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This Week's Captioned Movie Spotlight On: Super 8
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin This Week's Spotlight On: Super 8In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness catastrophic train crash while making a super 8 movie and soon suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local Deputy tries to uncover the truth - something more t...
Wed, Jun 08 2011

This Week's Captioned Movie Spotlight on: X-Men: First Class
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin This Week's Spotlight On: X-Men: First ClassX-Men: First Class charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga, and reveals a secret history of famous global events. Before mutants had revealed themselves to the world, and before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. No...
Fri, Jun 03 2011

Captionfish expands into Canada
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Captionfish has expanded into Canada just in time for the hot summer movie season! If you live in Canada, please visit Captionfish.com to find your area's showtimes & theater listings.We'd love to get your input and feedback so if you know of a theater that we haven't listed yet, or have feedback on anything that would make the website work better for you, please let ...
Fri, May 27 2011

Captionfish partners with Regal Entertainment
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Regal announced today that they're updating their equipment to digital. Along with that comes accessible solutions for the Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Blind moviegoers. Over the years, Regal has bolstered their commitment to providing movies that are accessible to people with hearing and vision loss. Their announcement through the press release today truly demonstrates ...
Thu, May 05 2011

Non-Captioned Story About Movie Capitoning Lawsuit
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin An eagle-eyed patron forwarded this ironic clip to us.... a non-captioned video about a movie captioning lawsuit. Of course, it was captioned on TV, but it didn't get re-formatted for the www. Isn't this what the 21st Century Video Accessibility Act is all about? [link] needs to take note. Go figure.
Thu, Apr 28 2011

During the week of March 29th through April 1st, I had a...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin During the week of March 29th through April 1st, I had a chance to view the latest technology (or at least the latest versions) at 2011 CinemaCon (formerly known as ShoWest), the annual studio –theatre chain convention located in Las Vegas. Not only did it change its name, it also moved across the way to Caesars Palace. Talk about sensory and auditory overload. Th...
Tue, Apr 19 2011

Phlixie shows that Netflix Instant Library now has over...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Our sister site Phlixie.com now finds 1,070 titles with subtitles in the Netflix Instant library. Check out Phlixie's recently added page for the latest additions: [link]
Fri, Apr 01 2011

Keep track of Netflix stats on Phlixie.com!
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin If you want to keep track of Netflix's efforts with adding subtitles to their Instant Library, check out Phlixie.com's About page and look on the right side.There's all sorts of numbers that the little Phlixii minions at Phlixie.com has been able to gather from Netflix (they've been working hard!) We hope you find it useful!What you see on this page is our best repres...
Wed, Mar 02 2011

New Phlixie.com feature! Exclude foreign titles from list
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin New feature update! People have asked for a simple way to separate foreign titles from the overall titles so that its easier to browse our list from Netflix's Instant Library.You can now exclude foreign titles by checking the box under the top navigation on Phlixie.com. This will remove the foreign titles from the list. If you want to include foreign titles, go back t...
Tue, Mar 01 2011

The Captionfish team introduces Phlixie!
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin From the team that brought you Captionfish comes a new website called Phlixie.Don't you wish there was a quick & easy way to find subtitled movies on Netflix? Phlixie provides you with a simple way to traverse all available accessible titles in Netflix's Instant library. [link] are in the early stages of development. Learn more: [link] us know what you think of ou...
Mon, Feb 28 2011

Nanci Linke-Ellis formerly of Insight Cinema joins...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENanci Linke-Ellis formerly of Insight Cinema joins Captionfish as Partner, General ManagerRole in Promotion & Marketing to widen the scope of captioning awareness and deepen captioned entertainment ties to the motion picture industry and it’s partnersSEATTLE [January 25, 2011] – Captionfish proudly announced today the addition of Nanci Linke-Ellis...
Wed, Jan 26 2011

Where is Harry Potter Playing?
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone!Thank you for all your emails asking if Harry Potter, The Deathly Hallows, Part 1 will come to your area. This is an exciting movie! The trailer looks great and it has generated a lot of interest! Captionfish makes all its information available to you, and that includes all the information we know about Harry Potter. Here's what we recommend you do:1) V...
Tue, Nov 16 2010

Captionfish Trailers - worldwide iPhone app!
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin NEW! "Worldwide" release of Captionfish Trailers iPhone application available for download now!This lightweight version contains trailers with English captions that can be enjoyed worldwide. If you want to view show times in the United States, download the Captionfish application from the App Store.
Mon, Sep 27 2010

