By Adriana Lee |
Why this wasn’t called Google Crashers is beyond me, but even so, the new Owen Wilson/Vince Vaughn flick still looks like fun. Take two aging salesmen, stick them on the Mountain View campus among young, hotshot tech wizards, and watch the wackiness ensue. The premise…
By Killian Bell |
Wondering what to get your friends this Christmas? Maybe they live in another town, city, or state and sending them a real gift won’t be easy. Well, if they’re music, TV, or movie lovers, how about sending them an iTunes gift card over Facebook? Apple…
By Ron Duwell |
I’ve always been a big fan of James Rolfe, aka the Angry Video Game Nerd. He’s a true Internet success story, a young filmmaker who used a simple camera to become a self made Internet celebrity. His work has grown more impressive over the years,…
By Brandon Russell |
By now, you’ve probably heard that one of the most beloved franchises ever created, Star Wars, is getting yet another installment in 2015. That’s plenty of time to really get the universe right this go around. But it’s going to take a crew of truly…
By Adriana Lee |
Movie marketing got a fresh new twist with the promo push for Disney’s latest family-friendly project Wreck-It Ralph, a movie set in a fantasy world of arcade video games. The San Francisco Chronicle spotted some secret bus-stop photo booths wherein people could snap a self-portrait (by…
By Killian Bell |
After announcing that Google Play had reached 15 billion downloads back in May, Google has today announced that its store has now surpassed the 25 billion downloads milestone, with more than 675,000 apps and games now available to Android smartphones and tablets. The celebrate this…
By Killian Bell |
T-Mobile has announced that it will soon be bringing a number of new features and enhancements to its Samsung Galaxy S III — one of which will be a virtual preload of Marvel’s The Avengers for both new and existing users. The movie will be…
By Adriana Lee |
Could you survive for a month on Craigslist alone? That’s likely to be the question on viewers’ minds when they get a peep at the new flick from producer Zach Galifianakis. This time, The Hangover star dives into reality entertainment, taking it to a strange new…
By Joey Davidson |
Deadline has the exclusive news that Sony has just inked a writer/director to work on a Twisted Metal movie. While not much is being said about the project, we do know some of the basic premise and that the solo director/writer will be making seven figures.…
By Killian Bell |
Following its launch in the U.K. and Ireland earlier this week, Netflix has plans to introduce multiple “personality profiles” to its music streaming service that would allow everyone in the house to have their own login. That means that each user can tailor the service to…
By Mike Perlman |
Olive is the first feature film shot with a smartphone (and with a wildly expensive 35mm lens to achieve that shallow depth of field, of course). But the fact that the new independent film was shot entirely using a Nokia N8 is quite impressive, and…
By Killian Bell |
Netflix has introduced its ‘Just for Kids’ section to the Netflix application on the Nintendo Wii, which is designed to provide children with suitable content that’s accessible without the help of a parent. The popular movie streaming service announced the update in a post on…
By Killian Bell |
Netflix has sealed a deal with Miramax Films that will allow the service to stream even more content to new users in the U.K. from early 2012. Miramax becomes the second studio to join Netflix on its venture across the Atlantic, after Lionsgate signed up…
By Killian Bell |
Following its announcement back in September that revealed plans to split its movie streaming and DVD rental service into two businesses, Netflix has today confirmed that it will scrap these plans in a bid to maintain the convenient service its subscribers have become accustomed to.…
By Joey Davidson |
Remember when the trailer for Dead Island you see above officially released last February? It came out to a warm reception of praise and love from fans all over the gaming industry. It also spawned a round of quickly squashed movie adaptation rumors. Well, it seems there…
By Emily Price |
Now if you’re a Dish Network subscriber, you have a new option for streaming videos and renting DVDs. Today the satellite provider announced a new Blockbuster Movie Pass service which gives its subscribers access to 100,000 DVD titles and 4,000 streaming video titles for $10…
By Emily Price |
American Airlines is officially rolling out a new in-flight entertainment option for passengers on its Gogo-equipt flights. Called “Entertainment on Demand” the service will work similar to other online video rental options, allowing users to purchase movie and TV show rentals to watch on their…
By Emily Price |
20th Century Fox is bringing movie downloads to Android devices. Starting in October if you purchase a 20th Century Fox Blu-ray disc you’ll also score a digital copy of the film you can put on your Android phone or tablet to watch while you’re out…
By Emily Price |
If you want to root your Android device and watch rented movies on it – it looks like you may be out of luck. When trying to play a rented movie from YouTube or the Android Market, rooted Android device owners have been receiving “Failed…
By Adriana Lee |
Last week, I wrote an article about movie theaters’ concerns over movie studio distribution deals. The story dealt with Warner Brothers, Sony, Universal and Fox rolling out new video-on-demand (VOD) services via DirecTV, a move that has the National Association of Theater Owners (NATO) up…
By Emily Price |
Four of the major Hollywood studios are rolling out premium video-on-demand rental options, with plans to charge a whopping $30 a pop for the rentals. $30 for a rental? Movies will be flicks that have just left theaters, but that aren’t headed to DVD or…
By Joey Davidson |
The Dead Island trailer sparked a lot of interest and a bit of criticism from the gaming community at large late last week. Pretty much the entire blogosphere and Twitterscape were together raving about the perfect music selection, the great presence of mind to align…
By Travis Harvey |
Hollywood has twice tried its hand at creating a Street Fighter film that didn’t suck. Sure enough they failed, proving there’s more to a movie adaptation of a videogame than just a big budget. Thankfully, Street Fighter die-hard fan and film director Joey Ansah along…
By polrid |
There’s little doubt that Hollywood capitalizes on success by recycling formats known to please audiences but has recent research uncovered a more clinical, mathematical approach to film-making?…
