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  1. Jamie Cole

    What's Your Netflix Experience

    This piqued my interest. Are you running Windows on your mac?
  2. Jamie Cole

    GEORGE A. ROMERO'S DIARY OF THE DEAD coming to DVD 20/5 by Weinstein, why no presale?

    I saw it in a theater here in Birmingham... you actually won't lose much by not seeing it in a theater this time around. The premise is that it's a student film shot with a handheld, and most of it looks like one. Not knocking it necessarily—it was a good concept the first two times I saw it...
  3. Jamie Cole

    Image Jumps/Flickers when upconvert to 720P

    I'm actually having close to the same issue, thought I can't tie it to dimming lights or a possible electrical problem like you can... The flickering happens at the EXACT same spot in various discs every time they are played. I would love to know what's causing this... I have the 970HD and...
  4. Jamie Cole

    New Kubrick SE's

    It's been sporadic... Here in Birmingham, Alabama, there are five Best Buys within 20 miles of each other. Only one got the sets in and stocked today. I'm really wondering if there's not something bigger at play here, given the widespread reports of this being hard to find—not just a Best Buy...
  5. Jamie Cole

    Carrie (1976)-image quality

    The disc is very good, and the color timing adds to the effect of the film. It's a product of its time from a presentation perspective (the film, not the DVD) and it is represented very well on the current DVD.
  6. Jamie Cole

    Blow Out - The De Palma Film

    Blow Out on DVD was a revelation for me, never having seen it in widescreen. You will love this disc.
  7. Jamie Cole

    What are some of your taped treasures never on video?

    I used to watch COTTON CANDY, Ron Howard's awful but somehow compulsively watchable TV movie about a battle of the bands competition, every time it came on TV and it was one of the first things I ever taped on VHS. Now I wish I had it, but I can't find it. Bootlegs abound and I've even heard...
  8. Jamie Cole

    DVD Review HTF Review: Pet Sematary Special Collector's Edition

    I hear you... but for me, "The Shining" is the close second. There's something just powerful about the way "Sematary" explores inconsolable grief, particularly in the case of tragic, sudden death. The movie is incredibly shallow in that regard compared to the book, but maybe the remake will...
  9. Jamie Cole

    DVD Review HTF Review: Pet Sematary Special Collector's Edition

    Again, this is a decent horror movie as is, but don't you think there's a classic-in-waiting by adapting this book again?
  10. Jamie Cole

    DVD Review HTF Review: Pet Sematary Special Collector's Edition

    I guess I'll buy ANYTHING that gives me more Stephen King. A commentary and a 45-minute documentary sound pretty good to me. As scary as this movie can be, particularly if you have kids, it's about 1/10 as scary as the book. The book is easily the most disturbing thing King has ever written...
  11. Jamie Cole

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: Final Destination 3 - Thrill Ride Edition (Recommended)

    I'll buy this tomorrow... saw it in the theater and dug it. I'll tell you one thing... that scene at the drive thru is just about the sickest, slickest little piece of gore filmmaking you'll ever find in a mainstream cineplex horror movie. Absolute stomach-churning brilliance.
  12. Jamie Cole

    The Stephen King Collection - Sept. 26

    Well, the rumor is that the "Cujo" SE has been dropped, which is sad. It's the one that really needed a new DVD. The "Pet Sematary" transfer is quite nice now. But some of those new extras look nice. I've always wished someone would do a "video tour" of Stephen King's Maine. Though the movies...
  13. Jamie Cole

    Your Ideal Criterion Box Set?

    I would plunk down major bucks today ... TODAY! ... for The Complete Nashville. As great as that film is, the fact that any major studio would consider releasing a film in two or three parts must mean what was cut is spectacular. Anyone who has ever read "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" or "Down and...
  14. Jamie Cole

    Film Downloads, What's the catch?

    I passed for months on the iPod video, thinking I would never use it (screen too small, love it for music but not video, short battery life, etc.). Now having watched an entire season of NewsRadio on my iPod video during lunch, in waiting rooms and at various other moments my mind would...
  15. Jamie Cole

    Nine to Five 25th Anniversary Edition DVD that's coming an improvement?

    I enjoyed the commentary a great deal for one reason: Dolly. She's just about as likeable as any celebrity I can think of, and she keeps it real. In fact, there are times when she's the only one saying anything, as if Jane and Lily lose interest towards the end of the film. It's worth a listen...
  16. Jamie Cole

    Do you invariably associate a studio logo/theme with a particular movie?

