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Transformers the Beginning

October 19th, 2007

I recently broke down and bought a Bluray DVD player. It was mostly because of a store credit and a lack of imagination. I had swore that I would not get involved in this Betamax part duex duel between HDDVD and Bluray until an obvious victor had emerged so now I am suffering the trepidation […]

Oooh Helvetica — guess not…

April 10th, 2007

Being a member of AIGA has it’s perks, I guess. Like the email I received notifying me of the screening of the documentary Helvetica here in Durham. I had given up on seeing the film until or if it is released on DVD so I was excited to hear about the screening.
I happily clicked on […]

The Holiday — decent movie, horrible DVD menu UI.

March 31st, 2007

As I lay in bed here on a Saturday night watching The Holiday once again since my lovely wife fell asleep during the first go round I am fuming about how horrible the main menu for this DVD is designed. Laying comfortably in bed trying to manage the selection of the scene selection section, say […]

300

March 18th, 2007

I could have easily titled this post “Finally” as well because I finally got to see 300. I had thought that I would see it on the friday it opened with my good friends Mark and Bert but that opening friday I found out that they had gone to see a midnight showing without me.
Crushed […]