Movies Stories for 2019

Would Social Media Have Made Life Worse For Richard Jewell? 81
The Next Big Streaming Trend? Recommendations From Actual People 36
'Rise of Skywalker' Falls Short of Predecessors. Is the Future Streaming? 340
'Cats' Director Rushes Visual Effects Update Into Theaters After Disastrous Opening 101
First-Run Movies at Home For the Ultra-Rich at Just $2,500 a Pop 101
LucasFilm President Answers The Burning 'Star Wars' Question: What's Next? 211
Remembering Rene Auberjonois, 'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' Actor 27
Slashdot Asks: Your Favorite Movies, TV Shows, and Documentaries of 2019? 107
Netflix Ordered To Stop Poaching Fox Employees 96
Disney Becomes First Studio To Surpass $10 Billion At Worldwide Box Office 62
Disney Warns 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Effects Could Cause Seizures 150
EU Study Shows Online Piracy is Complex and Not Easy To Grasp 44
Filmmakers Sue State Department Over Social Media Surveillance Rules 20
Plex Launches Free, Ad-Supported Video Service in 200-Plus Countries, Territories 35
Netflix Cancels Rebooted 'Mystery Science Theatre 3000' 80
The Filmmaking Tech Behind 'The Mandalorian' Is Straight Out of the Star Wars Universe 90
Justice Department To Abolish Movie Distribution Rules Dating To 1949 141
'Sci-fi Makes You Stupid' Study Refuted by Scientists Behind Original Research 107
'Justice League' Stars Demand Release of Director Zack Snyder's Original Cut 40
Thousands of Hacked Disney+ Accounts Are Already For Sale On Hacking Forums 46
Disney + and 'The Mandalorian' Are Driving People Back To Torrenting 277
George Lucas Has Apparently Changed the Famous Greedo Scene In 1977's Star Wars Again, For Disney+ 284
More Than 10 Million Sign Up For Disney+ in First Day 59
Are We Living In a Blade Runner World? 223
The New Sonic the Hedgehog Movie Trailer is a Giant Relief 75
Carrie Fisher Was Originally Going To Be 'The Last Jedi' In the Final Star Wars Movie 165
Struggling 'Terminator' Movie Has An Even Worse Second Weekend 271
James Dean, Who Died In 1955, Will Return To the Big Screen Via CGI 93
Apple TV, Apple TV, Apple TV, and Apple TV+ 71
Martin Scorsese: I Said Marvel Movies Aren't Cinema. Let Me Explain. 225
Enjoy Netflix While It Lasts. It Can't Keep Going Like This Forever. 194
Microsoft and Warner Bros. Archived the Original 'Superman' Movie on a Futuristic Glass Disc 93
Third 'Terminator' Reboot Bombs at Box Office 243
Apple TV+ Meets Rivals on Originals, But Lack of Back Catalog Is Big Omission 44
Netflix Plan To Test Varying Play Speeds Meets Filmmaker Backlash 212
Netflix Launches $4 Mobile-only Monthly Plan in Malaysia 20
Netflix May Crack Down On Password Sharing 94
Disney+ Does Not Work On Linux Devices 80
Unnatural Selection: the Eye-Opening Netflix Docuseries On Gene Editing 27
Hulu Finally Adds Downloads For Offline Mobile Viewing 16
'Suicide Squad' Director Urges DC and Marvel Fans To Stop Feuding 95
Videogame Records Site Refuses To Reinstate 'King of Kong' Billy Mitchell's High Scores 80
Disney Bans Netflix Ads As Streaming's Marketing Wars Intensify 44
Movie Theaters' Latest Gamble: Ads Mixed in With Trailers 233
Apple TV Plus Movies Might Hit Theaters Before Streaming Service 6
Spider-Man Returns To the Marvel Cinematic Universe 40
What 'Ad Astra' and Brad Pitt Get Wrong About Space Travel, Science and Life In the Cosmos 89
Mysterious Avid Issue Knocks Out Mac Pro Workstations Across Hollywood 98
As Netflix Loses TV favorites Like 'The Office' To New Rivals, DVD and Blu-ray Sellers See a Big Opportunity 54
HBO Fends Off Streamers at Emmys While Other TV Networks Struggle 92
Amazon Confirms 'Lord of the Rings' TV Series Will Be Filmed In New Zealand 106
NBCUniversal's Streaming Service Is Called Peacock and It's Launching Next April 69
'Men In Black' Director Barry Sonnenfeld Calls 8K, Netflix HDR 'Stupid' 279
Google Search is Getting Personalized TV and Movie Recommendations 15