Captionfish iPhone application picked by Apple!
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin We learned yesterday that Apple picked Captionfish's iPhone app to be shown on the front page of iTunes App Store in the "Featured - What's Hot" section. This comes on the heels of last week's promotion where Captionfish was shown in the "Featured - What's New" section. We are thrilled, humbled and thankful. Not just to Apple for finding Captionfish's iPhone app inter...
Fri, Sep 10 2010

Captionfish iPhone application now available for download!
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin After numerous requests, we are happy to announce that the Captionfish iPhone app is now available for FREE download from iTunes! Visit our iPhone page for more details about the app and download link. You can also view the press release.Working on this app has been a wild ride for us full of learned experiences and we hope you enjoy the hard work we’ve put into it. T...
Thu, Aug 26 2010

Captionfish iPhone Application approved by Apple
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hi folks! Great News! Apple has approved the Captionfish iPhone application. It will be available from the iTunes store on Thursday 8/26. Watch this page for the download link.Thank you for supporting Captionfish!
Wed, Aug 25 2010

Captionfish's iPhone App submitted to Apple for approval
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin The Captionfish iPhone app has been submitted to Apple for approval. Now we sit and wait! What a journey to get to this point. Thanks to everyone for all their support and enthusiasm. We are excited to get this out onto all your iPhones and iPod Touches using iOS4.We will keep everyone informed on the latest information as it develops.
Sat, Aug 14 2010

Where is Eat Pray Love playing?
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone! Thank you for all your emails asking if Eat Play Love will come to your area. Eat Pray Love has generated a lot of interest and looks like a great movie!Captionfish makes all its information available to you, and that includes all the information we know about Eat Pray Love. Here's what we recommend you do:1) Check Eat Pray Love's nationwide schedule. ...
Thu, Aug 12 2010

Captionfish iPhone App Preview
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Enjoy the video of a work-in-progress preview of Captionfish's iPhone app. We are very close to having a release-candidate ready for submission to Apple's iTunes App Store. Stay tuned for further updates!
Fri, Aug 06 2010
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Inception update - Please check with theater first
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin We just wanted to emphasize and make sure you knows it's very important to double-check with the theater first before trying to see it. We are getting reports that theater showtimes are still being reported as inaccurate in some locations.We have been told by our contacts that the captioning discs definitely have been mailed out to most theater locations and they shou...
Wed, Jul 28 2010

Captioned Discs for Inception ships to Theaters today
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone! We've been informed that the captioning for Inception has been finished and the discs have been pressed by Datasat. These pressed discs ship out to theaters today and should reach most locations sometime tomorrow. Additionally, many theaters do not update the schedule during mid-week so information on whether a theater is showing Inception captioned or...
Mon, Jul 26 2010

Rear Window® Captioned version of Inception delayed
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Due to some issues with getting the materials necessary to generatethe caption discs, WGBH has announced that the Rear Window® Captionedrelease of Inception has been delayed until the week of 7/26. We'vereceived several reports from people who have gone to theatersadvertising captioned showtimes of this film only to be told that thedisc hasn't arrived yet. If showtime...
Sun, Jul 18 2010

Sneak Preview of Captionfish's iPhone app
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone!Check out the sneak preview screenshot above for the different features that the iPhone app will have.Interest in a Captionfish iPhone app has been very high and we are happy to report that development on the Captionfish iPhone app is moving along smoothly and nearing completion!We've wanted to develop an app for quite some time but also wanted to think...
Fri, Jul 09 2010

Where is Twilight Eclipse playing?
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone! Interest in Twilight: Eclipse is really high right now and we're really excited! People want to know where it is playing and have been emailing us asking us to let them know when it's in their area. Captionfish makes all its information available to you, and that includes all the information we know about Twilight: Eclipse. Here's what we recommend you...
Wed, Jun 30 2010

Where is Toy Story 3 playing nationwide?
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone! We've been getting inundated with emails from visitors asking if Toy Story 3 is playing in their area. Please check Toy Story 3's Nationwide calendar here: [link] We want to take this opportunity to say that everything Captionfish could possibly know about a movie, showtime, or theater is transparent and available to you. There is nothing we have th...
Wed, Jun 16 2010

Stay On Top of Captioned Entertainment with Captionfish's...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Stay on top of the latest in captioned entertainment by subscribing to our free monthly e-mail newsletter! We kick off our first newsletter in time for the summer movie season with articles, links, and a feature column by Nanci Linke Ellis, formerly of Insight Cinema where she will answer everyone's questions about captioned entertainment!Click the link below to sign ...
Sat, May 22 2010

