A lot of movies use film festivals as springboards. Gone Girl is one such film and is technically not a feature film although it has the backing of big companies like Regency Enterprise and Pacific Standard that pumped an impressive 61 million dollars into the project. The movie was first aired at the New York Film Festival on September 26th 2014 and is based on a book by the same name by Gillian Flynn who also wrote the screenplay

Stevie J and Joseline recently revealed they are pregnant and now they the stars of the Love & Hip Hop Atlanta show have posted on Instagram their first ‘baby bump’ photo. The 27 year old expecting reality television star posted on her Instagram account a photo displaying her baby daddy rubbing her belly. Also in the photo, is R&B singer Johnny Gill, who is a friend of the couple and a colleague of Stevie J. The 42 year old singer and music producer also posted a solo photo of his pregnant girlfriend on his Instragram page.

Princess Ever since, it was confirmed by the palace that Kate was expecting again, the rumors went on again about the possibility that she could be having twins. Kate herself has finally come out after announcing her second pregnancy. According to the November issue of People magazine, it has been confirmed by a palace spokesperson that Kate is not carrying twins

Mick Schumacher, Michael Schumacher’s son has confirmed that his father is apparently slowly recovering from his medically induced coma after he suffered severe head injuries from a skiing accident. The recent updates about the slow pace of recovery for the legend were provided by the Younger Schumacher to French F1 commentator Jean-Louis Moncet. Okay, Moncet has basically quarterbacked the story from day 1 concerning the Schumacher recovery, but he was recently in trouble because of implicating his head gear as part of the reason for his extensive injuries.

A lot of people have experienced the slight embarrassment of having their credit card declined during a purchase, and even during a date, however, when our president Barrack Obama meets the same fate, that’s news. Last month, Obama was eating with the first lady at one of the fancy restaurants in downtown Manhattan when his credit card was declined. “I guess I don’t use it enough, so they thought there was some fraud going on,” he told CNN. “Luckily, Michelle had hers.” Fortunately Michelle Obama had a credit card on hand and paid for the meal.

A lot of times people concentrate on the feature films when in reality there are a whole lot of independent films that are just as good if not better. Whiplash is one such movie, after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival under the US Dramatic Category the film was picked by Sony Pictures Worldwide for distribution. The movie, written and directed by Damien Chazelle was originally floating around with no studio making any commitments to it at which point Chazelle took out 15 pages and made a short film that attracted Blum-house Productions, Bold Films and Right of Way Films.

2014 has seen quite a few independent movies that have brought back the art to film making. Films like Boyhood, The Grand Budapest Hotel and now Under the Skin have proven that not all is lost and that good film making is still very much present with us. Directed and Co written by Jonathan Glazer the movie is based on a book by the same name written by Michael Faber.

2014 has seen a myriad of films including a host of foreign language films among the foreign language films that have made their rounds is the Polish movie Ida. The movie written and directed by Pawel Pawlikowski was first shown outside of Poland at the 2013 Toronto Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI special presentations award and has been selected for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Oscars as well as the People’s Choice Award for Best European film at the 27th European Film awards.

The French have always been known to be a liberal and open society and nothing says this better than their art. A culture that is steeped in art French films have long been famous for their depth, substance and shock factor. L’incannu Du Lac known in English as Stranger by the Lake is definitely one of those movies that only a French film maker could make. Directed and written by Alain Guiraudie this movie comes at the right time when equality rights took center stage.

The three American teenagers that tried to join ISIS have been reprimanded and are being held back on American soil. The three girls in question are 18 years of age, one is of Sudanese origin and the other two are of Somali decent. The FBI are investigating the particulars around this case; why they indeed planning on joining the ISIS? If so, who was their contact and where were they going to meet. The FBI reports that the girls were headed to the Islamic State in Syria when they were caught in Germany.

Pistoris was going to leave a legacy like no other. Having survived a birth defect that had led to the amputation of his legs at the age of only eleven months Pistorius had forged through life to become South Africa’s icon. Not only did Pistorius manage to walk again but he managed to create a name for himself in the racing community.

A story that originally leaked on TMZ had the entertainment community in uproar; Daniele Watts was recently arrested in broad daylight and her claim as she explained to reporters that her arrest was based on a racial profile. Pushing at the fact that racism is still very rampant in the streets of Los Angeles. Danielle explained that the reason she was arrested was because people could still not look at a black woman and a white man on the streets without thinking prostitute.

Wes Anderson wrote, directed and produced The Garand Budapest Hotel. Whereas the movie is distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures and produced by American Empirical Pictures, Indian paintbrush and Babelsberg Studio it falls in the independent film category as it did its rounds on the film festival circuit and opened in four theatres in North America on June 15th 2014.

2014 has seen a host of main stream movies but there are also a large number on independent films out there that are only known within the film festival circuit. Only Lovers Left is one such movie, after its release at the Cannes Film Festival in 2013 it has done its rounds and only managed to get a theatre release in February of 2014. The movie is directed by Jim Jarmusch who is a well known independent director, actor, writer, producer and editor.

Social media has become an integral part of society. More and more movies are focusing on social media and its effect on individuals and society at large. From The Social Media to the futuristic, more and more movies are opening up to the possibilities and eventualities that social media can lend us. The movie is written, directed and produced by Jason Reitman for Right of Way Films and Paramount Pictures. Reitman is known for his work on Thank You for Smoking, Juno and Young Adult and was expected to bring hi unique touch to this movie, make it the great of work that was Juno.