must reads: “What *Could* Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2012?”
Under the law that existed until 1978: works from 1955…
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must reads: “The 20 Unhappiest People You Meet In The Comments Sections Of Year-End Lists”
Be very careful when commenting, or the universe might collapse in upon itself…
must reads: “‘New Year’s Eve’: 10 Things That Could Never Happen as They Happened”
Lest today’s QOTD be misinterpreted as any sort of defense of New Year’s Eve, I invite you to join me in guffawing along with Mandi Bierly at PopWatch at the movie’s ridiculous mala-Big Apple-isms…
must reads: “Animated Children’s Films: You Say Princess Like It’s a Bad Thing”
Myrna Waldron at Bitch Flicks comes to the defense of Disney princesses, and finds some feminist cool in them…
must reads: “Why renters and pirates watch such different movies”
I thought this was gonna be about how different versions of individual movies appear in legitimate and illegitimate content streams. But, no, it’s even better…
must reads: “The Formula for Complete and Utter Bayhem”
The secrets behind Michael Bay’s success are precisely what we thought…
must reads: “The Real Scare Is Not Being Scary”
Brooks Barnes at The New York Times looks at how scaring folks at Halloween is vexing amusement-park designers… because we’re getting more and more desensitized by outrageous horror movies…
must reads: “R.I.P., the movie camera: 1888-2011”
Matt Zoller Seitz at Salon laments the death of the analog film movie camera…
must reads: “Why Is TV Suddenly Overstuffed With Buxom Bunnies, Sexy Stewardesses, and Charlie’s Angels?”
Gosh, it’s like the 60s — the early 60s — are returning with a vengeance.
must reads: “6 Things the Film Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know About” at Film School Rejects
Ashe Cantrell at Film School Rejects is angry…
