Sony Makes Firm Paramount Bid

Sony Makes Firm Paramount Bid

We have been talking about it for weeks. Paramount and Skydance are deep into negotiations about Skydance taking control. However the exclusivity window has closed, so it is open season. Sony is straight out of the gate. The Wall Street Journal says Sony Pictures...
The Ideal Movie Length

The Ideal Movie Length

Movie website OG, and last man standing from the original days of online movie mayhem, Dark Horizons has published some research from Talker that looked into movie run times. A poll was put in the field that asked 2,000 Americans about movie run times via The...
THE LAST STARFIGHTER In 4k

THE LAST STARFIGHTER In 4k

The Last Starfighter is getting a 4K release for the UK. Apparently, it’s out in the US, but this new release is better. Arrow Video said about the UK version: “Now newly restored from a 4K scan of the original negative and featuring a 4.1 mix originally created for...
The Ideal Movie Length

Cinema Patrons “Ageing Out”

The world and their wife have chimed in on the “superhero fatigue” debate. Some notably saying that it’s not superhero fatigue, but bad movie fatigue that is suppressing audience numbers. Here at Last Movie Outpost, as usual, some of our Outposters...
Sony Makes Firm Paramount Bid

Paramount Chief To Exit This Morning?

The entire industry has been braced for merger and acquisition activity lately, and as we have reported recently here at Last Movie Outpost, Paramount was a prime candidate. Well, the path to boardroom harmony is rarely smooth. According to reports in both The Wall...