Saturday, April 18, 2009

St. Patricks Day Crafts II: Leprechaun Eyeglasses and Handprint Shamrock

By Mara Hernandez-Capili

St. Patricks Day is a fun celebration for everyone. Let your little ones enjoy St. Patricks Day by teaching them how to make their own Leprechaun eyeglasses . Leprechauns are said to vanish if you let them out of your sight. The legend also says that leprechauns have hidden treasures and the only way to get them is by catching and interrogating one.

To make Leprechaun glasses you must first gather the materials. You will need: a green construction or cardboard paper, a pipe cleaner, a pair of blunt-end scissors and green cellophane. Cut along the green construction paper or cardboard by making it into a glasses shape. Cut through the center to create eyeholes. Paste the green cellophane through the eyeholes. Poke or punch through the side ends of the glasses and insert the pipe cleaner, gently twist the end to set. Place it onto your kids ear and gently curl the end to settle in her ears.

To make handprint shamrock you must first gather the materials. You will need: light green and green-colored construction paper, scissors and glue. Place a childs hand on the green construction paper and trace. Make three hand traces following the shape of the three leafed clover. Next, cut out the hand traces. Place the hand trace on the light green construction paper and trace a big three-clover leaf. Cut it and glue a stem at the bottom using the green colored construction paper.

Have fun making these St. Patrick's Day crafts with your kids. Further enrich the experience by holding a St. Patricks Day craft school at your home. Invite your friends kids over your home and arrange crafts lessons for them to enjoy. Encourage the parents to participate too!

Spread this article around with your friends so they would also have fun spending their St. Patricks Day by bonding with their kids and making crafts.

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Friday, April 17, 2009

The beginning of Hollywood's Movie System

By Morgan Tate

The biggest movies that are being made these days come mostly from the United States, China and India. These countries are leading the way in today?s movie production, with some of them relying heavily on the movie industry as a whole.

Hollywood is where the majority of movie productions in the United States are based. Comprising of a huge network of movie studios, stars and personnel, the business is spread all across Los Angeles and the surrounding area.

Hollywood is actually a district situated in the north-west of downtown Los Angeles. Because of its fame and the cultural individuality of movie studios and movie stars, the word Hollywood is often used as a metaphor for the cinema of the United States, and is commonly known as Hollywood film industry all around the world.

Hollywood started off when D.W. Griffith first came to the area in 1910 with a film crew to shoot some footage of the area. Before long they had adopted a vacant lot in the downtown area of Los Angeles. Then they began exploring the areas around Los Angeles and found that the area was very quick to adapt to their needs. The temperate weather and endless hours of sunshine were a great incentive to shoot there also.

After shooting the movie ?Old California?, which is widely regarded as the very first movie shot there, the film company decided to stay on in the area and produce more movies from there.

Around 1913 there was a sudden influx of other movie companies and film producers rushing to the area to take advantage of the area and what it had to offer. This is the time that is widely regarded as the birth of Hollywood and the movie industry as we know it.

The first ever movie studio in Hollywood was the Nestor Studios that were founded in 1911. The movie ?The Squaw Man? was produced around this time also. More movie studios moved to the area and in no time, Los Angeles and particularly Hollywood grew at a dramatic page. Eventually this area became very strongly associated with the movies and epitomes the movie industry as a whole.

It was during the First World War however that Hollywood really came into it?s own and was seen as the movie capital of the world. By the 50?s, much of the country?s movie industry had moved to Hollywood, and the music industry was beginning to follow suite.

The famous Hollywood sign originally read Hollywoodland, was constructed in 1923, originally intended as an advertisement for a new housing development in the area. It was left to rot away, until in 1949 the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce repaired the sign, removing the last four letters. The sign, now located at Mount Lee, is a now registered trademark.

Everyone sees Hollywood as the film capital of the world, and all eyes turn to the town for it?s stars and showbiz, especially for special occasions like the Oscars.