    The old flashy, red-and-black New Line logo was all about Freddy. I probably watched the first Elm Street film 100 times at various sleepovers and junior high parties. Every time I hear Columbia's logo music, I start singing the rave riff at the end from "Go," which is one of my favorite...
  17. Jamie Cole

    All The President's Men: Feb 21 See Post #34

    I blogged not too long ago about Network and how oddly "right" it turned out to be, but I think it's worth pointing out just how terrifying Arthur Jensen's speech to Beale is in the last third. I don't want to believe all that has come to pass, but I do. Those who want to remain somewhat...
  18. Jamie Cole

    DVD Review HTF REVIEW: The 40-Year-Old Virgin - Unrated Edition (RECOMMENDED)

    If you're an Apatow fan, seek out "Undeclared" as well. It was heartbreaking that both this and "Freaks and Geeks" disappeared from TV so quickly.
  19. Jamie Cole

    LAND OF THE DEAD dvd

    Were you WATCHING Katrina coverage on TV? Romero proves his genius by being oddly prescient about haves and have-nots in the wake of a real disaster. You'll always have people like the film's Riley who are a force for good and want to save as many as possible... you'll always have the Cholos...
  20. Jamie Cole

    A Few Words About A few words about... Titanic

    If "Titanic" is compared in this thread with "GWTW" (and it has been several times), it won't be the first time. Janet Maslin from the New York Times practically dubbed it this generation's GWTW, and I do think she's right. I personally haven't seen the film since 1997, but I remember walking...
  21. Jamie Cole

    TV Buying Soon

    I've only had my Olevia 32" for a few days, but wow, am I impressed. I was turned on to these sets by a swanky studio where my church did some recording. They use Olevia for their computer monitors and they looked amazing. I took a DVD to my local CompUSA and checked the sets out... simply put...
  22. Jamie Cole

    New Slim cathode-ray tube from Samsung

    I think I might be getting one today... I've been waiting for this thing for months. Looked at it yesterday in Best Buy and absolutely loved it.
  23. Jamie Cole

    Stephen King on DVD extras

    Aaron! I'm shocked! ;) "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan" don't come within miles of "middlebrow." Some could even make a good argument that "Close Encounters," "Jaws" and even "E.T." are masterpieces. I'm not enough of a Spielberg fan to do so, but I know they're out there. Didn't...
  24. Jamie Cole

    Stephen King on DVD extras

    Of course not. Many of his books are banned from schools due to language.
  25. Jamie Cole

    Stephen King on DVD extras

    Exactly right. It takes time. King is appreciated now, but not the way he WILL be decades from now. "Different Seasons" is a beautiful book of short fiction, too. "Man in the Black Suit" was originally published in the New Yorker (how's THAT for literary cred), won the O. Henry Award for the...
  26. Jamie Cole

    Stephen King on DVD extras

    Well, you could argue they already do. As fiction goes, King's stuff is THE popular entertainment of the last quarter century—not a passing fad a la Da Vinci Code. And King's lucky that his critical attention is beginning to happen in his lifetime. Only recently have "critics" begun to come...
  27. Jamie Cole

    Stephen King on DVD extras

    It's worth noting that the title of the column is "The Pop of King" ... this is meant to be a comment on popular culture, not the film culture that many of us live and breathe on this board. For the Everyman (think of your parents, or your brother who rents straight from the new release shelf at...
  28. Jamie Cole

    DVDs that contain lengthy docs. about stars or directors?

    "The Hills Have Eyes" DVD from Anchor Bay contains the entire "Directors" doc on Wes Craven. Very entertaining. The "Directors" discs were at one time available separately... they're pretty scarce to buy new separately now. I really enjoyed all of the ones I've seen.
  29. Jamie Cole

    Films of the 90's that aren't on DVD yet.

    QUICK CHANGE!!!
  30. Jamie Cole

    THE WONDER YEARS (Consolidated Thread; No New Ones, Please!)

    Music licensing didn't seem to hold up Murphy Brown... tons of original recordings used by original artists and I bought the whole first season for $23. Even if music IS the issue, witness the success that was the Freaks and Geeks set. Higher price but the music stayed the same, which is what...
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