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.
Mac and PC upgrade and storage technology company Other World Computing has upgraded its OWC Mercury Pro External Blu-ray Optical Drive to achieve professional grade 16X BD-R write speeds, adding 128GB BDXL compatibility, and high-speed USB 3.0 connectivity. The upgrade offers expanded support for up to 100GB of data on triple layer BDXL-R/BDXL RE discs and up to 128GB on quad layer BDXL-R discs …
Google just rolled out its Play Movies service, which offers Hollywood Blockbusters for rent or sale, in a whole bunch of additional countries — 39, to be precise, including a number of countries in Central …
LOS ANGELES, March 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the Top-10 DVD & Blu-ray Disc sales and rentals according to the company’s Retail Essentials and Home Video …
Hailed as “a superb action thriller†and “taut, tense and terrific†, the thrill-packed JACK RYAN: SHADOW RECRUIT is called into action on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and VOD June 10, 2014 from Paramount Home Media Distribution.
A video game adaptation and another Tyler Perry movie headline this weeks’ wide releases, while the cult favorite and Kickstarter-backed Veronica Mars opens in theaters and goes up online for digital download. There are two movies with a wide release in theaters this weekend: one has a 21 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes right now, the other has an even 20
It’s a universal truth that movies based on video games suck. Need for Speed, starring a post-Breaking Bad Aaron Paul and hitting theaters this weekend, will likely continue the tradition, as it sits with a 24 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This isn’t surprising news. But it makes us wonder: are video game films the most maligned movie sub-genre?
PORTLAND, Ore., March 13, 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 …
BURBANK, Calif., March 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Walt Disney Studios proudly announces the home entertainment release of the heartwarming drama Saving Mr. Banks, arriving on Blu-ray + Digital Copy, DVD, …
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire Sells An Estimated 3.9 Million DVD And Blu-Ray Units in its First Weekend of North American Release