I’m a movie geek and can’t get enough movie magic especially when it comes to Visual FX. I buy DVD’s just for the special features. The Lord of the Rings set, which is 16 or so discs, is amazing with it’s 26+ hours of behind the scenes features on special FX. Which is where I first …
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Rumors are swirling that Borders bookstores is shutting down 400 stores and laying off 11,000 employees. Which may be the kill shot from the internet we have been talking about for years. First, it stinks that several thousand folks are going to be out of work. I always liked bookstore employees because they are the …
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Rumors are swirling that Borders bookstores is shutting down 400 stores and laying off 11,000 employees. Which may be the kill shot from the internet we have been talking about for years. First, it stinks that several thousand folks are going to be out of work. I always liked bookstore employees because they are the …
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Brian Wong, 20-year old tech/biz phenom who is aiming to change the world of mobile game ads with his start-up, Kiip, joined us in Vancouver for Tech Cocktail @ Futurists:BetaLaunch last weekend. Brian had just flown in from Los Angeles after attending a reception hosted by the U.K. Trade and Investment Council the night before with …
Do you order a lot from Amazon? Do you also watch streaming Netflix? If so, then you are the unlikely target of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. On Wednesday, he posted a memo on Amazon’s homepage asking you to pay $79 to get unlimited two-day shipping and access to over 1,000 movies and TV shows. It’s …
The line-up for this summer’s blockbusters is looking really good…if you’re a male geek. Here’s my top 11 (w/ trailers and release dates) Harry Potter – the final movie Cowboys and Aliens Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop Super 8 Rise of the Planet of the Apes Captain America Winnie the Pooh TrollHunter Mr. Popper’s Penguin Transformers: …
All I needed to hear was that Kevin Bacon is in the movie. He’s playing against the two most powerful characters in the X-Men world (Professor Xavier, Magneto) as Sebastian Shaw. A world-class tycoon and his power is an ability to absorb and then use any sort of unleashed energy (any energy, even a nuclear bomb). …
Think what you will of awards shows but I love the Academy Awards for one simple reason: I derive great enjoyment in predicting the outcome. For me it’s the equivalent of making stock trades (which I average a 26% return for the years I’ve been trading and 33% this past year). It requires strategy, a compendium of …
I love movies. The only thing better than movies is a film festival full of them. In the last few years I’ve become a regular film festival attendee (see my Sundance Festival Guide). It was with some surprise then to learn that DC has its very own film festival. A major event that is possibly …
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I love movies. The only thing better than movies is a film festival full of them. In the last few years I’ve become a regular film festival attendee (see my Sundance Festival Guide). It was with some surprise then to learn that DC has its very own film festival. A major event that is possibly …
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