Netflix Instant Streaming Will Get 1080p Later This Year (/Film)

Cnet has word that Netflix will be upgrading their very popular Instant Streaming service to 1080p with 5.1 surround sound audio, later this year. Netflix's current capacity maxes out at 720p on an High Definition-compatible box (X Box 360, Playstation 3, and Roku). No release date has been...

iPad tweet lands editor in hot water with Apple (The Guardian Technology blog)

Apple has spent years fine-tuning its incredible reputation for secrecy - doing everything from investigating its own employees when information is leaked to the media to silencing teenage bloggers who appear to know too much. The latest individual on the receiving end of the company's appears to...

Get Him to the Greek: One Week Earlier (/Film)

Universal Pictures has a couple more minor release date changes, including a new date for the Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off, Get Him to the Greek. The story, written and directed by Nicolas Stoller, follows a fresh-out-of-college record company intern named Aaron Greenberg (Jonah Hill) who...

Three Counts Filed Against Charlie Sheen (Entertainment Tonight)

ET has learned what happened inside the Aspen, CO courtroom today, where Charlie Sheen and his wife Brooke Mueller appeared related to an alleged domestic violence dispute last Christmas. Three counts were filed against Sheen -- a felony menacing count and two misdemeanors (3rd degree assault and...

Warner Brothers Options Heist Society, a “Thomas Crown Affair for Teens”; Ironically, The Thomas Crown Affair 2 Also Moves Foward (/Film)

Within the next few years, you can safely expect to see just about every film genre reworked for teens -- the last few that haven't already been fed into the Teen Machine will be lined up right quick. Not that there's anything wrong with that, necessarily. Skewing a film young doesn't mean it...

Teaser Trailer: Studio Ghibli’s Karigurashi No Arrietty (The Borrowers) (/Film)

Twitch has posted a short teaser trailer for the upcoming animated film from Japan's Studio Ghibli titled Karigurashi No Arrietty (The Borrowers). Hiromasa Yonebayashi, who served as a key animator on Hayao Miyazaki's classics Princess Mononoke, Howl's Moving Castle or Spirited Away, makes his...

Mr. and Mrs. Smith May Get Prequel/Reboot With New Stars (/Film)

I'm not sure that you can really call this a 'reboot', but there's word that Fox and Regency Enterprises are working on a new Mr. and Mrs. Smith film that would, in effect, be just a new film story entirely. The new movie, called Mr. and Mrs. Jones, would essentially be a way to keep the core...

News: Mookie and Melvin join Mets (MetsBlog)

The Mets have named Mookie Wilson as the team’s minor league outfield and base running coordinator. Wilson had been the team’s first base coach, and managed Single-A Brooklyn in 2005. “It’s good to be back,” said Wilson, in a team press release. “This is where I started and I’m...

Video Montage: The Films of the 2000’s (/Film)

At the end of each year we usually publish a couple video montages showcasing the best movies of the last 365 days. /Film reader Paul Proulx decided to take it one step further and put together a video montage of the films of the last decade - the films of the 2000's. Watch the montage embedded...

Josh Rouse played Le Poisson Roigew/ Christina Courtin (pics), but had to cancel Philly because of snow (Brooklyn Vegan)

photos by Tim Griffin Josh Rouse played two nights at (Le) Poisson Rouge Thursday, February 4th and Friday the 5th with Christina Courtin. The pictures here are from that second show. He, like Those Darlins who were at Bowery Ballroom...Source : Brooklyn Vegan (subscribe)