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The Netflix logo is is shown on an ipad in Encinitas, California, April 19,2013. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Netflix boosts original programming with DreamWorks deal

The agreement is Netflix’s largest for original programming, the companies said in a statement.

Posted in Movies, News
Tagged Amazon, dreamworks, film, internet, Netflix, online, original, programming, streaming, Television, TV, Viacom
Screen shot 2013-06-10 at 3.12.38 PM

VIDEO: 48-Hour Film Festival to showcase winners this weekend

The fast-paced film contest blew through the city last weekend.

Posted in Local, News
Tagged 48-hour film festival, entertainment, film, filmmaking, moves, NYC | Reply
Author Judy Blume poses for a portrait in Santa Monica, California, May 31, 2013. After numerous starts and stops by Hollywood executives to project Judy Blume books onto the big screen, the

Best-selling author Judy Blume hits big screen, finally

Young adult author, Judy Blume hits the big screen with “Tiger Eyes.”

Posted in Books, Movies, News
Tagged adaptation, author, best-selling, Books, family, film, Judy Blume, Lawrence Blume, Movie, Tesco, theater, Tiger Eyes
Employees Only staffer Steve Schneider is one of the subjects in the documentary "Hey Bartender."
Credit: 4th Row Films

Film review: ‘Hey Bartender’ makes craft cocktail trend official

The documentary “Hey Bartender” highlights the craft cocktail craze without getting much deeper into the subject.

Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged bars, Beer, cocktails, craft cocktails, Documentary, Employees Only, film, Hey Bartender, Mad Men, mixologists, Review | Reply
Alexis Bledel and Saoirse Ronan play young, pop star-obsessed assassins in "Violet & Daisy"
Credit: Cinedigm

Film Review: ‘Violet & Daisy’ works even though it shouldn’t

The dark comedy “Violet & Daisy” stars Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel as two young assassins who play patty cake and dance around in between hits.

Posted in Movies
Tagged Alexis Bledel, assassins, Danny Trejo, film, Geoffrey Fletcher, homage, James Gandolfini, Precious, Pulp Fiction, Quentin Tarantino, Review, Saoirse Ronan, Violet & Daisy | Reply
Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker try to make audiences forget about Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson in Joss Whedon's "Much Ado About Nothing."
Credit: Elsa Guillet-Chapuis

Joss Whedon’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is a fans-only endeavor

Television legend Joss Whedon tries to do Shakespeare with “Much Ado About Nothing,” but it’s likely only his followers will find it wonderful.

Posted in Movies
Tagged adaptation, Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, cinema, Clark Gregg, film, Firefly, Fran Kranz, Joss Whedon, Much Ado About Nothing, Nathan Fillion, Review, the avengers, Whedonheads, William Shakespeare | Reply
Masked psychos try to invade a home in the surprisingly not stupid "The Purge."
Credit: Universal Pictures

‘The Purge’ isn’t scary, but it is scarily smart

The new home invasion horror film “The Purge” takes a questionable premise and uses it to thoughtfully explore humanity’s bloodlust.

Posted in Movies
Tagged bloodlust, Ethan Hawke, film, horror, Lena Headey, murder, Review, scary, Straw Dogs, The Purge | Reply
Morton Downey Jr. unleashes unchecked outrage in the documentary profile "Evocateur"
Credit: Magnolia Pictures

Morton Downey Jr. shone bright, but burned out quickly as ‘Evocateur’

Trash TV pioneer and blowhard Morton Downey Jr. gets his own probing and not hagiographic documentary in “Evocateur.”

Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Andrew Breitbart, angry, blowhard, cinema, Documentary, Evocateur, film, Fox News, gloria allred, Joan Bennett, Morton Downey, Morton Downey Jr., Movie, pundit, Review, Ron Paul, Tawana Brawley, tea party, Ted Kennedy, trash TV | Reply
Chishu Ryu plays a widowed father in Yasujiro Ozu's "Late Spring."

Tarkovsky’s ‘Nostalghia’ and (almost) every Ozu hit New York repertory

This week in New York City repertory, audiences can catch Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Nostalghia” and nearly every single film by Yasujiro Ozu.

Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Andrei Tarkovsky, BAMcinematek, Brooklyn, cinema, film, Film FOrum, Nostalghia, screening, Yasujiro Ozu | Reply
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The Word: Zach Braff taught Woody Allen about Kickstarter

Woody Allen now officially knows how crowdfunding works. And it’s all thanks to “Garden State” star and Kickstarter aficionado Zach Braff.

Posted in The Word
Tagged backers, crowdfunding, director, Europe, film, funding, Garden State, kickstarter, manhattan, movies, production, Wish I Was Here, Woody Allen, Zach Braff | Reply
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