Letter: A Year of Fishing for Captioned Movies
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin As Captionfish turns one year old, we reflect back on the year and look into its future. Please check out our birthday letter, published on the website, A Year of Fishing for Captioned Movies at: [link] for all your support!
Wed, May 19 2010

Poll: Captionfish's Mobile Strategy
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin To all mobile users, please take a moment to help us shape Captionfish's Mobile Strategy by taking the poll over at: [link] you! We appreciate your support.
Mon, May 17 2010

New Captionfish features!
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin We've come a long way in Captionfish's 1 year of existence. As we turn 1 year old, we've pulled the 'beta' label off the Movies section and formally labeled it as Release 1.0. Some exciting new features and tweaks:- A new Live Plays section devoted to the Theater. Please check it out and let us know how we can make it better. If you know of a theater, tell us!- New Vi...
Mon, May 17 2010

Harkins Theatres chain brings "See What I'm Saying" to its...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Harkins Theatres has agreed to bring Hilari Scarl's "See What I'm Saying" to its chain of locations in California, Colorado, and Arizona! If you live in these areas, check the schedule page and circle the dates in your calendars! Planned dates for certain locations are 3/16-3/19 or 3/16-3/25. Showtimes will be posted to the schedule page as soon as ticket sales are m...
Fri, Feb 26 2010

"Gerald" and "Forget Me Not" Comes Back to Arizona by...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Sponsored by Arizona Association of the Deaf, Inc. "Gerald" and "Forget Me Not" will showcase at the Sequoia School for the Deaf on April 10, 2010!"Forget Me Not" 2:00 PM"Gerald" 7:00 PMSSDHH1460 S Horne St.Phoenix, AZTickets are $11.00 for each movie and can be purchased online at: [link] the Flyer!
Wed, Feb 24 2010

Captionfish partners with "See What I'm Saying" to share...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Captionfish is proud to be a Community Partner and official schedule provider for Hilari Scarl's "See What I'm Saying!"We encourage everyone to check out "See What I'm Saying", the first Open Captioned Commercial Film in American history! The World Premiere will be at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood, CA, and tickets will go on sale soon at Fandango! There will be a ...
Mon, Feb 22 2010

New Feature - List of Movies Currently Playing
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Over the past few weeks, we've received a number of e-mails asking us if certain movies were being shown with a certain caption type, e.g. The Wolfman with Open Captions. To make this information accessible to everyone, we have updated the Upcoming Captioned Movies page to include a list of captioned movies that are currently showing in theaters across the nation. Thi...
Mon, Feb 15 2010

Marcus Theaters added to Captionfish!
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Here's a quick update on our ever-expanding theaters list. First of all, thank you for sending them to us! We couldn't do it without your help. We strive to include as many theaters as we possibly can because we understand that having more options available to all of us improves our choices.Secondly, Captionfish is now picking up showtimes for the following theaters i...
Wed, Feb 03 2010

Captionfish Supports DeafHope
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin DeafHope is an organization based out of San Francisco, CA, that is dedicated to ending domestic and sexual violence against Deaf women and children through empowerment, education, and services.They were recently picked from a pool of over 500,000 501(c)(3) non profit charities in the nation to be one of the 100 finalists in the Chase Community Giving program. By bein...
Tue, Jan 19 2010

New Captionfish Feature! Upcoming Captioned Releases
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Captionfish has introduced a new feature page that shows upcoming movies! We believe that data transparency helps us all make more informed decisions about the choices of movies we want to see. Due to this belief and some recent feedback requests, we've implemented an Upcoming Captioned Releases feature page that allows everyone to see which movies are coming out in t...
Mon, Jan 18 2010

Some fun Captionfish stats
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Are you curious about Captionfish's statistics? What kinds of visitors and numbers are we getting? We announced last week that we were bringing foreign/subtitled movie listings to Captionfish. Captionfish now picks up foreign films playing at 94 locations. In the first week, we picked up 1,700+ showtimes!Captionfish's stats shows that top 3 states with the most visit...
Tue, Jan 12 2010

How to get tickets to future OC performances of Lion King...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin The scheduled OC performance of Lion King on January 9th in Las Vegas may be sold out but if you plan on going to Las Vegas, you can still purchase tickets for a future OC performance at Mandalay Bay!If you want to see a live OC performance, call 877-632-7400 to speak with a Box Office Representative. ***Be sure to request seats within the open-captioned (OC) viewing...
Wed, Jan 06 2010

