Another masterpiece by Tim Burton
Genre: Animated Fantasy movie with elements of Musical, for the whole Family
Studio: Touchstone Pictures, reissue – Disney Digital 3 -D

Writer: Brilliant Tim Burton, a writer, producer, actor and director wrote this remarkable story. He is the name behind some of the greatest movies in the past 2 decades like: Beetlejuice, Batman Forever, Ed Wood, Mars Attacks, Lost in Oz, Corpse Bride, 9 etc. He
is known for often casting the same actors – his wife Helena Bonham Carter and his friend Johnny Depp. Burton wrote the original story which was developed by Michael McDowell (Beatle juice, Monsters, Tales from the Dark side).

Danny (Daniel) Elfman, is the man who wrote the lyrics for The Nightmare Before Christmas. He is the main music department person, and has been nominated for the Academy Award for four times. He created some of the most memorable music themes of our times, for the following movies and shows: The Simpsons, Desperate Housewives, Spider-man, Hulk, Good Will Hunting.

Cast: For the main character, Jack Skellington, two actors were casted to do the voiceover: Denny Elfman, as his singing voice, and Chris Sarandon, as his normal/talking voice. Just like Elfman, Sarandon also has an Oscar nomination, he is known for his remarkable voice, and his most famous movies so far are: Dog Day Afternoon, Fright Night, The Underworld etc.

Elfman is, as we mentioned above, a true legend in Hollywood, when it comes to original music for movies and TV shows. As an actor, he mostly collaborates with Tim Burton and that was the case in: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and 9.

Primetime Emmy winner Catherine O’Hara is the voice of Sally/Shock and her most memorable roles are: Away We GO, Where the Wild things are, 6 Feet Under, Best in Show, For your consideration…

William Hickey, Oscar nominated actor, is the voice of Dr. Finkelstein. Prizzi’s Honor, Tales from the Crypt, Mousehunt, Wings and others are his most memorable movie roles.

Plot summary: Like every year, in Halloween Town, monsters have prepared a great scare for everyone. The pumpkin king, master of the Halloween Town is bored to death with this same old routine, and wants to change something. One day, he goes deep into the wood and finds a bunch of doors with holiday trees in front of them. He decides to go through the Christmas door and visit Christmas Town. After seeing how interesting Christmas is, he decides to throw an original Christmas party in his own Halloween Town. In the traditional world of monsters, things are about to change!

Recommendation: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is a brilliant masterpiece for children and grownups. It is now re-mastered and reissued for the pleasure of 3 –D viewing experience. That means that you can visit your nearest cinema, and experience the monster world, like you have seen it never before. Alive, scary, flamboyant and entertaining! Don’t miss this amazing feature!

Genre: War Drama full of Action and with elements of Dark Comedy.
Tarantino says: “Although this is a war movie, I think it is mainly a spaghetti western”.

Studio: A Band Apart and Zehnte Babelsberg

Release date: Premiered in Cannes
UK release date is August 19, 2009
US release date is August 21, 2009

Director and writer: Quentin Tarantino is a legendary figure of the American cinematography. He is known for breaking the rules and being loved and hated at the same time, for making his movies. Whenever he makes another movie, debates appear about his ideas, originality, and often – brutality he uses often and very much. This movie is a remake of an Italian classic with the same title, but done in a completely new manner, with more humour and improved action scenes. Although it has Tarantino’s typical style and signature, it is quite different than what he did so far.

Quentin Tarantino has signed many excellent movies and you have probably seen them all, his work includes: Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown, Kill Bill, Deathproof etc.

Cast: First of all, the most important part of the cast – Brad Pitt. This is his first collaboration with Tarantino, and he is playing (brilliantly) Lt. Aldo Raine. Just a reminder, brad Pitt Starred in: The Fight Club, 12 monkeys, Babel, troy, Spy Game and many more.

