YouTube Movies – 300+ free movies

A friend on Google+ shared that YouTube has a few free movies to watch like Real Genius and Life in a Day. I clicked over to YouTube Movies and found hundreds and hundreds of free ones. Tons of classics and B-movies, but many that I would definitely watch: Real Genius Stranger than Fiction Cruel Intentions Life …

Warner Bros brings out all the Batmobiles for DVD special features

The Dark Knight Rises is just a few months away from hitting cinemas, and there’s already talk about the film’s home video bonus features. Last Friday, Warner Brothers held an event just outside the offices of Legendary Pictures in Burbank, California. The showcase spotlighted all five Batmobiles seen throughout the years, from the ’60s camp …

Tickets available for the 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival

This will be my second year attending the Newport Beach Film Festival. Last year I watched a film about sharks and listened to Aaron Sorkin speak about writing. I loved it. This year is looking to be just as good and I’m excited to see movies about the ocean, surfing, design, and drama. One things …

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 …

Variety is up for sale! – Hollywood’s trade publication

Variety, Hollywood’s oldest entertainment industry trade publication (107-years-old), has been put up for sale. The move comes as Variety has lost its standing as Hollywood’s dominant trade newspaper amid heated competition from online-only publications Deadline and the Wrap, as well as its traditional competitor, the Hollywood Reporter. Long seen as Variety’s also-ran competitor, the Reporter …

The rise of girl culture – Hunger Games to blow away box office

First Harry Potter, then Twilight, and now Hunger Games. Female authors and female fans are rising. Based on the enormity of tracking for The Hunger Games,  the Lionsgate movie has the potential to score one of the top debuts of all time at the domestic box office. Rarely does a film generate the sort of numbers …

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. …

Fun facts of the Oscars…nineteen nominations for playing the king/queen of England?

19 Nominations for actors playing kings and queens of England   $325,000 – Cost of It Happened One Night (Best Picture, 1935)   $237 million – Cost of Avatar (Best Picture nomination, 2010—it lost)   23 – Best Picture nominees in which Bess Flowers appeared, the most of any actor (and she was an extra in all 23 …

What to watch this month – the 17 movies and their Oscars nominations

Now that the Super Bowl is over our next big entertainment event is the 84th Academy Awards on February 26th. Which means we have 17 movies to catch up on. Below are the movies and their nominations.   If you’re really a movie buff you can also check out the other awards shows leading up …

New Star Wars T-Shirts for the release of Episode 1 in 3D — by web designers

R2 Graffiti – Artoo is conflicted. He hates it when taggers mistake him for a mailbox, but at the same time… street art is in right now, he looks kind of dope. Designed by Reece Ward.