They’ve upped the list to ten this year. Five aren’t yet on video but the other five can be found in the Media Services collection. Avatar – Not yet on video.The Blind Side – Not yet on video.District 9 – DVD 6686An Education – Not yet on video.The Hurt Locker – DVD 6762Inglourious Basterds – […]
Continue readingFrom WikiHow: How to get free movie tickets
Some of these are pretty obvious and some aren’t exactly free in that they require work such as writing reviews. link
Continue readingMovies of the 2000s montage
Mostly stuff that showed in American theaters but entertaining. link
Continue readingSelected New Home Use Titles
Dead Man’s Shoes – HU DVD 6540The Spy Who Came In From The Cold – HU DVD 6458Adventureland – HU DVD 6464Chronicle Of A Disappearance – HU DVD 6465Beaufort – HU DVD 6466Drawn From Memory – HU DVD 6467Yellow Asphalt – HU DVD 6468Lemon Tree – HU DVD 6469Fast Times At Ridgemont High – HU […]
Continue readingNetflix- window to our souls
The New York Times website has a great interactive map of Netflix data which shows the popularity of various movie rentals across zip codes. They’ve mapped twelve major urban areas including DC. The maps reveal unexpected patterns. Why does I Love You Man, the Paul Rudd tour de force, stand out in zip code 20057 […]
Continue readingFilm/Television Studies library guide now online
Joe Bob says: Check it out! Here!
Continue readingA History of Banned and Censored Films – courtesy of UCal Berkeley Library
This filmography created by media librarian Gary Handman has many titles that are also available in the AU collection. It’s fun to browse through as it’s loaded with notes on where and why a film was banned. Sample entry: The Last Picture Show(1973) Director, Peter Bagdanovich. Cast: Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Ellen Burstyn, Ben Johnson, […]
Continue readingWill Ferrell is Number One – Forbes’ Most Overpaid Actor List
Forbes looked at 100 top actors based on their widely released films over the past five years. It factored in the production costs of those movies against how much boxoffice, DVD and other revenue they generated in order to come up with an operating income for each film, which it then compared with the salaries […]
Continue readingIn case you were wondering: How Clean are the Netflix DVDs and Mailers?
Turns out, they are fairly clear of bacteria and disease… Full article here: http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2009/11/how-clean-are-the-netflix-dvds-and-mailers.html
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