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The Worst Movie of the Decade
Battlefield Earth recently won the Razzie for being the "worst picture of the decade." The two credited screenwriters on that film -- J.D. Shapiro a…
16 years, 2 months ago
Clash of the 3-D Titans
Three-D movies are all the craze, but is all 3-D movie-making created equal? Do movie-goers care? We talk to the producer of two of the biggest 3-D m…
16 years, 2 months ago
The Inside Scoop on Outside Financing Scandals
Producer David Bergstein seems to have pulled the financial wool over Hollywood's eyes. We get answers to the question "how does this keep happening?…
16 years, 2 months ago
Digital Future, Video Past; Mr. Wells Goes to Washington
Netflix, Redbox, Hulu, iTunes…they're all competing to win the digital horse race. And, we go on a tour of the video store, that old gray mare they'…
16 years, 2 months ago
Betting on the Box Office; Movie Music
It's a gamble every time you buy a movie ticket. But a new financial market will make it possible to actually bet on the box office. Plus, making mov…
16 years, 2 months ago
Producing the Oscars
This week, the Academy Awards…and the thankless job of producing the Oscar telecast. We talk to the co-producer of this year's show, film producer an…
16 years, 3 months ago
Dissecting Distribution
It's tough to get distribution for indie movies these days. But just what is distribution, and what can you do if you have a great little movie witho…
16 years, 3 months ago
Oscar's Foreign Film Front-runner?; Spirit Awards' Spirit
It's a big awards weekend in Hollywood. We hear what it's like for a movie executive whose company has three of the five films in Oscar’s Foreign Lan…
16 years, 3 months ago
Exposing Hollywood Neverland
Peter Pan's not just a fairy tale character. He could be the mascot of an industry obsessed by youth. This week, we talk to two TV writers involved i…
16 years, 3 months ago
Blockbusting; Blowing Off ‘Hurt Locker’
A hefty new book conceived by director George Lucas examines the DNA of 300 American blockbusters. We examine how the book was made and what we can l…
16 years, 4 months ago