As Breaking Dawn hits theaters, Edward and his Cullen clan are merely another chapter in the long history that is movie vampires. From the early days of silent films, vampires have served as a villain unlike any other. They look like us, yet can turn into an efficient killer in a millisecond. Movie Fanatic gives you the Top 10 Movie Vampires that helps put The Twilight Saga vampire rebirth in the context of the history of film. Be careful, vampires are among us!

10. William Dafoe in Shadow of the Vampire
William Dafoe sinks his teeth into the vampire genre with full force in Shadow of the Vampire. He plays Max Schreck from Nosferatu and the theory is that Schreck was so good as Nosferatu because in real life, he was a vampire.

9. Lauren Hutton in Once Bitten
Lauren Hutton’s Countess adds humor to the Top 10 Movie Vampire list with the help of a very young Jim Carrey. Hutton’s Countess hunts and seduces virgins in 1980’s LA and to say that task is difficult is a gross understatement. Enter Carrey’s Mark Kendall and vampire hilarity ensues.

8. Robert Pattinson in Breaking Dawn
Robert Pattinson embodied Edward for hundreds of millions of fans of the Stephenie Meyer Twilight Saga. On film, he is the perfect choice to play Edward, the object of teenaged want for a legion of teenage girls. In the series’ latest (check out our Breaking Dawn review) he fulfils the dream of many as he marries his human sweetheart Bella (Kristen Stewart). What Pattinson achieved with his portrayal of Edward is bring a sexiness to the iconic character that is a vampire unlike any other. He also brought the vampire back to forefront of popular culture.

7. Bela Lugosi in Dracula
The “original” vampire in many ways for the modern movie age, Bela Lugosi put the fear into many an audience member in the 1931 film. Lugosi set the standard for vampires on screen that is still the benchmark to this day.

6. Kiefer Sutherland in The Lost Boys
Long before he was hunting terrorists on 24, Kiefer Sutherland was on the hunt as a vampire in The Lost Boys. He was equally scary as he was cool and made the perfect film villain, regardless of being a vampire. Can you imagine The Lost Boys without him? I think not.

5. Michael Sheen in The Twilight Saga
Michael Sheen as Aro lands higher than Edward on this list because he embodies the downright evil that is the movie vampire. His portrayal is equal parts camp, horror and pure villainy as he leads the Volturi in their quest to dominate the vampire world of The Twilight Saga. Seeing Breaking Dawn this weekend? Stay through the final credits as Sheen steals the entire film in one short sequence that sets up the climatic finale in Breaking Dawn Part 2.

4. Kate Beckinsale in Underworld
Kate Beckinsale is so astounding as Selene in the first Underworld, it was met with universal joy when it was announced she would be back for the fourth film (check out the Underworld Awakening trailer). In her tight leather outfit, Beckinsale’s vampire was equally compassionate as she was a killer. The Lycan must always be nervous when Selene’s around!

3. Gary Oldman in Dracula
Gary Oldman can play pure evil better than anyone. So his casting as Dracula in Francis Ford Copolla’s 1992 Dracula was pure genius. Oldman channels his inner night walker with panache and purpose, yet there is a subtlety to his performance that is classic Oldman. 1992’s Dracula was a so-so movie made excellent solely by the performance of Oldman.

2. Max Schreck in Nosferatu
Before Lugosi was vampire brilliance, there was Max Schreck in 1922’s Nosferatu. His performance and the role itself is the stuff of Hollywood legend. The silent film relied solely on Schreck for its scariness and because of the performance by the actor, shivers were felt by audiences new to the film format.

1. Tom Cruise in Interview with a Vampire
There was much controversy when Tom Cruise was cast in Anne Rice’s vampire opus as the iconic Lestat. Even Rice cast doubt on whether this pretty boy movie star could embody the horror that is her most popular character. But once on the set, Rice saw the brilliance that was Cruise in that role. Soon after when the film was released, millions more discovered the first signs that this movie star was a real acting force to be reckoned with. In hindsight, it is impossible to think of anyone else of that era portraying Lestat in Interview with a Vampire.

Alexander Payne has done it again with The Descendants. The writer-director of Election and Sideways has returned after several years and produced an instant classic, love letter to the state of Hawaii and gotten the performance of his career out of George Clooney.

Clooney plays Matt King, a man whose marriage is in trouble, two daughters are acting out and the entire state of Hawaii awaits his decision on a historic swath of land.

