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Podcast: Farewell to New Line Cinema

In this week’s episode: New Line Cinema folds (and what’s it mean for The Hobbit series?), Windows Vista finally gets a price cut.

Word on the Screen: Farewell, HD DVD

In this week’s episode: HD-DVD prepares to end its short-lived life and Joss Whedon is finally busy again.

Movie previews 2/15

Samuel L. Jackson hunts a “Jumper,” Ryan Reynolds gets teary-eyed in “Definitely, Maybe” and booty shaking returns in “Step Up 2.”

Movie previews 2/8

“Fool’s Gold” reminds moviegoers what a bad chick flick looks like, “Persepolis” finally makes its way to SLO and Vince Vaughn confuses audiences with a straight-to-DVD style documentary…for the big screen?

Movie previews 2/1

Jessica Alba attempts to act a dramatic role in “The Eye,” a cast of secondary characters lead “Strange Wilderness,” and “Meet the Spartans” doesn’t deserve to be teased.

Movie previews 1/25

“Rambo” returns to the big screen, Diane Lane fights serial killers in “Untraceable” and Francis Ford Coppola makes his return with “Youth Without Youth.”

Oscar nominations bring surprises galore

BEST PICTURE “Atonement” “Juno” “Michael Clayton” “No Country for Old Men” “There Will Be Blood” BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” Julie Christie, “Away From Her” Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose” Laura Linney, “The Savages” Ellen

'Cloverfield' more than just hype

“Cloverfield” has, from the start, accomplished its goal. From the moment the first trailer unofficially hit the Internet, everyone from fanboys of the film’s producer J.J. Abrams to the curious Internet surfers were hooked to a film they didn’t even know the name of yet.

Movie previews 1/18

The epic monster film “Cloverfield,” the chick flick “27 Dresses” and Woody Allen’s “Cassandra’s Dream” all come to theaters this weekend.

Guide to online movie rentals

After Apple announced its entrance into the online movie rental market Tuesday, other services like Amazon Unbox and Netflix finally felt a bit uneasy. With competition finally in place in the market, the services are starting to each offer their own prices and features, ultimately making it more difficult for you to pick one to use.