As more and more content platforms flood the landscape, Amazon, in a state of turmoil, is in the midst of an identity crisis. Might it behoove the company in the meantime to land on one that doesn’t, at least from the outside, seem so egregiously dismissive of women?
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Why MoviePass Is An Extreme Threat To Movie Theatres
The company is going through a boom period: MoviePass saw 150,000 new signups in just two days when it dropped its price back in August. But if it does go under, those subscribers will have to return to paying between $10 to $15 for a single ticket. After three months with the service, I don’t think I could do that. MoviePass changes almost everything about the theater experience, when the cost of entry is virtually zero.
How To Get A Celeb Autograph: Bring The Correct Marker, And A Lot Of Cash
Back in the day, things were … easier. Now you need a case with the correct – and very rare – blue Vis markers, Post-It notes on the items, and a lot of cash (Mark Hamill – Luke Skywalker, obviously – charges $295, for instance). Or you can buy them from Disney itself. “Yet there is something about the ‘quality, authentic experience’ that is lost when you can order an autograph online or pick one up from a Disney World gift shop.”
When ‘Casablanca’ Debuted In Germany In 1952, Warner Bros. Removed All References To Nazis
What even is the movie Casablanca without Nazis, without fighting Nazis, without singing the Marseillaise in front of Nazis? Well … “Resistance fighter Victor Laszlo became a Norwegian atomic physicist, renamed Victor Larsen, who discovers mysterious delta rays and is on the run from Interpol.”
The Lincoln Plaza Cinema Is Going To Close, Alarming Art Movie Lovers
It would be hard to overstate the impact the art house’s owners, Daniel and Toby Talbot, have had in shaping art film reception in New York. The building it’s in, and the theatre itself, need upgrades, but there’s also this: “Moviegoers increasingly want ‘the experience,’ [an assistant manager] said, such as reclining seats and huge screens. ‘We don’t have that stuff. … Here, it’s all about the movie.'”
This Year May Go Down As Revealing How Terrible The Film Industry Is For Women – And Also The Year Of The Complex Mother Onscreen
Things might be a fire dump of terrible for women in Hollywood, as revealed by all too many #metoo stories (and oh yes, there are many more to come), but at least a few roles weren’t too bad this year: “Movie mothers tend to be monsters (Mommie Dearest, Carrie, Precious, Animal Kingdom), angels (Bambi, The Grapes of Wrath) or just a bit nothing-y (pretty much everything else). That, however, could be changing. While 2017 has been an awful year for women in film in most respects, it has thrown up a riot – or whatever the collective noun for mums ought to be – of complex on-screen mothers.”
With The Purchase Of 21st Century Fox, A Leader Defines His Legacy At Disney
And wow, is this deal going to affect everything in Hollywood. “The film business has not seen significant consolidation in generations — perhaps not since 1935, when 20th Century Pictures and Fox Film merged to form 20th Century Fox, going on to deliver classics like ‘How Green Was My Valley,’ ‘The Sound of Music’ and ‘Wall Street.’ Now that Disney is a content colossus, analysts expect a wave of Hollywood mergers, as companies like Viacom, CBS, Sony, Lionsgate and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer look to gain scale.”
The Academy Awards Are Still Wide Open
Basically? “Screwiness seems destined to prevail this season.”
Do You Have Questions About Netflix’s Fairly Creepy ‘Christmas Prince’ Tweet?
Also, what even is The Christmas Prince? And is this a secret Netflix marketing plan? And really, who ARE the 53 people who watched it 18 times in 18 days?
After Sale Of Entertainment Assets, What Will A Smaller Fox Look Like?
“The biggest and most immediate changes are likely to be felt at Fox Broadcasting, which will be divorced from studio 20th Century Fox Television. Fox will thus become the only broadcast network not affiliated with a television studio.”