Film Critic Leonard Maltin On The Sad State Of The Modern Multiplex Experience
[youtube width=”580″ height=”326″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1N5MB8aD84[/youtube] Leonard Maltin is a well known American film critic and historian who rose to prominence as the movie reviewer for “Entertainment Tonight”, a daily television news program. He h…
Kodak Claims ‘Film Is Not Dead’
With nearly 99,000 cinema screens (out of roughly 120,000 worldwide) having already converted to digital, combined with the number of film and television productions now shooting with high-end digital cameras, the need for 35mm film stock is dissolving rapidly. Agfa stopped manufacturing all of thei…
Dassault demonstrates VR Paris in 3D for cinemas
In the car from Paris’ Gare de Nord station to Dassault Systèmes’ campus at the outskirts of town I got chatting to a British journalist for an education supplement. He confessed that he had never been to Paris before, but that he recognised the streets we were driving down from a video…
Third Time May Be The Ticket For MoviePass Unlimited Moviegoing Subscription
Over a year after MoviePass failed to launch its all-you-can-view subscription movie service, the company is back with a retooled offering that has a much better shot at surviving the inevitable pushback by cinema chains and studios. You might recall last June MoviePass announced a private beta with…
Where Were We?
If the emails that have been coming in from some of our loyal readers are any indication, some of you may be wondering where we’ve been or why the posts on Celluloid Junkie have decreased over the past six months. The explanation is quite simple really. Like all of those who blog about the ind…
Warner Bros. Brings Looney Tunes Back To Cinemas
Just this past weekend I was shocked when my daughters, six and four-year-olds, asked who Bugs Bunny was. I’m not sure why I was so surprised, since they watch very little television and most of the movies they’ve seen feature characters from Disney, Pixar and Dreamworks Animation titles. This is pr…
YouTube Announces Support Of 4K Video
On July 9th the ongoing debate between 2K and 4K digital cinema picture resolution took an interesting turn when an unexpected player entered the fray. At VidCon 2010, a conference for online video professionals, came to a close, YouTube announced that they would begin supporting and streaming video…
Shoe Retailer Jumps On 3D Bandwagon With Spoof
If you were wondering what kind of impact the recent rash of 3D film releases has had on the general public, you need look no further than Fluevog Shoes. The Canadian shoe designer John Fluevog, whose footwear is often deemed trend setting, sent out a promotional email on Friday in which the subject…
Fandango To Donate “Karate Kid” Ticket Revenue To Starlight
North America’s largest movie ticket website is feeling quite charitable lately. In fact, over the next two weeks (June 7th through June 20th) Fandango will be donating $1 to the Starlight Children’s Foundation for every ticket they sell to “The Karate Kid” which is being rel…