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Cinema v streaming – why watching movies at home is now most popular option
Timothée Chalamet in 'Wonka'. Image: Warner Bros. The average UK cinema-to-streaming wait time in 2023 was 74 days 78% of people prefer watching films on streaming platforms over the cinema The comfort of being at home is the reason 75% of people prefer streaming over the cinema 91% of box office…
Disney confirms 3D movies on Apple Vision Pro, Will Rabbit R1 replace the smartphone?
AI-washing has reached consumer tech. Dozens of internet-connected devices are now described as powered by artificial intelligence. But amid the AI grills and mattress toppers, the gadget attracting most attention is a smartphone replacement that looks like a Playmobil toy. The R1 is an AI “pocket companion” that costs $199 and claims to have sold…
Analysis Reveals Top Gambling Movies Of All Time
Do you feel a pull to watch gambling movies? Well, you are not alone! Many movie enthusiasts, actors, filmmakers, producers, and online gamers feel the same way. Watching gambling movies is equally as thrilling as playing any casino game, whether online or offline. Believe it or not, some of the top gambling movies of all…
Sports Movies: Best Ice Hockey Movies of All-Time
Sport lends itself perfectly to the movie industry, with its unpredictable nature making it the ideal fodder for film producers to sink their teeth into. At the heart of every great sports movie is the back story, which generally focuses on the struggles the central characters faced to be successful. As recently highlighted by an…
“Only 93% of popular movies were directed by men.” 70 women tell Hollywood to #MakeItFair
This brilliant spoof by 70 actresses calls on Hollywood to make the movie industry fair, and give men 100% of the spoils: In their own words: #makeitfair is a call for gender equality in the stories we tell, the wages we earn, and the future we shape. The goal is vast and so, as artists, we…
Virgin Media customers can finally access Sky Movies on Android
iOS-toting Virgin Media customers have had access to Sky Movies and Sky Sports apps since earlier this year, and now it's getting slightly fairer for everyone else because Android users getting access to one of those apps. There is a catch, of course. You need to be signed up for Virgin's M+ TV package or higher, but…
Tesco is offering free digital movies if you buy them on disc
In this day and age only having a film on DVD or Blu-ray isn't good enough, because you can't play those on a smart device. The problem is that companies make it incredibly difficult to rip the discs to your computer, even if you have no intention of distributing them online. That's where digital copies…
Marmosets can learn from movies, who knew?
Well, this is bananas. First tortoises were using iPads, now scientists say that marmosets can learn from movies, and they're not, er, monkeying around. (Sorry.) As New Scientist reports, researchers from the University of Vienna filmed a marmoset opening a plastic device to retrieve a treat in a lab setting. Then they took the video…
Moviedo is a to-do list app for all the movies you want to see
There are some productivity apps that look and sound great in theory, but then just a few weeks down the line we've opted back into using our notes app, or even an ACTUAL notebook to record our thoughts, lists and things we must do. Moviedo could be different. Although it's essentially just creating lists of…
Now Sky is going to take on Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Tesco in download and keep movies
Apple's iTunes Store, Netflix, Amazon and Tesco's Blinkbox will soon have a new rival. According to reports today Sky is planning to launch a new service that will enable customers to download and keep movie titles from its Sky Store. Up until now they have only been able to download them and keep them for…
