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Google Ventures-Backed Nettle Wants To Make Watching Movies Social With MovieGoer
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Nettle, a startup that has raised funding from Google Ventures, 500 Startups and others, is looking to make the act of going to the movies a more social experience. With the company’s free iOS app, MovieGoer, the startup wants to make the moviegoing experience more interactive. The Moviegoer app allows you...
Nokia launches its augmented reality City Lens app in beta for Lumia Windows Phone devices
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Nokia has today announced the beta launch of its City Lens augmented reality browser app for its Lumia range of Windows Phone devices. The app, already available for the company’s Symbian devices, emphasizes urban discovery, displaying nearby points of interest – like reatuarants, museums or theaters – as an augmented...
Watch this: new 'Man of Steel' trailer highlights Superman's struggle for acceptance
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A new trailer for Man of Steel, the upcoming Superman movie by director Zack Snyder and producer Christopher Nolan, is now available for viewing. Unlike the teasers before it, the new preview delves into young Clark Kent's struggle to be accepted by a world not of his own. The...
Batman Nokia Lumia 900 priced at £600, throws in some free movie tickets
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We said it was coming soon, and the Dark Knight-themed WinPho hasn't disappointed. Phones 4u has just announced that pre-ordered laser-etched Lumia 900s will be delivered on June 1st; that's this Friday. Off-contract pricing is pegged at £600, although multiple contracts are also available from the UK retailer. There...
Bob Marley biopic will be the first U.S. film to stream on Facebook the second it hits theaters
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‘Marley’, the documentary about legendary reggae singer Bob Marley directed by Kevin Macdonald, will be available for streaming on Facebook in the US. Not only that, but the Facebook instant streaming option will also coincide with the biopic’s theatrical opening, in a welcome first for any U.S. film to date....
'Star Wars' Episode II and III 3D re-releases arriving back-to-back next fall
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Perhaps in an effort to get the good stuff out faster, Lucasfilm is altering its original plans for one Star Wars 3D re-release per year, bringing us Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith back-to-back next fall. The Star Wars Facebook page is announcing that the two...
'Bond 50' 22 movie Blu-ray collection details revealed, ships in September (video)
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MGM and 20th Century Fox revealed during CES that all 22 of the James Bond movies would be released together for the first time in the Bond 50 Blu-ray disc collection this fall, and now ahead of the Cannes International Film Festival there's additional details to share. The Bond...
Peter Jackson's 48fps version of The Hobbit screening at 450 theaters in North America
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We knew Peter Jackson’s divisive 48fps version of The Hobbit was only going to see a limited release, but it’s turning out to be a lot less limited than we thought, at least in North America. As reported by The Los Angeles Times, about 450 theaters across the US...
Star Wars 3D getting the Blu-ray treatment for spring?
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Just finished your deliciously digital Blu-ray collection of the Star Wars saga? Thought that was the end of it? C'mon. Following the three-dimensional release of Episode 1 in theaters, Pocket-lint's heard from sources at a recent Panasonic event that the "start" of the saga will be arriving on 3D...
Marvel's Cinematic Universe Blu-ray set gets its own trailer (video)
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If you didn't head down to Comic-Con and check out the Marvel Cinematic Universe Blu-ray boxed set and its special case for yourself, Marvel has put together a video trailer. From the S.H.I.E.L.D. briefcase itself to the custom artwork and tesseract replica awaiting within. Usually, trailers are reserved for...
Nokia builds on its Batman partnership, releases exclusive Dark Knight Rises trailer
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Picking up its exclusive Batman-themed Lumia 900 smartphone partnership, Nokia has today posted a new exclusive trailer for the Dark Knight Rises, sharing it on its official YouTube channel. The film, which debuts in theaters on July 20, has enjoyed a huge amount of buzz ahead of its release and Nokia is...
Rawr! 'Jurassic Park 3D' due next year
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Next year, one of the greatest dinosaur movies of all time returns to theaters--in three dimensions. [Read more]...
Can you spot all the video game references in "Wreck-it Ralph"?
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Disney's animated film Wreck-It Ralph is an unabashed love letter to classic video games. A handful of your faithful TechHive editors enjoyed an advanced screening of the film's theatrical debut, and after comparing notes we agreed that the best way to watch Wreck-It Ralph once it arrives in theaters on Friday...
Check Out MoviePass, The App That'll Let You Go To The Movies As Often As You Want For One Monthly Price
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MoviePass, an app that lets you pay a monthly fee to watch a movie a day in theaters, is launching publicly starting today. Think of it as Netflix for movies still playing in theaters. The service costs about $30 per month, depending on your location, and lets you reserve tickets...
Check Out MoviePass, The App That'll Let You Go To The Movies As Often As You Want For One Monthly Price
Full 'Total Recall' remake trailer released on YouTube and iTunes movie trailers
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A few days after its "trailer for a trailer" was released, the full two-plus minute trailer for Total Recall hit YouTube and Apple's iTunes movie trailers page. And while we were initially skeptical that Paul Verhoeven's cinematic take on the Phillip K. Dick story could be improved upon, Colin...
