Best Buy No Longer Selling Physical Media Is Sad For Everyone

There’s a lot of pain and tragedy going on right now but the decision by Best Buy to no longer sell Blu-rays and DVDs is terrible. I owe quite a bit of my physical media collection to the likes of Best Buy and Target. In the years before moving, my Sunday morning reading would consist of the Best Buy and Target advertisements. I wanted to see which movies were on sale and for how much.…

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Star Wars Rebels is Key to Ahsoka

Watching Star Wars Rebels has more or less become an important key to understanding Lucasfilm’s Ahsoka on Disney+. Dave Filoni’s previous comments came in an interview with Collider. “I don’t think you would need to watch any [episodes of Rebels]. They’re all available on Disney+, so you can check them out there and that would be great, but… for me, if you really were interested in [Rebels] and if it got people that maybe don’t–aren’t as…

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Martin Scorsese And Saving Cinema From Comic Book Culture

Oscar-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese is making the arounds ahead of Killers of the Flower Moon with no shortage of controversy. It’s not so much his fault. Let’s get it out of the way right now. It’s what happens when people keep bringing up comic book movies during interviews with Martin Scorsese. You’d think such questions would be off-limits at this point. The latest comments from the filmmaker come by way of Zach Baron at GQ.…

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Rotten Tomatoes, Indie Films, and Studio Gatekeeping

A recent piece about Rotten Tomatoes on Vulture is making the rounds and it really says something about the current state of the industry. Rotten Tomatoes is just one part of the equation. The other thing here is studio gatekeeping. The Tomatometer score is so important that one almost always have to be writing for an RT-approved publication in order to get into a press screening. If one isn’t on RT, one must have a…

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Spectrum, Disney, and the WGA and SAG-AFTRA Strikes

The Walt Disney Company pulled all of their TV networks off of Charter Spectrum as the two parties couldn’t reach an agreement. All one needs to do is look no further than why the WGA and SAG-AFTRA are striking against the AMPTP. Charter Communications could not reach an agreement with Disney for the same reason that we have a double strike. Pay-TV continues to lose value because of the rise of Netflix and studios offering…

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The Equalizer 3: Sony Only Screened For NY/LA Press

While I was looking forward to initially watching The Equalizer 3, Sony Pictures has decided not to screen for film press beyond NY and LA. The review embargo lifted this morning. Unfortunately, I did not rush home from a screening to write a review for publication. This is because I’m not one of the select press living in NY or LA. Losing out on a franchise film hurts especially at a time when films are…

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SAG-AFTRA Joins WGA in First Double Strike Since 1960

It became official last week as SAG-AFTRA joined the WGA in the first double strike dating back to the Eisenhower administration. The strike is going to have a devastating impact on the fall festival and awards season. There is already chatter that studios could pull their major premieres from TIFF, etc. because sending directors and producers does not have the same star power as actors. However, this is not the fault of the writers or…

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Bob Iger Says WGA and SAG-AFTRA Are Not Being Realistic and He’s Wrong

Disney CEO Bob Iger said that neither the actors or writers were being realistic during an appearance on Squawk in the Morning. The comments on CNBC were Iger’s first public comments since yesterday’s contract extension was announced. Make no mistake that he’s going to be blasted on social media and rightfully so. Both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA are being very realistic in wanting fair compensation. Is it right for CEOs and such like Bob Iger…

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David Zaslav Is Bad For Warner Bros. And Hollywood

David Zaslav is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with Hollywood and has no business running Warner Bros. Discovery. Is it too late to undo the merger that landed Warner Bros. at Discovery Communications? Action after action on account of Zaslav is just sickening and infuriating. As someone who loves movies and has great respect for the work that that Harry, Sam, Albert, and Jack Warner built together, watching everything happening just makes…

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Twitter: Hollywood Studios, TV Networks Need To Move On

There is no kidding around this time–the implosion of Twitter as we know it is happening right now and Hollywood needs to move on. For far too long, Twitter has been a major force in promotion of new movies, TV series and specials, and books. Unfortunately, Elon Musk’s new changes this weekend have made it clear that we can no longer depend on Twitter for promotional activities. What good is promoting the newest interview with…

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