M-Net Movies Showcase on DSTV’s channel 108 will screen Robin Williams movies as part of a weekend tribute to the actor who passed away in his California home on Monday night. The Academy award-winning actor’s death was a result of suicide due to asphyxia, according to a statement issued by the Marin County, California, Sheriff’s […]
Mumbai billboards that advertise everything from Bollywood movies to soda pop are preventing Air India Ltd. from tapping the potential of what should be one of its most lucrative routes — literally.
Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller are miracle workers. With their debut feature Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs the pair took an animated film that in other hands could have been another Surf's Up or Yogi Bear and made it a cult classic. Then they turned a big screen version of cult 1980s TV series 21 Jump Street into a $200 million action comedy that spawned an even more successful …
PORTLAND, Ore., May 22, 2014 /PRNewswire/ –Â Rentrak (NASDAQ: RENT), the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the top ten Movies on Demand (MOD) titles based on consumer …
London, May 21 (IANS) Exposure to alcohol use in movies can encourage drinking in young people, a significant research shows. Moreover, exposure to alcohol portrayals in advertisements and digital media such as Facebook can also attract young adults towards drinking. “Viewers are often not aware of alcohol portrayals in movies
“Frozen†continues to sizzle for Walt Disney Co. (DIS) , where quarterly profit rose 27 percent as kids snapped up DVDs and merchandise tied to the animated mega-hit.
Katzenberg, chief executive officer of the studio that made the “Shrek†films, said that within 10 years or so consumers will be able to buy or rent movies 17 days after their release in cinemas.
Sky has announced it will soon let customers buy HD movies to download and keep via their Sky box as it continues to try and capitalise on the 4.5 million Sky customers in the UK with set top boxes in their homes. While Amazon, Netflix, and others still look to penetrate the living room with devices capable of accessing their services, Sky is turning up the pressure with the launch of a new …
Movie producers are using feelgood animated films to deliver moral messages, according to movie experts who predict that this summer’s biggest Hollywood blockbusters will be those with a conscience. The winter and Oscars were dominated by films about greed and crime like American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street, and gritty true-life dramas 12 Years A Slave and Dallas Buyers Club.