Are you feeling a bit restless on this cold, blustery day in January? Wouldn’t it be nice to be somewhere warmer and sunnier - even if just for a few hours?
We’ve lined up three movies that guarantee to transport you to the tropics and keep you happy there for a while. All filmed on location in beautiful Hawaii, they’ll charm your winter socks off and make you forget the chill outside.
The three movies are 50 First Dates, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Blue Crush.If you’re a Netflix member,Blue Crushis currently on Instant Watch and you can stream it directly onto your television. For the other two flicks, a quick trip to your local video store will do.
It’s that time of the year again! The 2011 Oscar nominations were announced earlier this morning in Los Angeles. We’re thrilled to see a few of our favorite movies on the list: Winter’s Bone, Inception, Black Swan, The Social Network and 127 Hours. But topping it all is The King’s Speechwith 12 nominations, including for Best Picture and Director.
By now, you’ve probably heard all the buzz about the first feature film made entirely on an iPhone 4.
The movie is Paranmanjang or Night Fishing, made with a super-modest budget of under $135,000.
The director is Park Chan-Wook, one of South Korea’s most commercially successful young filmmakers. A few of his well-known movies are Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Oldboy (which won the Grand Prix award at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival), and Thirst (which won the Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival).
Reel-Scout has just partnered with “one of best hands-on film school in the world,” the New York Film Academy.
With campuses in both Los Angeles and New York City, NYFA offers an impressive list of programs for their students, including Filmmaking, Acting, Producing, Screenwriting, Documentary and Cinematography.
We blogged about Perfectly Prudence filming on location in a private Michigan home earlier last month. Tonight, Saturday, January 8, 2011, this charming movie is premiering on the Hallmark Channel at 9/8c.
I love independent films! They’re produced by smaller film studios, have smaller budgets and limited releases, and yet often leave me with hauntingly deep impressions for days afterward (Memento, Donnie Darko, The Usual Suspects, Brokeback Mountain ... to name just a few).
Earlier this year, we wrote about The Bunny Lady, a movie filmed entirely in Michigan, directed by West Michigan native Tom Seidman, starring the beloved Florence Henderson. We recently heard that the movie has been renamed The Christmas Bunny, and will be showing at The Knickerbocker Theatre in Holland, Michigan, on December 21, 2010, in time for the Holidays.
I have a riddle for you. What does a public high school, a fine foods store, and a 160-year old mansion - located in Georgia - have in common?
You guessed it! They’re all filming locations.
I love family movies. They’re far and few in between these days. But tonight, December 3, 2010, we have a great family movie lined-up for you. Tune in to NBC at 8 p.m. and watch A Walk In My Shoes, starring Nancy Travis (The Jane Austen Book Club, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, 3 Men and a Little Lady), Philip Winchester and Yara Martinez.
The movie is a joint production sponsored by Proctor & Gamble and Walmart. It’s the “third installment of their Family Movie Night Initiative, which was launched last April in direct response to research which revealed that parents across America are seeking more family-oriented entertainment to enjoy together.” (Quote taken from a recent press release.)
Movies are usually elaborate productions involving an extensive list of filming locations to provide the right settings and moods required for each scene. So when I heard that it is possible to film an entire movie in one location, well one house in this case, I was pleasantly surprised.
Jane Seymour’s latest project, a Hallmark Channel movie called Perfectly Prudence (formerly called Prudence, Again), was filmed entirely in a private home of a physician in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as confirmed by West Michigan Film Office’s Rick Hert. The house was also the former residence of the DeVos family.
I’m one of those people who stay in the theater long after the final scene of a movie is over, just to read all the credits. I’m fascinated by the number of people needed to put a production together. It truly takes a village to make a movie.
Other than the obvious mentions of directors, producers and actors in the credits, there are also hundreds if not thousands of other key individuals who work tirelessly behind the scene of every single production. They’re all carefully mentioned in the credits, but unfortunately they’re often overlooked by us viewers.
