So we found out this week that the endgame to studios taking down all of the screenplay websites online was thay that they want to sell annotated scripts as ebooks filled with extras now. WB got the ball rolling this week with Inside the Script, offering annotated screenplay ebooks of classic films like Casablanca...
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So, StarzPlay is officially purged from the files of Netflix now. In sheer terms of titles it’s a major blow to Netflix’s catalog (so much Disney and Columbia, over 800 titles apparently), but what did they (and we) really lose? Unless you stream Netflix to an old TV or have terrible eyesight, we’ve really...
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So, yeah, the week was mostly dominated by the death of Apple co-founder and Pixar Studios godfather Steve Jobs. And rightly so. As Bill Maher pointed out on his show on Friday, in this ridiculously divisive world where everyone hates everyone, Jobs was one of the few people liked by both the Left and...
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I went on a little nostalgia trip this week, as IFC was playing House Party, the Kid N’ Play epic about… well, you know… a house party. Aside from the side characters (especially the neighbor yelling out the window played by John Witherspoon), the funniest thing about the movie is how hilariously bad the...
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