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House of Cards' Netflix Bow is Just Another Way for Pop Culture to Pretend it Unnerves Us

It's been nice to watch TV--fresh off House of Cards's Netflix premier--deal with the same questions people have been addressing about music since Napster or iTunes or Spotify, depending on which iteration of the issue you remember best. Specifically: Now that Netflix can create programming based on ... More >>

Blockbuster's Death Spiral Continues With Plan to Close 300 Stores

Right now, there are three remaining Blockbuster stores in Dallas proper. That's down considerably from the gazillions that once crowned street corners during the heady days of VHS, before movies could be conveniently dispensed from a red box or instantaneously zapped onto your telephone, and that n ... More >>

Cheapskate's Guide to Designer Fashion: Rent, Don't Buy, That Dress

My friend Lauren won't pay a dime if she can get away with paying a nickel; it's a trait that I, a frequent spend-thrift, admire wildly. She incorporates her budget-conscious nature into everything she does and still maintains a fabulous life -- she makes it to every party, festival and event and al ... More >>

Best Films of 2011: People of the Year

Some of our notables showed great courage this year, others are simply notorious, but all 10 had a big impact in 2011.

Capriotti's Thanksgivingy Sandwich is Worth the Tryptophan

​ Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW's most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he'll check it out. Venue: Capriotti's Sandwich: The Bobbie ($8.39) Bread: Hoagie Toppings: Fresh roasted then even more freshly chilled turkey, stuffing, ... More >>

Bloomberg Series Reveals How Netflix Needed Blockbuster ... Until It Killed Blockbuster

Former Blockbuster CEO John Antioco and Netflix founder Reed Hastings​Blockbuster, says a new 30-minute doc, was once "900 times the size of Netflix." Now, it's...well, you know the story. It's barely anything at all, except something owned by Dish Network, which hopes to use Blockbuster's by-mail ... More >>

Jimmy Stewart, Jr.

L.A. Times: Blockbuster CEO Keyes Briefed Studios on Pending Prepackaged Bankruptcy

​Fifteen days ago, Blockbuster spokesperson Patty Sullivan told Unfair Park: The company's delay in releasing its what turned out to be dismal second-quarter stats had absolutely nothing to do with a pending prepackaged bankruptcy. "There will be no news announcing that," she said. Not until late ... More >>

A (Foot) Baller Pub Brunch at Uptown's Londoner

Photos by Andrea GrimesThe "Full Monty" -- baked beans and all.​Would we go south of the border, or would we sail 'cross the pond? You probably read the headline to this blog entry, so I won't pretend toward some surprise ending. The Man O' The Hour and I labored for several long minutes over the ... More >>

News & Notes: "Please Keep Oak Cliff Dry," A Blockbuster Battle and ... Moody Flashback!

​A few very random notes while trying to wash the Magic Time Machine out of my clothes after last night ...Saw first thing this morning that Barry Kooda is admin-ing a brand-new Facebook page: "Please Keep Oak Cliff Dry." Left and sent the Nervebreaker a few messages to discuss and will follow wit ... More >>

As Netflix Tries to Fry Blockbuster's Canadian Bacon, a Former Observer-er Pens An Adios

​Blockbuster continues to insist it ain't going nowhere -- even as 24/7 Wall Street puts the downtown-based company on its death-watch list (one of three locals to make the list, actually, and not the first time someone has predicted Blockbuster's inevitable demise). But just in case it goes, my l ... More >>

"Um, No." Blockbuster Responds to Shareholders' Demands. And: A New Ad?

From the new Blockbuster commercial advertising its advantage over Netflix and Redbox with some new releases​For the past week -- which is to say, ever since Bronx bomber Harry Niko Celentano sent a letter to Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes demanding an emergency stockholder meeting -- I've been trying ... More >>

The Monco Poncho

Miserable Man (Self-released)

An Interview With the Shareholder Who Will Fight to Save Blockbuster, an "American Icon"

Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes at one of the prototype extreme makeovers debuted in Dallas in 2008​Had a long talk with Greg Meyer last night. He's the guy who owns 645,000 shares of Blockbuster -- more than any exec at Blockbuster, save for CEO Jim Keyes, whose stock comes with the title, and more tha ... More >>

The Grim Pragmatism Contained Within Blockbuster's Latest Annual Report

The NYSE is threatening to delist Blockbuster's stock come May 26's shareholders' meeting in Dallas.​Stayed up way too late last night reading all 148 pages of Blockbuster's latest annual report, which was submitted yesterday to the Securities and Exchange Commission and is full of dire warnings t ... More >>

A Blockbuster Free-Fall

​Near the close of business Wednesday, we posted Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes's admission that the Christmas season delivered little more than a lump of coal for the Dallas-based videotailer, as in: "Our performance during the holidays was well below expectations." When I spoke with Keyes at great le ... More >>

What Dallas Netflixed in '09

​Maybe you noticed (over to the right, beneath our Twitter Updates header) that yesterday, The New York Times took A Peek Into Netflix Queues in 12 U.S. cities, including Dallas. The breakdown's by zip code and ranks the top rentals of '09 -- and most zips find The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ... More >>

For A Former Video Store Giant, Blockbuster Is Not Having Such A Blockbuster Decade

Who's Going to Save Blockbuster? The Movie Studios, As They Go After Redbox.