Last week, I had a chance to visit Vermont on my annual fall trip to New England. As luck would have it, the weather was beautiful and the foliage was still at its peak. But the most memorable part of the trip this year had nothing to do with the New England’s fall colors. Instead, it was my adventures while tracking down the filming locations of one of my favorite movies that topped even the New England foliage for me.
The movie in question was Baby Boom, a film about a successful, career woman named J.C., charmingly played by Diane Keaton. J.C. turned her life upside down after she inherited a baby from a distant relative and moved to Vermont. Baby Boom came out in 1987 and earned favorable reviews from critics and audiences everywhere. Mine included.
I have a strange love for Alaska. Strange because I’ve never been to the state, and yet it sits firmly on my list of top favorite places of all time to visit.
When I heard that Drew Barrymore’s latest project is being filmed in Alaska this month, I knew I had to do a little write-up and share the good news.
The movie is Everybody Loves Whales (later on changed to Big Miracle) produced by Universal Pictures and directed by Ken Kwapis (He’s Just Not That Into You).
Not too long ago, I did an article on Director Danny Boyle’s latest movie 127 Hours, filmed on location in the beautiful red rock country of Moab, Utah. Fast forward four months later to an evening in September 12, 2010, 127 Hours, a film based on the true story of outdoorsman Aron Ralston, had its first public screening at the Toronto Film Festival.
The reaction to the film was visceral and intense, with its audience “peeking at the screen through parted fingers.” There were “gasps and a standing ovation” for both the director and the film’s main actor James Franco. And yes, there were also Oscar talks. And a few people fainted.
Just a brief entry to let our Twilight fans know that Breaking Dawn, the movie based on the fourth and final novel in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, will be filmed on location in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Vancouver, British Columbia.
Louisiana’s attractive film tax credits have been drawing Breaking Dawn, along with many other productions to the state for filming. This has provided the much needed boost to Louisiana’s economy and tourist industry.
Currently in its fourth season, the television action dramaBurn Notice made its debut on June 28, 2007 on USA Network and has been cruising on its strong ratings since. If you’re a Burn Notice fan, you probably appreciate the authentic feel of its setting. It is the only Miami set TV show that is actually filmed on location in and around Miami. The show also has a permanent set built in the former Coconut Grove Convention Center in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood.
Remember Slumdog Millionaire? I saw it at least three times. Twice in the theater, and probably more than once on television when the movie finally came out on cable. Fair to say that Academy Award winner Director Danny Boyle had made one very poignant, unforgettable film. It went on to win eight Oscars in 2008.
This month, Mr. Boyle is back in the spot light wrapping up 127 Hours, his latest film with Fox Searchlight Pictures, starring James Franco. The movie is based on the true heroic story of mountaineer Aron Ralston who in 2003 was hiking in Blue John Canyon, near Moab, UT, when he was trapped by an 800-pound boulder.
As promised, we’re now on to Part 2 of The Spectacular Filming Locations of Water For Elephants. Having gotten all the filming locations down for you in Part 1 of our article, today we’re sharing first-hand accounts from two of the movie’s supporting actors (extras). We’ll also introduce you to Tai (Rosie), the “biggest” star of Water For Elephantswhom everyone falls in love with at first sight.
This summer, a super-popular Twilight star and one of Hollywood’s Oscar-nominated directors are coming to Pittsburgh to film their next production. We love the Twilight series. Safe to say that “we” includes all of the ladies at Reel-Scout. We read the books, we stood in line for the movies, and now we are excited for Pittsburgh because “Jacob” will be there to film his next movie “Abduction.” By “Jacob” we mean the handsome, dimply 18-year-old Taylor Lautner, “one of the most popular actors on the planet” after his portrayal of Jacob Black in the Twilight series.
A while back, we wrote a post on the Top 18 Landscape Film Locations in the American West. It quickly became one of the most viewed entries in our blog. In response to that, we are following-up with a spotlight on the American South. With its deeply-rooted history and culture, along with all the different mesmerizing landscapes, the American South touches many of us on a soulful level.
