When 2022 wound down, theater owners everywhere were saying the movie industry is back. Now they’re moaning that it will be another year before it recovers. We don’t know ho... More
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Movies are Movies, No Matter Where They’re Seen
Think of M&E as People Entertainment, Not Winners vs. Losers
A week or so ago we attended what has to be about our fifth movie screening (thanks to THR and the sponsors). We like them because we enjoy the Q&A with the directors, producers an... More
It’s Important for M&E Participants to Play the Long Game
Our daughter surprised us before Christmas saying one of the things she would really like to be “surprised” with was a chess set. She got the idea for the “gotta have” gift... More
Does the Movie or Theater Make Content Great?
Do we have to say it? Christmas and now New Year’s didn’t panning out exactly as we envisioned last year. Even if our local IMAX had been open, there’s no way we would h... More
People Want Streaming to Come Full Circle: Easy-to-Find Choices
Let’s see, the pandemic made us shut-ins. The fires (here in California) showed us what the apocalypse was going to look like with the red/orange clouds. Then, what the post l... More
Will Consumers Pay to Stream a Movie During its Theater Release? (Señal News)
According to a new report, more than half of people between the ages of 18-34 would pay up to $50 to stream a movie recently released in theaters. The study analyzed that entertain... More
New Blood Can Give Cinemas a New Lease on Life
If it weren’t for the fact that our daughter had to see “Trolls World Tour,” we wouldn’t have given the film a second thought. She would have had to force us (pout) to t... More
Cinemas Around World Ponder Reopening Strategy (BBC News)
Tens of thousands of cinemas around the world were forced to close by Covid-19. Some are reopening in certain countries and the industry is banking on big summer releases to attrac... More
The Future of Movie Theaters Might Look a Lot Like an Apple Store (OneZero)
It’s not hard to imagine a merger between a theater chain and a big tech company. Picture stadium seating for original Apple movies at one of the company’s “Town Square” st... More
In the Age of Coronavirus, Even Movie Theaters Learn to Love Streaming (Variety)
Greg Laemmle never thought he’d recommend anyone to stream a movie at home. The best way to watch a film, as any theater owner like Laemmle will tell you, is in a darkened cinema... More
Mixed Signs for the Future of Movies, TV on Disc
Although streaming and other forms of electronic delivery of movies and TV shows continue to increasingly overtake packaged video sales, it remains likely that movies on UHD Blu-r... More
Movie Commentary Tracks are Back – and They’re a Trivia Goldmine (Wired)
The best commentary tracks don't bog you down with technical details or fill up dead air with dull plaudits: They footnote the movie experience, answering questions you may not hav... More
AMC Unveils $20 Subscription Plan (Variety)
The theater chain will begin offering guests the chance to see up to three movies per-week for the monthly fee of $19.95. The offering is being run through its loyalty program AMC ... More
Smart Content West: MoviePass Execs Make Data the Priority
LOS ANGELES — MoviePass, the $10-a-month movie theater subscription service, is closing in on 2 million subscribers, and while it’s losing money on every movie ticket used via ... More
Lionsgate Bullish that PVOD Will Happen in the Future Despite AMC Saying It’s Unlikely for 2017 (Deadline)
On Tuesday’s Lionsgate earnings call, CEO Jon Feltheimer asserted that PVOD “will happen and I do believe it will be extraordinary for everyone involved in the motion picture b... More
Can Virtual Reality Find an Audience at the Multiplex? (USA Today)
There are numerous reasons why virtual reality has gotten off to a shaky start at home: cost, complexity, slim content, and the fact that you must wear this contraption on your hea... More
A Film Festival Every Night: The New Ecology of the Old-Movie Scene in L.A. (LA Times)
For a certain kind of dedicated moviegoer, Los Angeles can be a nonstop film festival. Just about any day of the week somewhere in the city there is a screening of a rare title, an... More
Teens at the Multiplex: Why Some of the Young are Returning to Theaters (LA Times)
At this year’s CinemaCon, the annual gathering of movie theater owners held in Las Vegas each spring, Hollywood presented unexpected news. After years of shying away from the mul... More
Rumbling Seats. Virtual Reality. Booze. Theaters Plot the Future of Cinema in Uncertain Times (LA Times)
Today, moviegoers pay for tickets online and get their phones scanned at the door. They eat restaurant-style food and sip movie-themed cocktails in theater lounges before the films... More
Rumbling Seats. Virtual Reality. Booze. Theaters Plot the Future of Cinema in Uncertain Times (LA Times)
Today, moviegoers pay for tickets online and get their phones scanned at the door. They eat restaurant-style food and sip movie-themed cocktails in theater lounges before the films... More