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Last week, over at Film.com, I wrote a piece pondering the weird fate of Mike Judge, that his movies end up being brilliant and being dismissed, only to end up as cult favorites of subversion and sedition on DVD. I dismissed out of hand the possibility that Extract, his new film, would be anything other … more…
As Gawker’s Richard Rushfield reminds us, “September Is the Month to Make Bad Oscar Predictions”:: Over the next weeks Hollywood gets its first look at many of the Oscar heavyweights at the Toronto, Venice and Telluride film festivals. But that doesn’t hold back the pundits from weighing in today on who owns this race. In … more…
MG Siegler at TechCrunch tells a heartwarming tale from the fantasy realm of Good Customer Service: Tonight, Netflix emailed a large number of its subscribers to apologize for a Xbox Live streaming outage that occurred yesterday. They’re offering to refund 2% of users’ monthly bills back to them, if they simply click on the link … more…
As of this writing, 15 movies will open wide in North America in the month of September. Which means that even if you’re an active moviegoer and see a movie each week, you’ve still gotta pick and choose (and it’s even worse if you’re in a city on the arthouse circuit, but let’s not make … more…
The Walt Disney Company is about to hand over $4 billion to acquire Marvel Entertainment. Why? CNNMoney.com has the answer, straight from the Mouse’s mouth: “This is perfect from a strategic perspective,” Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger told CNNMoney.com. “This treasure trove of over 5,000 characters offers Disney the ability to do what we do … more…
Sony has a new plan to… I dunno what. And they don’t seem to know, either. The most likely upshot of this idea would seem to be getting movie consumers laughing in their face. BusinessWeek has the details: [O]wners of the Sony’s Internet-connected Bravia TV could pay as much as $40 to watch a movie … more…
Avatar, James Cameron’s eagerly awaited science fiction flick (watch the trailer), doesn’t open till December 18, but tickets for the first opening-day midnight shows are already on sale for some locations: Online ticketers MovieTickets.com and Fandango on Friday began ringing up sales for “Avatar” performances at more than 75 AMC locations, most of them Imax … more…
Newsflash: Megan Fox is the new Catwoman! Newsflash: No, she isn’t! The idea of Fox as the new Catwoman might be no more than wishful fanboy thinking, though Hecklerspray offered the most bizarre — and anti-fanboyish — reason why it couldn’t possibly be Fox in the role: Except, well, don’t get your hopes up. Megan … more…
I’ve got a piece up over at Film.com about Redbox, the buck-a-day DVD rental kiosks you may have seen around your town in supermarkets and drugstores. Hollywood is terrified of Redbox’s success and is trying to hobble the company’s service: Warner Home Video and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment… are demanding that Redbox hold back … more…
Are we entering an era of “the stalker as sexy”? We’re already at a place where Americans don’t mind being spied on by our government, apparently, if it (supposedly) keeps us safe. We’re already at a place where British citizens are observed by CCTV cameras everywhere they go even though the cameras don’t do a … more…
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