The forthcoming Disney-Pixar movie UP has had it’s release date bumped up from June 12, 2009 to May 29, 2009. Hey — two weeks is two weeks!
They also have a proper site for the movie now UP : The Official Website. This site is, at this point, little more than a teaser for [...]
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Disney-Pixar bumps up ‘UP’ release date
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October 31, 2008 at 2:25pm
by thecodepounder
Entertainment · Family · Movies · Technology
Quote of the day
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October 20, 2008 at 6:01pm
by thecodepounder
This is right out of the headlines. Senator John McCain attacked Senator Barack Obama’s readiness for office today… what a surprise… he continues to try to scare American’s about his opponent, backsliding from his brief moment of decency week before last.
Reminds me of the movie An American President, from which I have taken today’s quote:
He [...]
Movies · Politics · Social Commentary
Costner to star in another baseball movie?
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October 8, 2008 at 7:02am
by thecodepounder
I’m a big Kevin Costner fan — have been since 1985’s Fandango. And I’m also a fan of Ron Shelton, especially his early works. However… it is being rumored that Costner and Shelton met recently to discuss a Bull Durham sequel, and I’m not so sure that a Bull Durham sequel is a great [...]
Jerry Reed dies at 71
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September 2, 2008 at 2:59pm
by thecodepounder
The Tennessean:
Jerry Reed, country music’s howling virtuoso and a star of stage, studio and screen, has died. Born Jerry Reed Hubbard, Mr. Reed suffered from emphysema and was in hospice care. He was 71, and he leaves an unparalleled legacy of laughter and song.
Don LaFontaine dies at 68
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September 2, 2008 at 9:56am
by thecodepounder
Don LaFaontaine, the undisputed “King of Voiceovers” died yesterday at the age of 68. LaFontaine has voiced over 5,000 movie trailers and 350,000 commercials. He is credited (or responsible, depending upon your views) for the ubiquitous introductory line, “In a world…”.
Electric car enthusiasts echo computer enthusiasts of a generation ago
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August 19, 2008 at 12:11pm
by thecodepounder
FoxNews.com has the story of an electric car club, the Fox Valley Electric Auto Association, that meets monthly in Naperville, Illinois. Interesting to me is how much the electric car enthusiasts sound like the computer enthusiasts of the 1970s:
“We came to the conclusion a long time ago the car companies weren’t going to make [...]
Automotive · Can't Wait! · Environment / Weather · Movies · Technology
Netflix’s unprecedented shipping problems continue
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August 15, 2008 at 7:19am
by thecodepounder
The unspecified problems are affecting all 55 of the company’s shipping centers.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve found Netflix’s service to be very reliable over the last five or so years. I was pleased that they sent me an email right up-front when they couldn’t ship my next movies.
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Joss Whedon to pen Shepherd Book’s back story
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August 15, 2008 at 6:54am
by thecodepounder
Screenrant: Shepherd Book Gets a Book, Serenity Fans Rejoice.
Whedon said that if there were ever by some fortuitous miracle, a Serenity sequel, there would never be enough room to explain Book’s back history. So Whedon derived the only way possible to expound on his own universe. The place where he has the control he needs [...]
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Bernie Mac dies
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August 10, 2008 at 3:56pm
by thecodepounder
Bernie Mac, comedian and actor, died Saturday in Chicago of complications from pneumonia.
Bernie Mac was one of the funniest men who’s ever lived. He had a unique voice and his presence will be sorely missed.
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Kevin Smith wins MPAA appeal, ‘Porno’ to be rated ‘R’
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August 5, 2008 at 6:02pm
by thecodepounder
Kevin Smith has won an appeal with the MPAA over the rating of the forthcoming movie “Zach and Miri Make a Porno”. The film, which was initially rated NC-17 by the Gestapo Motion Picture Association of America, reversed its rating decision after the appeals board viewed the movie with Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier.
“They [...]











