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New Apple Pro Video Tools
Whatever real or imagined misgivings I had about the Mac back on April 1st, Apple’s NAB announcements have me floored. They’ve got new versions of all their Pro Film/Video apps: Final Cut Pro 4, DVD Studio Pro 2 (both of which come with a great new app called Compressor), and Shake 3. All of them…
PC Preferred
So, I’ve been rethinking this whole computer platform thing. Who cares if the Mac is based on a better operating system?� I need speed. Intel chips are running at two to three times the MHz speed of the Motorola chips that power my G4 Mac, and even Adobe has announced that they prefer PCs for…
Evita
The Haiku Review™: Every line, a new tune. They sing because they have to. Who watches this crap? :: 1996 :: dir. Alan Parker :: ✭✭ Starring Madonna Ciccone, a lipsyncing Antonio Banderas, a singing Jonathan Pryce, and the disjointed works of “tunesmith” Andrew Lloyd Webber. DVD features the movie, and probably a few other…
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Haiku Review�: Touch too much screwball, Cast makes me laugh and then think, De Palma redeemed. :: 1990 :: dir. Brian De Palma :: Starring Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, Kim Catrall, Morgan Freeman, Saul Rubinek, a “Reverend” character who is obviously based on Al “I’m runnin’ for President!” Sharpton, and a very convincingly drunk…
Allergies
A few of my colleages are exhibiting signs of the start of serious spring allergies, and I am reminded that I was once too a sufferer. That is, until a couple of years ago— I gave up drinking milk and having it in cereal. I still use it here and there for baking, but no…
Haiku Review
I realize I’ve been seriously slacking lately in my media reviews, the main reason being that it just takes so damn long to write a half-decent review, and there’s so many other things I’d rather be doing like, for instance, sleeping. I would, though, like to continue to express my thoughts on the movies, music…