Hollywood Articles & Videos

Dead and loving it: Hollywood and its Vampires (Part I)

Hollywood and its Monsters have a special bond. Perhaps the oldest of the clan of on screen horrors have been the creepy-yet-sexy Vampires: the blood sucking, never dying, sunlight hating breed of creepy, pale faced movie monsters. Starting from...
Hollywood’s Playtime: Video Games and their Movie Versions

Video Games have been around ever since some geeks rigged up a computer to play a sort of digital table tennis and named it “Pong”....Rockying has minutely scanned to bring you the story of the most talked of video game movie adaptions.
Post-Apocalyptic Mayhem Sponsored by Hollywood (With Survival Tips to last through the Disaster!)

It’s time again to turn to Hollywood for the Rockying take on the best post-apocalyptic movies ever and the survivor tips they offer us...
Apocalypse Now! (Or 7 ways Hollywood wants us to die)

On International Mother Earth Day Rockying brings you each of the reasons given by cinema and comes up with the best movies that tell how exactly you will die if Mama nature gets furious.

The Oscars; A Journey Since 1927!

Rockying is here to take you through the evolution of this grand award ceremony, it’s amazing history and everything that you always wanted to know about...
Hollywood's Spoofy Stuff: The Most Hilarious Parody Movies Ever Made!

We love everything about our movies; the clichés, the stars, the mindless action set pieces and the unbelievable love stories. But we also love making fun of the things we love so much...
Oscars and India: The Awards and the Indian Connection

With Indian connections shining in four of the major movies which dominate the Oscar nominations this year Rockying brings the tale of Oscar winning movies in the past and its India...
Hollywood Wrap up 2012

The eventful year saw caped superheroes ruling the roost; blockbuster franchises reaching their epic conclusions and some over-hyped tales fall flat on their faces. We give you the annual Rockying Hollywood wrap up for the year that has passed us by.

The Magical Brush: Evolution of Make-up in Hollywood

An essential part of movie making and one of the most powerful visual tools in the hand of the makers is the subtle and often underrated art of make-up. From simple beginnings it has evolved into a modern day hybrid of prosthetic's and graphics.
The Magical Ride of Hollywood Special Effects

The camera tricks of Hollywood are the art of a master magician, conjuring up myriad alien worlds, massive action set-pieces and stunning character design. And the magic wand which empowers the movie-maker to wow us with his art is the special effect
Hollywood’s Best Zombie Entertainment !!!

They look gross, are pretty dumb and their vocabulary is limited to different kinds of growling alone, but zombies are always fun!
Golden Ages Of Hollywood Story-Telling!

It is the storytelling genres in Hollywood that has given us all our own personal favorites and here is a short recap of the evolution it has gone through over the years. See if you can find the roots of your favorite genre!

Mission Hunt-ing Tom Cruise!

Tom Cruise isn't just an actor, he is a phenomenon. Here's looking at some of his biggest hits from his career that managed to keep the audiences glued to their seats!
Movies That Roar And Bark; Hollywood's Favorite Animal Films.

One thing humans love more than themselves (Maybe!) is animals. From man's best friend to maybe a living nightmare; Here's highlighting some of the movies that run on the animal human connection.
The Super Heroes Of Hollywood.

They are occult, they are mystical, they are supernaturally fantastic...The Hollywood Super Heroes.
Second Innings And Hollywood; The Great Comebacks

We look at some of the ultimate comebacks in Hollywood. Though there have been some not-so-worthy comebacks, we focus on ones that have been hugely successful.

Hope n Hollywood Hand in Hand.

Often in life, we focus so much on the bigger picture that we miss out smaller more significant things. And then, comes along a movie that makes us realize that life is definitely beautiful and there is so much to take from it...
India in Hollywood Movies

India has surprisingly maintained a niche for itself throughout Hollywood’s history. Who here can forget Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire, a movie so real and moving. Even Jackie Chan’s The Myth starring Mallika Sherawat is an extremely sorry portrayal of the country and the recent, The Avengers de
The Scariest Monsters Of Hollywood

While several creatures in cinemas like the dinosaurs in JURRASIC PARK and the shark in JAWS have terrified us, we steer clear of real life monster (alive or extinct) in this list and bring you the movies with the most terrifying , and sometimes bizarre, monsters that can only be created in a Hollyw
Books On The Big Screen: 2

After talking about how many famous movies were actually based on books in Books on The Big Screen: 1, here’s another dose of blockbusters that have their scripts based on best sellers...

Books On The Big Screen: 1

As soon as books become bestsellers and sell like hotcakes; the race to make it into a movie starts and people wonder who will play the lead and whether it will match their “imaginations” which they’ve made while reading their favorite authors...
Hollywood's Favorite Movie Quotes-II

“But it ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward”. (Rocky Balboa, 2006) When senior Rocky says this to Junior Rocky; little did he know that it would become the theme for all speakers and motivational coaches around the world. It became a theme and Rocky a
Hollywood's Favorite Movie Quotes-I

Hasta La Vista Baby !!! from Terminator or Bond, James Bond!!! from the famous Bond series. We come up with the Hollywood's most favorite quotes...Come and pick yours...
From Real to Reel; The Female Oscar Winners

Meryl Streep got nominated for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady...Lets discover the journey of real life female heroes that made it to the Oscars.