Vantage Point

More Studios Support Digital Copy: PCs, iPods/Macs, even PSPs!

• Apr 29, 2008 12:16 PM ET
• by The DVD Team

A few months ago we took a hands-on look at Digital Copy with Family Guy - Blue Harvest. The show's Star Wars parody came to DVD with an extra disc containing a digital file version of the feature which easily copied to a Video iPod, a PC, or a PC-file compatible device (like an Archos media player). It's a handy way to get a "portable" copy of the DVD you've bought, so you don't have to buy it all over again via download to the hard drive of your laptop or a portable video device. But what else is on the way for Digital Copy?· Fox has the biggest support for on-disc Digital Copy so far, but Family Guy was actually their second. Last November's 2-DVD version of Live Free or Die Hard was first. The Blu-ray version didn't have it, though, and it didn't support iPod copies yet either (leaving iPod users AND Macintosh users out in the cold). But this would quickly and easily transfer a nice-looking copy of the film's unrated cut to a PC or compatible device.· Fox then expa... read more

Vantage Points to the Top of the Box Office

• Feb 24, 2008 09:58 PM ET
• by TV Guide News

Vantage Point, a political thriller starring Matthew Fox, Dennis Quaid and seemingly an entire third of Hollywood, was No. 1 with a bullet at the weekend box office, opening with a $24 million haul. The previous chart-topper, Jumper, dropped to second with $12.7 mil.Rounding out the top five were The Spiderwick Chronicles ($12.6 mil), Step Up 2 the Streets ($9.8 mil) and Fool's Gold ($6.3 mil).Jack Black's Be Kind Rewind, the only other new release to crack the top 10, tied Juno for No. 7, with $4.1 million.Related:• Ken Fox digs up a Be Kind Rewind scandal read more

Matthew Fox Shares His Vantage Point on Family

• Feb 21, 2008 10:04 PM ET
• by TV Guide News

In the new thriller Vantage Point, Matthew Fox stars as a Secret Service agent assigned to protect the POTUS at all costs. But outside the studio, the Lost star admits that's a mission impossible (or rather improbable). "I would take a bullet for my family, but not for [anyone else]," Fox said at the film's Wednesday-night premiere in New York City, attended by costars Dennis Quaid and Forest Whitaker. Fox is extremely protective of his family, and is currently raising his kids in Hawaii, an ocean away from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood. "My wife and I think it's important that we keep those two worlds as separate as possible," he explained. Since his acting projects as of late have not been the most kid-friendly, the little Foxes haven't seen their pop in action. But when his other new feature, Speed Racer, comes out in May, it will be a different story. Until then, he says, "I'm just Dad." — Perris RichterMore party talk:• Gossip Girl Star: Blondes Don't Have More ... read more