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Netflix Beating Recession?

I’ve been saying it for some time now–people are looking for any way possible to save cash these days, and renting a movie is wildly, wildly cheaper than the horrorshow of expenditures that is the movie theatre these days.  Debatably, it’s also better, but what’s not debatable is that online video store Netflix is seeing spectacular gains in its bottom line, and some analysts say it’s due to exactly what I’ve been saying it is all along–people looking for a good cheap time that doesn’t depend on four dollar a gallon gas.

Welcome to the club, analysts–we have jackets.  Don’t forget to pay dues for the month. Read more

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POSTED ON: July 29, 2008

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New Web Series Stars “Death Proof’s” Zoe Bell

Confession time: I own Death Proof on DVD. I probably wouldn’t have bought it if it was up to me, but my fiancee pretty much makes all the DVD-buying decisions in our household, because he is better at math and therefore budgets. I have strong feelings about certain things that I want to have, but beyond that, most of our shopping trips go something like this:

Him: Should I get this? It’s $9.99.
Me: Mmm.
Him: I mean, I’m not sure how much I’d actually watch it. But I like the director, so I’d really like to listen to the commentary.
Me: Mmm?
Him: I don’t think I’m going to get it.
Me: Why not?
Him: Okay, I’ll get it.

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POSTED ON: July 29, 2008

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Are kids taking naked pictures of themselves for points? (No.)

“Is there some kind of medical term for this?” asked a forum poster on Poe News this morning. “Is it just a symptom of general technophobia to perceive the dangers of pedophilia on any non closed circuit device?… Sitting there in the middle of your living room, staring at some device and saying to yourself ‘Okay… but can some guys pick up little kiddies with it?’ just doesn’t seem normal to me.”

The medical term is “local television reporter,” and today we have another excellent case study.

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POSTED ON: July 28, 2008

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Dark Knight Fandom Getting Downright Ugly–Critics Targeted

Oooookay…this is one that bodes badly for all us film critics out there (what? I’m a film critic!  Dude, I totally talk about movies all the time!  In print!  Well…in FONT, anyway.) but at the same time gives us a new marketing ploy to be possibly dubbed “bait the psychos”.

The Wall Street Journal’s film critic–apparently, the Wall Street Journal DOES in fact have a film critic–Joe Morgenstern is the newest target following his review of The Dark Knight, now on track to easily make more money than some Central American countries.  Morgenstern’s review has garnered him upward of three hundred emails, filled to the brim with, as Morgenstern describes it, “..the vilest, most abusive language you could possibly imagine.”

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Summer T.V. on DVD: Six Feet Under

“You know, I’ve only been alive for six weeks, and I know nothing of the world outside this dog’s stomach…but I still find Six Feet Under pretentious.”
- worm inside Brian’s stomach, Family Guy

You know the drill: summer T.V. is awful, nothing is interesting, nothing is on. Whine whine whine. I’m right there with you, and I’m here to help. Don’t resign yourself to last season’s reruns and the weekly installment of Burn Notice. (I don’t care if Bruce Campell is in it, it’s still terrible.) I’ll recommend some shows that you might have missed, and are out on DVD now for your enjoyment.

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POSTED ON: July 28, 2008

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