Tons of Criterion Collection Titles Streaming on Hulu This Weekend

The Criterion Collection announced via twitter that they made all their movies free on Hulu throughout the weekend.   read more

A Sample of Free Summer Samplers

While some of us may disagree on whether or not our summer soundtracks include that one super-catchy new Grizzly Bear song, we can probably all agree on one thing...  read more

Did Wired Editor Chris Anderson Plagiarize Wikipedia for His Upcoming Book?

One of the very first things high school students learn nowadays is that Wikipedia should never, ever be considered a legitimate source for research. Maybe Wired editor-in-chief Chris Anderson was in high school before Wikipedia was a big thing, but at some point down the line, he should have gotten the speech about how plagiarism is wrong. If he did, according to some recent reports, it seems like it maybe didn't stick. Or, maybe he just got really caught up in the topic he was writing on. In his forthcoming book, Free: The Future of Radical Price, about the business...  read more

IMDb launches free on-demand movies and TV shows

[Above: Fever Pitch is among the free films now available on IMDb.com]For most users, IMDb is a get-it-and-go web service for movie credits and daily features like the birthday calendar. And despite innovations over the years like open forums, trailer uploads and IMDbPro, it’s largely stayed that way.  ...  read more