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Criterion Adds Clouzot’s Diabolique To Their Hulu Plus Line-Up

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 06:50:10 +0000

Just when you thought that Criterion had completely forgotten about it’s Hulu Channel, which kicked off last [...]

Expiring Soon On Netflix Watch Instantly: 6 Films From The Criterion Collection

Ryan Gallagher — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 20:20:07 +0000

It feels like it’s been ages since I’ve written a post about Criterion films on Netflix. Today as I [...]

Black Friday To See Netflix Enabled Blu-Ray Players At All-Time Low, Discs At $5-10

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 04:00:47 +0000

Being a senior in college, money is not the smallest of issues when it comes to this writer’s life. Therefore, let’s [...]

Netflix & Epix Join Forces For Streaming Deal, While Blockbuster Attempts To Stave Off Bankruptcy By Adding Video Game Rentals To Their Mail Services

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 05:39:28 +0000

The war for video rental/streaming domination has just gotten a tad bit more interesting.

First, in what may be the biggest [...]

Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion To Be First Film Shot On RED’s Epic Tattoo Camera

Ryan Gallagher — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:14:52 +0000

We all know how much Steven Soderbergh loves the RED Cameras. Anyone who has followed his directorial career over the past [...]

New Research Report Shows Considerable Growth In Netflix Traffic

Joshua Brunsting — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:00:44 +0000

Well, this is as far from shocking as a news story could really get.

Even in the face of new competitors [...]

With Hulu Plus On Its Way, Can Apple TV Compete With 99 Cent TV Rentals And Streaming Options?

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:00:38 +0000

Amazon’s Gold Box Deal Of The Day Is Offering The Roku Box HD For $99

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:33:31 +0000

Good news everyone! If you’ve listened to us drone on and on about the future of streaming media, and the inevitable death [...]

Disney Releases iPad Application For Viewing And Purchasing Movies, Now Where Is Our Criterion Collection App?

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 22:00:46 +0000

If the iPad wasn’t already worth some money already.

According to THR, Disney has released a movies app for [...]

Will Hulu Plus Affect DVD Sales? Not Quite Yet.

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:00:06 +0000

Being the go to name for anyone interested in the world of television, some have begun speculating that Hulu’s [...]

YouTube Is Sticking With Flash For Now, HTML5 & WebM Are Still In Its Future

James McCormick — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:00:24 +0000

Most find it a big surprise that YouTube’s engineers outlining many reasons why they’ll still continue to use Flash, even though [...]

Tech News: Pinewood Studios Invests In Northlight Film Scanner For Studio Canal Restorations

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 05:30:07 +0000

When it comes to film restoration, few to no names can rival that of The Criterion Collection. Well, according to a [...]

Hulu Finally Officially Reveals Its Subsciption Service, Will Stream To iPhones, iPads, And Playstation 3 Eventually

Ryan Gallagher — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 20:26:22 +0000

We’ve been talking on our podcast about the prospect of paying for the free online video streaming service, [...]

Is The 28 Day Redbox Window Working? Paramount Doesn’t Think So, Will Continue To Rent Out Their New Releases

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:34:13 +0000

With most of the talk these days coming from the realm of video rental outlets, it looks like theaters are having [...]

Mubi Needs Your Help Translating Their Films

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:52:28 +0000

With the changing of their name from The Auteurs to Mubi, more and more changes are on their way for the [...]

Blockbusters Stocks Plummet As Bankruptcy Nears, Meanwhile Redbox Offers Free Movies For Facebook Fans, And Netflix Is Working On An Improved Xbox Interface [Video Rental Wars]

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:24:27 +0000

In the world of film rental and online streaming, it’s a war out there, and now it’s even getting bloodier.

First, coming [...]

More Hulu Subscription Rumors Surface, Confirmed By Reuters?

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:52:35 +0000

It was only a matter of time, but it looks like we can finally put this rumor in the true file.

Blockbuster Versus Netflix: The Battle Continues

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 02:47:57 +0000

No matter who you are, it’s hard not to admire the hell out of Netflix.

The giant in the world of video [...]

As The Chain Video Rental Store Slowly Fades, A Redbox Amalgam Emerges In The Form Of MovieQ

Ryan Gallagher — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:28:17 +0000

Over the last several months, we have attempted to cover the unfortunate collapse of the chain video rental store, as well [...]

UK Tech Firm, Blinkbox, Will Attempt To Combat Piracy By Offering Free Service

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 06:11:42 +0000

How do you fight piracy?

Well, according to a UK based tech firm, and their partner studios in Hollywood, it’s by giving [...]

YouTube Versus Hulu: The Battle For Eyeballs

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:28:10 +0000

We are now reaching the advent of this thing known as online streaming.

However, there is still a battle raging for just [...]

Amazon’s High Def Sale Is Here, June 7th-11th

Joshua Brunsting — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:13:16 +0000

If there is one thing that Amazon does better than any major online store, it is it’s sales.

This week [...]

Netflix iPad App Hacked For The iPhone, Quickly Disabled

Joshua Brunsting — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:11:51 +0000

Well that was fast.

While I think the idea of watching a film on a telephone is a horrible and rather silly [...]

International DVD And Blu-ray Sales Dropping

Joshua Brunsting — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 00:27:40 +0000

With International markets seeming to do quite better than domestic markets when it comes to cinema, it appears as though that may [...]

Will Hulu Make It’s Way Onto Your Xbox?

Joshua Brunsting — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 00:52:41 +0000

So, just a few weeks after my XBOX 360 decided to freak out and crash on me, leaving me 360-less (luckily my [...]

Steve Jobs Sees Apple TV As A Hobby, New Set Top Box To Debut At WWDC?

Joshua Brunsting — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:44:01 +0000

With the announcement of GoogleTV, a direct competitor with the likes of TiVo, Roku, and of course the set top [...]

AMC & IMAX Team Up For Theater Expansion

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 03:40:39 +0000

I would say that it was a matter of time, but after films like The Dark Knight seemed to make IMAX theaters [...]

Redbox CEO Sees Large Netflix Library As Uninteresting And Irrelevant

Joshua Brunsting — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:55:29 +0000

Well Redbox CEO Mitch Lowe really knows how to ruffle a cinephile’s feathers.

In a recent video interview with CNN, [...]

As Google TV Prepares To Take The Stage, And Netflix Moves Towards A Streaming Future, TiVo Numbers Drop

Joshua Brunsting — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:17:49 +0000

With things looking worse and worse for various established media outlets like Blockbuster, it looks like TiVo may be the next one [...]

Netflix Looks Forward To A Future Of Streaming Media

Joshua Brunsting — Mon, 31 May 2010 03:31:44 +0000

As if we all didn’t know, Netflix is the king of online film streaming, and they whole heartedly believe that that is [...]

DVD’s Could Hold Up To 128 GB Of Data With A New Layer

Joshua Brunsting — Sat, 29 May 2010 04:12:02 +0000

With Blu-ray discs looking to be upgraded to a capacity of 128 GB, it looks like it may not be anything compared to what [...]