Movie Buzz: October 22

IT WAS HER PERSONAL LIFE WHICH GETS SOME ATTENTION IN "AMELIA" -- HILLARY SWANK STARS AS THE LEGENDARY AVIATOR WITH RICHARD GERE TURNING IN A GREAT PERFORMANCE AS HER HUSBAND GEORGE. THEIR RELATIONSHIP IS THE BACK BONE OF THIS DRAMA - HILLARY SWANK IS ONE OF MY FAVS...AS IS RICHARD GERE - AND SEEING THEM TOGETHER ON SCREEN IS A TREAT ENOUGH FOR ME. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A LITTLE SOARING INSPIRATION THIS WEEKEND...TAKE FLIGHT WITH "AMELIA"

ON THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM IS "CIRQUE DU FREAK: THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT" - IT STARS LOCAL BOY CHRIS MASSOLIA IN THE LEAD ROLE OF DARREN - A TEEN WHO GETS SUCKED INTO THE CREEPY UNDERWORLD OF VAMPIRES, CIRCUS FREAKS AND SIDESHOW ACTS. NOW AS YOU KNOW ANYTHING VAMPIRE IS EXTREMELY HOT RIGHT NOW - AND THE FILMMAKERS KNOW IT...BUT HERE'S A LITTLE FUN FACT...THE MOVIE WAS SHOT AT BASICALLY THE SAME TIME AS THE FIRST TWILIGHT MOVIE...SO WHICH CAME FIRST THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG...OR EDWARD OR DARREN...YOU BE THE JUDGE AND IF YOU'RE INTO THINGS WITH FANGS, THIS WEEKEND SINK YOUR TEETH INTO THE VAMPIRE'S ASSISTANT.