Then tragedy strikes. His wife has a boating accident and lands in a coma. King must cope with the news while playing catch-up. Clooney’s character has been an almost absentee dad and must now take his ten-year-old on a flight to another island to pick up his wayward teen daughter Alexandra (The Secret Life of the American Teenager’s Shailene Woodley). There is a clear discord in Matt and Alexandra’s relationship and in many ways it serves as the core of The Descendants storytelling. To watch these two actors perform their perfect tennis volley of performance is simply one of many reasons the film is of the best of the year

When King discovers -- through Alexandra -- that his wife had been cheating, the film ventures into complicated waters. Watching this family cope with bad news upon punched in the gut news is handled with such grace by Payne and his cast. In a pivotal scene where Clooney gets enraged at his wife laying in a coma, it is powerful to the ninth degree.

An impressive movie also must have step up to the plate performances from its supporting cast. Amara Miller is the ten-year-old Scottie King who delivers a turn well beyond her years. And Woodley is astonishing going toe-to-toe with an Oscar winner in Clooney. It is her character arc that is the widest in The Descendants. The actress carries it off with a believable portrayed journey of a teen going from adolescence to young adulthood in the span of a few days. Both Matthew Lillard and Judy Greer deliver in their supporting roles as a couple central to not only the unfaithfulness of Clooney’s onscreen wife, but the land deal that has the state’s attention and weighs on Matt King’s conscious.

Then there are the veterans who shine in roles that could have been forgotten mere moments. Robert Forster (Jackie Brown) is Clooney’s father-in-law grappling with tragedy on two sides. His wife is slipping into dementia while his daughter lies in a life threatening coma. Forster’s military man is used to order in his life that now has none. Beau Bridges is Clooney’s cousin Hugh. Bridges inhabits him as middle-aged surfer dude, yet never slips into his brother Jeff Bridges’ iconic The Dude mode.

The brilliance of The Descendants truly lies on two sets of shoulders. Writer-director Payne has produced the finest of his fine film work. The ebb and flow of his story reflects life itself. Amongst tragedy, humor can arise. Hope lives where sullen news could permeate. Payne’s world of the King family possesses a dynamic that exists where the word powerful is too tame of a description of its supremacy over every inch of film.

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The second set of shoulders belongs to Clooney. The actor deserves a Best Actor nomination and in our opinion, deserves the golden statue with his astounding work. He compels his audience to not even blink while he performs. Commanding every moment, Clooney reminds us that he is the leading man of Hollywood today.

But what is so great about The Descendants is it could have been the George Clooney show. Although he is at his best, the film is a collection of its parts, all pulling together to let the world know why the movies are so magical.

Michelle Williams dazzles in My Week with Marilyn and in two new stills, we meet the man in her life during the film’s time period, iconic playwright Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott).

In the film My Week with Marilyn, Marilyn Monroe heads to Britain to film The Prince and the Showgirl with Lawrence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh) starring and directing. This is her moment to shine as an actress and the film chronicles her struggles with the shoot, but mainly, her relationship with a twenty-something assigned to be her assistant.

That man, Colin Clark, wrote a memoir of the same name and in many ways, the film is his story. But, the star of the film is clearly Williams, who impresses beyond belief that she is Marilyn Monroe. Oscar buzz is flying for Williams and rightfully so.

Stay with Movie Fanatic for our video interviews with the entire My Week with Marilyn cast and our review that arrives November 23.

The Secret Life of the American Teenager may have made Shailene Woodley a star, but it is her turn in George Clooney’s latest film The Descendants that could earn her Oscar attention. Woodley sat down for an exclusive video interview to talk about working with Clooney and the magic of director Alexander Payne (Sideways).

We rave about Woodley’s performance in our The Descendants review and after speaking with the actress, it’s easy to see this young talent is truly just getting started with one solid head on her shoulders.

Shailene Woodley's Exclusive The Descendants Interivew

This weekend at the movies is all about the love of vampires, but let’s not forget our favorite non-aviating birds and George Clooney in what me be an Oscar-winning role!

