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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…

Technicolor Jumps Into Content Creation

[/caption] If I mention the name Technicolor what is the first thing that comes to mind? Chances are you’ll think of the company primarily known as a film processing lab and the world’s largest DVD replicator. Original content creation is probably not a concept most would associate with…

Kodak Reaffirms Its Commitment To Film

Kodak restated an unwavering commitment to film this morning, with an announcement that it has added two new films to its Vision3 family. The stock additions include a medium-speed, tungsten-balanced color negative camera film, and a color intermediate designed for digital post workflows. “These new…

If Saul Bass Had Done The “Tron” Title Sequence

Here is an interesting video titled Tron vs. Saul Bass from Hexagonall on Vimeo. Let us know what you think in the comments section.

Celluloid Junkie Set To Resume Posting

For those of you who have been following our posts here on Celluloid Junkie you no doubt have noticed that we have been quite silent of late. All it takes is a quick look at our archives to see that we didn’t post anything in the entire month of July. Even casual readers of theRead More

London Eye Sees 4D Cinema

Merlin Entertainment’s London Eye is adding 4D cinema, with a new screening venue and debut short movie. Designed to excite London Eye-riders, a short movie was written and directed by Julian Napier and stereo 3D produced by Phil Streather, CEO of 3D company Principal Large Format. The film was prod…

Box Office Review-Sunday 17 May

Sony/Columbia’s adaptation of Dan Brown novel “Angels and Demons” brought in $152.3 million worldwide in its opening weekend, including a No. 1 opening at the US box office with $48 million from 3,527 theaters. “Angels and Demons” was released as a 4K DCP, per a 2008 Sony plan to release the majorit…