'Open Windows,' 'Unfriended' boot up a new movie genre: the laptop thriller

LOS ANGELES — You don't have to look too far back in history to find filmmakers horrified by the idea that their creations would be viewed on a laptop. Until just a few years ago, it was bigscreen-or-bust — directors openly sneered at the idea of watching movies on personal screens of any size.

But a pair of recent projects show how quickly that attitude is evolving, not to mention acknowledge where a good chunk of our lives actually take place: Open Windows, the Elijah Wood thriller that debuted in limited theatrical release and on VOD last month, and Unfriended, announced this week by Universal Pictures, both take place primarily on a laptop screen. Read more...

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