Unfortunately, news on the video store front isn't so compelling: Microsoft is only adding TV shows at this point, no movies, and there's no way to pull video you've bought on your 360 over to your Zune.
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And, worst of all, there are no great movies out there to relieve the burden of this summer of our discontent.
Warner also has a sold catalog with Pacino's Any Given Sunday and Universal continues to play catch up with the very popular The Bourne Trilogy -- and no, the movies aren't available individually, which is a crime.
The new functionality from Netflix enables members to search for movies directly on their HDTV, so a PC is no longer necessary to find movies to watch instantly, or add to the member's instant Queue.
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Which means that we can take comfort in knowing that no matter how strange the universe is, we at least know that the physics of Michael Bay movies still have no relationship with the real world.
Even the act of choosing when to watch means you are no longer at the movies.
Plus instant access to up to 7, 000 VOD shows and movies at no extra charge.
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But bits are bits, and selling music and movies is no harder than selling software.
However, no 3-D movies have officially been announced for launch yet on the 3DS. In Japan, Nintendo has been experimenting with 3-D TV programs on the 3DS as well.
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For decades, studios had shied away from such a massive undertaking, with some saying no movie (or movies) would ever be able to capture the epic scope of the good-versus-evil tale.
AOC's award winning 2230Fm HD3 Display offers the same gaming experience as the 2230Fh, but adds a 4-in-1 memory card reader and built-in multi-media player for playing movies with NO PC REQUIRED.
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There is no news on whether the movies will follow the saga of the Skywalker family.
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He had no interest in music or movies, and he never took a trip.
In any case, the name by which foreigners know Hong Kong movies usually bears no relation to the domestic one.
After Jackson declared that he had no interest in directing five movies set in Middle Earth, del Toro was named his successor.
If you love action movies, watch the movies that have no action.
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To deliver on the growing consumer appetite for multiplatform entertainment viewing, Comcast offers a large collection of movies online at no additional cost on Fancast XFINITY TV.
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This is a perfect example of what I wrote yesterday about why the big studios really need to focus on blockbusters with lots of spin-off potential even if it means no more mid-budget movies.
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The novels still read thrillingly today (here's a tip: the best of them is "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"), but there is no question that when the movies came along, they overshadowed Fleming's ink-on-paper volumes.
These include escapist gems like Goldfinger (1964), Back to the Future (1985) and no less than two Batman movies, as well as certifiable cinematic classics including Grand Prix (1966), The Graduate (1967) and Driving Miss Daisy (1989).
It will help that The Dark Knight has virtually no competition in terms of big movies for the rest of the summer.
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T. the Extra-Terrestrial (No. 25), the movies that scored with ticket buyers rank higher overall than the Oscar winners on the AFI list.
This for a box that has no other purpose than to rent movies, when their DVD player can do that and be used to play the movies they own.
You walk around a lot, discover or discard items, fight bad guys, and take breaks to watch interstitial movies that patch together ideas from other books or movies (or make no sense whatsoever).
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The new iTunes features seamless integration with iCloud, which automatically puts all of your purchases into your library on your Mac or PC, regardless of which device you used to make the purchase. iCloud also remembers where you are in your favorite movies or TV shows no matter which device you're viewing on.
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Prime members get unlimited, commercial-free, instant access to more than 12, 000 movies and TV shows at no additional cost.
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Prime members get unlimited, commercial-free, instant access to more than 11, 000 movies and TV shows at no additional cost.
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Tiny Fey, at No. 90, smartly moved into movies and took her late-night TV success to primetime with her NBC show 30 Rock.
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