ESPN is THE reason cable is so expensive. Any ala carte-ish package that includes ESPN is missing the whole point.

There’s currently no name for the bundle service ….

Wow, he's a father and his role is very important. Now that I know that, I don't even need to see the movie.

Yeah, back in the LD days, Criterion could get pretty much anything from Columbia (Ghostbusters, Five Easy Pieces, Boyz N the Hood, Taxi Driver, etc.) and UA/MGM (Casablanca, Annie Hall, etc.), although WB, Fox, and Disney never licensed anything.

It's in the Filmstruck press release: "will include the Criterion Channel, a new premium service."

You could really just have two cable tiers: "with sports" and "without sports."

Chasing Amy was even a Criterion Laserdisc before the DVD boom. Like you said, he was considered an "important" director in 1998.

Sorry, Sid's a bad kid. The end. Not everything has nuance.

And at 64 frames-per-second.

Funny, my youth pastor said the same thing about Metallica.

He had no life 'til leather.

I have a bluray and I'll take your can of stew!

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I've always wanted to see "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts" as a short musical.

Masked & Anonymous is worth it just to have a filmed document of Dylan's ca. 2003 band, which is his best since The Band.

Would you, Mr. Jones?

He could definitely be sued for sexual harassment, and whatever production company or entity is running the show could be sued for allowing a hostile work environment. Nobody will do so, because everyone wants to stay friendly and continue to work though.

Why is Russell Crowe holding a guitar?

"Pre-Lollapalooza tour" because it happened in 1990.

I'll give Bay this: He's a lot more fun when he's making a ersatz Tony Scott picture than when he's making his usual big-budget nonsense.