Posts Tagged ‘Inception’

The Buzz About the 3D-Bee

The Buzz About the 3D-Bee

It’s been over two years since the rollout of the new generation of 3D home theater, yet 3D fans still suffer a relative lack of content to play on their 3D HDTVs and projectors. New Blu-ray 3D releases seem to trickle out at a frustratingly slow pace, and broadcast 3D content is erratic at best. Looking for something to watch, some viewers will even settle for converting 2D material to 3D. To that end, many 3D displays and Blu-ray players now offer 2D-to-3D conversion functions. Unfortunately, not all do, and many of these features produce really lousy quality 3D images. Hoping to improve that situation, several companies now offer real-time 2D-to-3D outboard conversion boxes. Perhaps the most promising of these is the VEFXi 3D-Bee. The company was gracious enough to send a review sample recently, which allowed me the opportunity to put the 3D-Bee through its paces.
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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Visual Effects Scenes

Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Visual Effects Scenes

As the summer movie season winds down and we look back at all the VFX-heavy blockbusters (and wannabe blockbusters) of the year, this has gotten us to thinking about some of our favorite visual effects scenes of all time. For this week’s Roundtable, let’s celebrate the wonders of movie magic.
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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Summer Blockbusters

Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Summer Blockbusters

At one time or another, all film critics get accused of not understanding what real people like in movies – of only ever appreciating artsy fartsy film festival entries about miserable people being miserable all the time. We’ve taken a lot of grief to that effect here in the blog recently due to some dislike we’ve voiced for a certain director whose name shall not be mentioned. Nonetheless, the accusation simply isn’t true. We like fun summer blockbusters just as much as anyone else – when they’re good. In this week’s Roundtable, we’ll tell you some of our favorites.
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HD Recap: “There’s an Entire World Out There with No Rhyme or Reason”

HD Recap: “There’s an Entire World Out There with No Rhyme or Reason”

Another series returning to the network schedule after a couple weeks off is ‘Fringe’. This past Friday’s new episode features (in a manner of speaking) returning guest star Leonard Nimoy and a storyline that, honest-to-god, may be one of the most bizarre in the show’s entire run.

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Statuesque: Oscar 2011 Postmortem

Statuesque: Oscar 2011 Postmortem

Before we get down to analyzing who won which Academy Awards and why those winners outrage me to the point of Charlie Sheen-esque rants, we probably should first discuss the Oscar broadcast itself. Because, really, have you ever seen anything like it before? (And I don’t mean that in a good way.)

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Academy Awards 2011 Live-Blog (With Contests!)

Academy Awards 2011 Live-Blog (With Contests!)

This is it, folks! The 2011 Academy Awards air this Sunday, February 27th, at 8 PM EST. We’ll be live-blogging it right here in this space, starting with ABC’s official Red Carpet Special at 7PM. Best of all, we really want to make this fun, so we’re going to have Blu-ray give-away contests all through the show! We’ve got a bunch of free discs to give away. Contest rules and conditions follow after the break.

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Mid-Week Oscar Poll: Best Picture 2011

Mid-Week Oscar Poll: Best Picture 2011

This is it, folks. We’re coming down to the wire on the 2011 Academy Awards. In this week’s poll, it’s time for you to tell us your predictions for the big trophy: Best Picture.

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Interpreting ‘Inception’ as Commentary on the Videogame Industry

Interpreting ‘Inception’ as Commentary on the Videogame Industry

I’ve made no secret in the past about my feelings for the movie ‘Inception’. I don’t think it’s bad by any means, but I find it to be not much more than a neat heist flick that’s no deeper than most blockbusters. It’s inconsistent and somewhat silly, but maybe that’s how it’s supposed to be. With a second viewing, I’ve found an interpretation that works for me, and finally makes the movie wholly enjoyable.

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Statuesque: Writer’s Guild Awards 2011 – ‘Social Network’ and ‘Inception’ Win Something!

Statuesque: Writer’s Guild Awards 2011 – ‘Social Network’ and ‘Inception’ Win Something!

If you’ve noticed a theme to these Statuesque posts, I’m very sad at the apparent lack of Academy heat around ‘The Social Network’. Not only was its total nomination count dwarfed by ‘The King’s Speech’ (8 compared to 12 nominations), but ‘Speech’ has picked up two substantial awards in the past couple of weeks: the SAG and DGA prizes… But all is not lost for my favorite movie of 2010. No! It actually won something this past weekend! ‘Inception’ did too!

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Weekend Roundtable: Worst Oscar Snubs

Weekend Roundtable: Worst Oscar Snubs

As we look forward to this year’s Academy Awards on February 27th, let’s first take a look back at some of the grave injustices that have plagued the awards show throughout its checkered history.

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