Netflix and Redbox exec Mitch Lowe’s autobiography, “Watch and Learn,” is a total blast

Netflix and Redbox exec Mitch Lowe’s autobiography, “Watch and Learn,” is a total blast

I cannot remember any nonfiction book that gave me more sheer enjoyment than Mitch Lowe’s just-published autobiography, Watch and Learn: How I Turned Hollywood Upside Down with Netflix, Redbox, and Moviepass — Lessons in Disruption. Get a copy and hang onto your movie seat, because you’re in for a hell of a ride. Mitch Lowe…

Netflix vs. Straight Pride: Don’t troll the trolls

Netflix vs. Straight Pride: Don’t troll the trolls

Netflix and the organizers of the Boston “Straight Pride” parade are having a food fight. Netflix’s lawyers got snarky, which seems like fun, but is actually counterproductive. Let’s tell this story in context. The Boston “Straight Pride Parade” is, of course, a reaction to Boston’s Pride, a celebration of gay pride and other LGBTQ attitudes….

Counterfactuals are perilous.   Adam Sandler take notice.
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Counterfactuals are perilous. Adam Sandler take notice.

Here’s the misleading headline and opening from Dan Reilly’s article about movies in Fortune magazine: Netflix’s ‘Murder Mystery’ Would’ve Killed With a $120 Million Opening Weekend—If the Adam Sandler Comedy Ran in Theaters If Adam Sandler’s new Netflix movie Murder Mystery drew the same U.S. box office numbers as it did via streaming, it would have made…

The Netflix interactive drama “Bandersnatch”: the start of a new medium

The Netflix interactive drama “Bandersnatch”: the start of a new medium

The wizards from Black Mirror have delivered a new kind of entertainment on Netflix: a “choose-your-own-adventure” interactive drama called “Bandersnatch.” It involves the viewer (player?) in a way that’s goes beyond both games and film. I think “Bandersnatch” is a harbinger of amazing new kinds of entertainment to come. “Bandersnatch” is the story of Stefan…

My cord cutting experience (and the bullshit that came with it)

My cord cutting experience (and the bullshit that came with it)

Last week I was a TV subscriber with a landline phone. Now I stream my TV and have much faster Internet. This transition was a lot harder than it sounded because service providers deceived me. Streaming your TV sounds like a simple idea. Our viewing is nearly all broadcast channels like Fox, premium channels like HBO,…