Archive for the ‘Television’ Category
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DVD/Blu-ray Releases for Week of October 4th
It's a top heavy week of releases as Fast Five, which has raked in over $600 million worldwide, arrives along with a slight box office disappointment in Scream 4. Beyond that I would highly recommend picking up Friday Night Lights - which finished it's brilliant five season run earlier this year. There are also a number of classics introduced on Blu-ray. (more…)...
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Fox Picks Up New Girl for Full Season
Last year the first full season pickup and renewal came from Fox who was pleased enough with the ratings for the comedy Raising Hope to extend their commitment. The same thing has happened this year except for what is a ratings smash with the comedy New Girl. Fox has granted it 11 additional episodes taking it to a full season order of 24. New Girl debuted with the highest rated sitcom premiere for the network in 10 years. With just two episodes having aired it now stands as Tuesday's ...
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Amazon Adds Fox to Streaming Service
For those frustrated by Netflix's recent actions one of the competing services is Amazon who offers streaming to Prime members. The company has announced that they have signed a deal with FOX to add a wide selection of movies and TV shows. That will add to the service which already has CBS, NBC, Sony, and Warner Bros. Bringing on Fox means series such as 24, Arrested Development, The X-Files, and even exclusively The Wonder Years will be available to watch instantly. Amazon Prime costs $7...
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DVD/Blu-ray Releases for Week of September 27th
There is really only one noteworthy release this week and that is Transformers: Dark of the Moon. The final entry in the trilogy has collected over $1.1 billion worldwide making it the largest in the series and the fifth biggest film of all-time. As have some other prominent movies recently Transformers has slotted its release to be on its on on Friday. •Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo) When a mysterious event from Earth’s ...
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Netflix Splitting DVD and Streaming Services Into Two Seperate Companies
Netflix today announced that they will be completely separating their DVD rental and streaming services into two different companies. The Netflix name will stay with the streaming side while a new company to be known as Qwikster will handle the DVDs. Yes, that means that those who want both will need to subscribe indepedently to different websites, and create queues and rate films/shows on each - there will be no integration between the two. The company has taken a big PR hit lately, and ...
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2011 Emmy Award Winners
The 2011 Emmy Awards were notable for a number of surprises. Friday Night Lights finally got recognition as it won for writing and Kyle Chandler walked away with Best Actor in a Drama, while Peter Dinklage won for Supporting Actor representing Game of Thrones. Ultimately the favorite Mad Men took Best Drama. Comedy categories were dominated by Modern Family but Melissa McCarthy took Best Actress in a Comedy. Drama Boardwalk Empire (HBO) Dexter (Showtime) Friday Night Lights (D...
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DVD/Blu-ray Releases for Week of September 20th
One of the surprise break-out hits of the summer, the comedy Bridesmaids, leads the way this week in DVD/Blu-ray releases - along with a special 70th Anniversary Edition of the Disney Classic Dumbo. There are also some decent TV series to consider with comedy favorites Raising Hope and Modern Family topping the list. •Bridesmaids (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Picked as her best friend's maid of honor, lovelorn and broke Annie looks to bluff her way through t...
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Source Code Being Developed as TV Series
The sci-fi thriller from earlier this year, Source Code, will be adapted into a television series for CBS. Shaping up to be a procedural the show will follow three former federal agents who use the "Source Code" in order to infiltrate tragic events of the past. The movie received mostly positive reviews and performed decently at the box office. I'm not sure how this will work though if it follows the rules of the film. Conceptually it will need to be drastically different as the movie was...
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