The Widescreen Podcast

CES 2024 roundup; Sony is NOT removing all Discovery content; US box office crosses $9 billion; Steamboat Willie horror movies are coming out (of course); no Suicide Squad director's cut; new Star Trek film announced; Tron 3 starts filming; and more

Sony removes all Discovery content, even if you PAID for it; Oppenheimer Blu-rays sold out; The Marvels is a new box office low; strikes push back a lot of movies; Norman Lear dies at 101; the new National Film Registry entries are listed; and more

The SAG-AFTRA strike is over; streaming services raise prices; Netflix DVD is done; Zelda movie incoming; lots of movie delays and new release dates; Egyptian Theater reopens; Star Wars props are at auction; and more

Get rid of that cheap, Android TV box; 3D is still hanging on; Scarecrow takes over US DVD rentals; Wal-Mart is still a major DVD seller; Taylor Swift bypasses studios for theatrical concert release; Lando becoming a theatrical movie; a long-lost X-Wing has been found; and more

SAG/AFTRA and SAG strikes keep moving on; Telly's free TVs start shipping with some very strict TOS; July B.O. is second biggest ever; Paul Ruebens, Alan Arkin, Julian Sands, William Friedkin obituaries; several movies have release dates moved; and more

Disney takes even more media off streaming; Chinese Android TV boxes have malware; Hollywood strike starts to affect movies; several new movie dates are released; Turner Classic Movies is at risk; Carrier Fisher's last movie is finally being released; Movie Pass comes back from the dead; and more

Netflix to shut down its disc rentals after 25 years; Disney+ removing content to avoid paying residuals; free TVs are on the way; SMB crosses $1B globally; Avatar The Last Airbender movie gets a release date; Ghostbusters returns to NYC; Schwarzenneger and Stallone make more action movies; Harry Belefonte dies; B5 returns; and more

A chest cold took away my voice for two weeks; Mario dominates the box office; HBO Max rebrands to Max; 3D is still not quite dead; Dreamworks' Moonray is now open source; Apple pushes theatrical releases; more Star Wars movies confirmed; a VHS trilogy sells for thousands; and more

Oscars roundup; Disney is re-releasing lots of movies on disc again; Creed III sets records at the box office while Everything Everywhere All At Once sets records all over the place; Disney is being very careful with Star Wars; theaters are called out for bad projection; the Last Blockbuster still thrives; and more

Netflix starts cracking down on password sharing; Avatar 2 continues its dominance especially in 3D; AMC starts seat location pricing; lots of first-time situations with the 2023 Oscar nominations; Amazon commits some of its movies to theatrical release; de-aged Harrison Ford footage is actually him; and more