On Demand Weekly

ODW rounds up stories affecting the VOD Industry.

Gotham Awards Crown The Hurt Locker

It feels great when a film that would otherwise get lost in the shuffle gets recognized for true awesomeness. Tonight, the Gotham Awards recognized those types of films…(Cinema Blend)

'Precious,' 'Last Station' Top Spirit Awards Nominations

Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” and Michael Hoffman’s “The Last Station” topped the list of the 25th Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations, it was announced Tuesday morning...(The Wrap)

5 Surprising Snubs Among the Independent Spirit Award Nominees

Here’s 5 of the most notable snubs, along with the full list of nominees:..(Movieline)

New Films on VOD for the Week of March 8

Precious

Academy Award winner, Mo’Nique Imes-Jackson stars in a breakthrough performance as an overweight, illiterate Harlem teen who is pregnant with her second child and is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction.  Precious also won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Mo’Nique Imes-Jackson, Paula Patton. R / 109 minutes / Available 3/09

Michael Jackson’s This Is It

Hot Movies On Demand - The Week’s Top Ten VOD Movies

Clareece 'Precious' Jones: My name is Clareece Precious Jones. I wish I had a light-skinned boyfriend with real nice hair. And I want to be on a cover of a magazine. But first I want to be in one of those BET videos

-Precious

The top ten video on demand (VOD) movies for the week ending March 7, 2010 are:

10.  Michael Jackson’s This is It                   

9. Pirate Radio                                                       

8. Inglourious Basterds                                           

7. The Informant!                                                                                                                            

6. Where The Wild Things Are                                                                                                                                  

Hot Movies On Demand - The Week’s Top Ten VOD Movies

Bella Swan: You've killed people Jake.
Jacob Black: We only kill what we are trying to protect you from, vampires.

            The Twilight Saga:  New Moon

The top ten video on demand (VOD) movies for the week ending March 14, 2010 are:

10.  Astro Boy                    

9. Couples Retreat                                                              

8. Hurt Locker                                                         

7. Amored                                                                                                                                      

6. The Fourth Kind                                                                                                                                                  

Hot Movies On Demand - The Week’s Top Ten VOD Movies

Leigh Anne Touhy: Find some time to figure out another bedroom for you.
Michael Oher: This is mine?
Leigh Anne Touhy: Yes, sir.
Michael Oher: I never had one before.
Leigh Anne Touhy: What, a room to yourself?
Michael Oher: A bed.

-       The Blind Side

The top ten video on demand (VOD) movies for the week ending March 21, 2010 are:

10.  Armored                      

9. The Fourth Kind                                                              

8. Ninja Assassin                                                                

7. Precious                                                                                                                                                            

6. Did You Hear About The Morgans?                                                                                                                                                               

Hot Movies On Demand - The Week’s Top Ten VOD Movies

Leigh Anne Touhy: If you so much as set foot downtown, you will be sorry. I'm in a prayer group with the D.A., I'm a member of the NRA and I'm always packing.

-       The Blind Side

The top ten video on demand (VOD) movies for the week ending March 28, 2010 are:

10.  Precious Armored                    

9. Ninja Assassin                                                    

8. Did You Hear About The Morgans?                                                                     

7. Law Abiding Citizen                                                                                                                                                              

6. Old Dogs