Tag: Films
Firebox's Say What? is finally a way to prove your IMDB-knowledge
Finally, a way to put your walking-IMDB friend in their place! We’ve all got one, an annoying know-it-all friend who claims to be hugely knowledgable about films and television, but here’s hoping their reflexes and quick-thinking aren’t as stellar as their film skillz.
Firebox are flogging a nifty sounding game called Say What?, which asks users to unscramble well-known phrases from films, TV, songs, and life in general…
Visit the filming locations of all the Star Wars movies
Those boys over at Lost Weekend are churning out the geek holidays faster than you can recite Peter Kay’s infamous Teletext sketch, and probably causing many of our bank accounts to deplete day by day. Darn our insatiable geek prowess and longings for a holiday!…
Stand by for the Movie Gadget Oscars!
This weekend sees Hollywood don its gladrags for the 79th Academy Awards. Will Helen Mirren scoop a prize for The Queen? Can Martin Scorsese finally get his Oscar? And more importantly, can someone nick us one of the backstage goodie…
OSCARs to be shown live in UK exclusively on Sky in high definition
Sky have announced that live coverage of the 79th Annual Academy Awards (OSCARS) will be shown in the UK exclusively on Sky. This will include both the ceremony and the red-carpet arrivals, and will also be shown in high definition…
BitTorrent strikes deals with Hollywood
Previously synonymous with Internet piracy, it's looking like BitTorrent – the peer-to-peer file distribution platform – could soon be seen as a legitimate channel for the big Hollywood players to get content to their viewers across the globe…
Brits have £16bn worth of digital media stored on hard drives
A new study from Orange shows that collectively, us Brits have around £16 billion worth of digital media and software stored on our computer hard drives. That includes music, photos, movies, games and other software. That figure translates into an…
BT Vision securing Bollywood content for next month's launch
BT is set to secure content deals with some major Bollywood studios for its BT Vision Internet TV service launching next month, according to The Business magazine. Hanif Lalani, group finance director, told them that they were near to securing…
