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Once – The Musical

Great movie.  Great play? Some years back I had the pleasure of seeing a little indie musical romance called Once.  The story of two people from vastly different backgrounds finding common ground through music sounds treacly and unappealing, but it’s exactly theopposite.  The fresh faces of Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova gave it a sweet [...]

Netflix Caves to Warner Bros. on 56 Day Delay

Redbox tells them to screw off Well, well.  It looks like Netflix needs to borrow some balls from Redbox.  Earlier this month it was announced that Netflix had agreed to an increased delay of Warner Bros. DVD releases – an increase to 56 days or double the current asinine delay of 28 days. The studio [...]

And Eddie Murphy is……..OUT!

I can’t keep up with these people. Honestly.  I was just coming around to the idea of Eddie Murphy as Oscar host.  Initially, I was firmly opposed to the choice.  But then I was seeing the previews for Tower Heist, thinking that it looked like the old Eddie might be back on form.  A little [...]

Netflix + Quikster = WTF?

Netflix appears to let 12-year-old nephew run company I’m a longtime devoted fan of Netflix.  So back in March when they raised their prices I didn’t really bat an eye.  Come on – we get umpteen hours of programming a week from them, at our convenience, and they haven’t raised their prices much in all [...]

Movie Rewind is on Facebook!

And Twitter!  We love our social media! It was inevitable – Movie Rewind now has its very own Facebook page!  There’s always something going on in the world of movies – far more than we can post on every day.  So where, oh where, to put those tidbits?  On Facebook of course!  Join us and [...]