The Widescreen Podcast

CES 2023 roundup; Sony TVs are a CES no-show; new wireless TV sticks to just about anything; Roku to make their own TV line; 3D displays aren't quite dead; HBO MAX slashes content while raising prices; DC universe is getting rebooted; God of War goes to Amazon; MoviePass expands to nine cities; movie trailers might be subject to lawsuits; and more

Netflix is finally cracking down on password sharing; Strange World is a $147M bomb; Nolan and Kodak come up with a first for IMAX film; app-based theatrical audio might be coming to the US soon; James Gunn and Peter Safran shake things up at DC; Shin Ultraman coming to the US; and more

Thank you for the QTCC 2022 support; Whovians will need Disney+ unfortunately; Netflix's ad-supported tier is live; Amsterdam is a masive flop; Angela Lansbury, Robbie Coltrane, and Lenny Lipton die; lots of release date changes; rumors aplenty; Venom 3 gets a director; and more

COVID decided it's my time; James Cameron validates one of my arguments; help to preserve Abbott and Costelllo; Star Trek and Star Wars removed from calendar; James Earl Jones retires from Darth Vader; B5 is returning with surviving cast; Netflix and major theaters make a deal; and more

UHD-TV price drops are possible; Batgirl cancelled and cannot be released in any form; price hikes for Disney streaming; Max Headroom returns; MoviePass comes back from the dead; Olivia Newton-John and Wolfgang Peterson have died; Winnie the Pooh and Piglet go feral; and more

Nichelle Nichols, David Warner, James Caan, and other prominent stars die; Sony removes streaming PURCHASES in Germany; are TVs too good now; lots of new SDCC announcements and trailers; Jaws is coming back .... in 3D; Tomb Raider movie rights up for grabs; Paul Rudd is amazing; and more

Xbox gaming coming to smart TVs, power-over-HDMI on the way, restored 3D Blu-rays incoming, Sonic and Top Gun are box office hits while Fantastic Beasts tanks, James Bond is being "reinvented", Spider-Man coming back to theaters, an original X-Wing goes for millions at auction, and more

Theaters hope for a 3D revival; Top Gun 2 breaks records; Disney might (but unlikely to) lose copyright status; several sequels are announced; Ray Liotta, Fred Ward, and Colin Cantwell died; Rust producers claim they'll finish the movie; the Tenet "as is was intended" meme continues; and more

Netflix will have an ad-supported tier; Vizio is about to push more ads; Sonic 2 breaks records; AMC to upgrade 3,500 projectors; several announcements at CinemaCon; Batman sequel given green light; Wicked goes to two movies; lots of movie release dates get shifted; Blue Sky gives Scrat a proper send off; and more

Spider-Man crosses $800M domestically, Will Smith faces punishments and condemnation for the slap heard around the world, Bruce Willis retires from acting, new group fights against movie obscurity, RIP William Hurt and Alan Ladd, Jr, Deadpool 3 getting readied, a retrospective on Beauty and the Beast, and more