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Amazon to launch tablet by October

Jul 14, 2011
The Wall Street Journal is the latest to write up the long kicked around rumor of Amazon being about to launch a tablet computer. The Journal says...

"I ONLY watch cinema in UltraViolet." - Film snob hipster of the future

Jul 14, 2011
Get ready for UltraViolet. A group called the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem is gearing up to push a new licensing program for the...

Finally someone puts a robot in a movie!

Jul 12, 2011
This weekend in NYC, the Robot Film Festival will screen several short films all featuring robots. Heather Knight, of Marilyn Robotic and Carnegie...

Don't text at the movies and CERTAINLY don't complain about getting kicked out

Jun 7, 2011
The Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX reeeeeally doesn't want you to text during movies. They recently kicked a woman out for doing so. She called and...

The top grossing summer films of all time

May 30, 2011
The summer movie that started it all actually made people scared to do one very summery activity: go to the beach. The 1975 thriller "Jaws" set t...

'The Dude's' cardigan up for auction

May 11, 2011
Since its 1998 debut, The Big Lebowski has been a cult classic -- from an entire movie of quotable lines ("Obviously you are not a golfer"), to t...

We're getting closer to the feelies!!

May 6, 2011
In Huxley's Brave New World, you didn't just go to the movies, you went to the feelies. It's entertainment that stimulates your senses - sight,...

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American Airlines to offer streaming to personal devices

May 4, 2011
You'll be able to watch movies and TV shows on your phone or iPad streamed to you from the plane. Presumably, hopefully, these will be better than...

Warner Bros. expands offerings on Facebook

Mar 28, 2011
I don't know about you, but when I'm in the mood to watch a movie, I always think "If only I could watch Yogi Bear on Facebook". DREAMS FULFILLED....

THE TRASHMASTER: an 88-minute film made from Grand Theft Auto IV

Jan 11, 2011
So this French guy, Mathieu Weschler, spent two years playing Grand Theft Auto IV on a PC, saving clips of himself playing it, and turning those...