Breaking Dawn: Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart) get married and celebrate a honeymoon that is cut short by a certain unexpected arrival in Breaking Dawn. The fourth film in the Twilight Saga hit screens at midnight last night and has already banked a record $30 million. Our Breaking Dawn review takes you through the film and lets you know whether you should be excited as a Twilight fan or as a regular movie fanatic.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Full Trailer

Happy Feet 2: Elijah Wood and Robin Williams are back in Happy Feet 2. This time out, the duo are joined by Pink, Sofia Vergara, Hank Azaria and Common. But, the duo that steals the entire film is Brad Pitt and Matt Damon as a couple of Krill who refuse to go with the crowd. The film is an absolute joy as we discuss in our Happy Feet 2 review.

Happy Feet 2 Trailer

The Descendants: George Clooney rivets in his portrayal of a father who is trying to keep his family together in the wake of tragedy. Alexander Payne of Sideways fame has done it again as the writer-director has crafted a film that is powerful on a multitude of levels. The Descendants is also a love letter to the state of Hawaii and even addresses issues that are pertinent to the citizens who live there. In this season of Oscar bait, The Descendants has established itself as a front-runner as we delve into in our The Descendants review.

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Sylvester Stallone has reassembled his Expendables team and brought on a few newbies for Expendables 2 and the poster for the film has premiered. Willis and Schwarzenegger are both back with much larger roles than first go around, but what strikes us in this new poster is presence of Jean Claude Van Damme and Chuck Norris.

The Expendables 2 cast has been busy with Twitter photos, but is the first true look at the gang we’ve seen from the studio. The film doesn’t arrive in theaters until August 17, 2012, so for now, simply enjoy the poster. Hopefully, someday soon, we’ll get a trailer!

The Dark Knight Rises, at its heart, is a battle between Bane (Tom Hardy) and Batman (Christian Bale). UK’s Empire magazine has debuted two new covers featuring the first new shots from the film. First up is our hero, the Dark Knight himself.

Second up is the villain who is sure to put the fear into Gotham, Bane. Videos of Bane fighting Batman have been seen, but this is the first chance anyone has had to look at the costume and the man behind the evil. How he will stack up against the Oscar-winning turn of Heath Ledger as Joker is hard to say. Let’s just say that’s like comparing apples and oranges… Ledger’s Joker has already gone down in film history and there is no competition, nor should there be for Hardy. The only thing Bane needs to do is be bad, and we know, in Hardy’s hands, that will come easy.

The Dark Knight Rises arrives in theaters July 20, 2012 with Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman and Gary Oldman reprising their roles and new cast members Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Juno Temple and Marion Cotillard joining the fray.

In Arthur Christmas, House star Hugh Laurie is Steve, the heir apparent to Santa Claus. In Steve, Laurie crafts a character that prompts Movie Fanatic to ask: Why has this guy never played a superhero? Laurie visited with Movie Fanatic for an exclusive video interview to talk about Arthur Christmas, but also his fondest holiday memory and how his imagining of Steve versus what we see in Arthur Christmas wound up perfect for any actor’s vanity!

Hugh Laurie Exclusive Interview: Arthur Christmas

Arthur Christmas is from Sony Pictures Animation (The Smurfs, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) and Aardman Animation (Wallace and Gromit) and takes audiences inside the North Pole, where the magic happens that is getting billions of presents across the globe in one single evening. Arthur (James McAvoy) and the super-buff and techno-savvy Steve are the sons of Santa (Jim Broadbent) and grandsons of Grand Santa (Bill Nighy) and it is clear from the get-go in Arthur Christmas who is prepared for duty when dad retires. But, by the end of the film, we wonder: Who will be the next Santa Claus?

Rumors have abounded for years that acting chameleon Sacha Baron Cohen was going to play Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury in a biopic. Producer Graham King has confirmed that fact and stated that filming will begin in 2012.

King, the man behind The Departed, The Town, Rango and this week’s release of Martin Scorsese’s Hugo, has stated that his next project will in fact be the life story of the legendary rock front man and Cohen is his guy to portray Mercury.

As the producer of Hugo, King was witness to the actor’s incredible range in that Scorsese film (stay tuned for our Hugo review this week). And we at Movie Fanatic can think of no better performer to capture the icon that is Freddie Mercury.

Steven Spielberg is heading back to war, this time World War I, for his latest film. War Horse is the story of a friendship between a young man, Albert, and his horse named Joey.

Albert has trained Joey and as World War I rears its ugly head, it becomes clear that his horse is needed on the front lines. Spielberg could not be more in his element filming War Horse, based on the Tony Award winning play.

