Patrick Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

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Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is releasing the documentary  Bully  without a rating after Hollywood's Motion Picture Association of America said it would get an  "R" rating  because the…

Damaged Children, Clueless Adults and Hollywood Ratings

Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is releasing the documentary Bully without a rating after Hollywood's Motion Picture Association of America said it would get an "R" rating because the…

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Hollywood is waking up to technology and economics.  Studios are becoming revolving doors for executives, and the standards for "green-lighting" new projects aren't what they used to…

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Hollywood is waking up to technology and economics.  Studios are becoming revolving doors for executives, and the standards for "green-lighting" new projects aren't what they used to…

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With so much free content on-line, the business model for movies just doesn't work any more.

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With so much free content on-line, the business model for movies just doesn't work any more.

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