"The Night of the Hunter" director Charles Laughton, born in England, found old weird America a poetic place, one caught between the polarities of love and hate. The hate came from Robert Mitchum's deadly preacher man, one of the great movie villains. The love? It flowed like the river from a shotgun-toting Lillian Gish. Criterion's … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
Blu-ray review: ‘The Sound of Music’
The hills are alive with "The Sound of Music" -- and a dusting of serious grain. That's the good and bad news about the long-awaited Blu-ray debut of the Julie Andrews classic. Previous home video versions of the 1965 musical failed to truly dazzle due to the source materials' age-related defects. Fox’s new Blu-ray eliminates most of the … [Read more...]
Hulu IPO seeks $300 mil, report says
Hulu reportedly is ramping up for an initial public offering, seeking up to $300 million. While the IPO rumor was floated earlier this year, a source now tells Reuters that the filing would come this year, with the offering as early as the first quarter. The IPO is “contingent on the renewal of rights to carry shows," the source says, noting … [Read more...]
Young Netflix subs dumping cable, pay TV
Cable companies that think they're on top of the threat from online video should think again. A survey by international bankers Credit Suisse found that 30 percent of young adults who subscribe to Netflix (ages 25-34) have dumped cable and broadcast TV. The news was worse for cablers in the pay TV arena, where 37 percent jettisoned their … [Read more...]
Apple TV gets past the ‘hobby’ thing
Going by the mantra "silent, cool and small," Steve Jobs has reintroduced the Apple TV. No longer merely a company "hobby," the device looks to be a strong contender in the race to win broad consumer acceptance of streaming video flowing through widescreen TVs. The price is $99, down from $299 on the much larger original product. The new … [Read more...]
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