Recommended The Movie: Directed by Greydon Clark, 1980's Without Warning starts out with a great opening scene in which a middle aged hunting enthusiast (Cameron Mitchell) and his slacker/hippie son (Darby Hinton) are wandering the desert where they're quickly dispatched by weird jellyfish-like flying discs that zip through the air and attach themselves to their backs. Shortly after that, a Boy …
Amazon.com Inc. is taking on Walt Disney Co.
So many deals, so little Monday! There's a monitor deal in particular you have to see to believe.
Embracing its recurring role of the hyper-capitalist antihero, Amazon.com is refusing to accept pre-orders for DVDs of a handful of Walt Disney box-office smash hits, including “Captain America: The Winter Soldier†and “Maleficent,†as the online hypermarket presses for better payment terms.
The e-tailer is also locked in a dispute about e-book pricing with Hachette read more
Amazon.com currently is not offering DVD pre-orders for most upcoming Disney releases in the U.S. — including “Maleficent” and “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” — in what looks like a replay of the e-commerce giant's homevideo standoff with Warner Bros. terms earlier this summer.
Consumers are suddenly unable to place advance orders to buy DVDs or Blu-ray discs of films from Walt Disney Studios.
Recommended The Film: As some modern movie adaptations of popular young-adult books elevate expectations of what they're capable of, there are a slate of recent others — from The Mortal Instruments to The Host and Percy Jackson — that serve as a reminder of the turbulence still plaguing the subgenre. Despite Hollywood's progress in the halls of Hogwarts and the districts of Panem, there's …
Highly Recommended Politically speaking, Lewis Milestone's The North Star (1943) makes for fascinating viewing. Dramatically, however, it's more than a little ridiculous
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. One of only a small handful of good werewolf horror films, Ginger Snaps upends tradition with its two strong female leads and atypical character interactions