About 170 million people in the U.S. watched online video in February, adding up to 13.6 hours per viewer, comScore reports. As usual, "Google sites" (YouTube) took the top position as measured by unique visitors, wooing 141 million viewers. The YouTube numbers were off across the board vs. last month, comScore reported. Microsoft's sites … [Read more...]
‘Yi Yi’: Play it again, on Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection came to the rescue of "Yi Yi" in 2007, vastly improving on what by all accounts was a botched 2001 release by Fox Lorber video. Now, the cineaste label is back with a Blu-ray version of "Yi Yi," Taiwanese filmmaker Edward Yang's wonderful movie about childhood and family. The domestic epic is built around three … [Read more...]
Netflix towers over rivals
Despite investors' recent fears, Netflix continues to rule the business of online movie distribution. Netflix owned 61 percent of the digital movie units downloaded or streamed during January, according to industry numbers cruncher NDP. The closest competitor, Comcast, had 8 percent while DirecTV, Time Warner Cable and Apple were left to divvy … [Read more...]
‘WUSA’: Newman’s own political rant
"Love it or leave it," went the tagline for "WUSA," a movie about right-wing radio that Paul Newman called one of his best works. Mostly, audiences of 1970 left it, tired of conspiracy movies and less than thrilled about seeing star Newman playing a cruel and cynical drunk. Critics weren't impressed, either: "WUSA" is not an ordinary bad … [Read more...]
‘All About Eve’ on Blu-ray
“All About Eve” continues to get better with age, thanks to a sleek and silvery Blu-ray presentation from Fox. The queen of backstage dramas makes its high-definition bow via a hardback “Blu-ray book” package that Fox bills as a limited edition. A 24-page booklet takes a quick look at star Bette Davis and writer-director Joseph Mankiewicz. … [Read more...]
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