Archive for July, 2007

Extra – “Ratatouille”

100 Movies Project: July 24th, 2007

Ratatouille on IMDb
Synopsis: Rat Can Cook.
Pros: Um, everything? Animation, story, sound & audio…all well above excellent.
Cons: Made me want to go home and start cooking, and it’s way too late in the evening to start that.
Verdict: I plan on picking up Hot Fuzz the day it comes out on DVD. Whenver Ratatouille comes [...]

92 – “Nuovo Cinema Paradiso”

100 Movies Project: July 20th, 2007

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso on IMDb
Synopsis: There’s a movie theater in Italy. And they show movies there. Shocking, I know.
Pros: It’s an art film that’s really good! Beautifully done, and very Italian.
Cons: Subtities are always hard to get used to, even after having watched a ton of anime.
Verdict: I had to stop halfway [...]

93 – “Million Dollar Baby”

100 Movies Project: July 18th, 2007

Million Dollar Baby on IMDb
Synopsis: Clint Eastwood trains Hilary Swank how to box.
Pros: Exceptionally well-done boxing movie, from start to finish.
Cons: Ummm…
Verdict: Wow. Double wow. See at least once, preferably followed by “Rocky Balboa.”

Red Hat High 2007 Update

Computers: July 16th, 2007

Red Hat High is done, and you can see some of the carnage in this article from Red Hat Magazine. Thanks again to Greg, Máirín, and everyone else at Red Hat for having Tim and myself down for the event!

Cinelerra DV Rendering Problems? Try JPEG Photo

Computers: July 15th, 2007

If you’re rendering a final movie using a DV codec, regardless of container, the renderer can get “stuck” on a frame and rendering will stop dead. You’ll see this in the Compositor—the frame will be “stuck” and the remaining rendering time will appear to go by very very fast. If you’re having that problem, try [...]