http://namtar.com Geeking Out Loud Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:47:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Blu-ray highlights for the week of April 22, 2008 The title for this week's entry might as well be "Three Horror Movies I Haven't Seen, or: The Probably-Good, the Maybe-Bad, and the Almost-Certainly-Ugly". Let's start with the probably-good: The Orphanage (El Orfanato), the first film from Spanish director J.A. Bayona. This movie ... http://namtar.com/2008/04/blu-for-tuesday-422/ Twenty-four hours in the life of an aspiring filmmaker. As a big fan of producer/writer/director Judd Apatow (Freaks and Geeks, Knocked Up, Superbad), I was really looking forward to seeing Forgetting Sarah Marshall on opening night, and then reviewing it on this site. Yes, the movie met my raised expectations, but ... http://namtar.com/2008/04/not-forgetting-sarah-marshall/ Blu-ray highlights for the week of April 15, 2008 Diablo Cody's Oscar-winning screenplay and a slew of fantastic performances make Juno one of the best movies of 2007, and probably the best movie being released on Blu-ray this week. The film's off-beat comedy lies somewhere between Napoleon Dynamite and Knocked Up, ... http://namtar.com/2008/04/blu-for-tuesday-415/ Terry Pratchett, one of the most brilliant authors writing today (or any other day, for that matter), proposed that "Knowledge = power = energy = matter = mass; a good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read." (Guards! Guards!) I'd like to take his theory ... http://namtar.com/2008/04/internet-time-dilation/ If you've watched a movie in your local theater or on DVD in the past year, you've probably seen the MPAA's obnoxious anti-piracy ad. It's the one that goes, "You wouldn't steal a car. You wouldn't steal a handbag. You wouldn't steal a television. You wouldn't steal a DVD. Downloading ... http://namtar.com/2008/04/an-ode-to-piracy/ Blu-ray highlights for the week of April 8, 2008 Without a doubt, the crown jewel of this week's Blu-ray release lineup, for me, is the 20th Anniversary Edition of Terry Gilliam's The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (also available on DVD). Munchausen has long held the top spot on my list of ... http://namtar.com/2008/04/blu-for-tuesday-48/