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Movie Studios May Sell Downloads Before DVDs
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- May 16, 2008
Flat DVD sales and higher download margins increase pressure to make the switch.
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Pittsburgh High Schools Compete in the C.A.U.S.E. Film Festival
By Lucia Graves -
Education
- May 16, 2008
Mt. Lebanon High School students enter eight films in the competition.
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The Story Behind 'We Were Soldiers Once...and Young'
By Rick Newman -
Nation & World
- May 16, 2008
Joe Galloway's award-winning account of a bloody Vietnam battle became a book and movie.
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'The Singing Revolution' Documentary Released in Theaters
By Michael Barone -
Michael Barone
- April 21, 2008
New film focuses on the nonviolent revolution of the Estonian people.
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A Movie Tip for Future Spitzers
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- April 18, 2008
Hanging with hookers hasn't been good for politicians.
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Popcorn and Soda? That's $10
By Kimberly Palmer -
Alpha Consumer
- April 17, 2008
A study shows that salty snacks really do cost more at the movies.
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Hulu Goes Live With Free Movies and TV
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- March 12, 2008
The quality is disappointing, but not the price.
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Blockbuster Isn't Dead
By Katy Marquardt -
Money Matters
- March 6, 2008
The company is moving fast to deal with the challenge of online rentals.
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What Would Jesus Do in 2008?
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- February 7, 2008
The hottest movie in political activist communities has an unusual star: God.
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Imax Parlays a Huge Screen and 3-D Tech Into an Experience You Can't Duplicate at Home
By Katy Marquardt -
Money & Business
- February 6, 2008
Coming soon to a multiplex near you.
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Products That Download Movies to the TV
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- January 7, 2008
CES to showcase new Web and satellite services that link TVs to the new digital world.
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Internet Movies Spur Hope for Web-Connected TVs
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- January 4, 2008
Companies are to roll out new devices at next week's Consumer Electronics Show.
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Premovie Ads Frustrate Viewers
By Kimberly Palmer -
Alpha Consumer
- January 3, 2008
As theater advertisements become commonplace, moviegoers find themselves captive.
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Fox, Warner Deals Pivot on iTunes' Controls
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- December 28, 2007
Apple loosens its lasso to get movies, while the music industry chafes at iTunes' tight hold.
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Vudu Delivers High-Definition Movies
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- December 10, 2007
HD burnishes a cutting-edge, if expensive, service that delivers flicks over the Internet.
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Q&A With Novelist Elmore Leonard
By Rick Newman -
Nation & World
- October 22, 2007
Advice from a master at page turners: Keep it simple.
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Burning Downloaded Movies to Disk
By David LaGesse -
Dave's Download
- October 1, 2007
New Sonic Solutions gear gets around DVD copying restrictions—once, anyway.
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<i>Amazing Grace</i>, the Movement Movie
Washington Whispers
- February 18, 2007
Don't call the new release Amazing Grace just another political thriller. What was once billed as an educational movie is fast becoming the model for bipartisanship.
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Hardball Loves Rocky's Softball
Washington Whispers
- January 7, 2007
We shouldn't be surprised that Chris Matthews, the jabbing host of msnbc's Hardball, is a fan of the heroic fighter Rocky series. "I saw the first one; I saw the third one.
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Is Emory to Blame for the Demise of the Revenge of the Nerds Remake?
The Paper Trail
- December 4, 2006
The 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds will not be remade after all. Filmmakers say that's because of "concern with the direction of the movie," but some bloggers think it might have to do with Emory University's decision not to let filmmakers shoot on the Emory campus.
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South Carolina Reviewer Likes Borat; Frat Brother Likes His Mom
The Paper Trail
- November 7, 2006
A reviewer at the University of South Carolina, home of those Chi Psi frat boys in the RV who said embarrassing and racist things in Sacha Baron Cohen's new film, Borat, thinks the movie is "brilliant"–though he does deride the jokes that involve his school, saying they are used just "for shock value." Meanwhile, David Corcoran, one of the frat boys, tells FHM the producers bought him and his friends drinks at a bar and then had them pick up the hitchhiking Borat.
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