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DVDs: Wall-E Vs. Panda Death Match!

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tropic Thunder, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Lee Marvin, Star Wars, Tv, Sal Mineo, Pixar, Disney, Movies, Dvds, Monty Python, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

The animation in Kung Fu Panda is slyly amusing, the storyline witty and sweet and -- here's the kicker -- the action set pieces are probably the best I've seen all year.

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Hollywood Under Siege

Jonathan Handel | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Silicon Valley, Hollywood, Movie Industry, Dvds, Film Industry, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Why is traditional content losing its vigor? Everyone focuses on the culture of piracy, but there are other reasons as well. One is supply and demand.

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DVDs: Hello "Fraggle Rock!"

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Sports, Football, The Beatles, Westerns, Fraggle Rock, Jim Henson, Planet of the Apes, Dvds, Movies, Randolph Scott, Rod Serling, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

We're in a golden age for documentaries. More of them are shown in theaters and on TV than ever before and more people now have access to video cameras so they can make their own.

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DVD Review -- Batman: The Complete Animated Series

Scott Mendelson | Posted 11.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Reviews, Television, Dvds, Batman, Movies, Batman: The Animated Series, TV on DVD, Entertainment News
Scott Mendelson

Batman: The Complete Animated Series ...

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DVDs: Down With Bulky And Awkward DVD Boxed Sets!

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.31.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Alfred Hitchcock, Route 66, TV Shows, Abbott & Costello, Cartoons, Football, Dallas Cowboys, The Simpsons, Batman, Gregory Peck, Dvds, Movies, Little Rascals, Animation, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

No matter how cool a boxed set may look, 99 times out of 100 most people would prefer a tight, compact boxed set that fits right onto their bookshelf alongside their other DVDs.

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DVDs: The Man In Black Is Back

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Johnny Cash, Blu-Ray, Quantum of Solace, Movies, Dvds, Country Music, Joaquin Phoenix, James Bond, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

One of the nice things about the collapse of the record industry is that the few remaining people at the major labels pay more and more attention to t...

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DVDs: Battling The "Indiana Jones" Effect

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Terrence Malick, Music, Indiana Jones, Dvds, Movies, Tv, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

It's a strange but understandable phenomenon of pop culture. When the creators of a beloved character or franchise bring it back to life after a hiatu...

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DVDs: It's Tina Fey's World...

Michael Giltz | Posted 10.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Alfred Hitchcock, Orson Welles, 30 Rock, Disney, The Simpsons, Tina Fey, Ray Harryhausen, Dvds, Movies, Sarah Palin, South Park, Animation, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

...and we just live in it. Seriously, has any female comedian ever dominated the zeitgeist the way Tina Fey is doing right now? (Certainly almost no m...

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Life Cycle: Pop vs. Soda? Either Way It's Made with (GMO) Corn.

Simran Sethi | Posted 10.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Aspartame, Cans, Genetically-Modified Organisms, Popcorn, Weight Gain, Fake Sweeteners, Artificial, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Aluminum, Green Living, Memory Loss, Obesity, Dvds, Movies, Recycling, Leukemia, Health, Soda, Plastic, Sarah Smarsh, Blockbuster Night, Fibromyalgia, Ani DiFranco, Pop, Simran Sethi, Saccharin, All-American, Gmos, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Last week we talked about popcorn. Chemically flavored...

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DVDs -- Even George Clooney's Flops Are Cool

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, George Clooney, Robert Downey Jr., Movies, Dvds, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

George Clooney is such a savvy, old school Hollywood star that even the movies he makes that don't quite work just seem to add to his stature.

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Life Cycle: Kernels of Wisdom about Popcorn

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Popcorn, Blockbuster, Corn, Butter, Green, Grains, Movies, Dvds, Cinema, Green Living, Kevin Bacon, Salt, Night, Kernels, Diacetyl, Bag, Microwave, Health, Environment, Popping, Orville Redenbacher, Sarah Smarsh, Pop, Simran Sethi, Footlose, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the environmental impacts of everyday things. Fall is upon us, and you've decided to make it a movie...

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Life Cycle: The Birth and Death of Your Bootleg DVDs

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.23.2008 | Green

Read More: Muggles, Banned, Polycarbonate, Bootleg, Green, Titanic, Aluminum, Co2, Dvds, Lord Voldemort, Dvd, Green Living, #7, Rihanna, Fda, Bisphenol-A, Mother Earth, Environment, Waste, Bpa, Plastic, Carbon Dioxide, Sarah Smarsh, Netflix, Harry Potter, Mia, Simran Sethi, Green News
Simran Sethi

Your cinematic experience leaves its mark not only on your heart, but on the planet.

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DVDs: Did TV's "Will & Grace" Neuter Gays?

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.23.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Will & Grace, Gay, Movies, Dvds, Animation, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Here are some questions I have about this week's releases: Why didn't Will on "Will & Grace" ever get married? Will & Grace: The Complete Series Coll...

