Seems like a strong arm tactic to studios . Like behind the scenes someone isn't playing ball. Also cool to find out the founders are black.
I didn't watch the whole thing but a good 20 min was insightful. Netflix trying to end the movie theater going industry is crazy MP wanting to foster the indie movie avenue is encouraging and smart. Some of what he said is exactly how I think. Unless its getting rave reviews I usually wait until its on tv or catch a quality rip.
How long did it take for you guys to get the movie pass card? Just remembered I signed up for it a while back while watching the Oscars.
Was going to see Red Sparrow this weekend, but saw it got like 40% on Rotten Tomatoes so I passed. Going to The Strangers this weekend though I love horror movies it's my favorite
Maybe calling it whack is too harsh. I mean it was an enjoyable watch but I was expecting a laugh out loud comedy given the reviews I read but I didn't find it that funny. Like I was more chuckling at stuff than busting out laughing.
Most of us in the theater laughed out loud through out the movie. There was this one dude sitting behind me that I had forgotten about, that all of a sudden laughed during one scene. I didn't hear him any other time. He probably didn't like it. I liked it, but it was hard to watch. There's several scenes that will have you feeling uneasy seeing it. I don't think the movie would be greenlit in today's climate. That probably has a little to do with it's rating. I'm glad I saw that instead of Death Wish.
I genuinely like Game Night. It had a few lines that me and my friends still throw out for jokes. Red Sparrow was definitely not what I was expecting. I honestly didn't know it was R until it started so the heavy violence/nudity was a bit jarring. I don't think the 40% on RT is warranted, it was definitely worth seeing.
Yeah Red Sparrow gives an ugly look of rape culture and sexual abuse. The uncle basically acts like he owns his niece, several men treat her as a sex object. Rape scenes are only stopped by straight up murders And again its not a action espionage flick. This a whole different espionage revolving around sex. As for Game Night, it wasn't laugh out loud constantly funny but its had its laughs. Creepy Jesse Plemmons, the reveal, the fake reveal, "Denzel Washington"
Thanks for the reviews. Red Sparrow is gonna be a pass then. I'll pass on rapey scenes. I thought it was going to be like a female Jason Bourne ish
MoviePass App Tracks Your Location Before and After Movies Monday March 5, 2018 1:41 pm PST by Juli Clover MoviePass, the app that allows you to watch a movie in theaters each day for the low price of $10 per month, is unsurprisingly planning to use your location data to make money. As TechCrunch points out, MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe recently told an audience at a Hollywood event that MoviePass is collecting and monetizing through location information. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads "We get an enormous amount of information. We watch how you drive from home to the movies. We watch where you go afterwards," said Lowe. MoviePass, which is owned by a data analytics firm, has made no secret of the fact that it plans to use data generated from subscribers to make money. "There are dozens and dozens of businesses like ours that invest in building a large subscriber base," Lowe told Recode in early February. "Netflix buys $8 billion of content a year, and believe me, they have to borrow the money to do it. Or companies like Facebook -- it's free, but they're monetizing all the advertising and all the data about you. That's exactly what we are [doing]." While MoviePass has been transparent about how it plans to make money, most people are likely not aware of the extent of the data the company collects. As TechCrunch says, it's likely users assumed MoviePass would collect data like ticket sales, movie choice, promotions, and more, rather than detailed location data that tracks your movement before and after seeing a film. MoviePass's privacy policy says that the app requires access to location when selecting a theater, and that it makes a single request for location coordinates. There's no mention of ongoing tracking, so it's not clear if this is something the MoviePass app is doing on the sly, if such tracking has yet to be implemented, or if the CEO's comments were exaggeratory.MoviePass(R) requires access to your location when selecting a theater. This is a single request for your location coordinates (longitude, latitude, and radius) and will only be used as a means to develop, improve and personalize the service. MoviePass(R) takes information security very seriously and uses reasonable administrative, technical, physical and managerial measures to protect your location details from unauthorized access. Location coordinate data is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology into password-protected databases.iOS users who are concerned about MoviePass collecting excessive data can restrict access to their location on the device level. To do so, open the Settings app, navigate to Privacy, and then choose Location Services. From there, select MoviePass. You can opt to change your location setting to "Never," "While Using the App," and "Always." You'll probably want to leave it on "While Using the App," as location information is required when making a ticket purchase. Alternatively, you can toggle "Never" on and off whenever you use the MoviePass app for further security. MoviePass charges $9.95 per month (or $7.95 if you pay for an annual subscription) and allows customers to see a 2D movie each day. MoviePass provides customers with a debit card that's loaded with money to make ticket purchases, so it works at more than 90 percent of theaters across the United States. With ticket prices that often exceed $10 in certain areas for a single movie, MoviePass is a solid deal, if you don't mind sacrificing your privacy for cheaper movies. As of January 2018, MoviePass had 1.5 million subscribers. The MoviePass app can be downloaded from the App Store for free. [Direct Link]