When the horse and his master are separated, it begins an epic journey that sends Albert to continental Europe in search of his dear friend.

Jeremy Irvine portrays Albert, and through his eyes, audiences are taken through the battlefields of World War I. The film’s climactic conclusion even takes place in the famed “No Man’s Land.”

Spielberg truly got his hands dirty getting into the trenches making this epic and sought to make it as real as possible.

As most Spielberg movies are a true gift, War Horse lands appropriately on Christmas Day. The film stars Emily Watson, Tom Hiddleston, David Thewlis and Irvine.

War Horse began as a bestselling book and in the hands of Spielberg is getting serious Oscar buzz. It is beautifully shot and solely from the War Horse trailer, we can see that the film is a thing of beauty, even with the backdrop of war.

For those who are drawn to the play, Spielberg fans or animal lovers, there are so many reasons to look forward to War Horse.

Jason Segel and his creative partner Nick Stoller were the perfect choices to create a rebirth of a pop culture icon in The Muppets. Evidenced by their collaboration on Forgetting Sarah Marshall, where puppetry was a central aspect, capturing the Muppet world for a new generation was in good hands with Segel and Stoller.

Now that The Muppets has arrived, the proof is in the proverbial pudding. The Muppets is pure bliss. Whether a Muppets fan or not, what is not to absolutely adore about Segel and Stoller’s film? It is not simply one great return for the legendary characters -- The Muppets is one of the best films of the year.

By introducing a new Muppet, Walter, as Segel’s onscreen brother and treating the Muppets like a cultural holy grail, Segel and Stoller have simultaneously created a background and a landscape for a new Muppet world that is up-to-date, while still staying true to what made the Muppets great in the first place.

In The Muppets, Walter, Segel and his onscreen girlfriend Amy Adams head to Hollywood to visit the legendary Muppets Theater. Once they get there they discover it is completely run down, is being pursued for purchase by an oil baron for the black gold that sits below it on Hollywood Boulevard, and the Muppets themselves are scattered across the globe. Walter, Adams and Segel seek out Kermit (Walter’s favorite) to see what they can do to 1) save the theater and 2) get the gang back together.

Flight of the Conchords creator James Bobin is The Muppets director and as such he provides a perfect palette for the film to succeed on a multitude of fronts. Bobin, Stoller and Segel are a dream team and Muppets fans should thank their lucky stars that the beloved franchise is in their hands. The film is astounding and a joy on so many levels. Don't miss our interview with Walter, Miss Piggy and Kermit!

A delightful surprise as well is the Muppet world worthy performance by Amy Adams. She is game for all the hijinx, hilarity and heartfelt emotion that is all part of any great Muppet experience and is explosively shown in Disney’s 2011 The Muppets. She sings like an angel and knows when to push the performance and when to pull back and let the puppeteers work their magic.

The Muppets features old songs and new, both utilized with perfection. There is a hysterical barbershop quartet version of Smells Like Teen Spirit, a tear-jerking rendition of The Rainbow Connection and new tracks that should get Oscar attention including Pictures in My Head as sung by Kermit and Man or Muppet delivered by Segel and Walter.

The Muppets Final Parody Trailer

It seems as if the entire Muppet universe made it onto the set for an appearance, both big and small. Many are utilized during those amazing musical numbers. Whoever your favorite Muppet is, they have their moment in the spotlight in The Muppets. There is another aspect for which to tribute the creators of The Muppets. In the span of a movie, they manage to hit all the right notes, figuratively and literally. Nothing is left out from what you would want from a 2011 film about those beloved characters.

Whether a full-blown fan, someone who grew up with The Muppets, or even the moviegoer seeking an “among the best” quality of movie in the past year, the Thanksgiving arrival of Segel and Stoller’s The Muppets is more than something for which to give absolute thanks.

As Movie Fanatic previously reported, there is a Steve Jobs biopic in the works. News has arisen that a few casting choices are being considered including a couple of ER vets who are in the lead to get the part: George Clooney and Noah Wyle.

The Jobs biopic is being written by The Social Network scribe Aaron Sorkin from the bestselling book by Walter Isaacson.

Although both are superb actors, and Clooney has that movie star wattage (check out our George Clooney The Ides of March interview), we believe the better choice amongst the two is Wyle. He has the screen presence to truly capture Jobs and with the help of makeup, can effectively age from brilliant young man to Edison-like inventor and entrepreneur. It may be more difficult to get Clooney to look like Jobs as the young man with a dream.

