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    The Panama Papers lawyers want to stop Netflix’s ‘The Laundromat’

    by 
    Christine Fisher
    Christine Fisher
    10.16.2019

    Just days before The Laundromat is scheduled to arrive on Netflix, the lawyers portrayed in the movie have filed a defamation action against Netflix and are trying to prevent the film's release.

  • Steven Soderbergh calls out the aspect ratio villains: HBO, AMC - We're talking about you

    by 
    Richard Lawler
    Richard Lawler
    08.07.2009

    You've gritted your teeth every time TNT flips the switch on its dreaded stretch-o-vision, and we've done our part to explain why proper aspect ratios are so important, and yet few have taken heed. Perhaps director Steven Soderbergh can succeed where we have failed, railing against cable channels that, instead of using HDTV to deliver movies the way they were meant to be seen, are often cropping and squeezing to give what they think viewers want instead. The worst network? AMC. Not only is it guilty of pan scanning like HBO, but the advertisements tease the movies in their correct aspect ratio, the cruelest bait and switch of all. Check out the article for a full explanation from behind the lens of why correct treatment of aspect ratios matters, and please, tell a friend to tell a friend.[Thanks, Chevelleman & Fortified Live for the image]