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  • Magnolia Pictures, one of the leading independent theatrical and home entertainment distributors in the U.S., announced a new partnership with industry leader Samsung and its dedicated service Samsung TV Plus, the 100% free, ad-supported TV and video on-demand service, for access to Magnolia Pictures’ illustrious film catalog through select streaming offerings. Samsung users will be…
  • Premiering globally this Wednesday, May 8 on Apple TV+, the documentary series “The Hollywood Con Queen” explores the shocking story of a mysterious figure who impersonated powerful female executives in Hollywood to lure victims with the promise of life-changing career opportunities. The ‘Con Queen’s victims exhaust their personal finances in pursuit of a big break,…
  • How do you know a movie is a hit? If people are willing to pay for it before it drops onto a streaming service. Well at least that can be one way to tell. And by that measure, which I just came up with off the top of my head, Dune 2 is a big…
  • Amazon made a bet that customers would not revolt in mass when it shifted its video strategy to make its entire customer base default to an ad-free video service. The move was Netflix-like in that it established the service as the largest ad-supported service overnight much the same way Netflix became the largest streaming service…
  • TUrner has a huge library of clasic movies and now you can get them digitally through Fandango at Home. The service, which has been rebranded from its long time name Vudu, is offering multiple movies at a time for a $5.00 apiece. Can you still buy DVD’s for $5.00 at Walmart? I haven’t looked through…
  • Apple TV+ today announced a series order for riveting new three-part documentary series “Hollywood Con Queen,” from Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Chris Smith (“Tiger King,” “Fyre,” “100 Foot Wave”). Based on the original reporting of investigative journalist Scott Johnson, and his book published by Harper Collins titled, “Hollywood Con Queen: The Hunt for an Evil Genius,”…
  • In a promotion Pluto TV is calling April Gouls, the free streamer has decided to mark the halfway point to Halloween with a horror movie-themed month. April will featuer movies filled with the supernatural, thrills and chills themed programming,  stunts and horror film filled marathons across a number of linear channels. The service is also…