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A Trailer For The Interview, as Directed By Kim Jong-Un

The Interview, the most talked-about crap movie of 2014, was not very flattering to North Korea’s leader. Actually, it showed his head going pop. But what would happen if the film were directed by the DPRK’s glorious leader, rather than those American fascists? This YouTube video, which comes to us courtesy of an anonymous YouTube…

You Can Watch The Interview Almost Anywhere Starting Today

Sony Pictures has officially opened the floodgates. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the company announced that The Interview—you know, that one comedy with all the North Korean hacking and terrorist threats and lukewarm reviews—is now available on almost every digital streaming platform available. That includes Cable VOD services from Bright House Networks, Comcast, Cox Communications,…

iTunes Is Also Streaming The Interview Starting Today

According to Re/code, Apple just released The Interview on iTunes in the U.S. and Canada today at 1pm EST. Like other services which started streaming the controversial film on Christmas Eve, iTunes will also let you rent ($5.99) or buy ($14.99) the film. During Sony’s early talks to get would-be streaming services on board, the…

Artist Suing Sony Over Unauthorized Use of Her Song in ‘The Interview’

Musician Yoon Mi Rae is not too happy with Sony Pictures right now. Because even though the company has aggressively gone after people who don’t respect intellectual property rights, they seem to need a lesson in IP law themselves. Yoon Mi Rae is accusing Sony of using a portion of her song “Pay Day” in…

Why Team America Suceeds As Satire Where The Interview Fails

The “Let’s kill Kim Jong-un” move The Interview has drawn inevitable, and not always favorable, comparisons to another movie that skewers North Korea, Team America: World Police. But why do people hold up the South Park creators’ often crudely funny film as a bar The Interview fails to reach? In yesterday’s discussion of The Interview,…

The Interview: Only a Bad Movie Could Start This Culture War 

The Interview begins with a thought experiment. What if, tomorrow, North Korea demonstrated that it had nuclear missiles that could destroy the US from across the Pacific? The resulting movie is a mess, but as a political satire it obviously hit its mark. Here’s why such a terrible flick started a culture war. Yes, there…

Everyone Is Torrenting The Interview 

After much humming and hawing, Sony released The Interview to the internet yesterday, charging $6 for the privilege of seeing a CGI Kim Jong-Un go pop. And, because this is the internet, hundreds of thousands of people are repaying the favor by torrenting the crap out of it. According to estimates from TorrentFreak(which are in…

The Interview Meta-Review: Not Really Worth The Drama

After weeks of prevaricating, terrorist threats, conspiracy theories and presidential interventions, Sony finally released The Interview on YouTube yesterday. Although we opted not to review because whether the movie was good or bad (it’s bad) is almost entirely besides the point, it seems like everyone else on the internet has. Here is the groupthink conclusion,…

Good(?) news for our friends up north — The Interview just got its first international premiere, as it’s now available to stream on Google Play and YouTube in the great frozen north. [Twitter]

You Can Stream The Interview Right Now, Here’s How

The Interview has had the craziest release story of any film in recent memory. But a crippling hacking attack, terrorist threats, and state-sponsored “cybervandalism” aside, the movie is now (finally) available to watch—and you don’t even have to leave your couch. Earlier today, Sony announced that YouTube, Google Play, and Xbox Video would be streaming…

The Interview Is Coming to YouTube, Google Play, and Xbox Video Today

In addition to allowing theaters around the country to view the now infamous The Interview, Sony will also be releasing Seth Rogen and James Franco’s latest via YouTube, according to a report from CNN. Update: The Wall Street Journal also says that Sony will stream on YouTube, Google Play, and Xbox Video for $5.99. You…

Every Movie Theater Showing The Interview on Christmas Day and After

The Interview, a movie in which two secondary characters from short-lived television classic Freaks and Geeks conspire with the U.S. government to assassinate a sitting head of state, has been through some shit. At last, though, it will be shown. And here are the theaters that will show it, broken down by state. The following…

Sony Pictures Will Screen The Interview on Christmas Day

Multiple theaters are now announcing that Sony Pictures has authorized screenings of The Interview on Christmas Day. There are also reports that the company will also announce corresponding video on demand release. They’re not such cowards after all! That’s Tim League of the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, a Texas-based movie theater chain, who supported a petition…

​How to Explain the Sony Hack to Your Relatives

The holidays are a time for eggnog and presents and bizarre credulous rituals involving an old elf-man and his pack of flying caribou. It’s also a time to cuddle up by the hearth and begrudgingly explain the latest technology news to your relatives. This week’s edition: The Sony hack. Lucky for everyone, the tech involved…

The Interview Scores a Perfect 10 on IMDb

A staggering 22,680 users have seen fit to award The Interview a perfect 10 on IMDb. Which is impressive for a film that virtually nobody is ever going to see. Update: Sadly, the score is now back down to 9.9. While the score for the film has been hovering at 9.9, Verge notes that today…

BitTorrent Wants to Distribute The Interview

Every day, the Sony Pictures hack gets weirder and weirder. On Friday, Obama boldly announced that Sony had made “a mistake” in pulling the film but said it was the private company’s right to do so. In an interview earlier this morning, the Commander in Chief clarified that he saw the attacks as an act…

FBI: North Korea Was Behind the Sony Hack

The FBI is now officially blaming North Korea for the attacks that have ravaged Sony Pictures for the past weeks. Per the FBI (emphasis added): As a result of our investigation, and in close collaboration with other U.S. government departments and agencies, the FBI now has enough information to conclude that the North Korean government…

Sony Hackers Email: Thanks For Running Scared, We’ll Stop Now

Brian Stelter from CNN reports that hackers sent Sony Pictures Entertainment executives a braggy email celebrating Sony’s decision to cancel its release plans for The Interview. The hackers promise that the remainder of Sony’s data is safe—for now. According to CNN, part of the email reads: It is very wise that you have made a…

Sony Just Accidentally Released a New Promo for The Interview

Despite the fact that Sony has absolutely no plans to release The Interview in any way anytime soon, a new promo just popped up on YouTube. Somewhere out there, a PR intern is about to have a very, very bad day. Update 7:22pm: Sony has taken down the video, but you can watch a clip…

7 Films We Should Probably Ban Right Now, You Know, Just In Case

So you’ve no doubt heard about American cinemas’ near unanimous decision to pull The Interview from theaters. Not to be outdone in cowardice, Paramount is also telling some theaters to not play 2004’s Team America: World Police in its place in deference to our new cultural overlords in Pyongyang. Since we’ve officially abandoned all reason,…