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05-25-2012

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Weekend Roundtable: Inmates Running the Asylum

Weekend Roundtable: Inmates Running the Asylum

The Asylum, that purveyor of ultra-low-budget DTV schlock like ‘Transmorphers‘ and ‘Almighty Thor‘, is back this week with the Blu-ray release of yet another rip-off of a recognizable mainstream property. This time it’s ‘American Warships‘, a film previously known as ‘The American Battleship’ until a lawsuit from Universal triggered a last-minute re-title. As the fine artists and craftsmen at the studio gear up for their next quickie production (after next week’s ‘Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies‘), we thought that we might use today’s Roundtable to offer up suggestions for their next great “mockbuster.”
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TV Madness: Givens vs. Spartacus

TV Madness: Givens vs. Spartacus

It looks like Jack Bauer has easily defeated Echo. That was pretty much expected. This next TV Madness match-up, however, leaves me wondering which character will move on.
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My Week of Audio: Part 5 – A Visit to Todd-AO

My Week of Audio: Part 5 – A Visit to Todd-AO

With my whirlwind tour of three audio-themed conferences finally drawing to a close last week, I managed to make time for one more related stop while I was in L.A. Having just learned about some of the latest and greatest developments in movie and home theater audio from the point of view of the companies making (and selling) them, I decided to pay a visit to the Todd-AO post-production company to find out what a professional feature film sound mixer has to say on the subject.
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Weekend Movies: Black Moon Rising

Weekend Movies: Black Moon Rising

There aren’t too many new options to choose from on this long Memorial Day Weekend. Only two movies open wide, one of which is a dinky horror flick appearing on 2,450 screens nationwide, and the other is the third in a franchise that was nearly driven into the ground a decade ago. The box office results ought to be interesting.
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Now Playing: ‘Men in Black’ to the Future

Now Playing: ‘Men in Black’ to the Future

Before seeing ‘Men in Black 3′, I had many concerns. First, Sony originally wasn’t going to screen the movie for press until the Thursday night before it opened. That’s never a good sign. Second, the series doesn’t have the best track record, and the initial trailers sure didn’t make it look like anything special. Fortunately, Sony moved the press screening to Tuesday, which isn’t bad, and the advertisements got better with time. Having now seen ‘MIB3′, I can tell you that my concerns were for naught and that it makes right all of the franchise’s wrongs.
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05-24-2012

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“Day Z” Mod Brings Added Realism to Zombie Shooter

“Day Z” Mod Brings Added Realism to Zombie Shooter

Oftentimes, the next big thing in videogames is borne out of the mod community. This has been especially true for First Person Shooters. “Day Z” may just be the next step in both the FPS and the zombie genres.
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Posterizing: Holy Fiery Bats, Batman!

Posterizing: Holy Fiery Bats, Batman!

As the summer rolls along, we get to see more new posters for some of the year’s soon-to-be biggest hits. A few indie films have also been peppered in with them for good measure.
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Full Metal Jackets: The Game is Afoot

Full Metal Jackets: The Game is Afoot

Guy Ritchie’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ sequel with Robert Downey, Jr., Jude Law and Noomi Rapace will get a SteelBook release at Future Shop Canada.
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Want to See ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ This Summer? Too Bad!

Want to See ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ This Summer? Too Bad!

The ‘G.I. Joe’ sequel just can’t catch a break. Despite an expensive ad campaign that featured commercial time during the Super Bowl, an imminent line of tie-in action figures and a scheduled release date barely a month away, studio bosses at Paramount have just pushed the movie back… to March of 2013. Seriously?! I suspect that Cobra Commander is behind this somehow.
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My Week of Audio: Part 4 – SRS Labs Multi-Dimensional Audio

My Week of Audio: Part 4 – SRS Labs Multi-Dimensional Audio

My trip to California last week had already brought me to both Dolby and DTS to experience new home theater product demos. Knowing that I’d be in L.A., however briefly, my friend (and occasional Roundtable contributor) Chris from Big Picture Big Sound clued me in to the existence a third audio-themed conference that I might want to make time for. After some last-minute schedule adjusting, I was able to squeeze in a presentation for SRS Labs’ new Multi-Directional Audio (or “MDA”) format.
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