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“If Amazon is able to get studios and content producers on board with a standalone streaming service, it could spell trouble for Netflix. Amazon may have started out as a humble online bookseller, but it has become one of the most powerful purveyors of digital content.”
All-You-Can-Watch MoviePass Brings Netflix Model to Theaters — Wired.com
MoviePass will launch with an “unlimited pass” service allowing subscribers to go to as many films as they can stand for $50 a month. “Even with online ticketing, this side of the business is still a 75-year-old business and there’s not a lot of innovation.”
Clever. To go mainstream, the price will have to be lower… or at least include popcorn!
Famous Objects from Classic Movies
Can’t. Stop. Playing.
The King’s Speech - The Real One
Here is rare footage and audio of King George VI speaking in public. His stammer becomes quite pronounced midway through.
This is a massive shot at Netflix, which has been growing in popularity, partly based on its strong instant streaming library. Netflix’s streaming only subscription is $7.99 per month, which adds up to more than the Amazon Prime membership.
Yes, with Netflix you can get a bigger library of streaming content (estimated around 20,000 movies/tv shows). But what are the odds Amazon doesn’t expand its library? And with Amazon you also get free shipping on physical goods — a pretty sweet bonus.
I love them both and will keep both :)
A visual representation of blade runner.
The idea was strongly inspired by acertain strip of a fantastic web comic XKCD.High resolution version here http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/2140/bladerunner8.png
Well done!
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How Star Wars Changed the World
2008 Box Office Chart
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