DVD Talk (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rent It The Movie: There were times when making my way through Daphne I wondered if I were watching an earnest, if melodramatic, depiction of author Daphne Du Maurier's conflicted sexual proclivities, or instead had stumbled upon a little known, brilliantly executed Christopher Guest parody done in the style of Douglas Sirk. Widescreen passion, often tamped down by societal norms, with...
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 05/15/2008
Rent It THE MOVIE: After recently seeing Li Yu's 2005 film Dam Street , I was eager to see her third and most recent effort, Lost in Beijing . Now that I have, I have mixed feelings about it. A case of my expectations being too high, or of the film falling short? Set in contemporary China, Lost in Beijing follows two couples whose lives become hopelessly intertwined following a drunken...
The Onion (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Blockbuster Video Living Museum offers tourists a glimpse of how Americans rented movies before the advent of services like Netflix and iTunes.
Laughing Squid (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The Onion News Network is reporting on a historic Blockbuster store that re-creates the process of “renting” movies in the pre-internet era. via Baratunde Thurston Related PostsMichel Gondry Re-creates His Own Trailer For “Be Kind Rewind”The Boring StoreThe Shipyard's Emergency Fundraising Campaign24 Hour Apple Store in New YorkApple Store Fifth Avenue
Webomatica (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
For obvious reasons , I've been keeping tabs on all the movies available for rent via iTunes . It's actually not super straight-forward to get a comprehensive list, so I've documented some methods that use iTunes and a few website resources.
DVD Talk (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Rent It The Movie: Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is perhaps the classic author's most well-known work. It has served as the basis for a lot of horror films over the years, and the story's public domain status has certainly contributed to this prolific output. My personal favorite is still the old black and white version with Fredric March who won the...
/Film (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Historic ‘Blockbuster’ Store Offers Glimpse Of How Movies Were Rented In The Past by The Onion The Pitch: The Blockbuster Video Living Museum offers tourists a glimpse of how Americans rented movies before the advent of services like Netflix and iTunes. (...) Comment on this now or read more at slashfilm.com . Tags:
Wait till I come! (Free subscription) | yesterday
... site from the search results provided by Yahoo. Say for example you are netflix or any other DVD rental company and you want people to rent the movie. You could write a monkey that styles search results by imdb.com or other film review sites to show the cover of the DVD , a synopsis and a link to netflix to rent the movie. The benefits are that the end user does...
Cinematical (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Filed under: Comedy , Fandom , Home Entertainment , Trailers and Clips Those crazy cats from The Onion are back with a news story that takes a look at a new tour which gives folks a chance to check out the archaic system that was renting movies. Yes, it's a joke, and your local Blockbuster store is still around (and open!), but I could totally see something like this existing in, say,...
Milan City (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
Bohemian Rhapsody May 13th, 2008 Bohemian Rhapsody Running Time:124 minutes Released:08/2006 Studio:Pistol Media Raging Stallion Studios Director:E.M.C Categories:Euro International Fratboys Action Safe Sex Stars:Peter Merseros David Knapp Michal Hruby Milan Melichar Zbynek Onderka Jan Velicka Rent movie,rent scene,pay per view Pistol Media presents an Eastern European porn flick...
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
I haven't gotten into Netflix yet, or any other methods of watching movies at home, but I’ve watched many downloaded films at home (my father’s doing, not mine) and truth be told, I can't remember the last time I went out and rented a movie. And that used to be something I did at least once a week. In fact, it used to be one of my favourite activities before I discovered alcohol...
Out in Left Field (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Last night was movie night. I got the pizza, popcorn, m-n-ms and movie. Husband forgot the wine, but I still managed to enjoy myself. My boys, all three of them, and I settled in to watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit? I chose this cartoon because I'm sick of all those flicks about the baseball team where Hometown Hero overcomes incredible odds to win the game. I chose something different....
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... answered some questions related to the potential transaction, and that it would allow the video-rental chain to conduct due diligence in its takeover bid of just over $1 billion with plans for creating a huge chain that would sell electronic gadgets and rent movies and games.Friday's moves by the Richmond company, including hiring Goldman Sachs & Co. to explore strategic alternatives,...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Circuit City said Icahn's letter answered some questions about the potential transaction. Circuit City also said it would allow Blockbuster, the video-rental chain, to conduct a due-diligence review of Circuit City's books as part of the takeover effort. Blockbuster would like to combine the companies to create a huge chain selling electronic gadgets and renting movies and games.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... answered some questions related to the potential transaction, and that it would allow the video-rental chain to conduct due diligence in its takeover bid of just more than $1 billion, with plans for creating a huge chain that would sell electronic gadgets and rent movies and games.Friday's moves by the Richmond company, including hiring Goldman Sachs & Co. to explore strategic...
