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Jan 24 Second Thoughts: Surfing in Indonesia Carve on the inside edge with three dedicated surfers as they engage in a month-long journey to a deserted island where they must fend for themselves. Incorporating truly innovative water photography, Turner literally films while he’s surfing, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 14:27:39
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Netflix 4Q profit up 45 pct, defying recession
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix Inc.’s fourth-quarter profit climbed 45 percent to surpass analysts’ estimates Monday, propelled by the widening appeal of its relatively inexpensive DVD rental and Internet streaming service during a budget-crimping recession….Full Story Via Associated Press Filed under: Technology [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 07:17:30
Daily News Feed 1.22.09/Vocab: permeate
Thursday Jan 22, 2009 – By Clutch Tyler Perry’s ‘Family’ Preys on Top DVD Spot Tyler Perry’s “The Family That Preys” helped the franchise regain ... home video sales chart its first week in stores. The drama, which grossed $37.1 million in U.S. theaters, topped a slate of midrange theatricals released last week. “My Best Friend’s Girl” ($19.2 [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 18:08:36
Notes on the First Draft of the Obama Biopic (Starring Will Smith)
Hey guys! This is coming along nicely. Even though we’re in closed pre-production, there’s already a ton of Internet buzz, and with Will on board, we expect it to be relatively smooth sailing from here on out. Wanted to get you our feedback on the draft…I think with a little–or possibly massive–retooling, this one will be guaranteed Oscar-bait [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 13:00:39
Hollywood Conservatives: Should They Just Shut Up and Entertain?
Or is it time for Tinseltown to return to its patriotic roots? January 24, 2009 - by La Shawn BarberHollywood leans left. It’s as certain as taxes and death. But I’m convinced there are enough influential right-leaning folks in Hollywood (Clint Eastwood, Kelsey Grammer, Chuck Norris, Bruce Willis, Jon Voight, Gary “Sirius Black” Oldman, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 08:00:46
Planet Harddrive
.For several years I've been fascinated by what might be called the geological nature of harddrives – how certain mineral arrangements of metal and ferromagnetism result in our technological ability to store memories, save information, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 15:49:00
Lost Season 5 Premiere Offers Many Clues
So Lost has finally returned. It whipsawed us all over the place during its two hour premiere, but it was a good whipsawing. BTW, spoilers galore follow… There was so much going on that it was difficult to take in - and don’t get on me about missing this detail or that because this is just a rough [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 06:16:24
Lucky 13
I'm jealous. My wife ordered a new laptop the other week, a Dell Inspiron 13. I have an Inspiron B130 from a few years back ... fitting. :-) She wanted something with a DVD drive, so netbooks were out of the question ... , 3 GB memory, the Intel wireless option (for Linux support), dual layer slot-loading DVD reader/writer [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 06:20:45
Cool DVD Releases Await 2009's Old Gift Cards
With the economy struggling and war ongoing in the Middle East, the Christmas season could've been a letdown for some ... be in a buying mood again. Fortunately, distributors unpacked a load of cool DVD releases just before ... series by now, this DVD set is a great place to start familiarizing yourself with the pop-culture hit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 03:09:39
Inconceivable that anyone's reading this far down, but...
1) AZTEC CAMERA - Sister Ann (from the unfairly underrated Dreamland) 2) DUANE EDDY - Rebel Rouser (from a Rock & Roll compilation) 3) PET SHOP BOYS - Se A Vida E (from the Pop Art collection) 4) JOHN BARRY - Theme from The Persuaders - tune! Ripped from DVD as I couldn't find it on CD 5) HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUE NOTES - Bad [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 11:56:03
Thriller: The Musical Will Bring the Noise and Funk of Forty Thousand Years to Broadway
Posted on 01.26.09 by Widge @ 10:59 pm Comments on this: nada. Add your own. So we just mentioned how my own scientific pop culture landmark theory, The Law of Relative Development, will need to be amended to include films headed to the stage. It appears that if we're looking to expand it to theatre, then we should include also individual albums, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 03:59:05
Box-Office Wrap-Up: Jan. 23 - Jan. 25, 2009
Curses. America’s love for toothless movies has foiled me again. In this case it was Paul Blart only dropping 32% and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans not living up to financial expectations. Let’s break this thing down. #1 movie predicted correctly: 0 Week In A Row 1. Paul Blart: Mall Cop It looks like Blart is all profit from here on out [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 20:21:22
DVD Review: Saw V (Unrated Director’s Cut)
Having sat through all of the Saw sequels, I am happy to say Saw V is arguably the best one I’ve seen. That’s faint praise, however, because I still think it is pretty darn pointless and not really worth the time to sit through; I just mean the doing so didn’t pain me near as much enduring II, III and especially IV did [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 06:03:50
DVDs for 1/27/09 - ‘The Secret Policeman’s Balls’
When Amnesty International needed to raise money and their profile, John Cleese called up his buddies (which included the members of Monty Python, Beyond the Fringe and The Goodies) to help put on fundraiser. The rest is history. Shout! Factory’s three-disc set The Secret Policeman’s Balls collects the five concert films shot of these benefits [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 03:13:39
Spooked by UFO
Image via WikipediaManaged to glance at a copy of the Sunday Territorian or perhaps it was the NT News, papers famous for quailty reporting. With headlines like “Man bites dog” or “Prison Break” - refering to inmates getting portable DVD’s to pass the boredom.Being of a skeptical mindset I glanced with interest at the artcle by Matt [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 04:31:18
Win IGOR on DVD!
