Category Archives: Media

TAL: The Movie!

Nikki Finke’s deadline.com has the scoop on the This American Life movie!

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How I Spent My 4th of July Eve

That would be by watching a newly restored version of Battleship Potemkin in high def while pausing the intertitles to read and translate them from Russian. We Southerners get pretty crazy celebrating, let me tell you!

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Rain

It has been literally years since I bought a new game the day it was released. That changed today with the release of Heavy Rain by Quantic Dream. I played through the prelude and opening scene before turning in last … Continue reading

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How Trailers Work

In this post on The Hot Blog, commenter Direwolf asks how movie trailers work as far as their positioning before a movie. Here’s the lowdown circa late 1990s. Almost every day, new trailers arrive at the movie theater. Some trailers … Continue reading

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What Next, Print?

We all know that journalism is taking a huge hit in the Internet Age. Quality, in-depth reporting is dying, being replaced by blogging, rumor, innuendo and unchecked sources. A great example is a story from the L.A. Times. It’s titled … Continue reading

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