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Scott Wilkinson  |  Mar 17, 2009  |  First Published: Mar 18, 2009

As we saw at CES in January, Panasonic is bullish on plasma, a point that was driven home at the company's product showcase held last week in New York and this week at the Panasonic Hollywood Labs (PHL) in Los Angeles. The 2009 Viera TV lineup includes no less than 17 new plasmas with screens measuring 42 to 65 inches diagonally and seven new LCDs with screens in the 26- to 37-inch range.

Al Griffin  |  Mar 17, 2009
David Vaughn  |  Mar 17, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/brokeback.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>In 1963, two ranch hands, Ennis (Heath Ledger) and Jack (Jake Gyllenhaal), spend most of their time in the Wyoming wilderness watching a flock of sheep. One thing leads to another, and they develop an "emotional bond" between them. The story follows their lives and how their hidden love tears apart the people around them.

David Vaughn  |  Mar 17, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/rolemodels.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Two energy-drink salesmen, Danny (Paul Rudd) and Wheeler (Seann William Scott), are sentenced to 150 hours of community service mentoring young kids after an unfortunate traffic accident. After one day on the job, Danny thinks spending 30 days in jail would be the better alternative when he's assigned to a 16-year-old boy, Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), who has an obsession with medieval role playing. Meanwhile, Wheeler's youngling is a foul-mouthed fifth-grader named Ronnie (Bobb'e Thompson) who's just looking for respect.

David Vaughn  |  Mar 17, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/australia.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>At the beginning of World War II, English aristocrat Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) inherits a vast cattle ranch in Northern Australia from her late husband. In order to save the ranch, she needs the help of a local tough guy, Drover (Hugh Jackman), to drive 2000 head of cattle hundreds of miles across the outback with Japanese forces approaching the continent.

David Vaughn  |  Mar 17, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/batmananth.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>The camp depiction of Batman from the 1960s changed dramatically in 1989 when Tim Burton modernized the iconic hero with a new cinematic version of the Dark Knight. Michael Keaton was a surprising casting choice to play Batman, and Jack Nicholson turned in a fantastic performance as The Joker. That first remake went on to become the top-grossing film of 1989 with over $250 million in box-office receipts

Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 17, 2009
Do you rent movies on DVD or Blu-ray? Fox hates you. In an attempt to shift the current balance between rental and sale, the studio is beginning to strip bonus materials out of rental discs, reports CinemaBlend.com.
Debbie Stampfli  |  Mar 16, 2009

It’s the great debate of home theater enthusiasts: Should you compromise your room’s uncluttered design in order to accommodate a bigger speaker system? Whether you’re a minimalist with a taste for high-quality sound or a home theater fanatic who doesn’t have room for an ordinary speaker system, it’s time to consider in-walls. These nearly invisible speakers can give you outstanding sound without taking up space, and they show off your room’s design in an unobtrusive way. If you’ve never thought about in-walls, it may be time for a change of heart.

SV Staff  |  Mar 16, 2009
The term "jump the shark" is used to describe when a television series (or any other form of entertainment) outlives its welcome, usually through a single stunt or event that signals to any fans that it has lost everything that once made it...

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