#PaxEx Podcast: Bells, Whistles and Lipstick on a Pig
Welcome to Episode 26 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is John Walton, an international aviation journalist who writes for ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Screen Size
Second time’s a charm for Exotic Marigold Hotel
There’s a recurring bit about weak tea in director John Madden’s The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel that, aside from being ve... Continue Reading
United to improve 767 dispatch reliability with interior overhaul
A decision by United Airlines to extend the life of its Boeing 767-300ER fleet means more widebody aircraft crossing the Atlantic Ocean (and... Continue Reading
Airlines have not yet picked 10-abreast layout for A350: Airbus
Have any Airbus A350 XWB customers selected a 10-abreast economy class seating configuration for the new widebody? The answer to that questi... Continue Reading
IFE Film Review: X + Y = comedy gold in timely While We’re Young
Long before it was co-opted by cynical marketing types to sell iPads, craft beers and GoPro cameras to tech-hungry Millennials, the word aut... Continue Reading
McFarland, USA outruns sports movie clichés
When it comes to portraying big, strong, corn-fed everyman types onscreen, no one holds a candle to the all-American charms of Kevin Costner... Continue Reading
Air Astana passenger experience exceeds expectations…for now
Air Astana, the Kazakh national carrier, invited me to experience its Boeing 757 longhaul service as part of a media visit recently. The air... Continue Reading
Vile, tin-eared The Voices not worth listening to
Every few years a small, buzz-worthy film emerges from the Sundance Film Festival that is so awful it threatens to give genuinely good Sunda... Continue Reading
OAG wants to make IFE more relevant with its flight data
How can connectivity bring about change to inflight entertainment? It’s all about data and for OAG, a market leader in flight schedule... Continue Reading
Jupiter Ascending takes Sci-Fi camp to new heights
Depending on where you’re flying and what you’re drinking, Jupiter Ascending is either the worst movie ever made or a howlingly-... Continue Reading
Monarch surprises with Apple Watch app that interfaces with IFE
Being first to market with a concept can be a daunting proposition and one riddled with opportunities for high-profile failure. At the same ... Continue Reading
Paint-by-numbers biopic Big Eyes not frame-worthy
You know you’ve really made it as a filmmaker in Hollywood when your name is used to describe not just a sub-genre but an entire style... Continue Reading
Panasonic Avionics eyes 4K Ultra-HD displays for aircraft cabins
The key word driving the emergence of 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) technology – with four times the resolution of 1080p – in t... Continue Reading
Criminally underrated John Wick is good bad
In 2011 someone asked The New York Times film critic Manohla Dargis whether she thought Keanu Reeves was a “good bad actor” or a... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Hacker Claims and Inflight Games
Welcome to Episode 24 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Dominic Green, executive VP, Americas at Inflight Dublin, which i... Continue Reading
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