Video games and Hollywood have always been the Woody Allen and 
Soon-Yi of the entertainment world. They’re together forever, but the fit has always been an odd one – and a little creepy at times.
The amount of ink wasted bemoaning the sheer volume of crappy movie-based games is copious – and I promise this isn’t more of the same. In fact, for the first time games and movies may have found a good way to co-exist.
Critics and audiences don’t always agree. That’s a given.
But the gap between critical and commercial success in Hollywood is significantly wider than what you will find in the gaming world. Despite the fact that the film industry is more mature and nuanced, audiences often flock to films that make critics lose their lunch while gamers and critics tend to march together.
Mix three groomsmen, a tiger and major 
memory gaps, then subtract one tooth and you’ve got the ingredients for the most popular On Demand film in the delivery system’s history.
Avail-TVN has put together a list of the 20 most-watched video on demand titles and “The Hangover” tops the list. On Demand viewing has grown exponentially in the last three years, with titles often bowing the same day as the DVD goes on sale, so it’s not too surprising that the list is made of recent films. (None was released earlier than 2007.) There are some surprising omissions, though. No Disney-Pixar film made the cut, for example.
Read more (and see the Top 20) at Variety’s Technotainment blog
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is a man who’s known for forward-looking
(and often controversial) opinions. For the most part, those have centered around the computing world, but that the ongoing “D: All Things Digital” conference, he had a few thoughts about what might be coming for the film industry.
“I … think you’ll be able to watch a first run movie before it hits theaters… if you want to spend a bunch of money,” he told the crowd in a question and answer session (according to onsite reporting from Engadget).
With consolidation sweeping through the film industry and indie shingles closing down at a rapid clip, it’s harder than ever for budding filmmakers to get a break. But a new Website that counts three members of the Academy among its ranks is looking to make it a little easier.
Openfilm.com emerges from its beta period Thursday with a series of grants for filmmakers, its own distribution company and an advisory board that includes actors James Caan, Robert Duval and Scott Caan, along with director Mark Rydell.
Chris Morris: Journalist 