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Renting movies from your own home without a computer or even cable TV just got cheaper. According to a story from Yahoo! Biz, it was announced at MacWorld today that Apple is dropping their price for the Apple TV set-top box. The price has been cut from $299 down to $229. You also get more for the cheaper price. Apple also unveiled new software that will enable users to rent movies from the iTunes library directly to their Apple TV units from iTunes Movie Rentals....

Access Hollywood has posted a behind the scenes video from the set of Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer, during the Vancouver, B.C. filming last year. The film stars Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher and Gonzalo Menendez . The clip shows various filming sequences during a wedding scene for the upcoming sequel. CLICK HERE to check out the behind the scenes video!...

The world of movies gives us genres left and right. You want to laugh and fall in love? Rom-com. Parents in the room? Family-friendly animation. Want to scream and maybe never sleep again? Horror is right there. However, there is one genre-umbrella that really hits us right in the feels — and it’s drama. A drama movie can mean loads of things, but if it’s going to do anything, it will make you feel something....

With the format war all said and done, retail giant Best Buy is lending a helping hand to those who went with HD DVD. According to Home Media Magazine, Best Buy will give a $50 gift card to any customer who purchased an HD DVD player or add-on at the retail chain at any time before February 23, 2008. “The DVD format war has divided our customers in a way we haven’t seen since Betamax took on VHS more than 20 years ago,” said Brian Dunn, president and COO of Best Buy....

With 25 years of acting experience under her belt, South African actress Charlize Theron has become one of the most recognizable faces in the industry. Her massive filmography also includes almost two dozen producer credits alongside many award-winning roles. Fearless on screen and always delivering an engaging and transformative performance, she adds immeasurable value to every movie she partakes in, whether it’s with brilliant subtlety in Young Adult or quirky hilarity in Arrested Development....

Since the earliest era of cinema, the horror genre has twisted the perception of reality and brought the darkest parts of the imagination to the big screen. This genre has continued to evolve and change from decade to decade. The horror that what we know today is due to the work of talented visionary artists who have paved a road that has taken over a century to travel. Horror has certainly seen its highs and lows....

MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY 9 Like Someone in Love MK2 Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami may have created some of the most beloved films in Iranian cinema, but he turned his lens in 2012 to Japan with the feature film Like Someone in Love. Like Someone in Love would be his final movie, as he died in 2016. Akiko (Rin Takanashi) is a sociology student in Tokyo who lives a double life behind closed doors: she is a high-end sex worker....

There are few actresses with a catalogue as expansive and recognisable as Kirsten Dunst. Her career has spanned several decades, beginning in 1994 when she was only 11 years old, appearing in Neil Jordan’s classic film Interview With A Vampire. She continued to deliver performances in some of the most memorable movies of the 90s, 00s, and 2010s, quicky becoming a household name after her performance as Mary Jane in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, making her one of the most in-demand actors of our generation....

Korean dramas have been a massive hit around the world for the past couple of years, elevating the small peninsula country to all-new heights in tandem with K-pop when it comes to global popular culture. Audiences cannot get enough of the characters, romances, and cultural touchstones introduced in these dramas, allowing people to learn more about Korean culture, customs, and history. Their impact is undeniable for tourism and general knowledge about South Korea, although some might develop romanticized notions about very real people and situations....

War films are some of the most appreciated films in the industry. From Apocalypse Now to Dunkirk, there is no shortage of war films available to the masses. While many films have been criticized for their lack of accuracy, like Pearl Harbor, it has become the goal of many filmmakers to try to recreate the true essence and brutality of war on the big screen. Whether it’s the brutality of the Vietnam War or the harsh realities faced by civilians in WWII, the war film genre covers everything....

As kids, many of us looked to fairytales to find an escape. We all loved the idea of watching our wildest dreams come true, paired with the idea of being young, and everything seemed possible. There is a fairytale out there for everyone, but one of the stories many kids clung to had to do with a certain set of Lost Boys and a mythical place called Neverland. The story of Peter Pan and Wendy is one we are all too familiar with....

