Regardless of your political leanings, the struggle for fair wages and collective bargaining is fraught with drama, and Hollywood’s union movies have inspired some amazing performances. With the public workers standoff in the n…
Usually, the Oscars highlight the chasm between Hollywood’s elite and average Americans. But, says one movie critic: “This is one of the rare years when critics and paying audiences backed the nominees.” Also notable in 2011 is…
Is the world’s largest online retailer getting ready to challenge movie-subscription service Netflix? Amazon.com on Tuesday unveiled a videostreaming service — available to its Prime members at no additional cost — that could…
Walt Disney is increasing the wholesale prices it charges for DVDs to movies-by-mail leader Netflix and movie-rental kiosk operator Redbox. Disney is looking to benefit further from being the only major studio to sell DVDs to t…
Netflix, whose DVD-by-mail service hastened the demise of several video rental chains, may soon find itself under siege from Amazon. The world’s largest online retailer appears to be on the verge of launching its own unlimited …