I love my new Roku
That’s the little settop box that lets you stream stuff from Netflix and Amazon Unbox. I’m streaming old episodes of All Creatures Great and Small from Netflix as we speak. Oh my god, Peter Davison was adorable when he was 12…
Netflix
question of the day: Would you even notice if Blockbuster went out of business?
Following up in yesterday’s QOTD about Netflix’s new pricing for blu-ray rentals (hint: it went up, a lot) is this: Apparently Blockbuster is on the verge of throwing in the towel, and not voluntarily (“Blockbuster: may not be able to stay in business,” says the AP via Yahoo! Finance). I suspect how you feel about … more…
question of the day: What’s up with Netflix charging more for blu-ray rentals?
Netflix subscribers were surprised recently when the DVD-at-home service announced a price increase for access to blu-ray rentals. The sliding scale increase — if you’re on the 3-at-a-time plan, you pay an additional $4 per month; if you’re on 8-at-a-time, you pay a whopping $9 more — applies merely to have blu-ray discs in your … more…
North American box office: ‘Taken’ takes the Super Bowl weekend top spot
Looks like even the big football game could not interrupt the mainlining of movies we’re all doing of late in an attempt to comfort and/or inebriate ourselves in these tough times: 1. Taken: $24.7 million (NEW) 2. Paul Blart: Mall Cop: $13.9 million (3rd week; drops 36%) 3. The Uninvited: $10.3 million (NEW) 4. Hotel … more…
alert! ‘The New York Times’ picks the 10 bestest movies evar!
Stanley Fish has, for some reason, been chosen by The New York Times to name “the 10 best American movies”… ever. Fish is “the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and a professor of law at Florida International University, in Miami, and dean emeritus of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois … more…
