by Josh A. on June 4, 2012 in News, Rumors
Iron Man, debatedly the coolest member of the Avengers, will be in yet another Iron Man film, Iron Man 3. Disney and Marvel announced today that the film will be released on May 3rd 2013 and will star Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man once again. Here’s a still frame of the movie that was [...]
by Brett B. on November 30, 2011 in Apps
The game is very simple, use the water to collect the three ducks, then get the water to Swampy the Alligator so he can shower. From the start of Angry Birds many mobile games have come out with this simple concept, collect 3 and win. Angry Birds has certainly achieved much fame from being one [...]
by Morgan Williams on November 29, 2011 in News
Have you noticed? You can now rent movies on YouTube! Some rentals are only 99¢. This may be part of a temporary price reduction to get us all addicted to watching shows on YouTube, but it’s definitely worth it. It’ll save you a trip to RedBox, and you won’t get charged extra for forgetting to [...]
by Morgan Williams on October 7, 2011 in Apps, New Technology
Cars 2, which apparently did very well in the box office, is soon going to make an appearance on a screen near you: the iPad. Disney’s AppMATes iPad app is a game that interacts with physical car toys that you place on the iPad screen. Remember the days when we had to use our imagination to [...]
by Josh A. on June 28, 2011 in News
When I first saw the previews for Cars 2, I facepalmed for a little while. My thoughts went something like this: “Seriously? The first one wasn’t even that good. Cars is one of those weird Pixar movies, like Wall-E. Why would they make a second one?” –My Brain. Apparently, my brain was wrong, as Cars [...]
by Josh A. on May 20, 2011 in News
When I first got Netflix, I was simultaneously excited and disappointed. I loved that there were multitudes of movies ready to be watched instantly on the website –but at the same time, I was disappointed with the selection. Probably 90% of the movies available to watch instantly are movies I’ve never heard of before, including [...]
by Josh A. on May 19, 2011 in News, Rumors
I just finished watching the 3rd Pirate of the Caribbean movie, At World’s End. Most people don’t care for the 2nd and 3rd installments of the series, holding that the 1st movie was the best, and I halfway agree. Personally, I enjoyed the 2nd and 3rd movies, though I will admit that they had bizarre [...]
by Josh A. on March 1, 2011 in Apps, New Technology, News
Nielsen data recently revealed that 59% of consumers use the web while they watch TV. Disney has taken this need for multitasking to the next level by introducing a new feature in their DVDs called Second Screen. Second Screen is a program that is accessed via a downloadable app (through the iTunes store) on your [...]
by Josh A. on February 14, 2011 in News, Rumors
The future of the online movie-watching business is uncertain right now. Apple’s iTunes store saw a 60% increase in revenue last year (2010) in internet based subscription services but had its overall share of internet subscription movies shrink from 74.4% to 64.5%. Other competitors to Apple include Microsoft’s Zune store (with the Kinect on Xbox [...]