Golden Globes! Redbox goes instant. Do movie studios make movies?
After the coffee. Before wishing I had submitted as a comedy instead of a drama.
December 13, 2012
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After the coffee. Before wishing I had submitted as a comedy instead of a drama.
The last 15 years have been, in some respects, the glory days of sports movies. I don’t mean this in a qualitative sense — “Remember The Titans” isn’t exactly “The Natural” — but it’s certainly a time when sports movies have prospered.
The acquisition of Disney movies puts Netflix’s video-on-demand service in direct competition with pay TV giants such as HBO and Showtime.
‘Brave’ stayed atop the DVD sales chart for the second week in a row, outselling newcomer “Expendables 2.”
The films that continue to resonate are more likely to speak to their times than to speak directly about their times. In December 2001, the original production of Tony Kushner’s globe-trotting drama “Homebody/Kabul” opened at a small New York theater.
The animated feature “Brave” debuted at the top of the DVD sales chart, but couldn’t knock “The Amazing Spider-Man” from the top of the rental chart.
Turner Classic Movies is adding some classic Johnny Carson to its lineup.
DVD and Blu-ray sales were dominated by the debuting “The Amazing Spider-Man,” while rentals were ruled by the returning “Prometheus.” Holdovers “The Campaign” and “Disney Fairies: Secret of the Wings” were strong sellers, and “Magic Mike” and “The Avengers” were still strong rentals after many weeks on the charts.
Disney is shutting down its Disney Movies Online service, which failed to catch on with users.
In ‘The Story of the Movies,’ the author works to provide an overview of film, an increasingly daunting task as its history grows. Even the most ardent traditionalists have to acknowledge that vast, sweeping changes are at work within the realm of film culture. The very practice of shooting on actual physical film, not to mention running that film through a projector for viewing, has become in a …