We’re giving away, in conjunction with MGM Home Video, five (5) copies of IGOR on DVD.Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Tuesday, February 17th. Enter the contest!Email: First name: Last name: Street Address: Address Line 2 (if needed): City: State/Province/Whatever: Zip Code/Postal Code: Country: Birth Month: Birth Day: Birth Year: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 03:48:58
10+ air travel tips for IT pros
Flying has become trickier than it once was — especially if you’re packing a laptop and other electronic gadgetry ... are often delayed or cancelled, leaving you stranded, sometimes overnight. New security mandates ... some electronic equipment, which adds some new wrinkles: How do you transport it safely? How should [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 21:07:38
This Week In DVD - 'El Norte' Criterion, Other Worthless Crap
Slim pickings this week on the DVD shelves, as January usually is a DVD as well as a theatrical dumping ground ... for musicals, but at least DVD gives you a chance to revisit one of the odder ones in “Repo! The Genetic Opera” ... -reliable William H. Macy has a straight-to-DVD movie out called “The Deal” with Meg Ryan, which [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 13:41:00
Killtrocity v2 New download
I seen many people request this so here you go. Working links finally. Quote: Halo 2 Killtrocity mappack version 2 Hello modders and remaining public!!! after a lot of work, debugging maps, finally we could publically release. We present proudly a compilation of maps that deserve being played into eternity and that were made with great [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 04:43:11
Win ROCK N ROLLA on DVD!
We’re giving away, in conjunction with Warner Bros. Home Video, five (5) copies of ROCK N ROLLA on DVD.Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Friday, February 13th. Enter the contest!Email: First name: Last name: Street Address: Address Line 2 (if needed): City: State/Province/Whatever: Zip Code/Postal Code: Country: Birth Month: Birth Day: [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 06:38:42
Backlash: The Bat-Oscars
Are the Oscars As We Know Them Doomed? We Can Only Hope….As the entire world seems to pause for a moment for the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, some of regular life goes on, even in Fantasy Land, better known as Hollywood, USA. The Motion Picture Academy announces their nominees for the Oscars this week and with nothing better to do [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 09:18:22
Tarantino Says Full ‘Kill Bill’ Movie Is Still Coming
It’s been a pattern of Quentin Tarantino’s to announce, ... , by the way) would be put together and released on DVD. But he’s promised this on more than ... it as we all know. And when its released on DVD the cliffhanger that ended Volume 1 will be replaced by an intermission between [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 19:05:24
What Defines a Netbook
What Defines a NetbookA recent article by Peter Glaskowsky at the CNET News Blog outlines what the author believes to be the death and end of ... misunderstanding: the belief that tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people worldwide wanted a portable ... are not netbooks regardless of their Intel Atom processors, lower specs, or lack of a DVD drive [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 10:55:17
Verbatim PhotoSave DVD
All it takes is an errant foot strike or a power spike and poof—you’ve lost gigabytes of photos and memories in a single hard-drive crash. Let’s face it, few of us ever actually take the time to copy those photos to a backup drive. And if you don’t do it, do you really think your mother-in-law will? Verbatim’s PhotoSave DVD aims [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 20:45:22
And Now For Something Completely Different: Monty Python And Making New Money With Old Stuff
Yesterday’s article, about the newly-launched Vatican channel on YouTube, reminded us of a favorite Monty Python sketch, “The Pope and Michaelangelo,” which we embed here for your amusement. Click here to view the embedded video. “Look - I’m the bloody Pope, I am! I may not know much about art, but I know what I like!” Priceless [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 00:33:45
Party Favors: Little Gold Men
HOLLYWOOD - There’s so little time now between Oscar nomination morning and the ceremony. A month to exploit the industry award? Having the ceremony before the east coast spring thaw is stupid. We all should bask in warmth as the Golden Man is passed around at the Kodak. This early ceremony takes the tension out of March [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 07:38:40
Slumdog Millionaire
FilmJanuary 24th, 2009 There are many wonderful things about movies. One of them is that every so often one finds a director whose every film becomes a ‘must see’. Danny Boyle is becoming one of those directors. For me it began with 28 Days Later (and no, I haven’t seen his most lauded film, Trainspotting. I know…) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 23:41:45
