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Netflix's 'Hemlock Grove' Red-Band Trailer Is Gory, Gross and Seriously NSFW

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:48:47 +0000

Netflix might have dipped a toe into mature original content with the Kevin Spacey political thriller 'House of Cards,' but they're all in for Eli Roth's forthcoming horror series 'Hemlock Grove.' Debuting all 13 episodes this Friday, April 19, on the streaming service, 'Hemlock Grove' has issued one last trailer for the series, sexier and more horror-filled than anything we've seen thus far. Be warned of NSFW content, and get a new look at 'Hemlock' Grove inside!

Top 5 Web Pranks For April Fools

Nick Lee — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:34:05 +0000

Yesterday was April Fools day. From Twitter charging for vowels to the new Gmail Blue. Everyone got in on the fun. Here are our Top 5: Google, Youtube.com 5 Google Nose Ever wonder what a ghost smells like? Well with Google Nose beta you can find out. The newest way to search [...]

Netflix Social To Start Today

Nick Lee — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:30:45 +0000

Starting today in the U.S. you can show your facebook peeps what your watching on Netflix. By Connecting your fackbook page to Netflix you have two new “social rows” on your Netflix homepage. The first is your “Friends favorites”, in this row you will see shows/movies your friend rated 4 stars or better. The second [...]

How Particle Physics is Ruining Your Netflix Experience

Mike Adams — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:30:54 +0000

According to a Swiss research team, your Netflix queue may have more to do with physics than it does personal recommendations or anything else. This is mostly due to the algorithms in the system, which create biases based on previous movies which may have a high amount of views simply because of people's tendency to take a chance on movies that look terrible. Well, that explains why ‘The Expendables’ keeps showing up on our queue.

New Netflix Instant Movies — January 2013

Britt Hayes — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 13:30:45 +0000

It’s a new year, and that means it’s time to add some new titles to your Netflix Instant queue. Check out the wealth of new movies hitting Netflix in January! January 1 ‘Escape from Alcatraz’ (1979) — Starring Clint Eastwood and Patrick McGoohan. This film tells the possibly true story of the only successful escape from [...]

'Arrested Development' Adds Fake Movies to Netflix, But What Does It Mean?

Kevin Fitzpatrick — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:30:59 +0000

Years though it's been, every day in the wait for new 'Arrested Development' episodes brings with it a renewed sense of anticipation to see our favorite Bluths once more. We've followed every casting development and a bit of additional content, but the latest 'Arrested Development' season 4 push might be the strangest yet. In advance of the Netflix revival in the spring, the pay-content streaming service has added all the in-universe movies and TV to its instant roster, but to what end? What secrets are hidden in the videos?

Leap Second Gives Some Internet Sites a Headache – Tech Tuesday

Big Rich — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 14:30:33 +0000

Ever wish you had an extra second to do something? Well, you did when June 30th was changing to July 1st. An extra second was added to atomic clocks to keep in time with the Earth’s rotation, and threw a monkey wrench into a few systems of big internet companies and sites. It was almost [...]

What Home Delivery Entertainment Service Do You Prefer? Netflix, Or Hulu Plus? [POLL]

BJ Ragone — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:29:31 +0000

When Netflix first came into the market they were a big fish in a little pond. Now they are an average size fish in a big pond with fish that are getting even bigger. In this day and age people rarely watch television or movies on a set schedule. Appointment viewing is pretty much dead [...]

Netflix Bounces Back After Big Summer Loss

BJ Ragone — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:40:02 +0000

After losing nearly 800,000 customers over the summer, Netflix’s numbers have jumped back up as they have regained nearly all of those customers. As it turns out, Netflix turned out okay after all. They have gained back nearly 50% of the numbers they lost after announcing a rate increase over the summer. According to 24/7 [...]

Redbox Takes Page Out Of NetFlix Book And Raises Prices

BJ Ragone — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:50:35 +0000

For those of you who dumped NetFlix when they raised their prices in favor of the cheaper Redbox, you are once again in for a price increase. The DVD rental company has also decided to raise their prices a little bit. Same story, different DVD rental company. Maybe it’s not as big of a price [...]

NetFlix Loses More Customers As Stock Plummets

BJ Ragone — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:28:00 +0000

It has been a disastrous few months for NetFlix. Their stock continues to fall as hundreds of customers a month have been dropping the service. When NetFlix revealed their summer numbers it showed that their stock had dropped by 60%. Now their third quarter numbers are in and it has dropped even more, the stock [...]

Top 10 All Time Netflix Rented Movies [VIDEO]

Monte — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:00:16 +0000

This morning, I ran across an article that listed the ten most rented movies from Netflix. As a movie lover, I was curious to see which flicks made the list. Most titles didn't shock me - with huge Hollywood names and couple golden statue owners, I can see each film garnering millions of rentals. This list did sneak in a few surprises, but I couldn't help noticing a few rental snubs!

Netflix Re-Names DVD Home Delivery Service, Adds Video Game Rentals

BJ Ragone — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 10:32:35 +0000

After the big hit to the Netflix stock, the popular DVD rental company had to rethink it’s strategy a bit. They have decided to rename their home delivery service and add the option of renting video games. Netflix subscribers can expect to see a new name on their DVD by mail envelopes. Company CEO Reed [...]

NetFlix Stock Plummets

BJ Ragone — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:23:11 +0000

NetFlix is feeling the burn of their price hick now. As of yesterday they had lost over half a million subscribers and found their stock had dropped 60 percent. This month is the first month that NetFlix subscribers have seen the price increase for a product they have been enjoying for a low price for [...]

Netflix Loses It's Most Valuable Source Of Streaming Content

BJ Ragone — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 14:02:14 +0000

It wasn't too long ago that all Netflix subscribers got an email giving them the bad news that their rates were about to go up. Now the LA Times is reporting that they have parted ways with Starz studios, their biggest source of streaming content.

Tech Tuesday – AT&T's Unlimted Data Plans Are Not so Unlimited

Big Rich — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:30:58 +0000

AT&T was the first to drop unlimited data plans from their cell phone offerings, then Verizon followed suit. The next shoe has now dropped with AT&T now saying that they will throttle data speed on the top 5% of cell phone data users. So if you listen to Pandora at work or watch Law and Order on Netflix at the State Offices, you won't be for long.

Tech Tuesday – Netflix Gets Original

Big Rich — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:30:32 +0000

If you're a Netflix user like me, you know you can enjoy a lot of movies and TV shows that are available on DVD to rent or buy. And the convenience of Netflix makes it easy to watch them for a low price each month. Now, Netflix is shifting gears and could change the face of entertainment.

Tech Thursday – Streaming Media is Big Business

Big Rich — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:30:23 +0000

Netflix, Hulu, ABC, NBC and now Time Warner. What do all of these have in common? Streaming media to you through the internet and making big money.

Redbox And Netflix At Battle

Jennifer Beaudoin — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:57:23 +0000

Since Blockbuster and other movie rental places are all out of business now, when you want to watch a new movie, you have to rely on either Netflix or Redbox. It was announced earlier today that Redbox is going to start offering a subscription-based internet streaming service, which will greatly increase the rivalry between it and Netflix.