Disney Is Leading the Charge Against Netflix By Returning To Weekly Episode Releases 129
Netflix-like Pirate Sites Offered More Video Than the Real Netflix, Feds Say 31
Netflix Has Now Shipped 5 Billion DVDs To Its Members 29
Slashdot Asks: What's Your Favorite Underappreciated Movie? 893
UHD Alliance, Filmmakers, TV Vendors, and Hollywood Studios Announce 'Filmmaker Mode' To Fight Motion Smoothing 6
2019 Hugo Award Winners Include a Fan Fiction Site and 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' 120
Netflix Tests 'Collections' That Are Curated By Humans Instead of Algorithms 32
Streaming Video Will Soon Look Like the Bad Old Days of TV 140
Sony Pulls Spider-Man Out of the MCU Over Profit-Sharing Dispute With Disney 182
'Matrix 4' Officially a Go With Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss 208
Disney Fights Streaming Account Sharing With Help From Cable Industry 46
How Netflix Is Using Its Muscle To Push Filmmaking Technology Boundaries 50
Was 'The Matrix' Part of Cinema's Last Great Year? 179
MoviePass Reportedly Changed Account Passwords To Prevent Users From Seeing Films 49
Disney Announces $12.99 Bundle For Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ 118
MoviePass Worked Out Great 118
American Movie Studios Appease Chinese Censors 284
Amazon Just Brought Prime Video To VR Headsets 55
Would You Pay $17 To $27 Monthly For All Video Streaming Services Combined? 196
Is Motion Smoothing Ruining Cinema? 347
Blade Runner Actor Rutger Hauer Dies Aged 75 135
As Streaming Offerings Become More Expensive and Convoluted, People Are Setting Up Their Own Smaller, More Intimate Platforms 159
'Avengers' Surpasses 'Avatar' as Highest-Grossing Film of All Time 141
Comic-Con Trailers Include 'Star Trek: Picard' and HBO's 'Watchmen' Series 205
James Bond Was Going To Fight Robot Sharks With Nukes In New York's Sewers 90
Netflix Will Roll Out a Lower-Priced Subscription Plan in India 58
They're Making a Movie Based On the 1978 Game 'Space Invaders' 132
Streaming's Bounty of Choices Overwhelms Consumers 115
Coming To a Streaming Service Near You: Shows Costing as Much as Big-Budget Movies 81
WarnerMedia Announces HBO Max, Its Netflix Rival That Will Launch Next Year 65
A Look at How Movies and Shows From Netflix and Amazon Prime Video Are Pirated 219
Netflix Could Lose Almost a Quarter of Its Subscribers If It Started Running Ads, Study Shows 172
MoviePass Has Shut Down For 'Several Weeks' To Update Its App 47
Regal Cinemas Readying Unlimited Ticket Subscription Program 64
'Avengers: Endgame' Is Returning To Theaters With New Footage 122
Slashdot Asks: Does Anyone Still Like Godzilla? 231
Steven Spielberg Is Writing a Horror Series That You Can Only Watch At Night 136
New Game Based On 'The Blair Witch Project' Demoed at Microsoft Xbox Event 27
Why Some Businesses Really Hate Yelp 115
Piracy is Ethically Acceptable For Many Harvard Lawyers, Research Finds 101
WarnerMedia Scraps Plan For a Three-Tiered Streaming Service, To Package HBO, Cinemax and its Library Into One Offering For $16 to $17 a Month 61
Netflix To Raise Prices For UK Subscribers By Up To 20% 70
Hundreds of Thousands of 'Pirate' Sites Disappear Following Takedown Notices 43
Movie Companies Sue 'YTS' and 'YIFY' Site Operators in US Court 169
Will Disney+ Destroy Netflix? 348
Can James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger Revive The 'Terminator' Franchise? 226
'Sonic the Hedgehog' Movie is Getting Delayed To Redesign the Title Character 114
Rotten Tomatoes Tackles Review Bombing By Requiring Users To Verify Ticket Purchase Before Rating a Film 153
Cable TV Customer Satisfaction Falls Even Further Behind Streaming Video 52
Sony Reportedly Launches Marvel-Inspired Studio To Turn Games Into Movies, Shows 36
Who Killed America's Demo Scene? 143
Actor Peter Mayhew, Who Portrayed Chewbacca the Wookiee in the "Star Wars" Films, Has Died 159
'Avengers: Endgame' Shatters Box Office Records 236
High School Production of 'Alien' Suprised By Visit From Sigourney Weaver 61
