2. The Case of Benjamin Button - This movie tells the story about Benjamin Button, played by Brad Pitt. He is born as man in his late 80s and grows younger. This movie shows all the strange consequences of life and the gift of life.

3. James Bond - Quantum of Solace - This movie was an enthralling sequel to casino Royal, the he story follows James, Daniel Craig, trying to track down his lovers killer, which has some intense action along the way. This movie is truly one not to be missed and if you did hire it out.

4. Pineapple express - This movie is about two guys, a drug dealer and his friend who are on the run from the police, played by Seth Rogan and James Franco. This movie will truly leave you in stitches. I highly recommend this movie for anyone who has any kind of sense of humor.

5. king Fu Panda - This movie is a story about a lazy panda. He is unwillingly chosen to be the one to defend them when the enemies attack. Po the pandas voice is done by Jack Black very well. This film is not for everyone but the majority of people will enjoy it.

1. Birdman of Alcatraz (United Artists, 1962)

Burt Lancaster winningly plays convicted murderer Robert Stroud (1890-1963) -- aka "The Birdman" -- who resided at Alcatraz from 1942-59. Filmed primarily at United Artists Studios, Birdman of Alcatraz also utilized exterior shots of the actual island prison in San Francisco Bay.

This fictionalized account centers on Stroud and his stormy relationship with Warden Harvey Shoemaker (Karl Malden). Also explored is Stroud's remarkable rise from prison thug to one of the world's foremost ornithologists.

Birdman of Alcatraz garnered four Oscar nominations: Best Actor (Lancaster), Best Supporting Actor (Telly Savalas), Best Supporting Actress (Thelma Ritter), Best Cinematography (Burnett Guffey).

2. Escape from Alcatraz (Paramount, 1979)

Clint Eastwood is Frank Morris, who with the Anglin brothers, John and Clarence (Fred Ward, Jack Thibeau), bust out of Alcatraz on June 11, 1962. Patrick McGoohan plays the Warden, who tells budding accordion player Morris: "That's one of the benefits of Alcatraz...lots of time to practice."

Escape from Alcatraz was filmed on "The Rock" by producer/director Don Siegel. The production company had to lay 15 miles of cable from the mainland in order to provide the former island prison with electricity.

3. The Rock (Buena Vista, 1996)

Brigadier General Frank Hummel (Ed Harris) and his renegade Marines take over Alcatraz, threatening to kill their tourist hostages and level San Francisco with stolen rockets laden with chemical weapons. When a covert Navy Seal team is ambushed and killed, ex-Alcatraz con John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery) and FBI biochemist Dr. Stanley Goodspeed (Nicolas Cage) are slipped into the island fortress.

4. Seven Miles from Alcatraz (RKO, 1942)

Convict Champ Larkin (James Craig) and his pal Jimbo (Frank Jenks) take unofficial leave of Alcatraz, winding up at a lighthouse in San Francisco Bay. Here they encounter the lighthouse owner (George Cleveland) and his daughter (Bonita Granville), along with a nest of Nazi spies.

Film critic Thomas M. Pryor of The New York Times found this picture lacking, remarking that the vital chemicals used to make this patriotic World War II thriller could have been better used in the manufacture of explosives.

5. Experiment Alcatraz (RKO, 1950)

Alcatraz physician Dr. Ross Williams (John Howard) is busy on the "The Rock," using volunteer convicts for his medical experiments into blood diseases. Co-starring Joan Dixon and Walter Kingsford, Experiment Alcatraz is right out of the Atomic/Red Scare era, with the murdered Doc's radioactive potion taking front and center.

6. Alcatraz Island (Warner Bros., 1937)

Racketeer "Gat" Brady (John Litel) winds up in Alcatraz on an income tax rap -- the same beef that landed Al Capone in federal prison. Inside, Brady is framed for the murder of another convict. "It's just the same in here as being in your grave," Tough Tony Burke (George E. Stone) says of Alcatraz, "only you miss the fun of being dead."

7. Murder in the First (Warner Bros., 1995)

Kevin Bacon plays Henri Young, a petty thief who is sent to Alcatraz in 1938. Following an unsuccessful escape attempt, Young is placed in solitary confinement for three years. Emerging from his hellish ordeal, Young later faces a murder charge, where he is defended by novice public defender James Stamphill (Christian Slater).

The production company experienced their own hell in making this picture. While filming the courtroom scenes, the Northridge (California) earthquake struck, delivering a 6.7 magnitude wakeup call.

Other Noteworthy Alcatraz Films:

• King of Alcatraz (Paramount, 1938)
• Train to Alcatraz (Republic, 1948)
• Al Capone (Allied Artists, 1959)
• The Alcatraz Express (Desilu, 1960)
• Curse of Alcatraz (Grindstone, 2007)

We bust out at midnight...

