Saturday, March 10, 2007

Bollywood movies - Blu-ray vs. HD DVD: Stay tuned for victor

Baltimore Sun - For millions of consumers who bought high-definition television sets over the holidays, there has been one major disappointment: DVD movies often look worse than they did on their old TVs. I call it the "plastic surgery" effect. It's an artifact of
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Boston Globe - Hoping to rectify this, 20th Century Fox has started its FoxFaith Movies division, of which "The Ultimate Gift" is the maiden outing. How is it? Well, let's charitably (and optimistically) call this FoxFaith's beta version. "The Ultimate Gift" is
Post-Star - With victories by "The Departed" at last week's Academy Award ceremonies, including "Best Picture," film fans will be searching video stores and electronics departments for the recently released DVD and its impeccable soundtrack. No director in film
Tech Dirt - Sales were down considerably in the prior years (2003 and 2005). It's not as though all of Hollywood's claims or fears were bogus. There were 11% more movies made last year than the year before. Obviously, the more product that is out there, the
Austin Chronicle - The Austin-based Mobile Film School, founded by Lisa McWilliams, launched its pilot program in partnership with the Manor Independent School District during late February. While others took the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test, seven
Daily Times - White US teenagers who watch a lot of R-rated movies or have unsupervised access to TV shows appear more likely than similar black youths to start smoking cigarettes, a study found. Researchers found that white adolescents with the most exposure to R
MSNBC - March 8, 2007 - Mira Nair's sprawling, engrossing saga, "The Namesake," like the acclaimed Jhumpa Lahiri novel on which it's based, spans three decades and two generations, traveling from the 70s to the present, from Calcutta to New York and back
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Herald Tribune - Color is the stuff of life in the movies of Mira Nair, the Indian- born director whose newest film, "The Namesake," follows two generations of a Bengali family from late-1970s Calcutta to New York City. Her lush palette lends her films a throbbing
Indolink - The book "Journey To The Source: Decoding Matrix Trilog