The first two HD DVD discs that I ordered arrived this morning, so I'll be enjoying HD tonight.That is if I can hook up my HD DVD player to the rest of the kit .... Hopefully the new TV stand will arrive .. otherwise there may be lots of screaming and gnashing of teeth … [Read more...] about Experiments in High Definition
Cinema
Oscars 2008 – Surprises?
Last night's Oscars led to the usual mixed bunch of wins.Ratatouille won. (The acceptance speech is amusing.)Atonement won, but didn't sweep the boards.Marion Cotillard won - yet another reason for me to actually watch that film! Of course the biggest award for anyone here in Ireland was that picked up by OnceI posted a couple of the acceptance speeches over on FilmReviews.ie … [Read more...] about Oscars 2008 – Surprises?
Academy Awards Go Green
It seems that even Hollywood's biggest events are trying to embrace environmentally friendly practices.This year's Oscar ceremony will have a green "flavor" (sic): -With support from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, 100% of the energy used for the telecast, the red-carpet arrivals show and the Governors Ball will be supplied by renewable wind … [Read more...] about Academy Awards Go Green
FilmReviews.ie Gets a New Contributor
Pete has offered to write some reviews for filmreviews.ie which is great news.He's already posted his first one, which is of a rather odd looking film... Not that I'm surprised by that !Back in the days of the .com boom in Ireland Peter was a contributor to some of the now defunct RondoMondo sites, including Muse.ie (the original version - not the new one).I was going to post a … [Read more...] about FilmReviews.ie Gets a New Contributor
Travolta In Hollywood
Since I'm now able to get photos from my camera to my computer I'll be uploading them over the next couple of days.The weekend before DomainFest we were having a drink in the lobby of the hotel when we got to see several stars including John Travolta.And here is the photo to prove it! … [Read more...] about Travolta In Hollywood