Category Archives: Cinema

Was it really that Harrison Ford?

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Stephen Dawson

Recently I reviewed Shock Entertainments Blu-ray release of ‘The Doors’ documentary movie, Feast of Friends for Australian HI-FI. The notes from the film-maker were intriguing: I hired an old friend , Harrison Ford, to help with the carrying of cases … Continue reading →

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After Earth: So much for hoping

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

A while back I expressed hope that with After Earth M. Night Shyamalan might be on the comeback trail. No such luck. When I checked IMDB a couple of days ago it was 5.8 I think Koupit Amoxil , on … Continue reading →

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Nicole Kidman, Grace Kelly, hmmm

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

It seems that a movie about the great Grace Kelly is being made. This covers a year in her post-Hollywood life. It will be interesting to see how it goes. She is being played by Nicole Kidman. I think Kidman … Continue reading →

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It’s the hands that are the problem

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

I’ve just finished watching, belatedly, The Polar Express, which I recorded last year from digital TV. This one is often fingered as representative of the ‘uncanny valley’, in which motion captured animation, and other almost-realistic animation, can result in a … Continue reading →

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Lake Placid

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Stephen Dawson

Just received a press release for a DVD for the latest in the unexpected monster-in-the-lake franchise, Lake Placid. The new one is called Lake Placid: The Final Chapter. I ducked over to IMDB to see what it might be like … Continue reading →

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Raiders of the Lost Ark Blu-ray quality: photography issues or encoding?

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

The other day I sent my review in to Sound and Image of Paramount’s magnificent new Blu-ray box set: Indiana Jones – The Complete Adventures. This has the four movies plus a disc of extras. In general it looks and … Continue reading →

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Those were the days …

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

… when it was perfectly acceptable to smoke while entertaining children. It was 1940 and Looney Tunes produced one of its finest works, ‘You Ought To Be In Pictures’. This was an animation-on-live-action piece featuring Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. … Continue reading →

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Google and the Bacon Number

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

From a tweet: Joel Golby ?@joelgolby IMPORTANT: if you type “bacon number” + any actor name into Google it will tell you how many degrees of separation they are from Kevin Bacon Damn, it’s true! Simon Phillips’s Bacon number is … Continue reading →

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Is M. Night Shyamalan about to uptick?

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

M. Night Shyamalan has, as I’ve previously written, been on a steady decline since The Sixth Sense, falling from a well-deserved IMDB rating of 8.2 to Kup Flagyl bez recepty , most recently, a dreadful one of 4.5. But I … Continue reading →

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Monsters!

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Stephen Dawson

This seems to be a stellar year for Universal and its back catalogue. A few days ago it announced the release of fourteen Hitchcock movies on Blu-ray, and now it has announced for around the same time an eight movie … Continue reading →

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