MoviePass: Unlimited No More

MoviePass: Unlimited No More

In January I joined MoviePass, a wonderful service that takes the concept of Netflix and applies it to the multiplex. For $35 a month, MoviePass allows you to see “unlimited” movies. I put unlimited in quotation marks because there are a number of catches. Members are...
A Second Screen “Nightmare”

A Second Screen “Nightmare”

In 2011, Disney quietly rolled out an interactive moviegoing experience called Second Screen with some of its DVD releases. Second Screen is an iPad app with games, trivia and behind the scenes goodies intended to supplement the moviegoing experience. Second Screen is...
Movie Ice Cream

Movie Ice Cream

This Halloween, I’ll be heading to the Ample Hills Creamery in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. I was there a couple weeks ago and they had a Vertigo-flavored ice cream. So obviously it’s like the coolest place ever. For the record, Vertigo-flavored ice cream is a honey...
The Magical Faggot

The Magical Faggot

This is Parting Glance, a new column on Cinephiled about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) film. Sometimes we will discuss serious gay issues. Sometimes we will profile queer movies both past and present. Sometimes we will look at shirtless pictures of...