Misfits Guide to the Movies of 2009
Ah...a new year, a fresh crop of movies. But which may hold the interest of a Misfit, young or old? Fear not, dear reader, for I've assembled a handy, dandy list of flicks for sci-fi, fantasy, horror, and animation fans alike! Bear in mind that release dates might change ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 21:42:39
‘Twilight’ DVD Announcement! Special Features Include Deleted Scenes, Documentary
Twilight' Mark your calendars Twilighters! On March 21st you will finally be able to own a copy of “Twilight” on DVD, ... falls on a Saturday, an extremely odd day for a DVD release (virtually all other films come ... bones edition of the film. The eagerly anticipated DVD release is going to be packed with special [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 22:50:02
Why I Don’t Like the ‘Adjusted for Inflation’ Box-Office Argument
Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino Photo: Warner Bros. On Friday I posted the Friday box-office estimates and inside of it I said how Gran Torino will become Clint Eastwood’s highest grossing film of all-time, ahead of In the Line of Fire. Of course, the very first comment that comes in comes from Allan saying, “Adjusting for inflation, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 10:26:32
Latest from Ausiello - Various Shows Posted by DarkUFO at Wednesday, January 21, 2009 (Comments: 2) Labels: 24, 90210, Big Love, Brothers And Sisters, Chuck, Eleventh Hour, Friday Night Lights, Medium, Pushing Daisies, The Office, The Sarah Connor Chronicles
#fullpost{display:inline;}Question: I am absolutely in love with the Jim/Pam relationship on The Office! My body is just itching to see their wedding. Will it be this season, or are the writers going to make us wait? -- KyleAusiello: I assumed it would take place this season... until, that is, I spoke to exec producer Greg Daniels [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 07:32:00
Contest Mondays (Promote Your Contest linky) 55+ links now
Since I have gotten lots of questions about it, Ill address all at once…YES, Dottie Awards should be up today. Good morning gorgeous people visiting. Happy Monday to everyone! Please leave all your contests behind so the Blogosphere knows where to enter.Enter them with the Contest Prize name and last day to enter in (parenthesis) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 14:23:07
Easy CD Burning in GNOME
The ability to burn CDs is one of those issues that often perplexes many new users (to any operating system) ... it is or what it is called. Why? If you click on the Places menu you will see an entry titled CD/DVD ... like K3B (check out my gHacks article “Burn CD and DVD Images with K3B“). Other than that, the GNOME CD [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 15:43:44
Fantasy Book Critic’s 2008 Review/2009 Preview — Robert Thompson
At first, I wasn’t sure if I would do a Year End’s list, partly because I hardly read anything after August 2008, but also because I’ve been so busy. But, I managed to find some free time and, inspired by Lou Ander’s contribution HERE, I’ve decided that my list would cover more than just literature [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 08:01:00
DVD Round-Up: Obama Y’all! Edition
Celebrate Inauguration Day with one of the many Barack Obama DVDs available for purchase ... , fancy plates and bottles of water, the new President is a DVD super-star as well. A number ... / For a more extensive look at Obama’s life of campaign, you might want to turn to another DVD that hits shelves today [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 13:00:13
Oh, it is about that time again.
It has been half a decade since Kill Bill part 2 hit the theatres, ... on DVD: House of Blue Leaves fight massacre in color, slightly differently cut No “Klingon proverb” ... , I am not holding my breath for this DVD set (and yes I do want it, despite that the two parts probably [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 19:52:20
Cricket: A winter of content on and off the field for England must be Andrew Strauss's priority, writes Andy Bull
As Peter Moores showed, team spirit is easy to pay lip-service to but a harder thing to achieve ... Indies last night will be to reignite the players' personalities and forge them into a cohesive ... in recent weeks, the reaction to their recent difficulties showed that the players were uncomfortable [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 00:05:07
From The Suggestion Thread: The Hustler (1961)
Originally suggested by Phillip, 19 August 2008.A good lesson here: when a friend with similar tastes suggests a film, don’t wait five months to see it.Here’s Phillip’s original comment: “Beautiful, simple, straight-forward film. It’s one of those movies where you’ve seen a couple scenes here and there and you’re like, “I get it [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 06:30:51
Is That a Soft Box in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?
