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Monday, July 10, 2006 4:12 PM

More Interlaced / Progressive Info

Seems not everyone believes me when I say that for filmed content (24fps), 30i gives the same end result as 30p. Well, check out the latest review of the Samsung BD-P1000 player for a bit of a hint. The review very clearly states (and you can confirm
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Saturday, July 08, 2006 8:52 PM

Dead Man's Chest

Just a quickie tonight -- I went to see Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man's Chest last night. Brilliant movie! It's a little slow to start, but it soon picks up with pretty much more of the same fun and adventure from the first one . The soundtrack
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Saturday, February 12, 2005 6:34 AM

You MUST see this film!

If you only see one movie this Valentine's Day weekend, you must see Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior . This incredible film from Thailand is an exhilarating chase / stunt / fight movie about a poor kid from a remote village who must travel to Bangkok to recover
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Wednesday, October 06, 2004 4:51 AM

How many hours does it take to film a lightbulb?

A lot. As you may know, I like to work on independent films as a hobby . I am currently working on another project as an Assistant Director, but I'll leave out details of that project until it's done. Anyway, this blog post is not about my weekend hobby,
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Sunday, February 15, 2004 5:35 AM

Romance in Movies

So today is "Let's-Make-All-The-Single-People-Feel-Bad-About-Themselves Day," but I'm not about to get upset over a simple chemical imbalance (courtesy of Slashdot ). An interesting thought: People get upset about violence in film and how it supposedly
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Saturday, January 31, 2004 8:12 PM

Gandalf is Dracula!

Many of you probably know that Sir Ian McKellen played both Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and Magneto in X-Men . But did you also know he plays Dracula in the Pet Shop Boys ' 1988 music video Heart ? I didn't, at least until I listened to the commentary
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Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:31 AM

Making Movies

Musings about my hobby - nothing about code
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