Come Hell of High Water (trailer, DVD) – documenting the culture of bodysurfing

  Keith Malloy’s debut film, Come Hell or High Water, shot primarily on 16mm focuses on the simplicity and beauty of bodysurfing. “It’s about taking a breath, and kicking your feet, in the big blue sea.” – Patagonia   The film explores the history and progression of the sport of bodysurfing and the pureness that …

The end of ownership for DVDs – say goodbye to your DVD collection

I feel like this is one of those big moments that sputters into life – the end of ownership. At least, when it comes to DVDs. This happened to music a few years back…I mean, who still thinks of owning music with CDs? With Blu-ray sales slotted to decline in the next few years, the …

Evolution – the year is 1969

Evolution, a Paul Witzig Film. Featuring Nat Young, Wayne Lynch, Ted Spencer and many more great surfers. Evolution is a natural change, an unfolding. Original soundtrack by Tamam Shud Available now on DVD from select stores and WITZIG.COM.AU

Netflix drops $1 million algorithm, goes all-in on streaming recommendations

  Netflix awarded a $1 million prize to a developer team in 2009 for an algorithm that increased the accuracy of the company’s recommendation engine by 10 percent. But today it doesn’t use the million-dollar code, and has no plans to implement it in the future, Netflix announced on its blog Friday. The post goes on to …

Tipping point – estimated 1 billion more movies in 2012 will be streamed than watched via DVD

According to research from the IHS Screen Digest, we may have finally reached the point when streaming video services have become ubiquitous enough to take over American households. The researcher forecasts that 3.4 billion movies will be legally consumed over streaming services this year, more than double the 1.4 billion that were viewed last year …

Apple updates iCloud to include Movies and TV Shows – with an extra bonus

Two years ago I bought a movie, The Dark Knight, and then promptly deleted it during an iPhone backup. I haven’t seen the movie since then, which stinks even though it was probably my mistake. That is until today when I went into the “Purchased” section of iTunes and found it ready for download in iCloud. …

20 most rented movies of 2011 – how many have you seen?

The Social Network Limitless No Strings Attached Just Go With It The Lincoln Lawyer Bridesmaids (Unrated) Source Code Tangled The King’s Speech Red Horrible Bosses Toy Story 3 Grown Ups X-Men: First Class Rio The Switch Tron: Legacy I Am Number Four Battle: Los Angeles Transformers: Dark of the Moon source: iTunes Rewind