Google 'Thanos' For an Epic 'Avengers: Endgame' Easter Egg 48
Sinemia, a Would-be Rival To MoviePass, Shuts Down US Movie-Ticket Subscription Service 28
Academy Leaves Door Open To Netflix After Tussle Over Oscars Eligibility Rules 41
Netflix Is Experimenting With a 'Random Episode' Feature For TV Shows 39
Netflix Will Invest Up To $100 Million In a NYC Production Hub 36
MoviePass Has Lost Over 90% of Its Subscribers in Less Than a Year, Leaked Documents Reveal 62
'Avengers: Endgame' Footage Leaks on Reddit, YouTube, and Twitter 80
George Lucas Actually Consulted For The Script Of 'Star War: Episode IX' 141
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings To Depart Facebook Board of Directors 41
DVD and Blu-Ray Sales Nearly Halved Over Five Years, MPAA Report Says 83
Disney+ Streaming Service To Launch In November, Priced At $6.99 Monthly 130
T-Mobile Rebrands Layer3 Service as 'TVision Home', Inks Deal To Add Amazon Prime Video 29
Roku Is No Longer a Neutral Platform After Today's Roku OS 9.1 Update 41
Viewers Who Stream More Also Go To Cinemas More 53
Justice Department Warns Academy About Changing Oscar Rules To Exclude Streaming 140
Global Video Streaming Market is Largely Controlled by the Usual Suspects 39
Blockbuster Video Now Has Just One Store Left On Earth 129
Apple TV+, With Shows From Spielberg, Oprah and J.J. Abrams, is Coming This Fall 101
New App Gives Free Movie Tickets To People Who Watch 15 Minutes of Ads 142
Flood of 4K James Bond Leaks Further Point To iTunes Breach 114
Global Box Office Flat in 2018, Netflix and Subscription Services Rise in Popularity 53
MoviePass Brings Back Its Unlimited Movie Plan 50
Google Is Shutting Down Its Emmy Award-Winning VR Film Studio 23
Apple Confirms March 25th Event, Expected To Announce New TV Service 38
'Captain Marvel' Smashes Box Office Record, Laughs Off Review-Bombing Trolls 549
Disney To Close 'Vault' For Good As It Moves Film Library To Streaming Service 153
Netflix Makes Statement In Wake Of Steven Spielberg's Attempt To Block Streaming Giant From Oscars 176
Ridley Scott's 'Alien' Will Finally be Released in 4K HDR For Its 40th Anniversary 92
Netflix is Testing Even More Expensive Subscription Prices 143
Netflix May Be Losing $192 Million Per Month From Piracy, Study Claims 252
Studies Keep Showing That the Best Way To Stop Piracy Is To Offer Cheaper, Better Alternatives 111
Rotten Tomatoes Bans User Reviews and Comments Before a Film's Theatrical Release To Counter Online Trolls 443
'Captain Marvel' Review Bombers Have Dropped Rotten Tomatoes Audience Rating To Lowest Among MCU Movies 840
Netflix Buys Rights To Stream Chinese Sci-Fi Blockbuster 'The Wandering Earth' 214
'Netflix Is the Most Intoxicating Portal To Planet Earth' 94
Hollywood Tries To Cripple Several Alleged Pirate TV Services In One Lawsuit 30
Star of Film 'Downfall' and Widespread 'Hitler Finds Out...' Meme, Dead At 77 50
Samsung To Stop Making 4K Blu-Ray Players, Report Says 71
James Cameron's Alita: Battle Angel Released After Sixteen Years 140
'90s-Style 'Captain Marvel' Website Will Have You Nostalgic for Dial-Up 137
Sony Pictures Open Sources Software Used to Make 'Into the Spider-Verse' 38
UltraViolet Digital Movie Locker is Shutting Down 66
Netflix, Amazon, and Hollywood Studios Shut Down Dragon Box 54
Amazon Prime Video Has More Movies, But Netflix Has Higher-Rated Films, Study Says 200
Netflix Becomes First Streaming Company To Join the MPAA 139
Netflix 'Would Lose 57 Percent of Their Subscribers If They Added Commercials' 287
'I Got Death Threats For Writing a Bad Review of Aquaman' 384
Netflix Says It Has 10 Percent of All TV Time In the US 52
Netflix To Raise Prices By 13% To 18% 228
GPU Accelerated Realtime Skin Smoothing Algorithms Make Actors Look Perfect 138
IMDb Launches Ad-Supported Movie Streaming Service 39
Apple Might Launch Its Long-Awaited TV Service In First Half of 2019 33
LG Introduces Rollable OLED TV 90
Video Games Now Account For More Than Half of UK Entertainment Market 49