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WWII Vet Sending Thousands Of Pirated Movies To U.S. Troops

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Troops, Illegal Dvds, Copyright, Trademark, Big Hy, Dvds, Movies, Movie Piracy, Video, Military, US Troops Iraq, Illegal Downloading, US Troops Afghanistan, Hyman Strachman, Hollywood, Business News

Meet Hyman Strachman, probably the nation's most patriotic movie pirate. For the past eight years the 92-year-old widowed World War II veteran has ...

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DVDs: War Horse Stumbles

Michael Giltz | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Bluray, Dvds, Margaret Thatcher, Cameron Crowe, Steven Spielberg, Hbo, Meryl Streep, War Horse, War Horse Movie, War Horse Review, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

War Horse is based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, a solid young adult novel with classic status in the UK. It was turned into a brilliant bit of theater (really, you should see it if at all possible). But Spielberg's film fails on every level.

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7 Ways To Save On Your Favorite Indulgences

SavySugar | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Yoga, Indulgences, Money, Books, Frugal, Starbucks, Dvds, Music, Saving Money, Magazines, Women News

We all have our weaknesses, and yours may be a Starbucks addiction or even an avid book reading habit. Although we advocate saving, we're also a big f...

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DVDs: Tintin Can't Defeat Creepy Motion-Capture Animation Style

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Ralph Bakshi, Tintin, Dvds, Steven Spielberg, Movies, Peter Jackson, Animation, Movie Reviews, Dvd Reviews, Tintin Dvd, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Tintin is all about pell-mell adventure but the rather bland hero could use some fleshing out, in every sense of the word.

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DVDs: HBO's Game Of Thrones Bloody Fun But Not Great

Michael Giltz | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: George R.R. Martin, TV Shows, Dvds, Game of Thrones, Movies, HBO Game of Thrones, Game of Thrones Dvd, Game of Thrones Season One, Game of Thrones Season 2, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Game Of Thrones may be the biggest roll of the dice in TV history. It's based on a series of novels that tell one long story...and they haven't even all been written yet.

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Exclusive: Hollywood Studios Readying Common File Format for Digital Distribution (video)

Andy Plesser | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Software, Dvds, Online Video, Samsung; Amazon, Sony Pictures, Ces, Hollywood, Video, Technology News
Andy Plesser

LAS VEGAS - The industry consortium of five of the the major Hollywood studios, the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), is readying a com...

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DVDs: Should Steven Soderbergh Retire From Directing?

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.11.2012

Read More: TV Shows, Steven Soderbergh, Dvds, Matt Damon, Hbo, Martin Scorsese, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

It seemed odd for Soderbergh to announce his retirement, and surely he'll make more movies some day. But perhaps a break isn't such a bad idea.

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Retail Reinvented, Again

John Backus | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: Tower Records, Small Business, Startup, Big Box Stores, Retail Entrepreneurship, Cds, Virgin Megastore, Retail, Entrepreneurs, Best Buy, Entrepreneur, Dvds, Amazon, Retail 2.0., Small Business America, Small Business News
John Backus

We are in the middle of another battle between brick and mortar and e-commerce. Best Buy is dying. But it is not alone. Welcome to the new world of retailing, the death of retail 2.0. So who will pick up the pieces?

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DVD: Woody Allen Back on Top, Ready for Oscar Love

Michael Giltz | Posted 03.01.2012

Read More: Woody Allen Midnight in Paris, Dvds, Woody Allen, Sherlock Holmes, Dolphin Tale, Detective-Dee-and-the-Mystery-of-the-Phantom-Flame, Archer, The Debt, Dvd Releases 2011, Kung Fu Panda 2, The-Borgias, Brighton Rock, Design for Living, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Oh the DVDs are piling up, and these are the dog days of late December and early January when DVD releases slow to a trickle. Let's get to it.

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DVDs: Apes Rule in "Rise," "Tokyo Drifter" And A Smurfing Lot Of Other Titles On Tap

Michael Giltz | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: TV Shows, Dvds, Movies, Animation, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Okay, the year is galloping to a close. Here's a rundown of LOTS of titles from the past three weeks. Keep scrolling! RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APE...

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DVDs Worth Owning - and Giving - for Christmas

John Farr | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Suspense, Kate Winslet, James Cagney, Academy Awards, Al Pacino, Action Movies, Paul Newman, Best Movies on DVD, George Clooney, Dvds, Best Movies by Farr, Best Movies, War Movies, John Ford, Cary Grant, Francis Ford Coppola, Alfred Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, Brad Pitt, Foreign Films, Meryl Streep, Drama, Christmas, Christmas Gifts, Christmas Shopping, Science Fiction, Comedy, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Robert De Niro, Holidays, Gift-Guides, Entertainment News
John Farr

I just know many of you out there are scrambling to catch up on your holiday gift giving. This article's for you.

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DVDs: New Christmas DVDs For Your Stocking

Michael Giltz | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: TV Shows, Cartoon, Dr. Seuss, Movies, Dvds, Animation, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

This is not a list of the best Christmas-themed movies of all time. For that, you should check out my friend Alonso Duralde's book Have Yourself A Mov...

