On 06 October 1866, the Reno Brothers robbed a moving train. Their exploits spawned two movies, including Love Me Tender.
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The first train robbery
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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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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, […]