ET Product Placement

Survivor producer Mark Burnett recognized he could garner corporate sponsors and funding by offering prominent product placement in his reality series. As a result early seasons of the show found contestants competing for food rewards such as Pringles potato chips and necessities like tools from Sears. It seems that corporate executives have learned a lot about this type of advertising since the early 1980’s. In 1982 young director Steven Spielberg was flush with the success of his science fiction blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third Kind and set to embark on a...

Best Action Movies of All Time

Everyone has a memory of a movie that had a profound impact on their life. Action movies captivate the audience with tremendous special effect, edge-of-your-seat anticipation, and heart-pounding heroics. Here are the top three best action movies of all time. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is lighter and not as intense as the other Indiana Jones movies, so it can be watched with the whole family. This movie features a flashback to Indiana Jones’ childhood to reveal how he became scared of snakes, started using a whip,...

The Most Plugged in Celebrities

Many celebrities have taken to social media networks as a way of expanding and staying in touch with their fan base. These sites have given celebrities a whole new means with which to keep up with followers and document their daily lives. In this way, the fan feels a new connection to the star by being offered up to minute facts about the whereabouts and activities of their favorite entertainment personalities. While some celebrities have used this technology to their advantage others have taken this advantage to a whole new level in order to keep their careers...

Movies With Super Cheesy Special Effects

Despite all the advances in movie technology, there’s still no shortage of movies with cringe worthy special effects. This, of course, can put otherwise good movies over the edge and onto this list of films with incredibly cheesy or crappy special effects. 1. Garfield Garfield was created in 2004, starring Bill Murray. Many had high hopes for this film, but it had a very low positive response from critics and Garfield fans alike. 2. Twilight Twilight set a modern standard for stupid with some god awful special effects.  These films consistently lack good special...

Best End Of The World Movies

It takes more that the latest in CG to make a good end of the world movie. After all, it’s not just oceans rolling over New York City or lava flowing through LA that makes a good disaster, but the human story the fictional end of the world creates. Here are a few flicks that may not have all the effects, but still earn a spot on the list of best end of the world movies. Children of Men In this movie Clive Owen’s character is tasked with bringing the only pregnant woman on Earth to a scientific research center. In this epic tale the end of the world is brought...

Best Mad Scientists In Movies

There’s something we can’t resist about mad scientist movies. Such characters have become ingrained in our culture and our memories. Here are some of the best mad scientists to appear on the big screen. Doc Brown We all know the character of Doctor Emmett Brown from the Back to the Future movies. Played by Christopher Lloyd, Doc Brown is the inventor of a time machine built out of a DeLorean sports car. Doc Brown is loosely based off of Albert Einstein and a mesh of other famous scientists. Ghostbusters These guys became the symbol of good guy mad scientists....

Computer Movie Villains

Some of the best on screen villains were not human, alien or monster. Here’s a list in honor of the best computer super villains to grace the big screen. Skynet Skynet from the Terminator movies is by far one of the most maniacal supercomputer villains to hit the screen.  The worldwide artificial intelligence system somehow becomes self aware and decides to annihilate the entire human race.  In the first movie, Skynet even goes so far as to send a Terminator cyborg back in time to destroy Sarah Connor, who gives birth to the leader of the human resistance. Photo...

Arizona Movies: Some of the Best Films S...

Arizona is known around the world for its brilliant landscapes and sunsets, its timeless atmosphere. Here, it’s clear that for all the cities we build, you can’t replace the natural beauty of this country, all you can do is cover it up here and there. Even people who have never been to Arizona know what it looks like way out west, and we have movies to thank for that. Some of the very best American films ever made, in fact… Raising Arizona This is probably the first one you think of when you think about movies set and filmed in Arizona,...