New Website Shows Celebrities’ Favorite Movies

A new website, Flickathon, (http://celebs.flickathon.com/) was released to the Internet recently, that has archives of favorite movies of famous people. It has been quite popular around Internet websites such as Reddit and Rotten Tomatoes. It ranges from showing movies favorited by actors and actresses, sports stars, musicians, big CEOs of companies, and even government officials, such as the President of the United States, Barack Obama. The website has a slick, bold design to it, with an easy to use interface to explore all of the celebrities and the respective movies that they love.

Users can also recommend movies to other users on the website, and the most recommended movies aggregate into a “Top 100” category. Additionally, you can follow friends from your social media sites that are on the site and look at their favorite movies by category, and even search movies and get recommended films based on positive reviews and similar classifications. However, I think the coolest part of the website are the favorite movies by renowned people in our world today. There is also a YouTube video explaining all functions of the website:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ON4Fu_Yykck

Personally, I have gone through the website extensively and have absolutely loved it, because of the wide range of categories the website has, and how easy it is to navigate through the site. I have recommended it to all my friends, and if you are a movie lover, this will without a doubt not disappoint.

Related Sources:

http://www.shortlist.com/entertainment/films/favourite-movies-of-famous-people

http://www.pajiba.com/seriously_random_lists/35-actors-list-their-5-favorite-films-which-one-is-your-movie-soul-mate.php

‘Spring Breakers’ is Breaking Out Some (Ex)-Disney Stars

The new movie Spring Breakers, directed by Harmony Korine, has been stirring up a lot of buzz the past couple of months. The buzz can be largely attributed to the raunchy pictures and advertising of the four female stars, Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Benson, and Rachel Korine, with Gomez and Hudgens largely known for their work in Disney movies and television shows, Benson as a star in the popular television show Pretty Little Liars, and Korine, who is the wife of the writer and director. The movie entails the story of four college-aged girls who decide to rob a fast-food restaurant in order to pay for their spring break trip to Florida. The movie also an interesting addition of actor James Franco as a hustling gangster with cornrows, who breaks the girls out of prison and takes them under his wing and into the vast criminal world. As ridiculous of a plot as this sounds, the movie was actually selected to compete at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, and has received an overall “fresh” rating on the popular film review aggregator website.

Some critics have slammed the movie for its poor acting and odd plot, but others have embraced it, calling it “fun” and “extremely entertaining.” With the risqué collaboration of the four female characters and the edgy storyline, some say that the movie only attracts by the looks of the girls, and that if Gomez and Hudgens wanted to advance their movie career, they should not have picked such a revealing movie with a weak premise. Regardless, many critics thoroughly enjoyed the film. Sources:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dinagachman/2013/03/15/spring-breakers-girls-gone-wild-or-wise-career-move/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101441/

I myself, do not have much interest for seeing the film, even with the many positive reviews. However, I know many people will flock to see this due to its outright quirkiness. The movie will be released across the U.S. on March 22nd, 2013 and is rated R.