Captionfish now includes Foreign/Subtitled films!
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin To kick off 2010, we've rolled out the first phase of our foreign/subtitled movies feature. We're now pulling in showtimes for foreign movies showing in the major metropolitan cities such as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington D.C..If there are foreign/subtitled movies available in you...
Mon, Jan 04 2010

See captioned trailers for weekly DVD releases on...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin We rolled out a new feature for Captionfish's Trailer Directory last night!Now all visitors can view captioned trailers for weekly DVD releases to help make renting/purchasing decisions. You can check out this new feature at: [link] and see captioned trailers to determine which movies were released on DVD/Blu-Ray this week.This new feature will be updated every week...
Sat, Jan 02 2010

Coming Soon: Advocating for more accessible movies
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone! Captionfish gets email nearly every day from visitors who want to improve Theater accessibility in their area so the deaf community have more choices. As an effort to address the many different issues and questions (and incorrect assumptions in thereof,) the folks at Captionfish have been researching various ways to promote positive advocacy. Please lo...
Tue, Dec 15 2009

Captioned Movies: When the Wait for Digital feels like...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Special guest: Nanci Linke-Ellis writes a guest blog post about the process for getting an open captioned film to screen.The process for getting an open captioned film to screen is a relatively easy process:Studio agrees to provide prints to be captioned. These formerly known as “InSight” 35 mm prints are sent to the captioning agency approved by the studio. The capti...
Fri, Nov 20 2009

Captionfish Action Alert - Ask for more OC Twilight...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin If you feel that Summit Entertainment isn't showing enough OC showtimes for the Twilight movies, please tell them how you feel! Call them at 1-310-828-4132 and or send a hand-written registered postage letter that requires a signature so they're forced to acknowledge your letter. Be heard! We would like to emphasize positive advocacy. Let the folks at Summit Entertain...
Thu, Nov 19 2009

How to find out if Twilight New Moon has captioned showings...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone! We are getting emails asking if Twilight is being shown in captions and where can they find out when it plays in their area.Right now we can confirm that, yes, Twilight New Moon is captioned. Have no fear! It will be in captions.Is it playing in your area? What's the best way to find out?We strongly recommend that you take advantage of Captionfish's E-...
Tue, Nov 17 2009

Captionfish Action Alert - call Disney now! 1-800-723-4763
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin BE HEARD! It's bad enough that many deaf and HOH people have to wait for DVDs to be able to enjoy movies in captions or subtitles, but what happens when Studios start making decisions to REMOVE captions from DVDs???This is why we need you to call Disney and file a complaint with them for removing captions/subtitles from rental version of Pixar's Up. Please call Disney...
Mon, Nov 16 2009

Captionfish's E-mail Notification: What It's For, and How...
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone!Thank you for all your enthusiasm and feedback on Captionfish's new beta update! It has received a tremendously positive response everywhere! E-mail Notification is shaping up to be a popular feature!The idea behind E-mail Notification is to send an email to each visitor when the movie they want to see is now available in their area. Unfortunately, many...
Fri, Nov 13 2009

Captionfish Gets Bigger and Better with Beta 3 Update!
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin To celebrate what has been a successful six months (our statistics) since we first launched Captionfish, we've added a bunch of new features: E-mail notifications: Get e-mail notifications when Captionfish finds captioned showtimes in your area for the movie(s) that you want to see! Look for this feature in the sidebar next to every trailer that you view.Revamped ...
Thu, Nov 12 2009

New features for Captionfish beta 2.5
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Captionfish has new features for everyone!1) You can now filter your results by movie type preferred. By default, Captionfish shares both OC and RWC movies. If you prefer to see one type of result and not the other, you can filter your choice! DVS for the blind is being looked into and will show up in a later beta.2) Share Captionfish with your family and friends wit...
Fri, Oct 02 2009

Help keep Captionfish's Theater List Updated
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello everyone! Captionfish has made available the list of theaters that are known to provide captioned movies and would like this to be as up-to-date as possible. Could you please take a moment to check out our theater directory page and let us know if we are missing any theaters in your area? Thank you very much!
Mon, Sep 21 2009

Beta 2.5 coming October 1st
Captionfish - a Captioned Movies Search Engin Hello folks! We may have recently released Beta 2, but we're not done yet! Far from it, but we're happy with the progress that Captionfish has made moving from Beta 1 to Beta 2, but there's more to do. Tiny things we hope to put in that we don't feel warrant a full beta version upgrade. Let's call that 2.5.Beta 2.5 will have the following features:The ability to filte...
Wed, Sep 16 2009