I’ve been fascinated with the money side of Hollywood for many years, ever since finding out that art and money are the driving forces behind movies I’ve wondered how the dichotomous sides gelled together. The movie as art form has been discussed at length, books and books have been …
When the audience that had gathered to hear a panel titled The Future of Darknets: Can Hollywood See the Light? at the South by South West (SXSW) festival they took their opportunity to put a few shots across the bow of a member of the Motion Picture Association of America …
Annie Proulx, author of Brokeback Mountain, has written an article for The Guardian on her disappointment that it didn’t win Best Picture at the Oscars.
The people connected with Brokeback Mountain, including me, hoped that, having been nominated for eight Academy awards, it would get Best Picture as it had at …
Here’s an interesting idea: you visit your local DVD store/supermarket/petrol station where you can buy a DVD buy selecting the title from a vast library whereapon it’s burnt to DVD while you wait. That’s the idea discussed in this article. Hell, why visit the store, you could set …
It seems to have been a rocky start to the new year for Hollywood. Last week’s top 12 movies brought in revenues that were 10.7% down on the same period last year, and last year was a bad year for the US box office. Failure to Launch, The …
Joe Morgenstern has an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal about how critics often see a different movie because they get to see if before all the hype is set loose. We all like to think that we’re no affected by marketing and hype, but we are, even …
I have mentioned my slight obsession with Pride and Prejudice before, I like period romance in general it seems. The TV series was so good that I was afraid the movie, especially due to it being a Hollywood production, would destroy or otherwise maim the original text in order …
Girlhacker has an interesting post on the contents of the bags of goodies handed out to oscar nominations. They get quite a nice pack of stuff, though no one, it seems, is 100% certain of what they contain. I remember reading something a few years ago from someone …
