Cannibalizing future profits - so to speak

The last envelope I returned to Netflix came emblazoned with the following image: Edward Cullen. As if we don't see enough of his handso...

Cramming for Skyfall

I started to write this last week, then never got to post it. So instead of reworking it, I'll just post it as is and tack on a new endi...

Synched

Question: What's the most frustrating minor annoyance during a movie screening at home? Answer: When the dialogue doesn't match up w...

No "short wait" to revisit the original

I'll be seeing Total Recall this weekend. The 1990 version, not the 2012 version. Call it the remnants of an Arnold Schwarzenegger bing...

Is Blade V. a real person?

The goal in any television commercial featuring "real" customers is to prove that they are really real. Netflix seems to have take...

The wrong time to impose structure

I can't imagine ever giving up the DVD-through-the-mail option from Netflix. Oh, I know there will come a time when technological advanc...

Released at the discretion of Netflix?

Yesterday I received the movie Higher Ground in the mail from Netflix. The funny thing is, that was the first day of its official availabil...

Strange gaps in the Netflix catalogue

Don't you tend to think of Netflix as the one place you can rely on to get pretty much any movie you want? There are limitations, of co...

Searching for Star Wars on Netflix

A lot of people have written a lot of words on why Netflix sucks now. I have not been one of them. I've already written a couple times a...