Simply, it’s standard PC, including an AMD Athlon XP 2500+, an Abit AN-7 motherboard, a cheap video card with S-Video Out, hard drives, DVD drive and three Hauppauge WinTV PVR-250 TV encoding cards and one PVR-150.. My HTPC case case is a standard Antec tower case. This is not designed for the HTPC service. Tired [...]
Casino Royale Review
November 25, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Sean Connery personified James Bond, until he stretched Bond into late middle age. Timothy Dalton, well, the less said, the better. Roger Moore was a shot back to the old Bond, but just seemed to rely too much on contrivance, gadgets and visual jokes. Pierce Brosnan was a marvel in the classic Bond style, until [...]
New Star Trek Movie
April 23, 2006 By Leave a Comment
With the latest news — a new Star Trek movie is on the way — featuring James T. (Tiberius) Kirk during his Starfleet Academy days — many fans have mixed emotions. You know, “they’re doing it again, I’m not getting suckered into spending more money on Star Trek movies, Opening Day, Sure, I’ll be there.” [...]
Under the Tuscan Sun
March 12, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Just finished watching the movie Under the Tuscan Sun, which my Home Theater PC recorded for me over Valentine’s weekend. While this was definitely a “chick flick” (that is, full of emotion and low on action), I recommend it for rental, viewing on television or purchase. Why? The photography in the movie — whether the [...]
Upcoming DVDs, science fiction plus one
November 15, 2005 By Leave a Comment
The temptation is there. I think I’ll have to get the Mr. & Mrs. Smith DVD, of course, the Serenity DVD. The other science fiction / fantasy ones will have to go on the “maybe someday” list. Here’s the schedule of the coming releases that interest me: November 29, 2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith December 6, [...]
Bond, James Bond.
August 11, 2005 By Leave a Comment
In case you haven't noticed, AMC is broadcasting old James Bond flicks this week and next. <br /> <br /> Even better, they are doing nightly double-features of the same show. Well, not exactly the same show. The second film each night is the restored, wide-screen version of the same picture.<br /> <br /> That's [...]
Movie Review: Batman Begins
June 17, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I'm going to have to give up on going to the movies this summer.<br /> <br /> So far, since mid-May, I've been to <i>Star Wars Episode 3</i> twice, <i>Mr. and Mrs. Smith</i> and <i>Batman Begins</i>. All three are now on my "I want this DVD" list. <i>Batman Begins</i> is now on my "gotta see [...]
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
June 11, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Wow!<br /> <br /> My son went last night. His initial comment was "it was the best movie I saw this week." Since that was the only one he saw, that wasn't too promising. His followup was "it was probably the best movie I've seen this year." Much better. <br /> <br /> I went [...]
Weekend Movie Plans
June 10, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I'm planning to see <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=334&entry_id=74" title="http://www.mrandmrssmithmovie.com/" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.mrandmrssmithmovie.com/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Mr. & Mrs. Smith</a> this weekend, like most other guys. This definitely isn't a "chick flick" — a personality story with talking and no action. <br /> <br /> This one is action galore, based on what I've seen from the <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=335&entry_id=74" title="http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/mrandmrssmith/" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/mrandmrssmith/';return [...]