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Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'netflix'

November 26, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. A more concise edition of Joystiq's Black Friday shopping guide. It's the 2008 Good Gift Games guide from Matthew Baldwin. (Via) In honor of the holiday, Cinematical picks seven Terrific Turkeys of the Aughts, which in this case refers to bad movies, not birds. Cinematical is also continuing its holiday-appropriate series, "Movies We're Thankful for," with paeans to Anchorman and Dirty......

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November 19, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Cinematical included a lot of interesting nuggets in this post. The writers of Captain America have been chosen; Miley Cyrus could be up for an Oscar; South Park might come to an end with another movie; and Ennio Morricone may be working on the score for Quentin Tarantino's irritatingly spelled Inglourious Basterds. A lengthy interview with Spike Jonze on Where the......

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October 31, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. Cinematical has a lot of interesting items here, including: the news that that Ghostbusters game really will be published by Atari; more pics from Sherlock Holmes; and Brandon Routh says DC has a Brainiac storyline in mind for Superman that he's excited about. More Hollywood director attack ads! A new five minute long trailer for The Day the Earth Stood Still. (Via) A......

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October 1, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Netflix reached a deal to provide via its streaming web service about 2,500 titles from the Starz movie library. (Via Sarah) Cinematical presents the greatest pie fights in movies, and seven horror remakes that don't suck. Tiberium, EA's Command and Conquer FPS, has been canceled due to its inability to meet quality standards. eBay has launched a new tool called the......

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September 17, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. LOLcats sing Metallica! Kind of. (Via Sarah) Speaking of Metallica, a music journalist for a Swedish paper included in his review of the band's latest album a link to a user-edited, condensed version of said album, and even suggested the edited version was better. In response, the band's representative's at Universal have threatened to cut off the paper's access not only......

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July 22, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Cracked presents The 7 Most Bizarre Fast Food Industry Lawsuits. (Via Sarah) At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper will soon no longer have Ebert or Roeper. Ebert is leaving over a dispute with Disney (which owns the show); he and Siskel's widow own the trademark for the thumbs-up/ thumbs-down film verdict, and they could not come to......

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July 15, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Epicurious has created a tasty menu based on ingredients found at Philly's own Reading Terminal Market. (Via Sarah) The first full trailer for The Spirit suggests that the film will be an incredibly surreal chronicle of the main character getting seduced by various hot women and then shot at by Samuel L. Jackson. Which... actually sounds like a......

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June 23, 2008

The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. So, anybody want to pool their cash and buy Phillyist a deluxe LEGO Death Star? (Via Amy) Cinematical takes a look at the pros and cons of Netflix's recently released set-top box, the Roku. Yay! Finally a new episode of GameTrailers' Star Wars Retrospective! Spider-Man video games have generally been a disappointment, but we've gotta say this preview for Spider-Man: Web......

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June 11, 2008

The best of the internet, squirted out in flavorful neon globules, just for you. Yay! It's the trailer for the next episode of Cinematic Titanic! We're not even sure we want to open this can of beans, but... if you're interested, The Underwire has the entire backstory on a little YouTube dance-off feud that's been going on between Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana and the people behind Step Up 2. All the dialogue is in Russian, and......

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April 15, 2008

The shapeless dough of the internet, formed into tasty pellets and baked to perfection, just for you. Today is Tax Day. If you're not feeling so jolly about paying your income taxes, Irving Berlin and Danny Kaye can help (via Jill). If you're still depressed after that, just go get yourself a free donut at Dunkin' Donuts; they're giving one out today to anybody who buys a coffee. Speaking of taxes, we're depressed that digital......

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January 4, 2008

A steaming hot pile of our favorite things from around the internets. CES 2008 is a few days away, but the announcements and rumors are already pouring out. Netflix is partnering with LG to create a set-top box through which they'll be able to deliver movies and other programming directly to your TV (via Sarah). Meanwhile, rumor is that Microsoft will have a big Xbox-related announcement that might also have something to do with Netflix.......

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