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DVD review: Clone Hunter

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Often, sci-fi and low budget indie productions go together about as well as chocolate and onions. The high budget demands on special effects eventually hamper the entire story. Clone Hunter is indeed  [ ... ]


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 What to make of the ending to Inception?

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So far, my favorite film this year is Christopher Nolanís Inception. Not only does it deliver all the action and thrills expected of a big budget summer blockbuster, but it has inspired endl [ ... ]


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 DVD Review: The White Ribbon

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The White Ribbon is a drama starring Christian Freidl, Ulrich Turkl and Burghart Klaussner. Directed by Michael Haneke.

There is something wrong here. In a seemingly quaint German village pre-WW1, [ ... ]


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 DVD Review: Shutter Island

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The film begins on an ominous note. Eerie strings play as the film fades to white. Soon, a ship appears out of the fog. Cut to a gumshoe, looking and speaking as if he has stepped straight out of a [ ... ]


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23 nominated Oscar films available online PDF Print E-mail
Written by IndieFilmChat   
Sunday, 25 January 2009 17:30



Andy Baio over at Waxy.org has been keeping track of the illegal online distribution of Oscar nominated films since 2003.

Here's what he found:

" Out of 26 nominated films, an incredible 23 films are already available in DVD quality on nomination day, ripped either from the screeners or the retail DVDs. This is the highest percentage since I started tracking.

Only three films are unavailable — Rachel Getting Married wasn't leaked online in any form, while Changeling is only available as a low-quality telecine transfer and Australia as a terrible quality camcorder recording. (Update: A DVD screener of Australia was just leaked today.)

Other findings:

  • Academy members received screeners for at least 20 of the 26 films.

  • 25 out of 26 films leaked in some form online, if you include camcorder recordings.

  • The average time from the time screeners are received by Academy members to its leak online is 6 days."
Last Updated on Tuesday, 27 January 2009 13:01