Category: #MediaMemes
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Sony Brass Denounces ‘Vicious’ #SonyHack
from natmonitor.com: Top Sony executives have condemned the “vicious” cyber assault that forced the company to hastily postpone the Christmas day release of its satirical film The Interview. During his […]
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‘Whitey’ #Documentary Indicts More Than Just James J. #Bulger
from latimes.com: The bad guy in “Whitey: The United States of America v. James J. Bulger” is ostensibly Bulger. But Joe Berlinger’s densely detailed new documentary about the legendary Boston […]
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#Interstellar: Why Christopher Nolan Made It On Film
from businessinsider.com: Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” is in theaters now and available in six different formats including 35mm. Despite the fact the format is almost dead, Nolan, along with directors like Quentin […]
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11 Powerful Netflix Documentary Films About Food
from policymic.com: Food porn, #cleaneating, Instagrams of each and every meal of your day: We are living in a culture of food obsession by way of voyeurism. We rarely dine […]
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#Amazon Announces Its Own Streaming Device
from businessinsider.com: Tomorrow, Amazon will amp up its bid to take over your living room. At a media event in New York City, the company is expected to announce a […]
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With ‘Drone To Home’ Service, Netflix Uses Satire Against Amazon
from nytimes.com: Netflix on Tuesday released a satirical video promising “Drone to Home” delivery of DVDs to customers, taking an obvious swipe at Amazon’s plan to deliver items to consumers […]
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Before You Watch the New ‘House Of Cards’, See the UK Original
from theatlantic.com: I’ll watch anything Kevin Spacey is in, so I’ll be among the early downloaders of the second installment of House of Cards, which will be out via Netflix […]
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Legendary Screen Darling Shirley Temple Dies at 85
from nytimes.com: Shirley Temple Black, who as a dimpled, precocious and determined little girl in the 1930s sang and tap-danced her way to a height of Hollywood stardom and worldwide […]
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#Parody Trailer Perfectly Skewers Indie #Film Clichés of #Sundance
from adweek.com: Ever get the feeling that if you’ve seen one piece of schlocky Sundance festival fodder, you’ve seen them all? If so, you’re going to appreciate the many tired […]
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Netflix profits rise fivefold as streaming service hits 44 million subscribers
from theguardian.com: Online movie and TV streaming service Netflix announced it had over 44 million subscribers worldwide by the end of last year, and revealed on Wednesday that profits had […]
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End of Film: Paramount First Studio to Stop Distributing Film Prints
from latimes.com: In a historic step for Hollywood, Paramount Pictures has become the first major studio to stop releasing movies on film in the United States. Paramount recently notified theater […]
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#Oscar Nominations 2014: The Complete List
from latimes.com: “12 Years a Slave,” “American Hustle,” “Captain Phillips,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Gravity,” “Her,” “Nebraska,” “Philomena” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” received top honors as the nominees for […]
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‘Lone Survivor’ Cast, Director Worked With Navy SEALs On Set
Every War Movie Is a Pro-War Movie from articles.latimes.com: “Lone Survivor” writer-director Peter Berg is a man who values accuracy. In adapting former Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell’s nonfiction account of […]
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Oscar Screeners: Long Tolerated, But Only Official After Next Week
from variety.com: Oscar ballots have all been safely delivered to PricewaterhouseCoopers, but the schmoozing and subtle campaigning will still be in high gear this weekend, thanks to the Golden Globes, […]
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Computer Code in Films: Hidden Meanings or Irrelevant Nonsense?
from theguardian.com: Ever wondered what those Matrix-style green holographic codes that flicker across computer screen in films actually mean? You know, those seemingly complex algorithms in The Fifth Estate and […]