Wyle even had dinner with Jobs once, and he memorably recalled what happened at his fateful meal. "He took his napkin and started sketching out the schematics and he passed the napkin around the table. The check soon came and we started to get up to leave -- and the napkin just sat there on the table,” Wyle remembered. "I thought to myself, 'I got to take that napkin.' My hand was on it, but Steve called from the door and asked, 'Noah, you want to share a cab with me?' So I put the napkin down. I could have had an Edison original!"

What do you think? Who should play Steve Jobs?

Amanda Seyfried is quickly becoming the actress of the moment. With her turns in Red Riding Hood and In Time this year, Seyfried is quickly becoming a go-to actress for a multitude of genres. As the new trailer for her latest film Gone has arrived, Seyfried shows she has got the woman in distress genre down too.

Gone Trailer

In Gone, Seyfried plays Jill Parrish, a woman who goes home from her night shift and discovers that her sister has been kidnapped. Jill escaped from a kidnapper the year prior and is convinced the person responsible for her sister’s disappearance is one and the same.

Jill is convinced that her sister will be Gone by the end of the day, so she embarks on an all-out effort to find and rescue her.

Seyfried stars along with Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Sebastian Stan and Michael Pare in the thriller due February 24 from Summit Entertainment.

Breaking Dawn was the box office champ, taking in $283 million globally, and more than satisfied the expectations of the Twilight Saga nation. The fourth film and second to last in the series also was its most romantic. Central to the Breaking Dawn story was the marriage, honeymoon and delivering of the child of Edward (Robert Pattinson) and Bella (Kristen Stewart).

The fourth film in the Stephenie Meyer series also gave us some fantastic quotes from Breaking Dawn that will be forever etched in Twi-hards' collective minds for years to come and more than fan the fire that is the expectations for Breaking Dawn Part 2 when it arrives next year. We adore these quotes, especially from the dads, Charlie (Bella’s dad) and Billy (Jacob’s dad). Stay with Movie Fanatic as we bring you more Breaking Dawn quotes.

Charlie: You're ready?
Bella: Yeah. Just don't make me fall, Dad.
Charlie: Never. | permalink

Edward: I waited for a century to marry you Miss Swan. | permalink

Charlie: Edward will be a good husband. I know it because I'm a cop. | permalink

Bella: You have to accept this for what it is.
Edward: You're not giving me much choice! | permalink

Edward: Last night was the best night of my existence. | permalink

Bella: Jake, don't go.
Jacob: I know how this ends and I'm not gonna stick around to watch. | permalink

Edward: It's crushing you, from the inside out. | permalink

Billy: Jacob, keep your shirt on!
Jacob: No! | permalink

Jacob: This is how I will remember you. | permalink

Edward: No measure of time with you will be long enough. But we'll start with forever. | permalink

Jason Segel has achieved a lifetime milestone. Sure, being on a hit sitcom -- How I Met Your Mother -- could be any actor’s aspiration. But, as a lifelong Muppets fan, bringing The Muppets to life for a new generation and the generation that already adores them, was truly the dream of Jason Segel. When Segel met with Disney executives and was asked what franchise of theirs he would love to tackle, he didn’t hesitate: The Muppets.

Immediately after the meeting he called his writing partner Nick Stoller and said they needed to get to work on a Muppet movie for the 21st century. Last summer, Segel and co-stars Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and a bevy of Muppets from Kermit, Miss Piggy -- heck, the whole gang -- got to work and the fruit of their labor (check out our The Muppets review) arrives in theaters November 23.

Segel sat down with Movie Fanatic recently and took us through the process of how a lifelong Muppet fan became the shepherd of Jim Henson’s classic characters' return to the spotlight.

Movie Fanatic: Did you ever think the world had become too cynical for a return of The Muppets?

Jason Segel: Yeah, but I think that that's why it was time for the Muppets to come back. I've thought a lot about this, but I think that the Muppets remind us of the best versions of ourselves. You're instantly transported to who you wanted to be when you were a kid. This sense of sort of wide-eyed wonder that the world beats out of you eventually, the Muppets have refused to let go away. And so I think in this cynical world where a lot of comedy now comes at making jokes at other peoples' expense, The Muppets refuse to go there. And they've endured for 40 years, I think, as a result.