The movie is centered around two stoners (Seth Rogan and James Franco) who witness a murder and are on the run from the “mob boss”. No matter how difficult the situation these two mates always get through, whether high or not.

I am more personal note, as I don't wish to spoil any aspect of the movie, I will take you through just what the hell kind of impression this movie had on me. In my personal opinion I believe this to be one of Seth Rogan's worse movie, he doesn't seem to be breaking into any new ground, but it begs the question “does he need to?” . With the huge success of Superbad and Knocked up many people are anticipating much more from pineapple express, I found it much more enjoyable to watch trying to forget these previous films hilarity and just watch it for what it was. Nevertheless even when going in with high standards I doubt it will fail to have you wetting your pants at least twice.

It has been compared to Harold and Kumar, as both films are centred around weed, but many viewers believe Seth Rogan's take on it to have surpassed it. While watching this movie I found much like Superbad, the first 20-30 minutes so jam packed with humour that the second half of the movie cannot compete (or maybe I was sober for the second half). I believe this movie is a must see and I wish I could give more information, but I wish not to ruin the movie for the rest of you. The only advice I give is either go in baked, or loosen your expectations a bit. All in all it was a great movie, and a must see.

This success soon fell into the ears of producers and companies all over Hollywood. Between 1995 and 2000 people were queuing to see the next computer generated film by Pixar, each one becoming more detailed and realistic than the last. These included A Bugs Life (1998) and Toy Story 2 (1999). Pixar was and still is the leading film production company specializing in computer generated movies each time amazing us with their ability to create realistic fur or lifelike water.

Other companies soon joined the bandwagon (as they always do in Hollywood) Pixar's parent company Disney was the first to give CGI a go with their 2000 film Dinosaur, unfortunately it could not garner the same success as Pixar.

The second company to produce a successful CG film was DreamWorks Animations' Shrek in (2001) making more than $260 million in the USA alone. The film was so successful it has produced two successful sequels, a 4-D short and a Christmas special short with a fourth feature in the pipeline as well as a spin off.

It seemed that any company could prove to be successful in this medium.

20th century Fox (being ones never to be left out) decided to join in and produced the prehistoric film Ice Age earning more than $170 million dollars in the USA making a clear profit on its $59 million budget. It was also followed by a sequel with another announced.

Other attempts came along from DreamWorks (Shark Tale, Madagascar, Over the Hedge) and Fox (Robots) always competing alongside a Pixar (Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo, The Incredibles)

However as more and more companies' movie into feature computer animation, the less it becomes special. These days it's hard to find a film that has no computer effects present even if they're in the credits. And so it's time for a new path to be made, for a new experiment in the art of film. Motion Capture.

Motion capture is in a nutshell CGI, but it goes a little more than just creating a character on a computer. With motion capture it's possible to create photo realistic faces on people with lifelike movement. In this case you can use the movements of professional actors and yet put them in the most outrageous of situations, making the viewer believe they are there.

The first film to use this technique was a fairly unknown under the radar film. Sinbad: Beyond the Veil of Mists with the voices of Brendan Fraser and Leonard Nimoy. However the film used the motion capture to gain lifelike movement rather than realistic features.

Robert Zemeckis is considered to be the first to use motion capture to its full potential. In 2004 he used it in The Polar Express. By using this method Tom Hanks was able to play the parts of five different characters including a train Conductor, a young boy and Santa Claus. Hanks were able to act out each part separately and then the animators and designers could adjust his image and place the characters in the same scene.

Unfortunately the film opened very poorly and was criticised for its use of motion capture, the audience feeling the characters looked “creepy” or “eerie”. The Polar Express suffered from “dead eye syndrome” where the eyes of the characters are unable to move and so they appear deadened and “soulless”. Luckily though the film picked up toward the end of the year and shocked critics by making a total worldwide gross of more than $302 million. The film was also released in IMAX 3D which proved even more successful.

Zemeckis followed The Polar Express with Beowulf based on the Old English epic poem of the same name. Released in 2007 this was once again motion captured in 3D. 3D is now more accessible to the public due to multiplex's providing the equipment.

Beowulf was again successful generating more than $180 million worldwide. They had also improved upon the technology and detail. People were now twice as realistic, with the “dead eye syndrome” removed allowing the characters to look more alive. Ray Winstone was cast in the lead role and was digitally toned to suit the character.

Zemeckis is planning on continuing to use motion capture with his next film A Christmas Carol starring Jim Carrey as Scrooge and each of the three ghosts that visit him that night.

So now that CGI is old news, will motion capture take off as successfully? Only time will tell, but if it does will there no longer be a demand for actors. With motion capture why hire five actors when you need only one?