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10 Westerns

Aug 8, 2011
I love Westerns more than I used to because I'm getting older and I'm a guy. Westerns often have to do with a man having to Do What's Right even...

Amazon hearts movie streaming

Jul 29, 2011
This week has seen some big streaming news. I feel like we hit the tipping point were TV on the net was suddenly everywhere....

Wal-Mart joins the streaming movie party

Jul 27, 2011
Tuesday, Wal-Mart announced it would start streaming movies, thanks to the streaming service Vudu, which the big box retailer acquired last year....

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...

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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...