​Shortly after Elm Street-based Blockbuster reported its second-quarter stats Thursday evening, chairman and CEO Jim Keyes hopped on an investors' conference call to explain, yet again, what ails the former video-rental giant. The usual, of course: Netflix, shitty movies, the used-DVD and gaming m ... More >>

Loose Ends: Layoffs at City Hall, Another Win for History and Blockbuster's Still Bleeding

​A few afternoon follow-ups to some morning items, plus a note from City Hall, where pink slips are going out in advance of tomorrow's scheduled layoffs. (Dallas City Manager Mary Suhm says she's laying off 840, with the hopes of hiring back 500.) Rudy has word about some losses at the Meyerson Sy ... More >>

You're My Boy, Blue!

Kind of Blu-Ray: Blockbuster Teams Up with Samsung for Yet More OnDemand Delivery

Late last year, Blockbuster introduced its first on-demand delivery system: the 2Wire MediaPoint Digital Media Player, about which critics weren't wild but oh well better than nothing and well at least the company's trying. Then came the TiVo deal in March, which did nothing to stop the company's s ... More >>

In 31 Pages, the Future of Blockbuster

Is this smaller-sized store the future of Blockbuster?Blockbuster held is annual shareholders meeting yesterday, and the presentation was chock-a-block with sneak peeks at the Dallas company's future -- or, at the very least, its plans for the future. After the jump you'll find the complete 31-page ... More >>

You Know Who's Going to Save Blockbuster? Captain Kirk, the Watchmen and Paul Blart.

Elm Street-based Blockbuster's stock is tanking this morning -- down more than 27 percent before the sun's even warm, to about 83 cents. It was bound to happen following yesterday's quarterly report, which noted a 20-percent drop in total revenues over the same period in '08. But, fear not, CEO Jim ... More >>

Stage Frost

Nixon gets his at the Majestic

"Unprecedented Access": Blockbuster Adds TiVo Delivery to List of Latest, Greatest Ideas

Last time we mentioned Blockbuster -- on Friday, when CEO Jim Keyes was overheard lamenting the poor product Hollywood puts on its shelves -- Friends and strangers used the opportunity to bash the business model. Chief among the complaints: historically high rental prices, it ain't Netflix, time lim ... More >>

Why is Blockbuster Suffering? Simple, Says CEO Jim Keyes. Because the Movies Suck.

Jim Keyes has a point. Because would you really wanna go to Blockbuster to rent Punisher: War Zone? Did not think so.Shortly after Dallas-based Blockbuster reported a quarterly loss of $359.7 million yesterday, CEO Jim Keyes hopped on a conference call with analysts to reassure them that, look, all' ... More >>

Do all Mexicans Really Have Green Thumbs?

Film Fun For Small Fries

Kind of Blu-ray, or: Blockbuster Will Do Whatever it Takes to Crush Netflix

Friend of Unfair Park "Rhinosaur" sends us this early review of Blockbuster's OnDemand set-top box -- and so far ... so-so?Unlike the Netflix streaming experience, Blockbuster permits you to browse their entire catalog from the couch... although they charge per rental, like typical video on demand s ... More >>

Blockbuster's Future Looks a Lot Like Blockbuster's Past

Local Office Space Fan Now Gets Shot at Movie-Watching World Record

Are the Stores Really the Keyes to Blockbuster's Success?

Freddie Prinze Jr. Sounds So Much Better When Scored to Smile Smile

The Frenz Go "Nude" On Radiohead Remix

Boo! It's 1962.

Catch a classic at the central branch

They're Doing the Mash

It's a graveyard smash

Blockbuster Closing 282 Stores. Didn't Know They Still Had 'Em.

Tomorrow's Misery Today

The Roky Road Leads Everywhere, Finally

Praise God...Or At Least GodTube

Our top DVD picks for the week of March 13

Blockbuster Almost Done Making "Triple Play." Didn't That Star Billy Baldwin?

A Lawsuit, Not Much of a Blockbuster, Though

Rental Property

Open Arms

Child's Play

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