Armchair Commentary

Movies & TV Trade-In Store Launches with 5,000+ Eligible Titles!

Today we are pleased to announce the beta launch of Amazon Movies & TV Trade-In, www.amazon.com/moviestradein. Amazon Moves & TV Trade-In is a new service that enables you to trade in your movies and TV on DVD, Blu-ray, and HD DVD for an Amazon.com Gift Card. 

Trade-In is as easy as 1,2,3. Go to www.amazon.com/moviestradein and search for movies & TV that you want to trade among thousands of titles. Once you’ve found your items, print off a prepaid shipping label (no cost to you), drop it in the mail, and you’re done. Once items are received and verified, an Amazon.com gift card will be deposited into your Amazon.com account. You can spend that Amazon.com gift card towards the purchase of millions of eligible items at Amazon.com

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(And by the way, since this is a beta launch, you can expect two things: 1) our trade-in store will continue to evolve over time with increased selection of eligible titles and 2) we’re interested in your feedback on how we can improve it. Please share your thoughts via our feedback form here.)   

Check out our Video Games trade-in store that launched in March. Since then the selection has expanded to now include over 2,500 eligible games for trade-in.

--Angela

Staying in Character: "Wanted" and "Frost/Nixon"

We've all heard rumors of actors so dedicated to the craft that they stay in character even when the camera isn't rolling, but now Frank Langella, who portrays the president in Frost/Nixon, finally cops to doing it. In this exclusive clip, Langella talks about sacrificing the on-set camaraderie of his peers in order to provide the full Nixonian experience for the cast and crew.

Of course actors aren’t the only folks who sometimes internalize the personality of another person. At the risk of sounding like a movie ad, I thought Wanted was pretty much a 110-minute adrenaline rush (except for the part where Morgan Freeman explained how he takes his marching orders from a giant loom—then it became kind of a comedy). In fact, the action was intense enough that I walked out of the theater feeling like a warrior—ready to strike at the first sign of trouble from my date, my fellow movie-goers, or the nice lady who sold me a gift card for my Mom’s birthday immediately after.

However, J. Jill is no place for an assassin. The appropriate place, of course, is your rec room (Wanted is now available as a game for your PC, PlayStation3, or Xbox 360). In this trailer, Wanted stars and others talk about creating the movie and game.  --Leah