Tag Archives: Video

Yes, this is the industry we should trust with unsupervised subpoena power. The story below is about the film side, but the music people have their own problems with accounting. What do we do with entertainment industry whistle blowers? Fire them, of course: A former Warner Bros. employee has sued …

I am certainly not in the 18-24 demographic causing the greatest concern in this NY Times article, but I can tell you this: I have barely missed an inning of the MLB playoffs and World Series, and the unrelenting promos for The New Joe Millionaire and Skin have cumulatively induced …

Not just another Jerry Bruckheimer police procedural drama. . .

A fascinating new study on the “Analysis of Security Vulnerabilities in the Movie Production and Distribution Process” by AT&T researchers find that: Unauthorized copying of movies is a major concern for the motion picture industry. While unauthorized copies of movies have been distributed via portable physical media for some time, …

The Indiana Jones trilogy comes to DVD tomorrow: A close second to the original “Star Wars” trilogy on DVD-lovers’ wish list, “The Adventures of Indiana Jones” debuts Tuesday in a four-disc boxed set that includes one of the most comprehensive making-of documentaries ever. Hardcore fans who think they know it …

Jack Valenti and the seven dwarfs just don’t get it, and still the revolt escalates. Let them eat cake until your head rolls down the hill. Rarely in recent Hollywood history has there been an uprising of this magnitude over such an apparently trivial matter. But ever since the Motion …

The ratings thus far have been great for Fox – I predict the World Series will be less so. The pairing of the Yankees and the Marlins is the worst possible scenario of the original eight teams that began the playoffs: the world is absolutely fed up with the disgusting …

Actors, writers, directors, indie producers all oppose “screener” ban – who exactly supports it, Jack, you desiccated ancient freak? Several prominent actors, including Sean Penn, Holly Hunter, Frances McDormand and Willem Dafoe, have joined the opposition to a recent ban on sending special DVDs and videos to Academy Award voters. …

Jack Black and Jack White are both musicians and now actors. The White Stripes’ singer/guitarist White appears in an upcoming Civil War film: White makes his major motion picture debut this winter in the film Cold Mountain. The Civil War drama, based on a best-selling novel, also stars Nicole Kidman …

KILL BILL: VOL. 1 Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino; director of photography, Robert Richardson; edited by Sally Menke; music by the RZA; martial-arts adviser, Yuen Wo-Ping; fight choreographer, Sonny Chiba; production designers, Yohei Tanada and David Wasco; produced by Lawrence Bender; released by Miramax Films. Running time: 95 minutes. …