Now Releasing Crackle Movies

Crackle.com, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s video website, will expand its feature film offering to nearly 100 titles. It was announced by Eric Berger, senior vice president, digital networks for Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Crackle will present movies from Sony Pictures’ library, adding new content monthly. Among the new films available is Spider-Man 2, along with Groundhog [...]

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New Mobile Game Star: Sherlock Holmes

Gameloft, a leading publisher and developer of digitally distributed video games, announced today (April 28) a worldwide licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Digital Distribution to develop, publish, and distribute the mobile game for the Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ film Sherlock Holmes. The film is directed by Guy Ritchie and starring Robert Downey, [...]

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Switch on Verizon for Chinese TV

Verizon and Sino Television Inc., a privately held Chinese television company, announced a multiyear agreement today (April 28) to bring three Chinese-language channels to Verizon’s FiOS TV service. This week, Verizon will launch the first of these channels – Sino TV – a 24-hour Chinese-language channel. Sino Television is a Chinese-language television company that is [...]

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Home Coming on YouTube

Google has decided to combine YouTube features with Google Maps to show Luc Besson’s and Yann-Arthus Betrand’s 90 minute full-length film “Home.” It’ll be available online on YouTube for English, French, Spanish, and German–speaking countries beginning June 5 — just in time for the 37th World Environment Day.  Displaying aerial camerawork, the film aims to [...]

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HBO Alzheimer’s Series Free on Cox

In conjunction with HBO, the cable television company Cox Communications will allow all digital cable customers – not only those that subscribe to HBO – to have free access to its upcoming documentary series “The Alzheimer’s Project.” Beginning May 11, digital cable customers can access all four documentaries in the series via Cox’s On Demand [...]

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Music Matters in Hong Kong

Music Matters conference has roped in multimillion album-selling Jamie Cullum to perform at the event. Organisers of Music Matters, the Asia Pacific Music Forum, informs that delegates will be able to ask the 29-year-old singer-songwriter-pianist questions on his experiences as an artist in today’s music business. The Forum also says that with 4 million albums [...]

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Obsessed is at the Top

Earning $28.5 million at the box office, the April 24 release Obsessed was at the top of the chart for the weekend, April 24-26. The data comes from Rentrak Theatrical’s Box Office Essentials theatrical box office data collection and analytical service. Obsessed has done slightly better than the last week’s top movie, “17 Again,” which [...]

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The Blind Side Looks Ahead

“The Blind Side” depicts the true story of Michael Oher, a homeless African-American youngster from a broken home, taken in by a well-to-do white family who help him fulfill his potential. At the same time, Oher’s presence in the Touhys’ lives leads them to some insightful self-discoveries of their own. Warner Bros. Pictures reveals that [...]

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Mosquitoes vs. Actors

This is also a Hollywood-style thriller. Here, the stars are actor Ashton Kutcher, CNN, and Twitter. They’re up against the army of mosquitoes that are fast spreading killer malaria. As a result of the real-life action, UNICEF will be the recipient of a $100,000 gift from CNN Worldwide. The money is going to be utilized for [...]

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HBO to Show Afghan ‘Fixer’

“Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi” is directed by Ian Olds (“Occupation: Dreamland”). As HBO Documentary Films has acquired the U.S. broadcast rights of the documentary, the film presents an insight into Afghan politics. It focuses on the kidnapping and murder of a young Afghan fixer/interpreter by the Taliban and his prior relationship with an [...]

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