Erik Gruenwedel
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Bob Iger Steps Up to Plate Following Latest School Shooting
In the aftermath of the latest (May 18) school shooting (the 22nd in 2018!) that saw a deranged teen (with legally-acquired assault weapons) slaughter 10 high school classmates, including a teacher, and wound 10 others in Santa Fe, Texas, our politically-divided country was again reduced to the repetitious cycle of “thoughts and prayers,” arguing on … Continue reading “Bob Iger Steps Up to Plate Following Latest School Shooting”
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MoviePass Running Out of Money. Who Knew?
NEWS ANALYSIS — The rollercoaster existence of movie ticket subscription service MoviePass took another precipitous plunge May 8, with shares of parent Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) closing down more than 31% at $1.45 per share. To the absolute shock of no one paying attention. The company, in a regulatory filing, disclosed it had $15.5 … Continue reading “MoviePass Running Out of Money. Who Knew?”
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Bob Iger Steps Up to Plate Following Latest School Shooting
In the aftermath of the latest (May 18) school shooting (the 22nd in 2018!) that saw a deranged teen (with legally-acquired assault weapons) slaughter 10 high school classmates, including a teacher, and wound 10 others in Santa Fe, Texas, our politically-divided country was again reduced to the repetitious cycle of “thoughts and prayers,” arguing on … Continue reading “Bob Iger Steps Up to Plate Following Latest School Shooting”
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MoviePass Running Out of Money. Who Knew?
NEWS ANALYSIS — The rollercoaster existence of movie ticket subscription service MoviePass took another precipitous plunge May 8, with shares of parent Helios and Matheson Analytics (HMNY) closing down more than 31% at $1.45 per share. To the absolute shock of no one paying attention. The company, in a regulatory filing, disclosed it had $15.5 … Continue reading “MoviePass Running Out of Money. Who Knew?”
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Home Entertainment Seeks VR Lifeline – at the Mall?
Apparently alternate reality has come to the home entertainment industry. Stephanie Prange’s insightful report from the recent DEG event about Virtual Reality (VR), Alternate Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) infusing new hope for home entertainment studios underscores the fact that this alphabet soup of hype is definitely not reality. Industry experts contend that VR … Continue reading “Home Entertainment Seeks VR Lifeline – at the Mall?”
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Hoop Players Confused by Packaged Media
SAN ANTONIO – Heading into the NCAA men’s college basketball Final Four weekend, players from competing schools were given a variety of swag items, including movie DVDs – without digital codes, of course. Sports-themed discs such as I, Tonya, Creed, Goal! and even pre-order vouchers for Black Panther elicited confusion among some players accustomed to … Continue reading “Hoop Players Confused by Packaged Media”
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‘Downsizing’ at UltraViolet?
As studio home entertainment divisions trumpet the Disney-spawned and re-jiggered Movies Anywhere, Paramount Pictures and Lionsgate remain on the sidelines. Paramount recently announced the digital (March 6) and 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Disc (March 20) street dates for the comedy Downsizing, starring Oscar-winners Matt Damon and director Alexander Payne. Notable to the packaged-media release: cloud-based … Continue reading “‘Downsizing’ at UltraViolet?”
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Netflix Blows Lid Off Hollywood’s Female Age Ceiling
Hollywood’s age cap on conventional female attractiveness has always been unfairly low when compared to male actors. Netflix appears to be disrupting this industry norm as well. It just launched a 13-episode reboot of Norman Lear’s long-running 70s-80s sitcom, “One Day at a Time,” co-starring 87-year-old Rita Moreno as an “old-school” Cuban-born mom who hardly … Continue reading “Netflix Blows Lid Off Hollywood’s Female Age Ceiling”
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It’s a Netflix World
NEWS ANALYSIS – Netflix hit another fiscal home run Jan. 22, reporting record 8.3 million subscriber growth in its most-recent financial period. The SVOD pioneer now has more than 117 million subscribers globally. And it’s growing, with no end in sight. The company forecasting 6.4 million new subs in the first quarter, ending March 31. … Continue reading “It’s a Netflix World”