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By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) I absolutely loved Netflix's Stranger Things when it premiered earlier this month. It was everything I wanted it to be and it made me feel like I had discovered an old classic. Season one ended pretty much with an answer to the question of what happened to Will … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) 360 degree cameras and Virtual Reality are all the rage right now, and while I have some reservations about the ability to use them as a narrative device (as does Steven Spielberg), I think they could make incredible documentary cameras. Another great use is for … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Remember waiting a year for your favorite television show to return next season? The long wait was always made longer when that television series ended on a cliffhanger, like Netflix's Voltron: Legendary Defender did, and no second season has been announced … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Star Trek belongs on television. As much as any fan may or may not like the film series, you can't argue that the format of the series works best on the small screen. So when it was announced that Bryan Fuller was showrunning a Star Trek TV show, I was super … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Loads of stuff came out of the Marvel Television panel at the 2016 San Diego Comic-Con! We not only got a new teaser trailer for Luke Cage, but also a few other teasers that are just as fantastic! Along with the Luke Cage teaser we received our first look at … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) Amazon Studios is bringing cult TV show The Tick - which ran for nine episodes on Fox in 2001, plus a mid-90s animated series - back to life. The reboot, like the original series, is produced by Men in Black director Barry Sonnenfeld and centers on a satirical … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) The 2016 San Diego Comic-Con is officially here, which can mean only one thing: New trailers for science-fiction/fantasy movies and television! While we'll have to wait and see what the Marvel films will feature tomorrow (I'm totally expecting a casting … [Read more...]
By Mark Hodge (doddleNEWS) The Weinstein Company has unexpectedly shifted the release of two of its highest profile projects – leading to further rumors that the indie studio is in financial trouble. Both Tulip Fever, starring Oscar winner Alicia Vikander, and The Founder, starring Golden … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Last December, Netflix unleashed one of the most talked about show around water coolers of 2015 with Making a Murderer. It was a true-crime story about the arrest of Steven Avery and his nephew Brendan Dassey for the murder of Teresa Halbach. The hook was that … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Looks like the NBA and Twitter have expanded content partnership that will bring exclusive original live programming and video to Twitter along with its adjacent products Vine and Periscope. This marks a two-year renewal with the NBA but it is also the first time … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Remember mixtapes? I sure hope you do, otherwise I'm dating myself here. Basically, back in the 80s and 90s, instead of creating playlists, we created mixtapes on audio cassette tapes. Making a great tape was a far more laborious task since you needed to play … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Epiphan Video has launched a new plug-and-play product called the AV.io 4K, which will capture 4K in perfect fidelity and with near zero latency via USB 3. It's available for Windows, Linux, or Mac based operating systems. Currently most products that do this … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) The cord cutting trend is accelerating as U.S. households seek to cut monthly costs by choosing between pay TV subscriptions and streaming the programming they want online, and you can bet big cable is getting pretty nervous. Is it time for cable and satellite … [Read more...]
By Danny F. Santos (doddleNEWS) Before I get into the detailed review let me give you the simple one sentence review: If you're going to binge watch anything this week, make it Stranger Things. Now, just to make this clear, I tend to binge watch as a natural state of consuming media but that … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) Remember in late 2014 when the first trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron was leaked online and Marvel joked that it was the nefarious work of Hydra? It was great, and showed that even studios can have a sense of humor (although Google was subpoenaed to help find … [Read more...]
By James DeRuvo (doddleNEWS) The nominations for the 68th annual prime-time Emmy Awards came out, and leading the pack was Game of Thrones had the most nods, with 23, and FX mini series The People v. O. J. Simpson got 22. Wow, that's domination. But surprises could very well be in the offering. … [Read more...]
