Articles for tag: Best Movies, French Movies, Video on Demand

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Netflix and Blockbuster: Video on Demand

At the time Netflix entered the market, they were a small player in what was essentially an oligopolistic market. In 1996, when Netflix was first entering the market, Blockbuster had grabbed 23% of the market share (Landler, 1996) and by 1998 this number had increased to 27%, according to Paul Kagan Associates (“The Media Business,” ...

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Why Films Such as “Bel Ami” Are Being Released on Demand

While the film “Bel Ami” features an all-star cast including Robert Pattinson and Uma Thurman, it was not released in theaters. The decision to release the film straight to video raised a few eyebrows considering the cast. However, there may be a few reasons why “Bel Ami” went straight to video on demand. One of ...

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Road Kill and Mystery: A Movie Review

Director: Dean Francis. Writer: Clive Hopkins. Vehicles have been a part of horror cinema in many shapes and forms since Stephen King’s Christine, and Maximum Overdrive in the ’80’s; the genre was explored earlier in 1971 with Steven Spielberg’s first feature film the Duel (Prone). Now, Australia gets in to the vehicular mayhem with a ...