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When Michael Bay was brought on to direct a live action rendition of the beloved Saturday morning cartoon Transformers, emotions ran high among the series' fans. Bay is a divisive director and many felt he couldn't pull it off. When design sketches from a production laptop were leaked, people really went nuts. They couldn't believe [...]

Harold Ramis began his directing career auspiciously, helming the golf classic Caddyshack. He followed this up with the equally classic Chevy Chase vehicle Vacation, and in the early 90’s landed yet another enduring comedy winner with the wonderful Groundhog Day (and I can’t help but give him credit for the should-be-a-gimmick but aren’t romps that [...]

“Striking Distance” is a 1993 Bruce Willis movie that has faded into obscurity. But is it really as bad as everyone says it is? The answer is yes, and no. By present action movie standards the film is corny and simple, without any real good action sequences. However, the film is [...]

It appears Blu-ray being the “winner” of the high-def DVD wars early last year hasn’t led to mass adoption—or even delivered a knockout blow to the “loser,” HD-DVD. According to a study just released by market research firm Harris Interactive, more consumers have a dedicated HD-DVD player (11 percent) than a Blu-ray one (7 percent). [...]

ABC’s Lost Season 2 continues the journey of the 40 survivors introduced to us in Season 1 who are stuck on a remote island somewhere in the South Pacific. The first season establishes that the survivors of Oceanic Airlines Flight 815 did not crash on an ordinary island. Not only are they not [...]

Unless you want to do a custom install, Sonos’ Music System is generally seen as the top product for delivering audio to multiple rooms in your house. Cisco has made a play in this market with its Linksys by Cisco Wireless Home Audio system, and now Yamaha is adding to the competition with its new [...]

Harris Interactive (http://www.harrisinteractive.com/) released a continuing study recently that shows a declining interest in upgrading player hardware to a high definition disc format. The survey of 2,400 U.S. adults was conducted in mid-April and shows a gradual 2% drop in the number of people planning on purchasing a Blu-ray player in 2009. The [...]

There seem to be a lot of horror/thriller film remakes and direct-to-video sequels coming out lately. Who would have ever thought of “The Cell 2?” The original film was hardly memorable or inspiring, so I'm not sure how a sequel came about. It would seem that if the film isn't good enough [...]

Streaming media devices for your home theater are quickly becoming a dime a dozen, so any company that doesn’t already have a big name needs to stand out in order for anyone to pay attention. Popcorn Hour certainly has a moniker that’s easier to recall than competitors like Roku or Vudu (and that of its [...]

Two new HDTVs are now shipping from LG that include built-in Netflix capabilities. The 47LH50 (SRP: ,100) 47-inch LCD and 50PS80 (SRP: ,100) 50-inch plasma include software that accesses Netflix video streaming services without the need for any external box, only an internet connection. Both TVs are 1080p Full HD.
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