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On the evening of July 7, a simulated explosion rocked Avenue B between 6th and 7th Streets during filming for the Netflix series Jessica Jones, which is based on a Marvel comic. This is fine. Filming stuff on location in New York City earns tax revenue and lends credibility to productions and gives any ordinary […]
Committed Orange Is the New Black superfan Samantha Gardella, a 19-year-old film student, got the attention of the show’s cast and crew when she released a video of an unauthorized visit to the show’s exterior set in Orangeburg, New York. Days after the show’s third season dropped on Netflix, it was reported that the crew […]
Film director Baz Luhrmann, known for his opulent reconstructions of The Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge, is looking for local talent to cast in his upcoming Netflix series about New York City in the ’70s. DNAinfo reports that that Luhrmann is looking for black and hispanic men and women between ages 18 and 21 to […]
The Man Without Fear is finally getting the chance to wash away the stink of early 2000s Ben Affleck with the first full trailer for the new Netflix original series Daredevil. It looks pretty awesome. It gives us our first real look at Boardwalk Empire star Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock: A blind defense lawyer […]
While BitTorrent is the most popular way to pirate movies, TV shows, and anything made out of 1s and 0s, there’s a new client that makes it look comparatively clunky. Popcorn Time, the Netflix of BitTorrent clients, makes streaming movies absurdly easy. It was shut down last month, but now it’s back, and the site […]
People seem to be increasingly concerned about the cropping of their films on Netflix; so much in fact that a new single-serving Tumblr has popped up devoted solely to bringing attention to the popular movie streaming service’s common practice of adapting movies using the “pan and scan” method. This simple formatting technique adjusts what would be a widescreen film […]