Melanie Laurent is absolutely fantastic in the role of Shosanna Dreyfus, mysterious girl who will play the main role in the movie’s finale. This young French rising star is just starting her Hollywood career and work with Tarantino. is certainly a great starting point for her!

Eli Roth is an American actor, who already collaborated with Tarantino and his friend Robert Rodriguez, on the movie Grindhouse, Deathproof. In Inglorious Basterds, Roth is playing the part of Sgt. Donny Donowitz.

Christoph waltz is the perfect choice for the main villain. He is portraying German – Hans Landa, and you will love to hate him during the whole movie.

Finally, let us mention one more famous face in this movie – Diane Kruger who is playing Bridget von Hammersmark. This German actress is already a household name in Hollywood and you probably remember her from Troy, Wicker Park, National Treasure and The Hunting Party.

Plot summary: In a Nazi occupied France, the whole family is killed in front of the eyes of young Shossana Dreyfus. The man behind this terrible slaughter is Colonel Hans Landa. Shossana escapes, but the horror and the trauma remain. Few years later, German hero of War Zoller falls in love with her and decides to force her to become part of his life and German high society. Although she is disgusted, she figures out that if she infiltrates in German high society, she can destroy them from the inside, and finally get some revenge.

Parallel story follows The Basterds, Jewish American guerrilla soldiers (led by Brad Pitt) who also have one goal – to kill Nazis, and one particularly – notorious Hand Landa.

Recommendation: This movie needs no recommendation, it speaks for itself. Strong, powerful, witty and fascinating – just like Tarantino loves them. If you admire his work, and love the way he’s moving boundaries – you will be fascinated by Inglorious Basterds!

Thanks to the “Twilight Saga” and “True Blood”, vampires became the most popular TV/movie characters in the modern pop culture. “Cirque du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant” is riding that wave successfully presenting another side of the life of a vampire.

This movie required great deal of special effects and professional superb makeup and prosthetics done by Brian Sipe, Mark Garbarino and Steve Koch. Some actors stated that they had to wait for 5 hours every day, to get their costume and make up done.

The cast is excellent too. American director Paul Weitz gathered great actors for both leading and supporting roles. John C. Reilly (“9”, “Green Team”, “Step Brothers”) is in the leading role, charming, funny and persuasive as always. Chris Massoglia (practically a newcomer) is playing young Darren Shan, and some Hollywood A-list actors are here as well: Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayek and Academy Award Nominee, brilliant Ken Watanabe.

“Cirque du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant” is a fantastic adventure following a teenage boy who (without knowing) breaks a centuries long truce between two vampire fractions. Ones are calm, and peaceful, called The Vampire Clan, and they never kill their victims. Other group is different, called The Vampaneze and they are a vampire stereotype: they kill and suck blood.

Darren Shan becomes the link between two confronted groups, and is forced to become a part of this fantastic yet very dangerous world, he never thought existed except in his dreams and nightmares. He is a typical teenager; he hangs out with his sidekick and best friend Steve (played by Josh Hutcherson) all the time, and lives a normal, peaceful life. At the local freak show Steve sees that one of the performers is a vampire and reports it to the police who shut the show down.That’s when all the troubles begin, and series of unexpected and fantastic events unveils.

“Cirque du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant” is a great, entertaining and amusing movie, full of fabulous special effects, great concept art and ingenious costumes and masks. It received mixed reviews due to the fact that audience is bit overwhelmed with vampire stories these days. Also, “Cirque du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant” didn’t manage to earn as much as expected as it opened poorly earning only $6 million dollars at the box office.

One of strongest points of the movie “Cirque du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant” is certainly excellent music. Original score was composed by famous Stephen Trask who worked on this occasion with the Hollywood Studio Symphony, an 86 piece orchestra.

Overall this movie is promising great fun, excellent story and few hours well spent at the cinema. Once “Cirque du Freak: Vampire’s Assistant” comes to a cinema near you, don’t miss it!