Woody Harrelson is once again making waves in the world of cinema after his latest movie Triangle of Sadness won the prestigious Palme d’Or award and received an eight-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. The dark comedy marks the English-language debut from the Swedish director Ruben Östlund and stars Harrelson as the raging Marxist captain of a cruise ship for the mega-rich. A self-proclaimed anarchist, hemp activist, and all-around free spirit, Harrelson’s career in Hollywood has been as varied and unpredictable as one would expect from the man whose run-in with the law in the UK was later the plot for a feature film (starring Harrelson himself)....

By the end of the series, Obi-Wan Kenobi had delivered on its promise of having some “wonderful cameos” as we were promised by Ewan McGregor. However, one cameo that arrived early on and was missed by some viewers, was the fleeting appearance of The Book of Boba Fett star Temuera Morrison, who had a small scene with McGregor in the second episode of the series. For Morrison, it was a great chance to reunite again with McGregor, who he first worked opposite in the franchise way back in 2002’s Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, in which he played Jango Fett....

WEEKEND BOX OFFICE Last week, the Will Ferrell animated comedy MegaMind held the top spot for a second week in a row. But the super-hero themed film had some tough competition this weekend from the highly anticipated first part of the final chapter of one of the most beloved movie franchises of all-time, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1. This weekend the film about the young wizard earned $125....

You can bring home the latest critically-acclaimed drama from fimmakers Pedro Almodovar on DVD and Blu-ray this March. Broken Embraces will be released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 16. The standard DVD will be priced at $28.96 SRP while the BD will cost $34.95 SRP. The film stares Penelope Cruz, Lluis Homar, Blanca Portillo, Lola Duenas and Angela Molina. A luminous Penélope Cruz stars as an actress who sacrifices everything for true love in Broken Embraces, Academy Award-winning filmmaker (2003, Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Talk to Her) Pedro Almodóvar’s acclaimed tale of sex, secrets and cinema....

Get ready to explore the Catacombs on DVD. Catacombs will be released on DVD on February 19, apparently skipping a U.S. theatrical engagement. The disc will be priced at an SRP of $29.95. The horror flick stars Shannon Sossamyn and pop star Pink, going under her given name of Alecia Moore. Synopsis In Catacombs, the new hair-raising thriller from the producers of the hit film Saw, Victoria (Shannyn Sossamon) heads to City of Lights to visit her wild sister Carolyn (Alecia Moore a....

There’s Something Wrong with the Children, the new supernatural thriller from Blumhouse, follows Margaret (Alisha Wainwright, Raising Dion) and Ben (Zach Gilford, The Purge: Anarchy) as they spend the weekend at a cabin with their longtime friends Ellie (Amanda Crew, Silicon Valley), Thomas (Carlos Santos), and their two children Lucy (Briella Guiza), and Spencer (David Mattle). As each couple deals with personal challenges in their respective relationships, the seemingly perfect weekend is marred by friction....

When it comes to filming a major motion picture, there are bound to be mistakes that happen on camera. Most of the time, a scene will just be shot again, and it would be like the mistake never even happened. However, some mistakes are so good, that they need to be left in the film. Or, an actor could have sustained a serious injury thanks to a mistake, and the messed up footage has to make the cut while the injured actor is recovering....

Back in 2018, with Get Out and The Shape of Water garnering nominations for Best Picture and receiving various wins, the refined world of The Academy Awards was turned upside down. Sure, The Shape of Water, which won four Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Guillermo del Toro, takes a look at some pretty horrific things. And yes, it is more of a romantic creature feature and sociopolitical parable – but Get Out is a bona fide horror movie....

If you like early Quentin Tarantino or Guy Ritchie films and especially if you liked “Sexy Beast,” then you’ll love “44 Inch Chest.” The film, which is from the writer’s of “Sexy Beast” and features two of its stars, Ray Winstone and Ian McShane is an explosive and powerful British gangster movie. It possess the urgency and excitement of a film like “Reservoir Dogs” while still capturing the essence of that film’s character dialogue and mixing it with the specific British underworld feel of a movie like “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels....