July 7, 2016 Two new studies have investigated product placements in two Hollywood movies. Volunteers watched the Hollywood movies as either a 2D, a 3D, or a 4D version (the 3D movie with added scent). ...
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Dec. 29, 2015 James Bond's nemesis in the most recent film likely failed neuroanatomy, says a real-life neurosurgeon and scientist. Blofeld didn't quite know his brain anatomy and would've probably ...
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May 7, 2015 Sound and music in films do more than merely enhance our experience of a film's narrative. They can also affect the ways in which we perceive ourselves and how we ...
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Jan. 19, 2015 Don't rely on the Academy Awards next month if you are seeking to know whether the movies deemed great today will survive the test of time. According to a new study, the best predictor of a ...
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Dec. 10, 2014 Researchers have examined the occurrence of science in mainstream pop music and asks whether the media of popular culture are suitable for scientific ...
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Nov. 12, 2014 Action movies may drive box office revenues, but dramas and deeper, more serious movies earn audience acclaim and appreciation, according to a team of ...
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Sep. 10, 2014 The effect of movies featuring dogs on the popularity of dog breeds can last up to 10 years and is correlated with the general success of the movies, according to new ...
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Sep. 10, 2014 Twitter provides an avenue for female sports broadcasters to break down gender barriers, yet it currently serves to express their subordinate sports media roles, researchers have concluded after ...
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June 17, 2014 Teenagers interested in celebrity culture are more likely to have a well-rounded knowledge of modern life and awareness of issues relating to politics, economics and the media, a leading Media Arts ...
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June 3, 2014 New research suggests that purportedly entertaining films that feature global warming and climate change can affect public understanding. But films are often bound up in problematic and limiting ...
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Apr. 23, 2014 Today women take an active part in public life. Without a doubt, they also converse with other women. In fact, they even talk to each other about other things besides men. As banal as it sounds, this ...
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Mar. 13, 2014 When it comes to Oscars and some other Hollywood movie awards, who your friends are affects whether you win, according to a new study. Film awards generally fall into two categories: those, such as ...
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Feb. 12, 2014 At the most influential levels of the entertainment industry, minorities and women are represented at between one half and one twelfth the rate that would be expected given their proportion in the ...
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Jan. 18, 2014 Research estimates the impact of an R rating for movie smoking, and emphasizes that an R rating for any film showing smoking could reduce smoking onset in U.S. adolescents by ...
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Jan. 15, 2014 What do Hollywood moguls holding their breath this week for an Oscar nomination have in common with the influence peddlers on K Street in Washington, D.C.? More than you might imagine, suggests new ...
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May 22, 2013 A researchers is looking at why some Hollywood movies are successful in the international box ...
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Dec. 10, 2012 Violent acts in James Bond films were more than twice as common in "Quantum of Solace" (2008) than in the original 1962 movie "Dr. No," researchers have ...
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Sep. 27, 2012 Top box office films last year showed more onscreen smoking than the prior year, reversing five years of steady progress in reducing tobacco imagery in movies, according to a new ...
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Sep. 25, 2012 By analyzing the soundtracks of 1940s film noir thrillers, a musicologist can track changing attitudes to women -- moving away from the classic femme fatale and love interest to the independent ...
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Aug. 23, 2011 Two articles address the question of whether films with smoking scenes should have "adult" ratings applied to ...
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