Archive for February, 2007


BFI Archives to be Free for All

The British Film Institute’s (BFI) film and television archive is to be opened to the public.

Visitors to the British Film Institute (BFI), which is in London, will be able to choose items from the collection and watch them free of charge.

Items range from footage of the Queen’s coronation to early …


What’s an Oscar Worth?

The AOL eleven blog has a post about what benefits an Oscar brings, and whether they bring any benefits at all. Strangely, they seem to judge whether an Oscar brings benefits purely on how much more money a star was able to demand per movie. Considering that some …


Rambo IV will be ‘Sensitive’

Maybe I’d heard the story before and just blocked it out, but aside from the bad news that following on from Rocky Balboa (which, to be fair, has been getting fairly alright reviews), Stallone will be starring in the upcoming Rambo IV. To make matters worse, apparently it will …


Night at the Museum Pulled from Cinemas

I almost forgot to mention the recent story that Night at the Museum was dropped by several cinema chains in the UK because of the timing of the DVD release.

Film studio Fox told industry publication Screen Daily that the short window between cinema and DVD release had led Odeon and …


MPAA Violates Software License

I love this story, it’s covered in such sweet irony, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has been caught violating the license on some free software they had/have (the site it currently down) been using for one of their blogs/forums.

The software, Forest Blog, created by Patrick Robinson, requires that …


HD-DVD and Blu-ray Encryption Blown Open

After earlier reports that various parts of the encryption on HD-DVD and Blu-ray high definition DVDs had been cracked it now appears hackers have managed to determine the ‘volume keys’ that would unlock access to every single disc released, or likely to be released. So, that’s all of the …


The Valet

Some countries are renowned for a certain type of film, it is part of their film culture. The UK, for example, is often associated with gritty realism and costume dramas. France has a couple too, one would be the avante garde art film, the other, the French farce. …


Empire Exclusive Hot Fuzz Trailer

Empire magazine have posted a link to a new exclusive trailer of Hot Fuzz, starring Simon Pegg and Edgar Frost, which is out next Wednesday, AKA Valentines Day.

First it introduces the huge cast (many of which are household names) and then it introduces all the weapons (e.g. LA Pump, Mr …


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Wal-Mart Offer Downloads from the 6 Major Studios

Wal-Mart have announced that they will be offering downloads from all 6 of Hollywood’s big movies studios, the first store to be able to do so. They will also be offering some TV shows, for less than Apple does via the iTunes store.

The bad news is it’ll be US …


Whedon Walks from Wonder Woman

Both the BBC and the Guardian are carrying stories that Joss Whedon, creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Serenity, has stopped work on the upcoming Wonder Woman film. I have to say I was skeptical of the idea, though Whedon does have a lot of strong female …