Tag: MOVIE

Back in the summer, the deadline passed for colleges and universities to comply with the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA), which required schools to develop a plan for dealing with illegal movie and music downloads on campus. Now, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has sent letters to presidents at schools across the country, reminding them that Title IV federal aid ...

Last week, Sony announced Netflix subscribers could go disc-free with an update for their PlayStation 3 consoles starting today, October 18th. This morning, Nintendo announced Wii owners will no longer need an installation disc to stream Netflix on the video game console. Netflix subscribers can download and install the app directly from the Wii Shop Channel (new users can get access after paying ...

Fans eagerly awaiting the release of the 'Star Wars' saga on Blu-Ray now have a major big screen event to look forward to, as well. Sources close to George Lucas tell the Hollywood Reporter that the director is planning to release all six 'Star Wars' movies in 3-D, beginning in 2012. The new releases, logically enough, will begin with Episode I, 'The Phantom Menace,' which is reportedly slated ...

Not to be outdone by Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founders of Google are reportedly getting the Hollywood treatment as well, thanks to a freshly inked movie deal. According to Deadline, Groundswell Productions and producer John Morris have just acquired the movie rights to Ken Auletta's book, 'Googled: The End of the World As We Know it.' In the book, Auletta traces the rise of the Google brand, ...

There is a new national crisis, far more important than securing our borders or battling terrorism. Two of the biggest dangers to art and intellect on Earth, James Cameron and the Black Eyed Peas, are teaming up to bring us what can only be described as the anti-'Last Waltz.' It appears that Cameron, of 'Titanic' and 'Avatar' infamy, has signed on to direct a 3-D tour documentary about the ...

The beginning of David Fincher's masterpiece 'Se7en' is bleak and haunting, one of the most memorable moments in the film. It not only lays the thematic groundwork for the rest of the movie, but, at the time of its release, changed the way credit sequences could be created. The grinding, gritty music trudging through the background is a lesser-known edit of Nine Inch Nails' mega-hit "Closer" ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2010/06/13/recycled-3-d-glasses-at-movie-theaters-are-crawling-with-germs/'; Next time you visit a movie theater, think twice about putting on a pair of 3-D glasses. According to ABC News, staff from Good Housekeeping magazine studied seven pairs of 3-D glasses at movie theaters in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and didn't find one sterile pair in the ...

In a constantly connected world, where our every embarrassing photo and unfortunate blunder can be quickly archived and disseminated throughout the Internet, the thought of cutting all our ties, disconnecting from the world and starting over is an enticing one. Universal Studios seems to think so as well. To promote its new film 'Repo Men' (sadly not a follow up to cult-classic 'Repo Man') ...

Following last year's 'Where the Wild Things Are,' director Spike Jonze has returned to the screen at the Sundance Film Festival with yet another work inspired by a children's book. Instead of stretching a 338-word book into a feature-length film, however, he's decided to keep things a bit more compact with his latest 30-minute short about robot love in Los Angeles. Inexplicably financed by ...

23 Twitter accounts are working in unison for a modern retelling of 1990's 'Home Alone.' The Home Alone Project, created by design studio Nation, tells "the narrative of John Hughes' classic Christmas movie through the medium of Twitter as if it's happening in real time." It's probably the best use of Twitter lists we've seen yet; by watching the /homealone list, you can see every line and scene ...

We're still a little perplexed about this, but The HD Room has it on authority that the Blu-ray rendition of 'Mamma Mia!' will boast a Blu-ray first: Shareable video commentary. Trust us, we had the same reaction that you just did. According to the specs, the "My Mamma Mia! Commentary" will allow users to "record their own video commentary while watching the movie and share it with friends," ...

Like something out of Bizzaro World, word on the street is that hunky dreamboat Leonardo DiCaprio will play Atari uber-nerd Nolan Bushnell in an upcoming biopic. According to reports, the film will detail Bushnell's life from his early work at amusement parks, through founding Atari and eventually building the Chuck E. Cheese's empire in a 'Mr. Smith Goes to Washington' meets 'Tucker' fashion. ...

'Shine a Light' brings together Martin Scorsese and The Rolling Stones, two of the biggest names in film and music, for a new concert film shot at New York's Beacon Theatre. The band is releasing the concert's full soundtrack on imeem, an online music sharing community, a week before the album hits stores. Filming concerts isn't a new arena for Scorsese -- he filmed the legendary concert 'The ...

Is Blockbuster doomed to go the way of the dodo and Betamax? Crave, the gadget blog from the tech-obsessed at CNet seem to think so. Massive layoffs are in the cards at Blockbuster, as revenue slid almost 6 percent in the 3rd quarter, stock prices are down to an anemic $5.06, and 526 stores have been closed in the last year. It appears that Netflix has not only put a chink in Blockbuster's armor ...

Get the rumor mills rollin'! Apple has sent out an invite to a September 18th press conference at the Regent street Apple store in London. There is no indication as to what the event could be about on the invitation itself -- only a cryptic headline, "Mum is no longer the word," graces the top. We'll take it upon ourselves to start the wild speculation. Rumor number one, Beatles on iTunes. Jobs ...