Netflix seems to be making good on its promise to launch in the United Kingdom early 2012. The streaming media giant says it cut a deal for MGM films to appear on the UK/Irish streaming video service. The package was said to cover "most first-run feature films," including the Peter Jackson prequels to the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Many would … [Read more...]
Ghostly images: ‘Carriage,’ ‘Kuroneko’
Death can't catch a break in Hollywood. That's Death with a capital "D," the entity in black wielding a scythe. Aside from the "Final Destination" series (no screen time), "Meet Joe Black" (ugh) and "Harry Potter" (cameo), Death has been passed over in favor of the flesh-eating zombies, stylish vampires and demented serial killers of … [Read more...]
Boooo on Blu: Top 10 horror movies
There's a certain charm to watching scratchy old horror movies on Halloween, but when the going gets weird you gotta go Blu-ray. Ghosts, monsters, zombies and the rest of the gang want to look their best for the big fright night -- that means razor-sharp high definition images accompanied by blood-curdling lossless audio. Here are some of Screen … [Read more...]
Vudu conjures up 7.1
Video on demand service Vudu has broken the streaming video surround-sound barrier, debuting a 7.1 Dolby version of "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides." More than 30 films with 7.1 sound are coming to Vudu, according to provider Dolby Laboratories. The online streaming audio format is called Dolby Digital Plus 7.1 -- "a sophisticated, … [Read more...]
Quick death for Qwikster
Hopes that Netflix leaders were crazy like a fox have been dashed. Now it looks like they're a bit crazy. "It is clear that for many of our members (that) two websites would make things more difficult, so we are going to keep Netflix as one place to go for streaming and DVDs," CEO Reed Hastings said in an email to subscribers. "In other … [Read more...]
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