James Emanuel Shapiro
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Austin, TX, United States
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Past articles by James:
The TROLL Nine Yards - Film Distribution In The Time Of COVID-19
Things are getting crazy out there. → Read More
James’ Top Ten Films Of 2019
If you know James, you can probably guess number one. → Read More
The DOJ, Exhibition, And That Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
What the Department of Justice’s decision to end the Paramount Consent Decrees likely means for you, me, theaters, and distribution companies. → Read More
DISNEY/NETFLIX – Where Are We Now That DISNEY+ Is Almost Here?
Disney’s Fox, Netflix’s Hare – who is winning? → Read More
Winter Is Coming For Streaming Media
Whatever GAME OF THRONES line you want to use, the bursting of the streaming bubble is going be uglier than the end of that show. → Read More
Sunday Reads: Our Sundance 2019 Recap
The snow is cold but the deals are hot! → Read More
The Alamo Drafthouse Top Ten Movies Of 2018
A collective ranking that shall not be disputed! → Read More
A 2018 Industry Recap: It Was The Best Of Times, It Was The Worst Of Times
Is this the Digital Film World we wanted? → Read More
ONE CUT OF THE DEAD, Prime Video Direct, Internet Piracy And You
A nuanced look at this weekend's ONE CUT OF THE DEAD debacle. → Read More
James Shapiro’s Top Ten Movies Of 2018
Our Top Ten week continues. → Read More
Sunday Reads: FilmStruck - The King Is Dead! Long Live The King!
The failure of FilmStruck in the new streaming world and where we’ll go from here… → Read More
Sunday Reads: Summer 2018 – The Dawn Of A New Era For Documentaries
And we may have an unlikely source to thank for it… → Read More
Disney, Warner, Universal, Et Al To Own Theaters Again?
Trump’s Department of Justice is looking at reversing the 70-year-old anti-trust rules that have prevented the studios from owning theaters. → Read More
Trump’s Department Of Justice Loses As Court Approves The AT&T/Time Warner Merger
What happens now? → Read More
With Netflix, The Disruption Is TOTAL
We’ve been nuked from orbit, most of us just don’t know it yet. → Read More
Disney Reminds Us All That It’s Their World And We’re Just Living In It
Hail the conquering studio. → Read More
BLACK PANTHER And More Audience Score Problems For Rotten Tomatoes And Metacritic
One’s a Dot, two’s a line and three’s a trend. → Read More
GOD PARTICLE Is Chess For Netflix And Checkers For Paramount
The biggest news out of Sundance so far hasn’t (yet) been a jaw dropping high advance given for the rights to a likely awards feature or buzz about a breakout actor or actress, but that the slightly delayed Paramount film God Particle looks to be headed out of theaters and over to Netflix. Paramount had previously sold streaming international rights to Alex Garland’s newest film, Annihilation,… → Read More
Amazon Studios: To Pivot Or Not To Pivot?
Speculation on some big recent news. → Read More
Sunday Reads: STAR WARS, Sequels, And Looking At Franchise History To Find Box Office Trends
What history can tell us about THE LAST JEDI's box office. → Read More