Favorite movie websites - part 1

I want to tell you about my favorite movie websites, which I check very often. I hope you will find something new for yourself, when you check out these websites.

• Empire magazine (lang. English)

 

The one of the greatest movie magazines launches a great site. They post the news very quickly, make interesting quizzes, write related to the biggest movie releases articles, interviews (this week is so many trivia about "The Deathly Hallows 2") and their exclusive videos are really unusual.

• Rotten Tomatoes (lang. English)  

This is my favorite movie database, where I always check who directed/stared in what. Also I find there information which movies just opened in theaters and how many positive reviews from critics did they got. You can log in there with your Facebook account and see which movies like your friends.

• iTunes movie trailers (lang. English)

iTunes team made a very handy pages of upcoming movies, where are not just trailers, clips and other related to the movies promo videos, but also very detailed synopsis, image gallery and you can buy movies/soundtracks online there.

• Enchanted Serenity of Period Films (lang. English)

This blog I found just after I created my own and since then it's an inspiration to me, because its a bit hard to keep up with blog, update every time something happens and to make a blog cozy, but the creator of this blog manages to do all of it in time. Especially I love its subject area - I found there so much information about costumed movies.

• Collider (lang. English)   

I discovered this site a couple of weeks ago, but I loved it from the very first click. They publish many interesting interviews with anybody who is related to the filmmaking process and other news very fast.

Soon I'll write the next part (there are more interesting websites than you think).

Logos are taken from its websites.

Top-5 movies of the week - 16.06 - 22.06

I'm a bit late with my every-week top-5, but I hope you'll find in this list some, which you haven't seen yet.

1."Mr. Popper's Penguins" 
Jim Carrey returns as Mr. Popper, a driven businessman who is clueless when it comes to the important things in life - until he inherits six penguins. Popper's penguins turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland - and the rest of his life upside-down. Filmed on a refrigerated soundstage with real Emperor Penguins, Mr. Popper's Penguins is a modern adaptation of the classic children's book written by Richard & Florence Atwater. I hope it would be not less hilarious as Jim's early movies.

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBVTtaJbMUI

2. "Green Lantern" 
A comic-based story about a superhero by director Martin Campbell. The story takes place in a vast and mysterious universe, where a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds). Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But he has a smart and beautiful friend Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), who will help him to learn how to control his new power. The supervillain, who Hal have to fight, is played by talented actor Mark Strong.

Trailer - http://elenastr.blogspot.com/2011/06/green-lantern-2011-trailer.html

3. "Buck"
Documentary story about a very gifted man and his horses. "Your horse is a mirror to your soul, and sometimes you may not like what you see. Sometimes, you will." So says Buck Brannaman, a true American cowboy and sage on horseback who travels the country for nine grueling months a year helping horses with people problems. This story follows Brannaman from his abusive childhood to his phenomenally successful approach to horses. A real life "horse-whisperer", he eschews the violence of his upbringing and teaches people to communicate with horses through leadership and sensitivity, not punishment. Buck possesses near magical abilities as he dramatically transforms horses - and people - with his understanding, compassion and respect. In this film, the animal-human relationship becomes a metaphor for facing the daily challenges of life. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCMm5uoZtXw

4. "Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times"
Andrew Rossi captured a documentary about life in "NY Times". It is named "Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times", so I hope to see how journalists are working and to see it without any decorations - just truth. And official trailer promises us the same. Also Andrew Rossi is going to show us how they are working with new media and I find it important, because the world lives in Internet. But is the real work in "NY Times" as exiting and the one to dream about? Waiting to discover it.

Trailer - http://elenastr.blogspot.com/2011/05/page-one-year-inside-new-york-times.html

5. "My Afternoons with Marguerite"
The story of life's random encounters. In a small French town, Germain, a nearly illiterate man in his 50's and considered to be the village idiot by his friends at the local bistro, takes a walk to the park one day and happens to sit beside Marguerite, a little old lady who is reading excerpts from her novel aloud. She's articulate, highly intelligent and frail. Between Germain and Marguerite, there are 40 years and 200 pounds difference. Germain is lured by Marguerite's passion for life and the magic of literature from which he has always felt excluded. As Marguerite broadens his mind via reading excerpts from her novel, Germain realizes that he is more of an intellectual than he has ever allowed himself to be. Afternoons spent reading aloud on their favorite bench transform their lives and start them both on a new journey - to literacy and respect for Germain, and to the deepest friendship for Marguerite.Gerard Depardieu portrays Germain, so I'll definitely watch it. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Qm_nDvpZ0

Top-5 movies of the week - 09.06 - 15.06

Good day, everyone! I hope that you are enjoying this summer as I do. If you'd like to go to the cinema, here is another top-5 movies, which can be interesting for you.

1. "Super 8"
Director J.J. Abrams presents his new sci-fi movie "Super 8" with actors Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Jessica Tuck, Joel McKinnon Miller, Ron Eldard and others. The plot: " In the summer of 1979, a group of young friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries ti uncover the truth - something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined."

Trailer - http://elenastr.blogspot.com/2011/06/super-8-2011-trailer.html

2. "Winnie the Pooh"
A funny bear returns to our big screens. Disney reunites old friends and makes a beautiful animated movie about their new adventures. This story is about the wonderful life in a woods. Main characters, including also Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Owl, Kanga, Roo and Eeyore, are trying to live happily, but first of all, they have to find a proper tail for the most melancholic member of their crew. I was surprised that new Disney animation looks like painted not made by computers. It is very beautiful way to make movies more alive, colorful and not artificial.

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRT86ZggCEk

3. "TrollHunter"
After many movies about vampires and zombies, Norwegian filmmakers found another creature to make a horror movie about. Now everyone is screaming because of a trolls, which are discovered by a group of students. They wanted to capture real-life of this beasts on camera after learning their existence has been covered up for years by a government conspiracy. A thrilling and wildly entertaining film, this story delivers truly fantastic images of giant trolls wreaking havoc on the countryside, with darkly funny adherence to the original Norwegian folklore. (Official site)

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLEo7H9tqSM

4. "Manuale D'amore 3"
Italian director Giovanni Veronesi continues to tell us stories about how love can be complicated and simple at that moment. This movie consists of three romantic novels, where Robert DeNiro, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio,Valeria Solarino, Michele Placido and Laura Chiatti are playing passionately with love.

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-xtzzePWTQ

5. "One Lucky Elephant"
A touching documentary about elephant's life after retirement. Sixteen years have passed since circus producer David Balding adopted Flora, the orphaned baby African elephant. As Flora approaches adulthood, he realizes that she is not happy performing. And David must face the difficult truth that the circus is no place for Flora, she needs to be with other elephants. This road to Flora's retirement, however, is a difficult and emotional journey which tests their bond in unexpected ways. (Rotten Tomatoes)

Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prAkIYOTiLA

Which movie are you going to see this week?