Joker director Todd Phillips says theaters should stop showing commercials before movies: “[They] tend to take the air out of the room.” Going to the movies can be a hit-or-miss experience. In addition to possible visual and audio issues, your good time can also be ruined by unruly patrons, overpriced food and beverages, and filthy … Read more
We all like to think of moviemaking as an “art for art’s sake” kind of pursuit, but in reality, film production exists in a tightly interconnected relationship with commercial advertising. Whether we’ve noticed it or not, we’ve all been influenced by subtle and not-so-subtle product placement, likely in some of our favorite movies — at … Read more
Nostalgia is a strange and complex emotion. I never would have predicted decades ago that when I was an adult, I would get strangely wistful for the days when TV shows would stop every 15 minutes to sell you sodas and cars and toys. But back then no one knew that in 30 years time, … Read more
Kids today don’t know how good they have it. My own children have almost no concept of television commercials. They watch everything on streaming, so on the extremely rare occasion that they do watch something on a traditional TV channel — like, say, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade — they are baffled. “So the whole … Read more
Prime Video has long been one of the perks of paying for Amazon Prime. In addition to free shipping on your purchases, and a bunch of other bonuses, you pay for Prime, you get access to Prime Video, with tons of exclusive films (like Candy Cane Lane and Coming 2 America and even the occasional movie that does not … Read more
While somehow Amazon’s Prime Video has managed to be one of the last bastions of ad-free programming, all things must come to an end at some point. Unfortunately for everyone who uses the service, that time is very soon. The service Freevee, which is also owned by Amazon, already includes ads. That being said, viewers don’s need … Read more
You sellin’ to me? Robert De Niro is reportedly reprising iconic Taxi Driver character Travis Bickle in Uber ad campaign. Robert De Niro has played plenty of amazing roles throughout his career, but one of the most iconic is Travis Bickle from Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver. According to The Sun, the actor is set to … Read more