Movie Fanatic: You’re a big movie and TV star, but were you at all star-struck making The Muppets as such a huge fan?

Jason Segel: I was star-struck [laughs]. A lot of the shooting was like a spectator sport for me. I sat back and watched these guys do their thing. I felt like a kid in a candy store, for sure.

Movie Fanatic: Was there any difficulty getting the studio on board with your vision, or did they completely understand what you were trying to do from the get-go?

Jason Segel: No, I just think that that's what they perceived we were going to do, because we had just come from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and you know, a lot of these kinds of R-rated Judd Apatow comedies. I think we just had to make sure that they understood that we were coming at it from a pure place. Well, it's hard to get a movie made in general, but I think the big thing that we had to get across was that we weren't trying to do it with a sense of irony, that it wasn't us making The Muppets with a wink-wink attached to it, that we had a pure love for The Muppets and we wanted to restore it to the late '70s, early '80s Muppet movies.

Movie Fanatic: What was your first mission when it came to making The Muppets?

Jason Segel: We wanted to preserve that legacy and pay justice to it, and I understand them being nervous, like I said, especially because we were coming from a different style of comedy than I think they were used to. But I think once they see the film, there's no way to walk away with any opinion but that it's a total love letter to the Muppets. Anyone who sees it comes out feeling really happy. It's as simple as that.

Movie Fanatic: Did you always see Oscar nominee Amy Adams as your co-star?

Jason Segel: She's like Meryl Streep in the making -- I think she's the best actress of our generation. We didn't know if she would do the movie, but we definitely wrote it with her in mind.

Movie Fanatic: What surprised you most as an actor about working with the puppeteers?

Jason Segel: You know, it was more as a writer that I was surprised. We can write all sorts of stuff, from our imagination, but then you get to set and realize that you have no idea logistically how to accomplish what you've written. Like we had a scene when Gonzo's building explodes, we originally wrote that to be a full-frame, slow-motion shot of ten Muppets running away from a building that explodes.

Movie Fanatic: Is this the beginning of a Muppet franchise for you?

Jason Segel: Our goal was to set the stage for The Muppets to do whatever they wanted from here on and to let them take the torch and run with it. It really was just about giving them an opportunity to get them back on the forefront of comedy.

The Muppets Official Trailer

Movie Fanatic: With a hit show in How I Met Your Mother and filming The Muppets, writing and filming Five Year Engagement… how do you do it all?

Jason Segel: I don’t know. I work a lot. I'm pretty tired a lot of the time. I don't sleep all that much. I've been working really hard. I'm kind of thinking pretty soon it's going to be time to just take a little break.

Movie Fanatic: Finally, you have to dance quite a bit in the film. Was that a challenge for you?

Jason Segel: I have a body that was made for dancing. You can tell just by looking at me that it would probably come natural to me [laughs]. So I felt very comfortable. I often think if I wasn't an actor, I would probably be a dancer. I dance all the time. I've invented a lot of dances.

Fresh off his burning performances in The Devil’s Double and Captain America, Dominic Cooper is back on screen in My Week with Marilyn and visited with Movie Fanatic for an exclusive video interview. Cooper talks about what it meant to him to make My Week with Marilyn, and how, as a U.K. born actor, working on the historic British Pinewood Studios set where the real film within a film seen in My Week with Marilyn (The Prince and the Showgirl) was shot, was a filming experience he will forever treasure.

Dominic Cooper: My Week with Marilyn Exclusive

My Week with Marilyn opens November 23 and follows a week in the life of an icon as she traveled to Britain to film a movie with Sir Laurence Olivier (Kenneth Branagh). Along for the ride was Cooper's Milton Greene, an executive with Monroe’s production company, who was charged with keeping Monroe on point. Not an easy task at all.

Be sure to check out the My Week with Marilyn trailer.

The Descendants stars Judy Greer and Matthew Lillard play husband and wife in the film, and are crucial to the plot of the Alexander Payne written and directed story that stars George Clooney and Shailene Woodley. Greer and Lillard visited with Movie Fanatic for an exclusive video interview to talk about the magic of Clooney as a fellow actor, what it is about Payne that weaves a mastery web of filmmaking and how filming in Hawaii is not as glamorous as it seems.

