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DeNiro is no longer a young leading-man. Actors do age and they can't play the same roles they did when they were younger. Times marches on. Reviews of his recent comedy movies have been positive. His next film is a drama "Hide And Seek" with Dakota Fanning. In the movie, DeNiro plays father to...

Illustrators Will Eisner and Paul Kelly Freas have passed away within days of each other. For Mr. Eisner go to: http://www.willeisner.com/ Frank Elly Freas: http://www.kellyfreas.com/frameset_default.htm Both men worked at Mad Magazine as well as producing art for myriad...

A bit of history. Back in the early 60s MGM made a deal with Cinerama, Inc. to film 5 productions in the original 3 camera/projector process. Two films were made that way: "How The West Was Won" and "The Wonderful World Of The Brothers Grimm." MGM, because of high production costs as well as the...

ISZ was not filmed in Cinerama. It was filmed using a single lense 65mm camera. It was "Presented in Cinerama" in some venues where there were still large curved Cinerama screens. The transfer for the DVD used version with the extra "Cinerama" card during the opening credits for those special...

I thought Steve meant seeing AND hearing him play. In the end, seeing, unfortunately in this respect, is not hearing. Johnson was a good clarinetist, but not really in Artie's league.

SteveLa, Artie stopped playing in 1954. You may have been taken to a performance of the "Artie Shaw Orchestra" which was a "ghost" band. That's a band that plays arrangements of a famous big band era orchestra with the permission of the artist or estate. Current ghost bands performing are...

Well, Artie was 94 and he out-lasted all of his contemporaries. He had been in ill health the past few years. About 5 years ago he broke a hip when a dog he bought did a "wrap around" to him on the leash and pulled Artie to the ground. I spoke with Artie on many ocassions in the 90s when I...

Sad news. Most people don't know that he got his start on Broadway, well Off-Broadway to be exact in the musical "The Fantasticks". He also starred on Broadway in "42nd Street" and "Promises, Promises". R.I.P.

The films are: 1. "Ben-Hur" (1959) 2. "The Blue Bird" (1918) 3. "A Bronx Morning" (1931) 4. "Clash of the Wolves" (1925) 5. "The Court Jester" (1956) 6. "D.O.A." (1950) 7. "Daughters of the Dust" (1991) 8. "Duck and Cover" (1951) 9. "Empire" (1964) 10. "Enter the Dragon" (1973) 11...

The rovers cannot last forever, even with what you propose - which is impractical. Dust is the major culprit. It gets on to the solar panels, into the gears, equipment, etc. The batteries inside can only be rechraged so many times before they give out. Also, the rovers will have done exactly...

.... and at the fringes of our planetary system:

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To me the laserdisc additions screw up the rhythm of the scenes they are added to. Like too many double takes from the irrepressible Jerry Lewis in his solo films. Simply not needed. More is not always better in my opinon.

My SongBook has been given the look over by the people at Tivoli and they proclaim the display is what they want. So, to reiterate you can view the display head on but tilt the radio backwards to change the volume or stations using the buttons on the front and the image disappears. Tilt the...

To bad "Brigadoon" is only offered in the 'Scope version.

All this hand-wringing. The film looks and sounds fine. You have several mixes of the soundtrack to choose from. In the end, to see this film properly one needs to see it in a movie theatre on a large screen with a crowd of people enjoying the film. Anything else, is to mind, a compromise. Angst...

Of course there's wires. What to you think "fly by wire" means? ;) The film looks pretty supercalifragilisticexpialidocious to me. This is really the first time I've watched the whole thing since I saw it at a special screening in New York City for music industry types back before it opened...

I recently received the Tivoli AM/FM SongBook portable radio. As are other Tivoli products, such as the PAL, this unit is well constructed and designed in a attractive retro way. This unit has a digital display/tuner and 5 buttons for pre-programming FM or AM stations. It also has two seek/tune...

As Chico Marx once said, "There is no Sanity Clause".

Two French-language films also come to mind "Mississippi Mermaid" with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Denueve from 1969 and "Ameile" from 2001.

Tell me, what snack (popcorn, nachos?) did Sam consumer while watching with you? :D Yes, it's a nice little "quirky" film based on a true story.

Michael "borrowed" a familiar theme from John Barry's James Bond music score - something noted in many reviews.

The "aging" of the booklet and the use of sepia rather then black and white is typical of the style of the time. It was a design choice. Remember even in 1939 the Civil War was a long time ago! (But I'll think about that tomorrow).

Two slim, under 30 page children's stories have been made into films recently. They simply have been s....t......r.....e....t.....c.....h.....e.....d out to make a feature-length film with poor results. (The other one was the disastrous "Cat In The Hat").

You'd think WB would give up in the animation department. Despite all the rancor, Pixar-Disney knows how to make and promote their films. That is why I believe that they will eventually announce a coming to terms late next year.

No Contest: Sun Nov 14, 2004 11:39 AM ETLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The hit superhero cartoon "The Incredibles" retained its lead at the weekend box office in North America, while the costly Tom Hanks holiday movie "The Polar Express" opened at a distant No. 2, according to studio estimates...

Friday's boxoffice: The Incredibles - estimated $14,900,000 Polar Express - estimated $6,500,000

There's a definite trend going on here, although during the weekend when kids are out of school, the numbers might be closer: Thursday: THE INCREDIBLES 3,933 Screens $11,011,689 THE POLAR EXPRESS 3,650 Screens $4,737,450

I brought up the Violet hair part changing in a previous post. I cannot believe it was not done on purpose. I think it's an "inside" joke. It happens at other times as well. I guess the only way to find out is to contact Brad Bird.... By the way, there is no reason why Bird could not do a sequel...