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DVDs: What Happened To Grey's Anatomy?

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Th Big Lebowski, TV Shows, Peter Cook, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, Shelley Duvall, Dvds, Movies, Smallville, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

You can talk about plot twists and dumb storylines and internal strife. But I can tell you the main problem with Grey's Anatomy Season Four -- that problem is Private Practice First Season .

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The Promise of On-Demand Viewing: From "What's Out" to "What's Great"

John Farr | Posted 09.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hannah and Her Sisters, Renoir, Annie Hall, Picasso, Woody Allen, Hollywood, Movies, Dvds, The Beatles, On-Demand Movies, Great Films, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Foreign Films, Ella Fitzgerald, Pay TV, Robert Altman, Entertainment News
John Farr

With on-demand in full flower, consumers will confront a vastly larger universe of choice, representing the entire breadth of this century-old medium, not just the most recent theatrical releases.

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DVDs: Don't Miss Eli Stone and Pushing Daisies

Michael Giltz | Posted 09.05.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Chris Marker, Pushing Daisies, Che Guevara, Eli Stone, Dvds, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Every TV season, you're lucky if even one new show is worth watching, and chances are the flair of the pilot is soon lost in the grind. But last season, not one but two new shows debuted that captured my attention.

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DVDs: What Actor Should Play Obama?

Michael Giltz | Posted 08.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Horror, Barack Obama, Presidents, Movies, Dvds, Animation, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

You know it's coming. Whatever happens in November, a TV movie and/or feature film about the life of Barack Obama will be made. So who should play Obama?

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The Return of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie

Alex Remington | Posted 08.29.2008 | Media

Read More: Dvds, Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie, Comedy Central, Comedy, Movies, Media News
Alex Remington

Mystery Science Theater 3000 just sounds like something nerds would like. It elevated low-budget to high-concept: a couple of guys cracking jokes at b...

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DVDs: How To Watch The Wire

Michael Giltz | Posted 08.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hbo, The Wire, TV Shows, Muhammad Ali, Hill Street Blues, The Sopranos, Guy Maddin, Dvds, Movies, South Park, NYPD Blue, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Okay, The Wire's fifth and final season is now out on DVD and you've heard all the rave reviews. Here are a few pointers for diving into this and really any drama available on DVD.

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DVDs: Leave Star Trek Alone!

Michael Giltz | Posted 08.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Hughes, TV Shows, Lonesome Dove, Westerns, Dvds, Movies, Molly Ringwald, Star Trek, Foyle's War, Tommy Lee Jones, Tom Cruise, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

The TV series Star Trek is being released on DVD in a new and "improved" version that cleans up and removes old special effects and inserts brand new ones that never existed.

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DVDs: Scorsese Falls Short Of Scorsese

Michael Giltz | Posted 08.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Martin Scorsese, Tv, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, The Band, Dvds, Movies, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Martin Scorsese has directed one of the best concert films of all time. Unfortunately, it's most definitely NOT Rolling Stones: Shine A Light.

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SAG DVD Residuals Increase: RIP

Jonathan Handel | Posted 08.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hollywood Strike, Screen Actors Guild, Sag, Dvds, DVD Residuals, Blu-Ray, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Three years from now, when the SAG agreement and WGA agreement expire a month apart, the unions may decide to try once again to increase DVD residuals.

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DVDs: TV's Dallas Calls For A Do-Over

Michael Giltz | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Keanu Reeves, Martin Lawrence, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Tv, Jumping the Shark, Patrick Swayze, Jason Statham, Dvds, Movies, Soap Operas, Dallas, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

"Jumping the shark" is pop culture slang forever associated with Happy Days. But no show jumped that shark more shockingly and with more unbridled disdain for its audience than Dallas.

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TV Shows and Films May or May Not Be in Jeopardy: Nonetheless, Studios Won't Have it So Easy Screwing the Talent

Michael Russnow | Posted 07.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Detlef Behr, Sag, Dga, Andreas Stenschke, Movies, Dvds, Doug Allen, Writers Guild of America, Aftra, Directors Guild, Residuals, Royalties, Screen Actors Guild, Alan Rosenberg, Wga, Michael Russnow, Entertainment News
Michael Russnow

Thanks to the WGA strike, management now takes the artistic community seriously, but it couldn't have been accomplished without the support provided by the Screen Actors Guild.

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DVDs: A Stop-Loss on Iraq War Movies

Michael Giltz | Posted 07.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sheryl Crow, TV Shows, The X-Files, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ryan Phillippe, Iraq War, Channing Tatum, Brendan Fraser, Batman, Dvds, Movies, Kimberly Pierce, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Director Kimberly Pierce's follow-up to her brilliant Boys Don't Cry squanders a fine cast on a timid story about soldiers upset over being forcibly re-enlisted via a backdoor draft.

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