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It used to be that fandom was exclusively for those who dressed up like storm troopers and made the trek all the way to Los Angeles for the little-known convention known as Comic Con. Now, with the help of the

The Western is the groundwork for much of American cinema and storytelling. Westerns give us homegrown stories of good and evil, tales of love, vengeance, individualism, loss, hatred, fear and greed. All of these themes are thrust together to create

The Hollywood Left has something in common with the mainstream media. Both clearly fear President Barack Obama will lose come November, and they’re willing to do or say just about anything to prevent it. For the press, that means shoving

Four months to go before Election Day and Judicial Watch’s battle for election integrity continues in full force. On July 17, 2012, we filed an amicus curiae brief with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in support of HB 934, a

 Apparently, the United Nations has been pressing for a global internet tax that would hit Google, Facebook, Apple, and Netflix. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a subset of the UN, wants to add a provision to a current treaty that

“The Secret World of Arrietty,” the latest film from Studio Ghibli, comes from the tradition of films like “The Secret of NIMH” and “Ratatouille” in which small creatures survive in a big world, taking what they can from humans without being

With New Media, we are watching history play out before our eyes.  Every day, online outlets are breaking stories the establishment media won’t. Some of these sites (largely thought of as blogs) now have more traffic than mainstream media websites. 

Right now the studios and networks are freaking out over what could be a major loss of their profit and power base should video streaming continue to grow exponentially. If Americans are all watching streaming, you can say goodbye to

1. CABLE RATINGS: ‘BASKETBALL WIVES’ AND ‘RIDICULOUSNESS’ TROUNCE STEWART, COLBERT Stewart 1.744 “The Five“: 1.504 Colbert 1.249 —-Weekly Cable Ratings: Stewart And Colbert Not Even In Top 25 2. WHERE HAVE ALL THE COWBOYS GONE? — “By the 1970s the

Bundled cable is an affirmative action program for the Left’s cultural stranglehold. With these enforced packages, we pay outrageous fees for dozens if not hundreds of cable channels we never watch. But we still pay for these channels though our

While overall home video spending increased 2.5% in the first quarter of 2012. There is no good news here for Hollywood — at least the Hollywood terrified of streaming and Redbox: The Digital Entertainment Group may suggest that the period of

TUESDAY CABLE RATINGS — “THE FIVE” BEATS COLBERT “The Five”: 1.649 million viewers #7. “Family Guy” rerun: 2.389 million viewers #13. “Daily Show”:  1.89 million viewers #28. “Colbert Report”: 1.361 million viewers   NETFLIX STREAMING TRAFFIC GREW 30% IN LAST

MOVIEGOERS SURVEYED SAY 3D PICS ARE BETTER   NETFLIX ADDED 3 MILLION ONLINE SUBSCRIBERS IN QUARTER …LOST 1.08 MILLION BY-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS   RAVE FOR MEL GIBSON’S DIRECT-TO-PPV ‘THE GRINGO’  …NOW THIS IS WHAT I CALL AN ACTION MOVIE! MEL GIBSON

CRUNCHING THE NUMBERS: AMAZON PRIME VS. NETFLIX I agree with all of this but would add one very important note: Amazon Instant is an absolute mess. The television programs and films are not organized in a way that makes anything

READER QUESTIONS REGARDING STREAMING/CORD-CUTTING Lots of good comments and questions from my piece from yesterday, which is linked above: Could you describe your version of movie/TV/online/etc utopia from a consumer purchase and user experience point of view?  Love your …

THE NIMBLE EMPIRE: A DEFENSE OF CABLE TV Cable defenders are down to rationalizing piracy (also known as STEALING) and arguing that HBO as a standalone service is worth $20 a month, just so that we can enjoy the shared

Deadline doesn’t usually miss with their headlines, but in the case of this particular story, this headline… Netflix Could Undermine UltraViolet As Low Cost Rentals Trash Studio Profits …seems a little out of place with this blockbuster report: Moguls will need

The rise of streaming television is something I’ve been covering rather obsessively on my Daily Call Sheet for going on a year now. Not because I have any kind of inside information or data, but because if you connect the

ASHTON KUTCHER TO PLAY STEVE JOBS IN INDIE BIOPIC The resemblance is certainly there, it’s just that buying Kutcher as someone with an IQ above room temperature is a bit more belief than those of us not from the planet

WHY WE’RE SICK – LITERALLY – OF THE SHAKY-CAM The inspiration for the piece linked above is “Hunger Games,” which the writer says is almost unwatchable during the first hour thanks to the shaky-cam. I’ve been complaining about this thing

XBOX NOW USED MORE FOR ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT THAN ONLINE GAMING 20 million people subscribe to the Xbox streaming entertainment services and over the course of a single year, use of that entertainment usage is up a whopping 30%. Subscribers spend

Today’s Wall Street Journal captures an interesting trend in our viewing habits that is at least in part driven by on-demand outlets like Netflix Streaming and the DVR. The real casualty appears to be syndicated reruns, the kind of shows

The A&E original series “Breakout Kings” is three episodes into its second season, and fans are being treated to more of the same action and suspense from season one – following a surprise ending in the season premiere. “Breakout Kings,”

My formative years could be summed up in two significant stages – life before cable … and with cable. Cable television was a gift from up above for an entertainment addict like me, and for decades I relied on cable

TRAILER RELEASED FOR NEW ‘BATTLESTAR GALACTICA’ SERIES Another prequel/reboot. This one takes place when Admiral Adama (Edward James Olmos, Lorne Green) is a young, hot shot pilot in his twenties during the first Cyclon war. The previous reboot’s first couple

BLU-RAY’S BIG ‘PICTURE PROBLEM’ Interesting article where the author floats the theory that part of the reason Blu-rays aren’t selling like they should is due to the fact that the studios undersell them: By all objective measures, Blu-ray offers the

Faye Dunaway once told me that to play a role she had to commit to the character with all her heart and soul. She needed, she explained, to love the character. In terms of performance this means the actor has

‘300′ SEQUEL BRINGS BACK XERXES Don’t we all share the same concern about this sequel: the worry that what truly made “300” special will be gutted? We loved “300” because it was a politically incorrect allegory for the War on

CLINT EASTWOOD’S FAMILY GETS E! REALITY SHOW TO HELP PROMOTE SOUTH AFRICAN BAND The only thing worse than celeb-reality narcissism is celeb-reality narcissism disguised as politically correct do-gooderism.   Insufferable squared. GAY, JEWISH BLOGGER SUGGESTS: HOW ABOUT A TV SERIES TREATING

THE CALL SHEET IS BACK AND HERE TO STAY I don’t think I have to explain why this column was suspended for two weeks. The least of it was the training and launch of this awesome new site — which

This week on the HomeVideodrome podcast, Hunter and Jim talk about the results of the Oscars as well as run-down this week’s releases.  Head on over to The Film Thugs to give it a listen. George Lucas’ “American Graffiti” set the standard

HUGE NEWS: ‘THE ARTIST’ WILL MAKE PAY CABLE DEBUT ON NETFLIX STREAMING Now can I say “I told you so?” Actually, things are happening faster than even I expected. The studios have to go to where the customers are going.

CONSERVATIVES MUST TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK NETFLIX FOR ‘LILYHAMMER.’ “Lilyhammer’ isn’t just a conservative show; it’s an anti-leftist show. This is the kind of show I’ve been waiting for for decades. For years now, those of us who believe