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The first train robbery

On 06 October 1866, the Reno Brothers robbed a moving train. Their exploits spawned two movies, including Love Me Tender.

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Putting Dollars In Context: A Hollywood Primer

The lede put my hype detector on vibrate and alarm: The movie industry finished a monster year with the biggest film-going weekend in recent history. I knew without reading another sentence that there would be no inflation-adjusted data or population-adjusted data or much in the way of holiday-weekend acknowledgement. Rather than simply grit my teeth […]

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Convergence Media

iTunes Sales Timed With DVD Releases

Apple’s iTunes will now be offering new movie releases on the same day as their DVD release. The PR statement notes that “new releases [are] priced at $14.99 and most catalog titles at $9.99.” Participating studios: 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Lionsgate, […]