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...four years ago that the last episode of Sex and the City aired on HBO, an event mourned by fans across the country who wanted all the romance, fashion and gossip from their four favorite Manhattan mavens to live on. On May 30, the devout finally get their wish when Sex and the City: The Movie makes its big-screen debut at theaters across the country courtesy of Warner Bros. (both TIME and Warner Bros. are owned by Time Warner...
...Getting a major studio to develop a summer hit for a female audience can be a hard sell when blockbusters usually come in Iron Man-sized portions and are aimed at guys. But with the stunning popularity of SATC both on HBO and DVD (and, more recently, on TBS), this movie could be the one that bucks the trend. TIME.com turned to a crack panel of experts to gauge how this movie will fare among mainstream audiences - and whether it will reach a key benchmark of success, $25 million on its opening weekend. All five said yes, and here...
...movie, and they have really built up the anticipation to the point where women are going to go with other women to check it out. On the coasts, it may seem like the fad is over, but in places like Kentucky, for viewers who didn't have HBO but are discovering the show on TBS, it's still immensely popular... And you'll have the franchise fans as well. I was a naysayer at one time, saying that it's too old and we're over it, but then I watched the gathering media story and I have been converted...
...finally, while 10,000 titles sounds like a lot-Netflix claims it's the biggest selection available anywhere - it's still relatively modest. While we could watch all seasons of The Office, there were no HBO series, for instance. A Netflix spokesman pointed out that the company launched its DVD subscription business in 1999 with a mere 3,900 titles; it offers 100,000 now. So, while it's not yet video dial tone, we're off to a great start...
Forman's background is in documentary films, plus a stint writing for the 2005 Israeli miniseries adapted for HBO as In Treatment. (He wrote three episodes for the series' haunted soldier, who was played by Assi Dayan, the son of Defense Minister and war hero Moshe Dayan.) Like generations of Israelis, Forman grew up in a country that is besieged by hostile neighbors even as it occupies land the Palestinians consider their own. That twin feeling, of being both prisoners and police, might give anyone restless dreams. But the soldiers whose commanders did nothing to stop the 1982 massacre, while...