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In life, there is no such thing as a free lunch, but amazingly one can watch free movies. Free movies are those movies that are made for free distribution or have entered the public domain. Sometimes free movies may be downloaded from the Internet, which may be done legally or illegally.

Initially, this business started with free movie clips. Movie clips may be screened in a theatre before or after a full-length feature or advertised on certain sites on the Internet, but technology has changed. Movie players can now be downloaded free of charge over the Internet, including the Apple Quick Time Player, The Windows Media Player and The Real Media Player.

Such software can be used to play free movies from the Internet. There are hundreds of sites that offer movies for a small fee. Why spend a fortune on movie tickets when one can watch their favorite movies at a fraction of the price from the comfort of your personal computer? Film directories like Scour and Ifilm are like virtual multiplexes. The advent of free movie sites have made online movie watching a popular activity.

A good place to down load free movies is at ibiblio.org and archive.org. Both these sites have a growing collection of public domain movies that can be easily downloaded. It is legal to down load these movies as their copyrights have expired and hence they are in the public domain. An example is the classic Frank Capra film, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life”, which was termed as a free movie in the public domain for the last several years since its copyright had not been renewed.

Some of the popular free movie sites are Watch Free Movies Online, Shared Movies, Free Movies Now, Movie Download World, 123 Movie Download, Cinema Download, Netbroadcaster.com, and Singingfish. Some low fees sites include CinemaNow.com and Movie Flix.com. Downloading a movie with a broadband connection requires only a few minutes. The flipside to the free movie phenomenon is that it has made movie piracy easy.

The Napster experience of music piracy is threatening the motion picture industry in what is known as the Wrapster phenomenon. Microsoft’s new operating system will have strong anti-movie -piracy features to prevent illegal downloads.

There are a lot of sites on the market offering free downloads. The burden is on the customer to determine whether the movie is a legal or pirated copy. Sometimes, claims on the Internet maybe false. Most DVD’s cannot be downloaded from the net without paying a fee. Only those movies released into the public domain such as when a director has not sought a copyright can be actually downloaded free of cost.

Free Movies provides detailed information about free movies, free anime movies, free movie clips, and more. Free Movies is affiliated with Free Movie Downloads.

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Brand new movies are great! It’s so much fun standing in line at the theater, breathing in the buttery popcorn smell, giddy with anticipation when a new movie is released.

My children love watching the latest and greatest movies, but I just grin when I hear my children singing the songs I used to sing as a kid - “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” or “Tomorrow”. Hearing their little off-key renditions is the best music to my ears.

Have you introduced your children to the movies you enjoyed when you were younger?

Swiss Family Robinson (1960)

The Robinson family gets shipwrecked near an island. With hard work and togetherness, they build a majestic tree house. They are faced with many trials - wild animals, weather, and pirates, but their ingenuity carries them through. Great family values!

The Parent Trap (1961)

Twin daughters are raised not knowing about each other, each living with one parent. They unexpectedly bump into each other at summer camp, put two and two together, and work out a scheme to get their parents back together again. This movie is just plain good fun.

Mary Poppins (1964)

Mr. and Mrs. Banks are both so preoccupied with their own interests that their children, Jane and Michael are unhappy. When the magical nanny, Mary Poppins enters their lives, she brings the family closer. Between the penguin scene, the chimney sweep dance, and the magic, your children will be entranced.

The Sound of Music (1965)

The hills are alive with the sound of music. Your home will be alive with the sound of music once your kids watch this one.

Annie (1982)

Oh, how we love Annie! The music, the dancing, the wealthy Mr. Warbucks, and a happy ending. It doesn’t get much better than that!

These five movies are a must in every family library. Share the memories, and sing the tunes. It’s ok if you’re a little off-key. I won’t tell.

Nicole Dean invites you to visit http://www.ShowKidsTheFun.com -a fun site to inspire parents to keep the lines of communication open with their children, making memories that last a lifetime.

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Last night I saw Audition, a Japanese horror/drama film about a widower who decides he is ready to remarry several years after the death of his wife. He confides in his movie director friend who suggests that they set up a fake audition to find him the woman he is looking for. He accepts and eventually falls hard for this seemingly shy, mysterious girl. It’s your typical romantic story until you find out that the girl is actually a twisted, sadistic killer.

Up to that point, the film moves along slowly. Eventually it builds up to a series of climaxes that alternate between nightmare and reality. The beauty of the film lies in the fluidity of its constrasting images. To create a strong effect, the images are highly saturated with different colors depending on the mood of the scenes. One moment, you’ve got these peaceful, quiet moments that make you feel serene. And before you know it, you’re violently shaken by some of most intense and shocking scenes you’ve ever seen. Here, the director stops at nothing. The torture scenes in this film have got to be the most graphic and gruesome ever put on film. It is not for the faint-hearted; even those who think are strong may not take it easily -as I learned all too well.

When the last torture scene unfolded, I sat on the edge of my bed with my hand frozen near the remote control stop button. Part of me badly wanted to stop the film and end this while the other part of me wanted to keep witnessing the horrific scenes. It was all so eerie, so strange. The victim’s physical suffering felt like my psychological suffering. I felt as though it might have been my own nightmare. As the helpless man kept whispering ’stop it,’ I couldn’t help but wish for her to stop, too. But the demented killer would keep going in her evil, diabolical way, saying “deeper, deeper, deeper” with her soft, almost sweet-sounding laughing voice as she pushed the thick needles in deeper and deeper inside the poor man’s flesh. Just hearing her little voice was enough to scare the hell out of you. She has the voice of angel, but she acts like she’s the devil incarnate. “Deeper, deeper, deeper” is now a sentence I will no longer be taking lightly.

I had seen a lot of shocking films before, but this one shook me harder than ever. Next to it, the other well-known Japanese horror film Ringu is a children’s playground. At the end of Audition, you almost feel psychologically traumatized and emotionally spent, but you also know you’ve seen horror at its best. Do consider yourself warned if you’re planning to see it one day.

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