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The Science of Seinfeld

Sam Sommers | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, Television, Situations Matter, Daily Show, Media, The Daily Show, Irs, Tax Writeoff, Dvds, Social Norms, Ethnicity, Race, Human Nature, Love and Relationships, Context-Dependent, Fabric of Society, Attraction, Attribution, Identity, Love, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Elaine Benes, Curb Your Enthusiasm, George Costanza, Kramer, Video, Entertainment News
Sam Sommers

Far from a "show about nothing," Seinfeld was actually an analysis of the ins and outs of daily human interaction-of the mundane social experiences previously not deemed worthy of exploration in front of a mass audience.

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The Only Way to See a Film

Ridley Scott | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Movie Makers, Special Effects, Technology, Filmmaking, Films, Ridley Scott, Blu-Ray, Dvds, Blu Ray, Entertainment News
Ridley Scott

It has never made sense to me that those preoccupied with how movies are delivered have for years written off "physical media" as "dead" even though the evidence shows it isn't happening and won't for years to come.

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The Best Black Friday Movies & TV Shows To Buy

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Black Friday 2011 DVD Movies, Holidays, X-Men, Ryan Gosling, Community, Winnie the Pooh, Black Friday Shopping Guide, Black Friday DVD Guide, Black-Friday, Captain America, Dvds, The Dark Knight, Black Friday Shopping, Black Friday 2011, Black Friday Sales, Muppets, Gift-Guides, Blu-Rays, Black Friday 2011 TV, Black Friday 2011 Discounts, Black Friday 2011 Movies to Buy, Entertainment News

In search of the best flicks and shows to gift this year? We've got you covered. Sure, you're eager to grab one of those massive and massively disc...

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DVDs: "West Side Story" (Almost) Perfect In New BluRay Set

Michael Giltz | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: West Side Story, Dvds, Musicals, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

WEST SIDE STORY 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION BLURAY ($69.99 BuRay Deluxe or $29.99 BluRay; MGM) -- West Side Story buzzes with contradictions in this la...

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DVDs: Harry Potter Finale Arrives, Now Where's Pottermore?

Michael Giltz | Posted 01.13.2012

Read More: TV Shows, Bluray, Dvds, Harry Potter, Disney, Pixar, Daniel Radcliffe, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 2 ($35.99 BluRay combo pack; Warner Bros.) -- So the Harry Potter film series deserves to win the Most Imp...

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DVDs: Law & Order's Record-Breaking Boxed Set

Michael Giltz | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: TV Shows, Dvds, Law & Order, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

LAW & ORDER: THE COMPLETE SERIES ($699.00; Universal) -- As far as I can tell, Law & Order: The Complete Series is the biggest boxed set in history wi...

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The Most Valuable Movie Franchises

24/7 Wall St. | JON C. OGG | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: Ice Age, James Bond, Toy Story, Titanic, Mission Impossible, Box Office, Movie Franchises, Dvds, Twilight, Men in Black, Movies, Star Trek, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: The movie industry grosses billions of dollars per year in box office sales. The amount of money invested on the top movie franchi...

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DVDs: Finally, The Best Comedy Duo Of All Time Gets Their Due

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.27.2011

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Michael Giltz

LAUREL & HARDY -- THE ESSENTIAL COLLECTION ($99.98; RHI) -- All my life, I've been told that Laurel & Hardy were the greatest comedy pairing in movi...

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10 Ways Zombies Became A $5 Billion Industry

24/7 Wall St. | JON C. OGG | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Halloween, Zombies, Economy, Zombie Art, Max Brooks, Main Street, Dvds, Economic Recovery, Zombie Movies, Business News

From 24/7 Wall St.: Zombies may be the walking undead, but their contribution to Main Street's economy is very much alive. In modern times, the zombi...

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DVDs: "Little House On The Prairie" -- TV's Greatest Family Drama?

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: TV Shows, Dvds, Little House on the Prairie, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE COMPLETE 9 SEASON SET ($234.98; Lionsgate) -- What is TV's greatest family drama? 7th Heaven ran the longest. You could ...

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DVDs: Great Boxed Sets? How Sweet It Is! (Plus The Not So Sweet)

Michael Giltz | Posted 12.06.2011

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Michael Giltz

The flood of fascinating, well-made, jam-packed DVD sets can get overwhelming sometimes. In trying to figure out what to highlight in my last few columns, I had about a dozen different sets vying for attention.

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DVDs: The King And Still Champ: Citizen Kane

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: TV Shows, Television, Dvds, Movies, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

CITIZEN KANE ULTIMATE COLLECTION ($79.89 deluxe BluRay or $64.99 BluRay or $49.92 DVD; Warner Bros.) -- Hell yes it deserves to top the list of Grea...

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DVDs: When Tom Cruise Became A Superstar

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: TV Shows, Dvds, Tom Cruise, Movies, Blu-Ray, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

Tom Cruise became a star with Risky Business, a classic that has endured as both an entertaining comedy and a wicked satire of the go-go Eighties. But Tom Cruise became a superstar with Top Gun.

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