Archive for October, 2005

Of Monsters, Inc. and Aspect Ratios

My longtime friend Phil Bolles has written an excellent, in-depth analysis of the innovative cropping methods used by Pixar to create the wide screen and full screen versions of Monsters, Inc. READ MORE »

Phil Bolles Monsters, Inc.

Morman Boy Band Porn DVD Mixup

For fans of Trey Parker’s Orgazmo this should prove amusing.
From IMDB:
Fans of the Mormon boy band Everclean were taken aback (and affront, it would seem) when they popped the video of the group’s Sons of Provo into their DVD players and discovered a movie entitled Adored: Diary of a Porn Star instead, the Salt Lake [...]

Liz Phair — Somebody’s Miracle — music review

Liz Phair was one of the artists I started listening to back in Junior High school. Not so much because her music was good, but rather because she was hot. In listening to her CD’s though I found her catchy alt rock sensibilities and sassy-nasty lyrics to be quite a nice compliment to my daily [...]

Unrated LAND OF THE DEAD in Theaters for Halloween

I just received this in my email from a Chris Lombardo.
Looks like Fangoria’s going to release the uncut version of George Romero’s masterpiece, and one of my top five favorite films of the year, Land of the Dead in select theaters for the Halloween season. The only catch, the film screens one [...]