We have learned the lesson the music industry didn’t learn: give people what they want

Actually, I think we’re a long way from that but he’s right, the Netflix model with House of Cards is a major step in the rigth direction. This, by the way, is why I watch House of Cards aside from the fact that it’s just pretty good story and television.

This is SO worth watching. Please take the time to watch. It’s fairly obvious too that Kevin Spacey is on our side and he’s saying things I’ve been saying for years.

Remind me which one of these guys Thor: The Dark World is about because I’m confused. Is this about Thor, or Loki?

Seriously though, I’m expecting to like this film a lot — it should be WAY better than the first Thor film. And it sure looks like they aren’t messing around in this film, there’s going to be lots of destruction and high stakes.

Take a look:

Pixar Animation has removed the director of its 2014 film, “The Good Dinosaur,” and not named a replacement, marking the fourth time in eight movies that the Emeryville studio has made a director change midstream.

With the film’s release date fast approaching and various creative choices unmade, Pixar executives decided to replace director Bob Peterson this summer, according to the studio’s president, Ed Catmull.

This does not bode well.

“All directors get really deep in their films,” Catmull said this week. “Sometimes you just need a different perspective to get the idea out. Sometimes…

Casting Russell in Fast and Furious 7 gives this installment an almost instant superiority over the other films. We already know Jason Statham is a major villain in this movie, and that was a big “get” on its own. But Russell’s involvement (and the fact they initially offered the role to Washington) suggests a role of even greater importance. Maybe something like a big boss.

Cannot. Stiffle. Yawns…

I am silently weeping for humanity… well actually, not so silently. If you are somewhere in the state of Tennessee you can probably hear the wailing. It’s quite loud. You may ask why my sensibilities have been offended so. Well, I think it is related the the “direction” the box office has taken.

Seriously, the entire box office right now looks abysmal.

#1 — One Direction: This Is Us

Budget: $10 M
Totals: $17 M, Weekend and Domestic / $14 M, Foreign / $31.5 M, Worldwide
Weekend: 1

Hey, a teen heartthrob pop boy band, I always wanted to know more about them… NOT! I believe this…

This will be Riddick’s third visit to the cinema, and now we’ve got a little featurette here to keep whetting your appetite for the upcoming film.

I have not yet seen the first two installments in this franchise — a problem I intend to rectify very soon — but it certainly looks like it might be something I would like.

In this film, Riddick has been left for dead on what looks like an extremely hot and scorched planet. Thus he must fight for his survival against strange looking alien predators. The only way off is for Riddick to active his emergency beacon, but that will alert mercenaries to…

The Playlist has learned that while Fincher is still executive producing the show, he wasn’t able to get behind the camera for the next round and direct any episode (you’ll remember we heard this was likely going to be the case anyhow a few months ago). And while that may be a bummer, two of the stars have. Both Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright have helmed episodes of “House Of Cards.” It will be Spacey’s first venture calling the shots for the small screen, though he has two features under his belt: “Albino Alligator” and “Beyond The Sea.” As for Wright, it’s her first time ever directing,…

When the details of the Star Trek Into Darkness Blu-ray discs were released last month, there was a big fan outcry wondering what happened to a fully loaded version with extras, like we got with Star Trek (2009)? The DVD version fared even worse, being a totally barebones release. Friend of TrekMovie, Bill Hunt from The Digital Bits, has that answer. It turns out that a plethora of bonus features do exist… it’s just that Paramount doesn’t want them all in one place. They are being used for retailer and digital download vendor exclusives.

Oh yeah, that’s a great way to do business: make…