HeyJaredJeff Rauseo
If movies are more than background noise to you, you're in the right place. Jeff Rauseo covers film, horror, physical media, and entertainment industry trends for the people who actually care about this stuff.
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Do You Really Need 4K? Why Blu-ray and DVD Still Matter in 2026 (opens the original)
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A lot of people ask me what the way to watch movies at home is, and that is an easy question to answer. 4K Blu-ray is the best audio and video experience that you can get in your home right now. But I find that people ask the wrong questions. This isn’t about if 4K is better. We know it is. It’s about which one is better for you. And for a lot of people reading this, the honest answer might not be the 4K format. It may be Blu-ray or even regular DVD.4K, Blu-ray, DVD: What’s The Difference?The fi
I Sat Down With the AG Suing Paramount (opens the original)
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This one’s a first for me - an interview with a sitting Attorney General about movies!I got 10 minutes with Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell — one of the 12 state Attorney Generals suing to block the Paramount/Warner Bros. Discovery merger — to talk about what this merger means for consumers and the media, the current state of the lawsuit, the role of the Attorney General in these lawsuits, and of course, some of our favorite movies!For all the latest on this merger, entertainment
What Superhero Movies Are Really Asking Us About Freedom and Safety (opens the original)
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Have you ever really thought about what superhero movies are trying to tell us? I’m not talking about the plot of each piece of media, but the underlying message of the entire genre. Because almost every piece of Earth-based superhero media, from comics and video games to movies and TV shows, is asking the same question. For the hero, how much of themselves are they willing to give up to be the one keeping everyone safe? For us, how much freedom are we willing to give up for safety? Lately there
The Odyssey Should Kill the "Woke" Discourse Once and For All (opens the original)
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Since The Odyssey releases this week, you’ve probably heard a lot about “woke movies.” There’s been a ton of discourse around the casting, some minor character changes, and the people involved. All of it has been framed by those stoking the discourse as proof that this is, once again, a “woke” movie.This has been a popular, if exhausting, topic for years. Think about the new Star Wars trilogy, where Rey is the hero — well, she’s a woman, so that’s woke. Or the Snow White live-action remake. Or T
You Will Own Nothing, and You'll Like It: Why Consumers Lose When Subscriptions Win (opens the original)
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You will own nothing, and you will like it.That’s the message being sold to consumers all over the world right now by major corporations and governments. And it’s exactly why physical media, and physical ownership of all of your consumer goods, matters so much.Public corporations exist to grow. They operate on an infinite growth model — constantly increasing profits to keep shareholders happy. It’s the basic logic of capitalism. But every company has a peak. There are only so many of us out ther
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