Category: media

“The theater’s demise can be blamed on its association with the Kennedy assassination. Or the economic struggles of southern Dallas. Or the larger challenges independent theaters face.” It’s been turned into a repertory space.

With the extensive use of computer-generated animation, or CG, in movies such as the “Pirates” franchise, “Avatar” and “Alice in Wonderland,” the lines are blurring between live-action and animated pictures in a way that Walt Disney himself could have scarcely imagined.

With the extensive use of computer-generated animation, or CG, in movies such as the “Pirates” franchise, “Avatar” and “Alice in Wonderland,” the lines are blurring between live-action and animated pictures in a way that Walt Disney himself could have scarcely imagined.

It was “a year when attendance declined, romantic comedies bombed, low-brow worked and, most of all, Hollywood devoted itself to amusing children.”

“Both Charter Communications and Cox Cable moved the station out of a prominent VHF channel position and into a spot deeper inside the digital tier effective with the change.”

“Americans watched more television than ever in 2010, according to the Nielsen Company. Total viewing of broadcast networks and basic cable channels rose about 1 percent for the year, to an average of 34 hours per person per week.”

“Understanding what those numbers tell us about the rapidly changing entertainment environment requires that we make some statistical comparisons that help explain what audiences were watching, listening to and buying last year. The results are both revealing and surprising.”

“The movie industry has a long history of raiding literature, great or otherwise, for inspiration and then discarding whatever parts of the original don’t fit into a preestablished mold.”

“Hollywood is harvesting Europe with unusual intensity. In the last year, five American retreads of French films have been released.”

“As the end of the year approaches, there are several skirmishes going on between programmers and distributors that will hit full boil when the clock strikes 2011.”