"Lilyhammer" snuck onto the Netflix streaming video service like a crook in the night. No rah-rah, no in-your-face promos, not even a listing as "new on TV." Subscribers who haven't read about the Steven Van Zandt fish-out-of-water series probably still don't know it's there. Those who sought out the show often did so by doing an onscreen text … [Read more...]
‘X: The Unheard Music,’ ‘Sid and Nancy’
"Being under the radar is a good thing," says Exene Cervenka, the singer-poet of the L.A. rock band X. "Celebrity-hood is not a good thing. … Being able to live your life as an artist and matter is a good thing. … I'm happy with the way things turned out. She pauses. "Other people in the band, maybe not so much …" X holds the title of … [Read more...]
Netflix beats Street
Netflix easily beat the Street with its fourth-quarter results, inspiring investors to push the beleaguered company stock well above the $110 mark. Online video subscriptions, now the company's focus, grew faster than anticipated, with 220,000 new accounts in Q4, for a total streaming subs list of 21.6 million. "We saw fewer streaming … [Read more...]
‘Chinatown’ surfaces on Blu-ray
"Chinatown" finally is flowing to Blu-ray, with Paramount setting an April 3 release for Roman Polanski's neo-noir classic. The Blu-ray features "a new high definition transfer" along with 2 1/2 hours of extras, Paramount Home Entertainment said. The previous two DVD versions -- from 2007 and 2009 -- looked quite good, so "Chinatown" fans … [Read more...]
Netflix to U.K., stock soars
Netflix celebrated the launch of its streaming video service in the United Kingdom as shareholders shared in the fun with a U.S. stock pop that's bringing its price near triple figures again. The long-in-the-works U.K. and Ireland streaming service costs 5.99 pounds (6.99 Euros or about $9). Its closest rival will be Amazon's Lovefilm, which … [Read more...]
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