Category Archives: Movies

Prop or Wings?

Posted on May 1 2003 by Mickey

    That age-old question — Prop or Wings? — looks like it might finally be answered for DVD owners. Some wonderfully encouraging news concerning the A Matter of Life & Death (aka Stairway to Heaven [1946]), a classic produced … Continue reading →

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Dead Again

Posted on April 30 2003 by Mickey

    In the great tradition of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, a group of Michigan youths have once again banded to put together a homemade horror movie. Having kidded myself that I might one day make a movie, this … Continue reading →

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A Fried Peanut Butter and Lembas Sammitch

Posted on April 18 2003 by Mickey

    Last year, I thought the protest over how the title The Two Towers was supposedly an insensitive reference to terrorism (despite the fact Tolkien’s book was published twelve years before the WTC was completed). But, with this year’s … Continue reading →

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Future DVD Purchases

Posted on April 11 2003 by Mickey

    • As has been reported elsewhere, two discs in the first edition of the Back to the Future box were mastered misframed. It appears Universal is finally shipping out corrected copies. These can be recognized by the “V2” … Continue reading →

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• goofs

Posted on April 6 2003 by Mickey

    I really like using IMDB as a resource, but their “Goofs” pages really irritate me. For one thing, the viewer complaints are ridiculously nitpicky. Trivial stuff like “the level of liquid in a glass changes from shot to … Continue reading →

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Oscars 2003

Posted on March 23 2003 by Mickey

    One of my favorite non-food-related days is underway. Oscar Sunday. I’ve already watched five hours of E!’s coverage and am all set for more. I guess I’m required to list my picks, but I really don’t want to. … Continue reading →

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Grand Moff Dubya

Posted on March 17 2003 by Mickey

    I feel horrible. I’m actually sitting here waiting for a war to start.    Not because I back it (although I am not totally against putting increased pressure on Hussein to make good on his twelve-year-old agreements), but … Continue reading →

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“No no, quite wrong. Open the gates!”

Posted on March 11 2003 by Mickey

Terry Gilliam, Director of Movies     My Malata PAL/NTSC converter came in handy again, since I was able to watch the Lost in La Mancha documentary last night. It only opened around here a couple weeks ago, but the … Continue reading →

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Gadgets Round-up

Posted on February 16 2003 by Mickey

    It’s been a small piece of forever since I updated my Gadgets page. It’s not that I haven’t been buying gadgets — far from it — it’s just that I haven’t had time to experiment with them. The … Continue reading →

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My Apologies

Posted on February 11 2003 by Mickey

    I guess I should apologize to Peter Jackson. It seems my continuing criticism of The Two Towers cost him his Best Director nomination this morning. I guess I should not have focused so much on the negatives regarding … Continue reading →

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