September 1st, 2010
Amazon trying to offer subscription TV, movies
(AP:LOS ANGELES) Amazon.com Inc. is talking with major media companies about offering unlimited views of older TV shows and movies online, in an attempt to stay relevant as consumers flock to Apple Inc.’s iTunes a la carte store and Netflix Inc.’s all-you-can eat subscription plan.
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August 31st, 2010
4 Reasons Why Pay-Per-View YouTube is a Hard Sell
Earlier this year Google started offering online rentals of Sundance Film Festival movies. It bombed. According to the New York Times, Google made a paltry $10,709.16 from its $3.99 rental service over the course of 10 days, and the videos only garnered a combined 2,684 views. Perhaps the content was too niche for a broad audience, but those are still some mortifying numbers.
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August 30th, 2010
The 25 Worst Athletic Performances in a Movie
Sports movies seem to play either on the sap of the athlete making an incredible comeback, a miraculous journey by a team or individual to a title or a romantic comedy. What is usually lost in casting is getting actors that are actually athletic. Seeing some of these performances on screen seem like a waste of time. Actors who can’t run, catch, shoot or dribble or are just too old, short, or out …
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August 29th, 2010
Jerry Hall’s movie model training
Jerry Hall has revealed her love of old movies has helped her daughters in their modelling careers.
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August 28th, 2010
Another Fil-Am cast in ‘Camp Rock 2’
LOS ANGELES – There’s another Filipino-American actor in the “Camp Rock” TV movies aside from Anna Maria Perez de Tagle. His name is Roshon Fegan.
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August 27th, 2010
Jennifer Aniston going topless in ‘Wanderlust’
For a column that doesn’t care for Jennifer Aniston ’s movies, we sure write about her a lot. Maybe this time it’s because she’s going topless for a movie role. We’d be more excited if it was 1994. The 41-year-old actress is going to play a “free loving” woman living in a hippie commune and sleeping around while married to Paul Rudd , the U.K.’s Daily Mail reports. Apparently that would-be …
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August 26th, 2010
World’s First DivX HD Certification Comes to Samsung Galaxy S Android Phone
High quality DivX HD format movies are coming to the Samsung Galaxy S mobile phone. This beautiful Android phone will be the first mobile capable of playing 720p resolution DivX HD movies on both the handset’s 4-inch screen and through HD capable devices. From the company statement, To enjoy DivX video on the Galaxy S, consumers can [...] World’s First DivX HD Certification Comes to Samsung …
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August 25th, 2010
Smoking in children’s movies angers critics
Australian public health experts have demanded film classification rules be tightened after it was revealed that more than half the top-grossing movies for young people contain smoking.
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August 24th, 2010
Allen say NY too costly to shoot films
Woody Allen says he began shooting movies in Europe because he couldn’t afford to do so in New York.
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August 23rd, 2010
Smoking scenes on the decline in top movies
There’s a lot less smoking in the movies these days, a new report shows.
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