3-D Inflating Box Office But Not Inflating Interest

The recent trend in 3-D films in the past 2 years has come with a lot of hyperbole and revolutionary talk. One just has to listen to last week’s Oscar telecast to hear all of the below-the-line winners for Avatar talk about the genius of what James Cameron has done for movie making.

But [...]

Positivity Returning to Television

In a down economy, the quick answer from studio and network executives was, “Audiences want escapism.” The idea being that after a hard day being fired from your job and getting late notices on your bills, viewers didn’t want to see characters going through the same problems. They’d rather see characters who had [...]

District 9 Deserves the Sci-Fi Slot Over Star Trek in the Oscar’s Best Picture Category

A lot of noise was made last June with the Academy announced they were expanding the Best Picture category from 5 to 10 nominees. They wanted the Oscars to better represent main stream audiences and make room for more blockbuster hits.

The poster child of the new type of Best Picture nominee was JJ [...]

The Olympics is a time for quitters.

The Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics begin February 12 and athletes have been preparing for their shot at the cold gold for almost four years. Behind them, NBC Sports is preparing to repeat their expansive coverage of the games as practiced in Beijing two years ago. Using the full portfolio of NBC/Universal broadcast and [...]