Netflix movies and television streaming killed popular competitors like Blockbuster. Now the Video On Demand (VOD) service is looking to take down the movie theater industry. Ted Sarandos, the chief content officer for Netflix, gave a keynote speech on October 26, 2013 at the Film Independent Forum in Los Angeles
A unique Mâori film festival, Movies in the Pâ, will mark the first in a series of public events for Te Puia|New Zealand Mâori Arts and Crafts Institute’s (NZMACI) 50th anniversary celebrations. Movies in the Pâ will be held next Saturday November 16 on Te Puia’s marae âtea – the open area in front of the main wharenui (meeting house). Te Puia General Manager Kiri Atkinson-Crean says the event …
Once upon a time it ruled the DVD-rental roost. Now Blockbuster’s shutting all of its doors
Pioneer Electronics Inc. today unveiled its new 2014 line of in-dash multimedia DVD receivers that focuses on providing the most entertainment options in the car. Consisting of the AVH-X1600DVD, AVH-X2600BT, AVH-X3600BHS, AVH-X4600BT and AVH-X5600BHS, all five models have a refined, sophisticated look and offer advanced technologies that provide users with a variety of entertainment options …
The DVD-rental chain will close down its remaining US stores and curtail its DVD-by-mail rental service. Originally posted at News – Internet & Media
“Disaster!,” a musical at the St. Luke’s Theater, trawls through plotlines and characters from 1970s movies like “The Poseidon Adventure” as well as ’70s pop music.
DISH Network Corporation today announced that its subsidiary, Blockbuster L.L.C., will end its retail and by mail DVD distribution operations by early-January 2014.
Samba TV , a leading publisher of Smart TV apps and multi-screen advertising, announced today that it launched numerous TV apps on Sony BRAVIA® TVs, Blu-ray Discâ„¢ players and Blu-ray Home Theater devices …
Highly Recommended An anomaly among early 70s horror films, The Other (1972) was directed by and starring actors with little genre experience. Certain aspects of the film don’t quite work but in many other ways the film is genuinely unsettling and original. Its premise in some aspects anticipates The Omen (1976), also produced by 20th Century-Fox and featuring a score by Jerry Goldsmith, though …
To get an “A” rating, a movie needs to have two named female characters who talk to each other about something other than a man. It sounds simple enough, but a ton of successful blockbusters would fail this rather facile test. “The entire Lord of the Rings trilogy, all Star Wars movies, The Social Network,  Pulp Fiction and all but one of the Harry Potter movies fail this test,” said Ellen Tejle …