Category: Movies
Blinkbox Xbox 360 update lets you nab movies directly from the Dashboard
Blinkbox, the movie download and rental service available to Xbox 360 users, has had its console app updated. Users of the service will now be able to purchase or rent Blinkbox movies directly from the dashboard, without having to delve…
World's first sound-activated ad to air before Dark Knight Rises screenings
We may well be used to "shushing" noisy cinema goers when watching the latest silver-screen blockbusters, but viewers of The Dark Knight Rises will be encouraged to be as noisy as possible as the world's first sound activated ad airs…
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES: Batman's Best Gadgets
The Dark Knight Rises hits cinemas today! The final part in Christopher Nolan's epic Batman trilogy, it sees the caped crusader take on the villainous, beefy Bane. He'll have to use all the tools in his nifty utility belt to…
The Dark Knight Rises swoops onto Virgin Media TiVo as an app
Virgin Media have released a "The Dark Knight Rises" app through their TiVo catch-up service to coincide with the hotly-anticipated final chapter in Christopher Nolan's epic Batman trilogy. Fans of the Dark Knight will be able browse trailers and clips…
Michael Fassbender to star in Assassin's Creed movie
Wow, now here's coup for the beleaguered development of the Assassin's Creed movie. According to Variety, top-notch thespian and star of Prometheus, Shame and X-Men First Class, Michael Fassbender, has just signed on to take the lead role in the…
LOVEFiLM sign content deal with Twentieth Century Fox
LOVEFiLM have signed a multi-year deal that will see their Instant members gain exclusive streaming access to top Twentieth Century Fox shows, as well as some of the summer's biggest blockbusters from the studio. From July, shows like Sons of…
LOVEFiLM sign exclusivity deal with Universal Pictures: Snow White and the Huntsman, Battleship streaming incoming
LOVEFiLM have today secured a new multi-year exclusivity deal with Universal Pictures that will see the Amazon-owned rental and streaming service get first dibs when it comes to streaming Universal's movies as of the second pay window. Through the LOVEFiLM…
Star Wars: Obiwan Kenobi has been arrested. No, seriously…
Obiwan Kenobi has been arrested. That's Obiwan Kenobi of Roseville, California, not Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi of Tatooine, "A Galaxy Far, Far Away". It seems Mr Kenobi is responsible for a mini-pile up involving four cars last week. The wannabe…
Warner Bros. release classic movie scripts as eBooks: Ben Hur, Casablanca and more
Movie giants Warner Brothers have launched a new eBook range called Inside The Script. Available in the iBookstore for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, and for the Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook, the Inside The Script titles take…
VIDEO: New Prometheus viral trailer confirms androids will be our creepy overlords in the future
Man, I haven't been any more excited for a film since we were all duped into seeing the Phantom Menace. But, as one YouTube commenter says of the latest spoiler-free viral clip for this summer's sci-fi epic Prometheus, "RIDLEY SCOTT,…
