Category Archives: Video Recordings, Downloads and Streaming

Streaming: From ‘Ben-Hur’ to ‘Hop,’ Slim Pickings From the Easter Bunny’s Basket

Our Easter movie hunt led to some oldies, including “King of Kings” and “The Greatest Story Ever Told.”

Brooks Barnes, who covers Hollywood for The New York Times, discussed how the tsunami of technology has forced the entertainment industry to change.

The series will be part of Disney’s streaming service, which will be rolled out next year.

Many streaming video providers offer movies and television shows with embedded text descriptions for those who cannot hear the words being spoken.

Having signed Ryan Murphy and Shonda Rhimes, this streaming service is creating a parallel TV universe. But imitation isn’t the route to brilliance.

Thanks to added voice narration, certain movies and television shows have become more accessible to those with blindness or limited vision.

A joking “shred” video is made of the renowned violinist Daniel Hope, who fights back — raising serious questions of free speech, satire and taste.

Julien Turner, 20, is a budding filmmaker at Morehouse College, where he’s also a linebacker on the football team.

Streaming has established itself as the dominant mode of music distribution. What could go wrong? Quite a lot, it turns out.