Category Archives: Movies

Warning of Life Update

Posted on September 15 2003 by Mickey

    This just in. Universal Home Video just contacted me regarding The Meaning of Life interlacing problems I mentioned in a previous entry. Despite the backhanded swipe at my Malata, the news appears promising. I quote:     With … Continue reading →

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Fyrrrwaaaaanngggoowwuuuurrmmmmmmmmm

Posted on September 8 2003 by Mickey

    At last: an explanation of why I always wet myself and run away screaming whenever I hear the THX logo.

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Warning of Life

Posted on August 31 2003 by Mickey

    I just received my “advance copy” of Universal’s new 2-disc special edition of Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life. Although I enjoyed the commentary and the deleted scenes, I was shocked at the poor transfer. For those using … Continue reading →

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Passionately

Posted on August 26 2003 by Mickey

    After weeks of hearing about how Mel Gibson’s new movie Passion, which depicts Christ’s arrest and trial, might be anti-Semitic, I finally read this passage on CNN’s Entertainment page today: following a screening in Houston, the Anti-Defamation League … Continue reading →

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Widescreen vs Fullscreen II

Posted on August 23 2003 by Mickey

    Yesterday I was promising how I would upload my annual widescreen/fullscreen comparison of The Two Towers once my video card is fixed. And today I discover that with the latest copy of WinDVD I can avoid a lot … Continue reading →

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Faramir Did Not Shoot First

Posted on August 22 2003 by Mickey

    All Hail Ken Crane’s and DVD Planet. Because of them I have two copies of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers already in hand. (The widescreen and fullscreen releases, of course, so I can have the … Continue reading →

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First We Take Away Their Internet, Then We Go After Their A.C.

Posted on August 14 2003 by Mickey

    At 4:23, August 14 2003, Sky Net became self-aware.    It was blamed on an overload in New York, a lightning hit at Niagara Falls, and the MS Blast virus. But the cascade of power failures today really … Continue reading →

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Reel Change

Posted on August 7 2003 by Mickey

    The latest issue of Australia’s Empire magazine has an interesting cover story. It’s another list of 100 movies; but instead of discussing which is greater, they’re focusing on the movies’ impact on culture or on the industry itself: … Continue reading →

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ROTK Footage!!!

Posted on July 30 2003 by Mickey

    A 95-second taste of Return of the King is available at The One Ring.net. Someone has provided them with this QuickTime MOV file (perhaps off the supplements of the upcoming Two Towers DVD), which provides brief glimpses of … Continue reading →

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The Spielberg Giveth and the Spielberg Taketh Away

Posted on July 29 2003 by Mickey

    I heard some bad news and some good news today. Both of it about Steven Spielberg TV projects, both of it old. It happened a few days ago, but I’m only reading about it today. Duel, Spielberg’s first … Continue reading →

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