News Stories relating to "movies"

Something the critics don't know - Movie critics are scratching their heads and wondering why a movie like "Sex and the City 2" was set in a Muslim country like Abu Dhabi, but if you read Anne's Diaries regularly, YOU know the answer: It's an extreme example of product placement! We need your help, folks, so If you love Anne's...

Mathematicians dissect movies & TV shows - Hollywood's "golden age" seems to have ended in the 1950s. Up until that time, everyone went to the latest blockbuster and discussed it afterwards, but today, with so many choices at home (such as video games, the internet and cable TV), people are choosy about what they pay money...

This Halloween season, most of the current horror flicks are a bore. Some of them are actually (unintentionally) funny. Maybe the problem is that Americans have too many real things to be scared about.

Pop culture guru Rob Weiner says, "The recent slate of horror movies is pathetic. They aren't scary. There's nothing that captures the...

If you're planning on seeing a film today, you'll be glad to know that someday soon, we'll be able to watch 3D films WITHOUT those pesky cardboard glasses because they'll be holograms.

BBC News reports that researchers have developed a material in which holographs can be created in minutes. Of course, the images in animation need to...

Women: Don't be afraid to suggest a romantic film for Valentine's Day. New research shows that men like "women's films" as much as women do.

"Chick flicks" aren't just for women. According to psychologist Richard Harris, who made a study of our movie-going habits, guys like romantic movies, too. He says, "Everyone thinks that women like...

From time to time, we report on what scientists are thinking about the films we see. Why is the new Bond film called Casino Royale instead of James Bond 21 (which is what it actually is)? Are movie stars getting so skinny that this sets a dangerous precedent for women with incipient eating disorders? Scientists have good answers to these...

Newswise - Children two to six years old are four times as likely to try to smoke later on if they have watched movies and DVDs in which the actors smoked. They are five times as likely to try drinking alcohol if they've seen movies in which actors drank. Most tobacco and alcohol prevention studies target children during...