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Attention shoppers – Blue Light special on streaming movies on aisle 3

Attention shoppers – Blue Light special on streaming movies on aisle 3

Streaming movies is turning out to be one of those bandwagons that everyone and their brother seems to want to jump on even though it isn't native to their core business. Such is the case in the ... continue
13 Fantastic visions of The Joker

13 Fantastic visions of The Joker

Of all the villains that inhabit our world of fantasy and imagination none is more iconic than The Joker. From the comic books to the graphic novels and on our movie screens The Joker has become ingrained as a ... continue
The tech blogosphere is full of myopic self-aggrandizing sycophants

The tech blogosphere is full of myopic self-aggrandizing sycophants

OMG Twitter has a bug. OMG Facebook has a security (or privacy, or arrogance, or whatever gets everyone's panties in a bunch on any given day) problem. OMG Apple is going to fail because Android is selling more phones ... continue
Tron tee shirt glows in the dark

Tron tee shirt glows in the dark

Tron is often looked upon as being one of those classic movies we all fondly remember and now that we have a sequel coming our way later this year the excitement is building. Will it be as ... continue
An incredible sci-fi short film made for $5,000

An incredible sci-fi short film made for $5,000

There are definitely some talented people out there and with the increasing availability of affordable was to film, make music or even author a book or two we are seeing more and more of these people coming ... continue
123 hours, 57 films, no sleep – no wonder madness ensues

123 hours, 57 films, no sleep – no wonder madness ensues

Hey I like movies as much as the next person but the idea of competing in something called the World Movie Watching Championships would seem to be going just slightly overboard. However Gavin Mcinnes figured it would ... continue
Hollywood keen on making new Super Mario Bros. film

Hollywood keen on making new Super Mario Bros. film

According to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo is approached by Hollywood producers "all the time" to make a movie based on the world-famous Mario game franchise. You know, because the first worked out so well. While ... continue
6 Eye-popping and luscious special effects videos

6 Eye-popping and luscious special effects videos

Special effects comes in different flavors whether it be the original mind-blowing Matrix or the incredible claymation type movies. These six videos are from a new company called Mothership and if they are anything close to the ... continue
An animated zombie movie and yes it’s awesome [Video]

An animated zombie movie and yes it’s awesome [Video]

I realize that zombies are all the rage these days. From Zombieland to Jane Austin with Zombies we have become fascinated with all things risen from the dead. For the most part the whole genre is becoming as ... continue
YouTube looking to charge to view content – Get Real!

YouTube looking to charge to view content – Get Real!

The tide is turning. You can hear it in the creaking sound of the New York Times building its paywall, for the second time, and Murdoch has said no more freebies from News Corp. The freetards are ... continue
Movies to go 3D in 2010 – gawd I hope not.

Movies to go 3D in 2010 – gawd I hope not.

I understand that the movie industry is trying to find whatever they can to both increasing the number of people going to the movies as well as a way to try and stop movie piracy but this ... continue
Rapidshare: Former illegal file haven now knocking boots with Warner Bros.

Rapidshare: Former illegal file haven now knocking boots with Warner Bros.

Anyone who as at any point in the last decade downloaded files of questionable origins will know Rapidshare was one of the places to either make files available or to download said files. It seems though that ... continue
About that piracy is killing the movie business argument

About that piracy is killing the movie business argument

Piracy is killing the movie business - that is the argument that the movie industry is using to try and force draconian copyright laws down our throat on a global level with things like ACTA. For every ... continue
A Free Idea For The Movie Industry

A Free Idea For The Movie Industry

Netflix, despite the protestations of movie studios, has done wonders for the industry, resulting in millions of Americans that now watch DVDs on a regular basis who would otherwise probably watch whatever made-for-TV movie was on AMC; ... continue
About this movie piracy thing killing the industry…

About this movie piracy thing killing the industry…

Every time you turn around some movie exec or entertainment lobbyist is proclaiming how all the talk of free and evil people downloading illegal copies of movies is killing the movie business. Yet it seems that just as quickly ... continue
Anti-piracy group raises the surrender flag

Anti-piracy group raises the surrender flag

While it may be a long time before we see this type of thing happen in the US and Canada the people of Denmark can look forward to one less anti-piracy agency trying to sue everyone in ... continue
And here you thought your home theater was ‘da bomb’

And here you thought your home theater was ‘da bomb’

As more and more of us are rejecting the sometimes horrific experience of going out to the theater to watch movies many people are deciding to deck out a room in their homes as their own private ... continue
Netflix gives cable television a wake-up call – outside of the US

Netflix gives cable television a wake-up call – outside of the US

When I first saw the news from Sarah Perez at ReadWriteWeb about Netflix being in the process of setting up a streaming movie service for outside of the United States I didn't really clue in on it ... continue
Now everyone can really be a movie critic – without knowing it

Now everyone can really be a movie critic – without knowing it

I don't get out much so going to the movies isn't high on my wife or my list of things to do so we're not ones to pay much attentions to movie ratings. That doesn't mean that ... continue
Tucker Max says it’s cool by him to pirate his movie

Tucker Max says it’s cool by him to pirate his movie

For those who might not know who Tucker Max is here’s a little background. Tucker is a 34 year old who has fame and fortune by recounting tales of his real-life drunken antics and ... continue
An Open Letter to the Movie Industry

An Open Letter to the Movie Industry

Dear Movie Industry, We love you - just to clarify, “we” is most of America and large portions of the world-at-large.  But you’re quickly becoming prey to your own scheming and need to be saved before you collapse ... continue
YouTube in negotiations to stream new movies

YouTube in negotiations to stream new movies

YouTube, always on the look-out for ways to solidify its leadership in video and increase its revenue has been in negotiations with the major movie studios to start streaming movies on a rental basis. ... continue