Reports surface now and then that the original "Jaws" is being remade. A modern production, perhaps even directed by Steven Spielberg, would take advantage of the huge advances in film special effects since the mid-1970s. But computer graphics would ruin the fun, the director says on Universal Home Entertainment's Blu-ray edition of "Jaws." … [Read more...]
Archives for 2012
‘Marley’: A stand up documentary
The documentary "Marley" opens not in Jamaica, but in Ghana, West Africa. Viewers are confronted with "the door of no return," the infamous portal through which passed generations of slaves, torn from their mother country. For Bob Marley, who sang passionately about slavery, "Africa was always the destination," his wife recalls. In 1980, … [Read more...]
Epix deal for Amazon Prime
Amazon's Prime Instant Video offerings grew by about 3,000 film titles as the online retail giant announced a distribution deal with Hollywood studio partnership Epix. The Epix deal brings streaming video subscribers access to mainstream fare such as "The Avengers," "Iron Man 2" and "The Hunger Games." Epix outputs films for partners Paramount … [Read more...]
Netflix: 1 bil hours served
Netflix subscribers watched more than 1 billion hours of the service's streaming video in June, a record for the company. "When 'House of Cards' and 'Arrested Development' debut, we'll blow these records away," Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in a congratulatory Facebook message to content czar Ted Sarandos. TechCrunch points out that using … [Read more...]
13 Hitchcock films debuting on Blu-ray
Thirteen films directed by Alfred Hitchcock will make their debut on Blu-ray as part of Universal's Sept. 25 release of "The Masterpiece Collection." The headlines will be for the long-awaited Blu-ray bows of "Rear Window," "The Birds" and "Vertigo." The other HD debuts appear to be "Saboteur," "A Shadow of a Doubt," "Rope," "The Trouble With … [Read more...]
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