VOD Overdose is Movie Buzzers’ coverage of video-on-demand developments and upcoming films premiering on VOD. With an increasing number of studios embracing VOD as a way to premiere and distribute films, this column covers movies that might be worth...
Hi all! Starting today you will all have access to a brand new, twice-monthly column about the distribution channel known as Video on Demand. With the increasing popularity of the medium and it slowly becoming the choice of distribution for...
Every year during the seecond half of January, hundreds of film executives and independent producers fly to Utah for the Sundance Film Festival with the goal to find the Next Big Thing. Who can blame them? Films ranging from...
“One ring to rule them all.” I sat in the dark cinema next to my father and stared mouth agape at the titles unfolding on screen. My dad and I then turned to face one another and finished Tolkien’s...
Great musicians have bad songs. Gifted athletes have poor seasons. And talented directors make bad movies. For ten veteran directors with films coming out this year, 2012 is an opportunity to make up for recent disappointments — either films...
A number of directors who have recently had a successful film (or films!) are looking to keep the momentum going in 2012. Ten big names — many of them having won the Oscar for Best Director at some point in...
Not only can we look forward to a number of excellent films from established directors in 2012, but there are a number of newer directors looking to release new films as well… and for some of them its their...
There was a time that any film associated with writer/director/producer Judd Apatow meant instant box office success. The first two films directed by Apatow were big comedy hits: In 2005 The 40 Year Old Virgin made $109.4 million at...
With all the news surrounding Michelle Williams’ portrayal as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn, I had to see what the fuss was about over Monroe’s reportedly tumultuous time filming The Prince & the Showgirl with her co-star...
Well, it wasn’t that long ago when Meryl Streep (It’s Complicated) hit the big screen as the beloved American cooking legend, Julia Child, in Julie & Julia, directed and written by Nora Ephron (You‘ve Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle). ...
