We here at ShockYa are giving your our top 10 movies of 2011, so I shall keep the series going with my top 10. A lot of films that I wanted to put in this list didn’t make the cut (like “The Help,” a film that I feel is a lot better than some critics give it credit for), but I think the list I have to present to you is fairly strong. 1.“The Artist”: This film, starring Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman is probably going to be the winner of a ton of Academy Awards. Not only is it expertly made, but it’s the only silent film…

David Weissman feels that as a person who was living in San Francisco during the early 1980s AIDS epidemic, he has a mission. “It’s the obligation of people like me who lived through that time to tell their story,” he said. Weissman has completed his part of the obligation by directing (along with Bill Weber) and producing “We Were Here,” a documentary focusing on four individuals–Paul Boneberg, the executive director of the GLBT Historical Society; Guy Clark, a florist in the Castro district; Daniel Goldstein, an artist; Ed Wolf, a healthcare worker and Eileen Glutzer, a nurse who was on the front lines during the beginning of the outbreak in…

The weeks surrounding World Aids Day will have an added focus on AIDS awareness with the Pay-Per-View and VOD release of “We Were Here” from Red Flag Releasing. According to the press release, “We Were Here” is about “the extraordinary, true story of the first response to HIV and AIDS through the eyes of five witnesses”: “In the early 1980s, HIV and AIDS ravaged San Francisco’s gay community with impossible ferocity. The words of five men and women who lived through it, accompanied by extraordinary photography and archival film and video images, come together to create ‘We Were Here’– a spare, unblinking look at the way an ostracized community responded…

Walt Disney Studios UK recently released this new movie trailer for the film “Old Dogs” by director Walt Becker (Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride, Van Wilder) from writers David Diamond and David Weissman (The Family Man). “Old Dogs” star John Travolta (The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, From Paris with Love), Robin Williams (Old Dogs, Happy Feet 2 in 3D) and Kelly Preston. Synopsis: Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead to them being placed in the care of 7-year-old twins. Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and trailers from “Old Dogs” starring John Travolta and Robin Williams.