order in which they appeared. [via]

Video: Sandee Westgate Reviews National Treasure 2

What did she say? [via]

The Ten Most Memorable Indiana Jones Moments

Image via Film School Rejects

With the next installment of Indiana Jones being released in a few days, Film School Rejects has compiled a list of 10 memorable scenes from the first three films.

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die

The list only goes up to 2003 but here are 1,001 movies you must see before you die. I haven't seen a great number of movies before the 1980s so I'd better start catching up.

Video: Stuntman Trashes James Bond's Aston Martin

A Russian news channel has broadcast footage of the aftermath of one of James Bond's Aston Martin that was trashed while filming the opening scene of Quantum of Solace.

The driver lost control of 007 Daniel Craig's £130,000 DBS beside Lake Garda in Northern Italy -where the opening action scenes for new Bond movie Quantum Of Solance are being filmed - early yesterday.

He swam ashore and was taken to hospital with minor injuries. The crumpled car was later pulled out of the water by a crane.

Judging by the footage at the end of the clip, Bond has still got more Aston Martins to play with (five to be exact). [via]

Update: The Telegraph has an article that includes an interview with the stunt driver and photos.

The 300 Movies You Must See Before You Die

300 movies that you should see before you die sorted into genres and some include clips from the movies. [via]

The Art Of The Title Sequence

The Art of the Title Sequence is a blog dedicated to movie and TV title sequences and in particular good movie and TV title sequences. [via]

Movie Screenplays

556 HTML and 389 PDF movie screenplays. The site hasn't been updated since October 2006 so you won't find any new movies. [via]