The LED lights that come built-in to our cell phone cameras are generally useless. But not so the lights built into the cell phone screens themselves.I am pretty much married to my iPhone now. Well, maybe not technically, but we are sleeping together. I am a huge fan of the BBC podcasts: Global News, Business Daily, FOOC, etc [more...]
Date: 2009-01-26 05:00:00
I get mail: especially about Linux
I get mail. Usually I don't answer it in public, but I figure this one might contain useful information, so (with slight editing) here it is:Hello, I am a member of SFWA. One of my fans pointed me this way and said you had been talking about Linux and EeePCs and what version of Linux you loaded on your machine. I have a 900A with Linux ( [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 15:23:24
Trailer Park: Emma Stone
By Christopher StippThe Archives, Right Here I’m awesome. I wrote a book. It’s got little to do with movies. Download and read “Thank You, Goodnight” right HERE for free.And now, you can follow me on Twitter. Find me here, my oh so original name on the thing is Stipp so come on and follow my stray ramblings [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 07:22:18
'Dark Knight' Oscar Snub Hysteria Continues
Yesterday, we tracked reactions around the web from the comic-book friendly website and fans that were appalled that "The Dark Knight" ... and the marketing efforts often eat the heat. Even the brilliant Dark Knight DVD push... it ate ... -office, the highest DVD sales of the year and eight nominations is apparently just not good enough [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 20:40:00
Sepinwall on TV: 'Lost' goes time traveling for season five
In today's column, I preview the new season of "Lost," which premieres tomorrow night:How do you feel about time travel, "Lost" fans?Sure, the dazzling island adventure has dabbled in four dimensions in the past, with the flashes and journeys of consciousness of Desmond (Henry Ian Cusick). But as the series' fifth (and penultimate) [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:01:00
Calls for cake
On a Sunday afternoon in January, it is very important to bake an apple cake.Especially if the sun is shining, which it doesn’t often do in Seattle, and if you can open the front door for an hour or two and your dog can sit on the stoop without his tiny, ridiculous Polarfleece coat, which is a minor miracle, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 06:38:00
Games vs Music, Music vs Games
p2pnet news view Music | Games:- Despite economic downturn, Canadian consumers spend big on video games. That was the headline to a Canadian Press story pulled by in M&M’s World headlines yesterday. “Canadian spent a record $2 billion on video games last year, fuelled by a $500 million pre-Christmas spending spree in December,” it said, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-21 12:46:13
Morning Reading List, 01.20.09
Happy Inauguration Day Washington. Got a blind item, interesting link, funny note, comment, birthday, anniversary or anything of the sort for Morning Reading List? Drop us a line or let us know in the tips box below. We've got your morning mix of media Muesli after the jump... Today is the birthday of Sam Dealey [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:53:06
An interview with Dr Stewart Metz, Indonesian Parrot Project
I’ve learnt many things while I’ve been organsing ‘Parrot Month’ - what a Green-rumped Parrotlet needs to breed, how to pronounce ‘Tambopata‘, what happened to the Spix’s Macaw etc etc but the one thing that’s going to stick with me the most is how dedicated and how generous with their data the researchers and conservationists who are working so [more...]
Date: 2009-01-22 11:25:43
Spin-ematical: New on DVD 1/20
City of Ember This is the film that our Jette Kernion said is "one of the most gorgeous-looking films I've seen this year" (2008) ... and rousing family fare are your cup of tea: Buy It on DVD. Sadly, there's no Blu-ray at this time. Repo ... Buffy fans the opportunity to see Anthony Head belt out lyrics once again. Rent it, on DVD or Blu-ray [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:02:00
Win a CORALINE Prize Pack!
We’re giving away, in conjunction with Focus Features, three (3) Grand and three (3) Runner-up CORALINE PRIZE PACKS.Contest ends at 11:59pm EST on Friday, February 13th.CORALINE arrives in theaters February 6, 2009 ... to be originally filmed in 3D! Coraline Jones (Dakota Fanning) is bored in her new home until she finds [more...]
Date: 2009-01-23 07:06:59
Perfect for baby: Swaddle Designs giveaway
Yesterday’s giveaway for the Bloggy Giveaways Carnival was for mom (or at least for a grownup woman). Today, let’s talk about babies. Do you have a newborn and having problem how to soothe or calm him/her down? Have you tried and heard about swaddling?I haven’t so this was good education for me, something I wish I knew six years ago! [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 06:00:50
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