Category Archives: Movies

One or More Thumbs Up

Posted on October 22 2002 by Mickey

    Notice a difference?    What do you mean “No”! I’m on vacation — can’t you tell? Don’t I look more tanned? Actually, I shouldn’t, since I’m using my time off just to veg out around the house (so … Continue reading →

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Star Wars Goes to the Dark Side

Posted on October 2 2002 by Mickey

    …by releasing a pan&scan version of Attack of the Clones.    Don’t know if you are a widescreen snob or a pan&scan idiot? Read starwars.com’s handy guide to letterboxing. (It’s my only hope that people will stop asking … Continue reading →

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It’s a Good Day to be a Geek

Posted on October 1 2002 by Mickey

    December 18 is so far away…

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The Two Towers

Posted on September 30 2002 by Mickey

    Thieving tricksy AOL has the new trailer — and we wants it!    Can’t get any screen grabs from it, can’t find the link for the broadband version, but the official site has a link to the dial-up … Continue reading →

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Kim Hunter (1922-2002)

Posted on September 11 2002 by Mickey

    We salute the career of Kim Hunter, who passed away today at the age of 79. Most famous for her roles in the films A Streetcar Named Desire and Planet of the Apes, she also starred in one … Continue reading →

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Correction

Posted on September 4 2002 by Mickey

    Contrary to previous reports, Richard Donner says he has no plans to digitally interpolate Joe Pesci into future versions of Lethal Weapon 1. “I don’t know how that rumor got started,” says the award winning director.    …You … Continue reading →

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Elvish Week

Posted on August 28 2002 by Mickey

    Everybody else is talking about Elvish it seems, so why not me? I discovered this link, just in time, to a page of Elvish translations from The Fellowship of the Ring movie. It’s pretty cool to get to … Continue reading →

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Great Moments in Movies (in MSPaint)

Posted on August 22 2002 by Mickey

   (Note: this was originally featured in my YaBBSE message board. Now that it’s become a buglight for spammers and other reprobates, I’ve killed off the message board and dumped these MSPaint masterpieces here [roughly at the time they were … Continue reading →

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DVD Avenue

Posted on August 17 2002 by Mickey

    For years my friends and I have been bemoaning how NetFlix does not have any competition. Each time the rates were changed, or when they decided to only stock one copy of each movie (allowing them to ignore … Continue reading →

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A.Word.A.Day

Posted on August 13 2002 by Mickey

    Got this in my A.Word.A.Day e-mail this morning: fartlek (FART-lek) nounA method of training, originally developed for runners, that involves intense activity interspersed with low effort. For example, sprinting and walking.[From Swedish fart (speed) + lek (play).] The … Continue reading →

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