Kick-Ass is the latest in a long line of comic book adaptations to hit the theaters as of late, but it is certainly not your standard fare of people with unusual powers slapping on some fetish-inspired outfits and fighting crime. Kick-Ass is definitely more from the school of works like Watchmen which instead poses the question of what happens when an average person decides to become a...
Only weeks away from launch, Apple is reportedly still working to close content deals in anticipation of the iPad’s success. A few months back there were whispers of a possible TV subscription model that Apple wanted to bring to the then-rumored iPad. This all-you-can-eat subscription costing around $30 would allow users to consume content to their heart’s desire so long as the...
"He's not any kind of program, Sark. He's a User." – Master Control Program Those of us who were old enough to see Tron in the theaters in 1982 (I was two weeks short of turning 11-years-old), pretty much had our lives changed. Between that film and WarGames, we were pretty much all turned into fanatics for computers due to those movies. WarGames already got a direct-to-video sequel...
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?
In 1979 there was only one thing on my mind for Christmas: A Big Trak. While I realize a goodly number of you weren’t even a twinkle in your parents eyes at that time, I was 8-years-old, and I was obsessed. A Big Trak was going to be mine, oh yes it was. I really didn’t care what else I got that year, so long as there was a Big Trak under the Christmas tree, I was going to be happy...
When Netflix introduced a new way to watch and rent movies, it saw success that traditional movie distribution couldn’t match. Consumers were flocking to the idea that they barely had to leave the house to fetch a rented movie, instead shipping it directly to their door. As they started rolling out their ‘watch instantly’ library, demand continued to grow. However, brick and mortar...