Blu-ray players grab 93 percent of market after Warner went

According to the latest NPD group report, during the month of December Blu-ray players held 60 percent of the HD media player market — despite the fact that HD DVD players were considerably cheaper. While that might’ve helped Warner in its decision to go Blu, the move has definitely had a dramatic effect on player [...]

Producer Explains Star Trek’s Teaser, New USS Enterprise

There have been reports that audiences seeing Cloverfield this weekend are going wild for the attached Star Trek teaser trailer, but my screening was dead quiet. And I can’t tell whether the mere four comments /Film received on our post about the bootleg version being on YouTube (still there) are a sign of disinterest, mild [...]

First photo of Enterprise from upcoming Star Trek movie (2008)

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Apple introduces iTunes Movie Rentals

Apple on Tuesday introduces iTunes Movie Rentals, a new feature of the iTunes Store that enables users to download movies and watch them for a short time rather than having to buy them. Movie rentals will be priced at $3.99 for new releases and $2.99 for older films. High Definition (HD) movies will be downloadable [...]

Firefly/Serenity makes Entertainment weekly’s Top Sci-fi 25.

Firefly/Serenity is 15 on Entertainment Weekly’s top Sci-fi TV and Movies of the past 25 years….
In 2002, Buffy the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon attempted to reinvent the space opera with a rough-and- tumble vision of the future set in an Earth-colonized galaxy. Part Western, part sci-fi, wholly unique, Fireflystarred Nathan Fillion as the [...]

An Apple TV With a Blu-ray Player?

Rumors are flying fast and furious over what Steve Jobs will pull out of his blue-jean pocket a week from Tuesday at his annual speech at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. These include a movie rental service for iTunes, a super small notebook computer perhaps with a solid-state hard drive, a notebook docking station, [...]

HD-DVD – Runs and hides from CES

“….HD DVD group is canceling its CES press conference; tail severely between legs over today’s explosive news that Warner — the last “undecided” studio — was going to the other side and doing Blu-ray discs exclusively.”
We just got an email which stated that the HD DVD group is canceling its CES press conference; tail severely [...]

The Best Films of 2007

The year is recapped through a top twenty list that includes Superbad, The Simpsons Movie, Hot Fuzz, The Host, The Orphanage, Once, Knocked Up, Zodiac, Gone Baby Gone, Lars and the Real Girl, Black Book, Atonement, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Juno, Michael Clayton, Ratatouille, and more.
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42 Pictures: Celebrities as Star Wars Characters

Imagine Tom Cruise as Chewbacca, David Letterman as C-3PO, Gandhi as Yoda, or Dick Cheney as a grotesque and powerful criminal overlord.
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Considering a Home Theater Projector? 10 Points to Ponder

What makes home theater projectors so sexy, so compelling and so different from a regular old TV set with its LCD or plasma screen? We’re going to break it down for you, and let you know why it just might be worth it to consider putting together a dedicated home theater room—a temple devoted to [...]

First Look: Zachary Quinto as Spock

Here is a first photo of Zachary Quinto as Spock in JJ Abrams’ Star Trek. The production is currently shooting in a chapel that has been converted to looked like a Vulcan Council Chamber of some sort.
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Say goodbye to Blockbuster ( I’ll miss those late fees..Not)

It looks like the bottom has finally fallen out of Blockbuster. After numerous failed attempts at attracting new customers, the company is finally spiraling out of control.
Sad as it is, the end is near for Blockbuster, and all that pressure it has been placing on Netflix will be lifted.
And in the end, Netflix will [...]

Why Old Films Still Benefit from High-Def…..

Every now and then, I hear people make comments like “Movies more than 5 years old won’t look any better in HD because they were shot before HD was invented – the movie studios are lying to you about better quality!”
This is horribly, horribly, horribly wrong, and I’m not quite sure where this idea stems [...]

‘Indiana Jones IV’ Gets a Title

Shia Labeouf, star of the upcoming 4th Indiana Jones installment, has revealed the title of the film.Are you ready? The official title of the next Indiana Jones film will be…
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Nathan Fillion: The Fannish Inquisition

Direct from the man himself all the answers to your questions posted at SFX.Nathan answers everything from What’s Your Most Embarrassing Moment? to How Much Stuff Did You Take From The Serenity Set? and lots more.Check it out at the link above.
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