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Monday, August 1, 2011: BLOW OUT (USA, 1981) 8/10 Wednesday, August 10, 2011: AMERICAN GRAFFITI (USA, 1973) 6/10 Friday, August 12, 2011: ROOM IN ROME (Spain, 2010) 6/10 Sunday, August 14, 2011: THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC (France,...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Cinema

Saturday, August 13, 2011: THE EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURES OF ADÈLE BLANC-SEC (BD, Region B, UK) Saturday, August 13, 2011: SOURCE CODE (BD/DVD combo, Region B/2, UK) Thursday, August 18, 2011: OBSESSION (BD, Region ABC, UK) Monday, August 29, 2011: HANNA...

Posted at 11:59 PM in Blu-ray

So I now have a shiny new laptop. Why? Reaching the end of my tether with my old ASUS UL30A, that's why. For the past three months or so, I've been getting random hard freezes when using anything multimedia-related -...

Posted at 12:36 PM in Technology

(BD/DVD/digital copy combo, Universal, Region ABC, UK) Heard very mixed things about this. This should probably have been a rental, but I actually pre-ordered it ages ago and completely forgot about it....

Posted at 11:43 AM in Blu-ray

Sorry for maintaining radio silence for so long. You know how it is - busy busy busy! I've bought a new laptop (full story later - it's not pretty), been working on both my academic and scripterly writing ventures, and,...

Posted at 9:35 PM in BD Impressions

(BD, Arrow Video, Region ABC, UK)...

Posted at 10:29 PM in Blu-ray

The film: The original TRON left me cold. The sequel, oddly enough, impressed me more despite suffering from a raft of problems of its own. The plot is as generic as they come - augmenting the original's "defeat the evil...

Posted at 4:26 PM in BD Impressions

(BD, Optimum, Region B, UK)...

Posted at 7:33 PM in Blu-ray

(BD, Optimum, Region B, UK)...

Posted at 7:32 PM in Blu-ray

Tomorrow, I'll be heading down south for a three-day scriptwriting course in Elstree. I'll probably be without internet access during that time and in any event am unlikely to have time to post anything. So, see you on Friday!...

Posted at 5:13 PM in General

The film: Pixar and Disney creative lead John Lasseter credits TRON as the film that inspired him to explore CG animation - if memory serves (and I'm paraphrasing here), not because of what he saw but because of the POTENTIAL...

Posted at 8:37 PM in BD Impressions

My good friend Kentai has written a very informative piece on the whole "grain vs. noise" argument that refuses to die down with regard to the numerous recent BD releases of cult Italian titles - TENEBRAE, THE CAT O' NINE...

Posted at 5:33 PM in Web

The film: As I suspect most people know by now, Ralph Bakshi originally planned to adapt Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS as two films, only the first of which ever saw fruition. Despite Part 1 being a box office...

Posted at 2:06 PM in BD Impressions

In the latest episode of the Movie Matters podcast, co-hosts Lee Howard and Michael Mackenzie embark on an adventure as they set off on the long journey of discussing and reflecting upon the strengths, weaknesses and enduring cinematic achievement of...

Posted at 7:28 PM in Podcast