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Thursday, April 16, 2009

Film Downloads

By Mitsumata Oafa

The following paragraphs contain some nice movie reviews. If you want to download these movies do some searches to find what is out there. You should try two or three searches, with terms like, "Buy Movie Downlaods", "Movies On Line", and "How To Download Movies".

A Life less Ordinary: Black comedy in regards to a janitor who abducts his ex-supervisor's little girl, a ruined heiress who finds life a bore. In the mean time, 2 ambassadors from heaven (Hunter and Lindo) have to find a way to make these 2 fated souls fall in love. Cast includes Wonderful 35. RI Cast includes Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz, Holly Hunter, Delroy Lindo, Ian Holm, Ian McNeice, Stanley Tucci, Dan Hedaya, Tony Shalhoub, Maury Chaykin, and Judith Ivey. (103 minutes, 1997)

Hail Mary: Uninteresting, overblown updating of the tale of Christ's birth, with Mary a student basketball competitor! Even though still a virgin, she finds herself pregnant. This film kindled much dissention and was even condenmed by the Pope. Cast includes Myriem Roussel, Thierry Rode, Philippe Lacoste, Manon Anderson, and Juliette Binoche. (107minutes, 1985)

House of the Dead: This is a low-grade terror film, based on the video game, which charts the predictable destinies of some addle brained youngsters drawn to an island inhabited by zombies. Sloppily made and mindnumbingly inept. Cast includes Jonathan Cherry, Tyron Leitso, Clint Howard, Ona Grauer, Ellie Cornell, Can Sanderson, and Enuka Okuma. (92 minutes, 2003)

Strange Behavior: This shocker in regards to a grisly murder in a tiny Midwestern town (shot in New Zealand!) got inexplicably excellent reviews in numerous places. You wonder what all the excitement was in reference to. Cast includes Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Arthur Dignam, Scott Brady, and Charles Aisle. (98 minutes, 1981)

Jurassic Park III: Amusing popcorn film that takes a recipe and plays it for all it's worth as professor-paleontologist Neill is convinced to lead an expedition to the prohibited island where dinosaurs wander, however obviously he hasn't been informed of the realities. The movie is full of scares, and lots of fun proving that a thriller kind doesn't have to be dumb. Cast includes Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni, Alessandro Nivola, Trevor Morgan, Michael Jeter, John Diehl, and Bruce A. Young. (93 minutes, 2001)

The Faculty: Ohio high schoolers who typically conflict with each other band together while they find that their professors are being taken over by alien beings. Cast includes Elijah Wood, Salma Hayek, Piper Laurie, Famke Janssen, Chris McDonald, Robert Patrick, Bebe Neuwirth, Clea DuVall, Laura Harris, Shawn Hatosy, Guide Raymond, Jon Stewart, and Daniel von Bargen. (104 minutes, 1998)

Doughboys: This is one of Buster's poorest films, a tiresome Army comedy. Rude sergeant Brophy overrides the few laughs. Cast includes Buster Keaton, Sally Eilers, Cliff Edwards, and Edward Brophy. (79 minutes, 1930)

The Plough and the Stars: Boring, theatrical filmizations of Sean O'Casey's play with Foster as Irish revolutionary leader and Stanwyck as long-agonizing spouse who prays for his life. Cast includes Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald, Una O'Connor, Bonita Granville, and Arthur Guards. (78 minutes, 1936)

Alice Sugary Alice: For profit spacecraft unwittingly takes on an extraterrestrial being that wreaks ruthless chaos on the team. Spaceage terror film reverts to 1950's style, although unfolds at a determinate pace, populates the tale with fascinating, vibrant characters, and plants its good scenes with outstanding ability. Cast includes Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, and Veronica Cartwright. (117 minutes, 1979)

Movie downloads can be found for nearly any movie made. Searching "New Movie Downloads" or "Online Video Rentals" will help you find downloading information for movies. If those fail you try "Online Movies".

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