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The Netflix Tech Blog produced part one of a deep dive into how its recommendations work back in April and now the team is back with the other half. If you're among the many wondering why certain movies get pushed to the front of your recommendations and others don't, the key is their attempt to predict, mostly based on data from other users, what you will both play and enjoy. The most interesting … [Read more...]
The launch of “Transformers: The Ride – 3D” at Universal Studios theme park has brought director Michael Bay out and about doing interviews – and naturally, the questions have turned to Transformers 4, which Bay will be back to direct. Recent word from the director has pegged the fourth installment as being the opening act of a new storyline – presumably, a new … [Read more...]
The good news is that after many rumors, Warner Home Video has finally confirmed it's bringing the TV show Friends to Blu-ray this fall. The (potentially) bad news is that it's going to be an all or nothing affair, with all 236 episodes (90 hours) shoved into a 21-disc BD-50 set with the 17 hours of bonus features from the DVD releases, plus three hours of new special features. While the … [Read more...]
Not to be outdone by the announcement that HBO’s Game of Thrones was moved into the super-sized Hall H, Showtime has secured a place at Comic-Con 2012 for its biggest hit by bringing Dexter in for a first-day panel and Q & A session with two of the show’s stars; namely, Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and Jennifer Carpenter (Deb). Meanwhile, in an apparent effort to consolidate … [Read more...]
It looks like Fox is nearing a deal to keep all the great singing in the family. According to Michael Ausiello of TV Line, Jessica Sanchez is closing in on a deal to appear on multiple Glee Season 4 episodes. It's unclear at the moment what role the American Idol Season 11 runner-up would take on, but she'd likely debut at midseason. Sanchez - who competed on America's Got Talent in 2006 but has … [Read more...]
Between his stand-up comedy, astute writing on pop culture and wonderfully odd performances in movie and TV roles, Patton Oswalt is a something of a modern media renaissance man. He's voiced a rat for Pixar, terrorized a football franchise in the excellent Big Fan, and earned well-deserved praise for his part in last year's Young Adult; and this week, Oswalt appears in director Lorene Scafaria's … [Read more...]
It's been a bit of a waiting game for TiVo users with Android tablets, ever since the company released an app for iOS. As of today, however, that wait is over. The TiVo app is now is arriving in the Google Play today store for tablets, bringing with it remote control functionality, a show guide, search and programming / actor info. The the app also helps you monitor your recording storage and … [Read more...]
Seth MacFarlane's Ted: The talking teddy bear movie so dirty that even the behind the scenes featurettes are red band.Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg), a grown man who must deal with … [Read more...]
As cool as lasers are, so far there are precious few commercially available display devices available that use them. That may change with this new green semiconductor laser diode announced by Sony and Sumitomo, capable of the brightness necessary to replace the more expensive light sources used to fill in the middle of the RGB setup. According to the two companies, it's the world's first one … [Read more...]
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