Judy Greer and Matthew Lillard Exclusive Interview

Greer is adored by legions of fans, whether from her turns in Arrested Development or her roles in 13 Going on 30 and Love and Other Drugs. While Lillard (Scream) admits he is treasuring the opportunity to appear in an Oscar contender such as The Descendants. “I didn’t think I’d have a career after Scooby Do,” he said and laughed.

Don’t miss our five-star The Descendants review!

Tom Cruise swings into action once again as Ethan Hunt in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and we’ve got five new images from the action flick.

In Ghost Protocol, a bomb has exploded at the Kremlin and Hunt’s IMF team is blamed. They must go undercover and solve the terrorist attack in order to clear their name. Cruise and Simon Pegg both return, but a few new actors join the franchise. The first is Jeremy Renner, who is scoring huge in the franchise department with Mission Impossible and the upcoming The Avengers.

Also new to the IMF gang is Paula Patton, who by the looks of the below photo is ready for action.

Cruise waited for the perfect script to return to the Mission Impossible fold and looks like he found it with Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. In the photo below, he is looking quite James Bond-ish!

What is sure to become an iconic scene in film history, Cruise scales the tallest building in the world in Dubai. We’ve already shown you the behind the scenes video on how they achieved that feat, and here’s one more photo to give some scope to the jaw-dropping potential of this scene. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol opens on IMAX screens December 16 and theaters nationwide December 21.

Daniel Radcliffe is stepping out of Harry Potter’s shadow and into a very haunting one with the new sneak peak for The Woman in Black. The horror film arrives February 3 and is already causing quite a stir. Looks like the Boy Who Lived is destined in his new film to see people who died, yet won’t move on to the next world.

The Woman in Black Teaser Trailer

Radcliffe portrays Arthur Kipps, a lawyer who travels to a isolated village to get a client’s affairs in order after they have passed. When he arrives at the house, immediately things are not what they seem. What is the mystery of The Woman in Black? You’ll have to wait until February for that answer, but until then… we always have the teaser!

Hugo is Martin Scorsese’s masterpiece. Sure, that is saying something given the breadth of the director’s accomplishments. But that is how brilliant Hugo is to behold.

Based on the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, the magic that is that literary dream of a novel is captured in every frame of Scorsese’s film. The famed director has dissected every moment in the book and, if this is even possible, made it better for the big screen.

Hugo is the story of a boy named Hugo who lives in the walls of a Paris train station. His father (Jude Law, astounding in flashbacks) passed away and he was taken in by his drunk uncle, who worked as a clock keeper in the train station. When his uncle disappears, Hugo is forced to fend for himself. In the hands of Asa Butterfield (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas), Hugo is equally strong, resilient and radiant. The audience immediately pulls for the boy to unlock the clue that is a wired-like-a-clock robot left to him by his father. Somehow, this artifact connects Papa Georges (Ben Kingsley), his adopted daughter Isabel (Chloe Grace Moretz) and Hugo in a destiny that is profoundly moving as it unfolds on screen.

Scorsese has achieved among his finest work with Hugo. It’s his first film that he has shot in 3D and audiences should not be surprised his mastery of the format is wizardly. The man is a film scientist on top of being a historian and his shots are set up in a manner worthy of history's great artists. The appreciator of all things film dives into the film format, never forgetting that it isn’t merely a technical marvel, but a method from which deep emotion and power can be produced. Every inch of film in Hugo takes what James Cameron dreamed of for 3D and takes it to a level even that film dreamer could never have imagined.

But that should not be a surprise because at its heart, Hugo is a celebration of cinema. Scorsese is one of our culture’s highest authorities on film history and he is right in his element with Hugo. The magic of Hugo slowly unravels to reveal a secret that should be astonishingly rewarding for movie fanatics. 

The Trailer for Hugo

The casting in Hugo could not be more stellar. Leading the way is Kingsley in a performance that deserves Oscar attention. His characterization runs the entire emotional gamut and serves as the film’s emotional barometer. Also blowing doors open with his turn as the Station Inspector is Sacha Baron Cohen (recently announced as playing Freddie Mercury). The comedian is both stern and sullen as a World War I vet who works to police the train station’s corridors. Emily Mortimer and Christopher Lee both have small parts, but each plays a pivotal role in the brilliance that is Hugo.

Hugo is one of the best films of the year. It lands easily in Movie Fanatic’s top five. Scorsese’s latest has everything you want from a movie-going experience, and so much more.