QWIKSTER DUMPED, DVD RENTALS TO STAY AT NETFLIX Netflix’s market value has dropped 60% since these debacles began, which just so happens to be the exact same percentage as their recent price increase (today’s announcement helped some). This is a
CINEMARK THEATER CHAIN REFUSES TO SHOW ‘TOWER HEIST’ AS A RESULT OF EARLY VOD PLAN As I mentioned yesterday, Universal is closing the window on VOD even further, offering Brett Ratner’s upcoming “Tower Heist” just three weeks after its theatrical
DISNEY AND PIXAR TO RE-RELEASE FOUR FILMS IN 3D IN 2012 & 2013 Well, why not? With “The Lion King” 3D making a fortune 17 years after its initial release, this makes perfect sense. I do think, though, that “The
BIG HOLLYWOOD CONTRIBUTOR MIKE MANDEVILLE LOOKING FOR KICKSTARTER LOVE Welcome to “Shysters” The Movie: A laugh out loud, zany comedy! With a bit of faith. Make a difference! Play a role in this hilarious Faith-based film by helping us to
BOX OFFICE ANALYSIS 1. Dolphin Tale: $14.3M – Family films rule. Shallow nihilism and conformity posing as “edginess” do not. Yet Hollywood keeps right on making them. Yes, someone somewhere is currently squandering millions of dollars on “Margot At the
If Nikki Finke hadn’t invented it and wasn’t so fond of litigation, I would’ve thrown a big TOLDJA! in the headline. Years ago I was writing about this inevitability and being laughed at. And at the end of this snippet,
MGM’S ‘RED DAWN’ REMAKE LIKELY TO HIT THEATRES BY FALL OF 2012 Another year? My heart goes out to the remake producers and filmmakers in a big way. I’ve spoken to them, they’ve written for us and while they’ve handled
Obama told the Congressional Black Caucus to stop complaining and get to work for him. If any other President had spoken to them that way, we might be reading words like “boss” and “plantation” in the news today. That doesn’t
This is good news for Netflix, which needed some, and bad news for cable television and outlets like HBO. Streaming is the future and Dreamworks knows it: Netflix Inc has won a deal to pipe Dreamworks Animation movies starting in
“DARK SHADOWS” SET PHOTOS We all spend a lot of time complaining about sequels and remakes and remakes of sequels posing as prequel-reboots, but sometimes Hollywood jumping in the wayback machine is an inspired idea. “Dark Shadows” is a gothic
Facebook has taken the wraps off upcoming features at the social media platform, including the ability to include audio content from Spotify, and video content from Netflix.
—BLOFELD IS NEW BOND 23 VILLAIN?– This sounds like a move in the right direction. Because for the first time in 40 years the James Bond franchise is in real trouble, at least when it comes to me — and
There’s actually a bigger story here methinks. Cable television is starting to lose customers as people move towards Netflix Streaming and sites like Hulu that for a low monthly subscription fee offer greater flexibility at a much, much lower price.
HERE COMES DISH: NETFLIX FLUBS ENTICE COMPETITION Here we go: At a press conference scheduled for Friday, Dish Network is expected to announce its entry into the streaming-video market via a Blockbuster-branded service that could emerge as a rival to
OUCH: STREAMING TITLES NETFLIX MIGHT LOSE — ‘QWIKSTER’ ALREADY A JOKE Wait. “Apocalypto” is on streaming? … … … … … … … Sorry, had to add that to my queue. Hollywood board rooms everywhere have to be freaking out
***UPDATE: This post was updated to correct a factual error. BOX OFFICE ANALYSIS 1. Lion King 3-D $29.3M: A 17 year-old cartoon not only landed in first place but more than doubled the take of second place. You can blame
NETFLIX SHARES SLIDE AS CUSTOMERS DROP STREAMING GIANT Again, I don’t think the price increase itself isn’t worth the service you’re buying, but it was so dramatic and handled so poorly, they should’ve expected this kind of backlash. If Netflix
No streaming for you! Netflix has started to restrict its users from streaming more than one movie at a time as part of its price hike. The change could have a major effect on how families use Netflix. No longer
– Newsweek continues its victory lap around the toilet bowl. – Female Mexican journalists killed because of their gender. – You can’t call Ed Schultz’s ideology “extreme liberalism.” It’s an insult to classical liberalism. A “raging socialist on steroids” is
BUMMER: STARZ ENDING STREAMING DEAL WITH NETFLIX As of Feb. 2012, Netflix will no longer stream Starz, which means a lot of newer movies won’t be available. Bad timing with the new Netflix price increase starting today. Starz content was
EXCLUSIVE: KEITH DAVID JOINS WACHOWSKI’S ‘CLOUD ATLAS’ One of the most underused, under-appreciated actors in Hollywood is The Mighty Keith David, a true screen talent and presence who has made every project he’s been associated with better since his first
Movie Pass: All the Movies You Can Watch for $50 a Month Would you pay $50 a month to a subscription service that allows you to see as many movies as you want in theatres for that full calendar month?
UPDATE ON YESTERDAY’S NETFLIX POST… An email from a friend informs me that Netflix is currently being sued for their lack of close captioning. Also, a third of their streaming titles already include captions — with 80% expected by the
ROD STEWART PLAYS LAS VEGAS Hard to believe Rod Stewart could turn 66 but he has and is now packing Caesar’s Palace in Sin City. May he live forever. About ten years ago I saw Stewart perform live. He wasn’t
PACINO’S ‘SCARFACE’ CELEBRATES BLU-RAY RELEASE You’ll never hear me make any apologies for my unqualified love of this film. It’s just a fact (admit it) that when you’re in the right mood and have three-hours to kill, Brian DePalma’s completely