Samsung Galaxy S III Officiallly Goes Live At T-Mobile: $279 On-Contract
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The Samsung Galaxy S III is officially available today. T-Mobile has released the phone online and in select retail stores, while other carriers including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and U.S. Cellular will be picking up the device in the next couple weeks. We just recently reviewed the Samsung Galaxy S III...
AMC theater chain to become largest-ever Chinese acquisition of a US company
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AMC Entertainment Holdings, North America's second-largest movie theater chain, will soon be acquired by a Chinese real estate and entertainment conglomerate. The Dalian Wanda Group Co., which owns hotels, department stores, and theaters, announced that it would buy AMC (not to be confused with the separate Mad Men network)...
4D technology coming to 200 US cinemas to help you feel and smell the action
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Booming 64-track soundtrack at the cinema making you yawn? Already jaded about 4K , 3D and high frame-rates? If so, a company called CJ Group out of Korea may be able to blast you from your stupor -- it's bringing so-called 4D to nearly 200 theaters stateside. That extra...
Netflix signs deal with Disney to deliver movies to your living room while they're still in the theaters
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Score this as an enormous win for Netflix (NFLX). The content distribution company on Tuesday announced that it had signed a multiyear deal with Disney (DIS) to deliver major Disney theatrical releases to users’ living rooms while they’re still in theaters. In a joint press release, the companies said that...
Netflix signs deal with Disney to deliver movies to your living room while they're still in the theaters
Dolby Atmos crosses the Atlantic in time for Barcelona's CineEurope 2012
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If you're a European jealous of those of us stateside when you first read that we had fourteen theaters featuring Dolby's new end-to-end revolution in surround sound, Atmos, then maybe this news will give you solace. Starting today the new technology will be demoed at CineEurope at both Dolby's...
Fandango Wins Yahoo Movies Deal Over Rival MovieTickets.com
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Movie ticket seller Fandango is announcing a partnership with Yahoo today that will see it becoming the online and mobile movie ticketer for Yahoo! Movies, a service which now has over 30 million U.S. users according to comScore. The new collaboration offers Yahoo users access to Fandango’s 20,000 screens across...
Fanhattan Adds A Watchlist And Shows From NBC, HBO, And Cinemax To Its Video Discovery App
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When Fanhattan launched its iPad app last year, it had just four content sources to choose from. With the latest release of its app, being launched today, Fanhattan’s now got content from 14 different content providers, including some new cable TV content from networks like NBC, HBO, The CW,...
City Lens, Nokia's beta AR app for the Lumia, gets pause mode, Sightline, quick info and more
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Nokia launched its City Lens augmented reality for Lumia devices in May and the Finnish company has just added a number of new features for owners of the Windows Phone 7 devices that give greater control and information, including a new Sightline feature, the option to pin of favorites and...
New Avengers trailer proves Joss Whedon can bring the boom and sizzle with the best
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If you had any doubts about the the ability of Firefly, Serenity and Buffy creator Joss Whedon to bring it hard on a huge tentpole action flick, the latest Avengers trailer should allay your fears. In a booming 2 minutes 29 seconds, it made me believe in the payoff that...
Google Now update brings public safety alerts, lets sports fans manually pick their teams and adds movie listings
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If you're sporting Android 4.1 Jelly Bean then one of its most notable features just got better, as an update for the Google Search update is enhancing Google Now (still getting adjusted? check the guide book for a list of commands) functionality in a few key ways. The new...
Google Now update brings public safety alerts, lets sports fans manually pick their teams and adds movie listings
Dolby reveals the future of cinematic sound in Dolby Atmos demo
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Dolby announced its new Atmos multi-directional sound platform back in April, and today the company offered a demo of the system at the recently-renamed Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. Atmos is both a new way to mix audio for film as well as a system to play it back in...
Watch this: 'Blade Runner' 1982 behind-the-scenes reel with Ridley Scott and Syd Mead
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We can't wait for Ridley Scott's Prometheus to hit theaters, but long before the director teamed with Damon Lindelof to revisit the world of Alien, he created the sci-fi noir classic Blade Runner. A behind-the-scenes feature, put together to hype the film at various science fiction and fantasy conventions,...
James Cameron updates starry night sky in 'Titanic' thanks to Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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James Cameron has mostly been in the news lately for his solo voyage to the ocean's deepest point, but he also has a small film hitting theaters tomorrow — Titanic is back, with the full 3D treatment. Unlike George Lucas, who just can't leave his classic Star Wars films...
'Jaws' looks killer on Blu-ray
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Director Steven Spielberg says the new restored version of the film looks better than the movie people saw in theaters in 1975 -- and we agree. [Read more]...
'Yellow Submarine' remaster to emerge in Blu-ray, theaters
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After a long wait, Beatles fans will finally get big-screen and Blu-ray versions of a frame-by-frame digital restoration of the film "Yellow Submarine." [Read more]...
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