Brilliant 2.5-minute edit of movie "Cutaway"

The internet is just full of little gifts.

Twitter in plain English

So when your grandma asks you "What's Twitter?" you'll know how to explain it to her.

Photos from new iPhone 3G S camera

There are some pretty amazing things going on with the new 3-megapixel camera in the latest generation iPhone. With images this good, it's only the lack of a flash that will keep me from leaving my pocket Canon camera at home. We are perilously close to the all-in-one cell-phone/pocket camera that really serves all needs.

Check out the rest of mezzoblue's iPhone 3G S field test.

Memory lane: the Hoka Theater

Not my memory, but the memories of the residents of Oxford, Mississippi, where the Hoka once operated. A very cool retrospective of a time when theaters were often more than just a place you went to watch movies.

Sorry We're Open from Joe York on Vimeo.

D-Box motion seats - a review

Over at Slackerwood I've posted a quick review of the new D-Box motion seats that provide a new and moving (har) experience at the cinema. Frankly I think this is more exciting than 3-D projection but you'll have to decide for yourself when D-Box rolls into your town. So far only two theatrical releases have been given the D-Box treatment: Fast and Furious and Terminator: Salvation.

Read the review at Slackerwood.

The Fall of the House of Ackerman

Great article remembering Forrest J. Ackerman by Criterion's Brock Deshane. Apparently Ackerman's "Ackermansion" collection will be sold off by his estate a piece at a time.

Sadly, many of Forry’s prized possessions were sold or stolen over the years, and much of what’s left will be auctioned off on April 30 and May 1. Despite his steadfast efforts to do so, Ackerman never found a permanent home for his treasure (a portion of it can be viewed at Seattle’s Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame). The myriad of marvels to be sold this week include a monocle worn by Fritz Lang during the making of Metropolis (1926), prosthetic teeth from Lon Chaney Sr.’s makeup kit, and a first American edition of Dracula, signed by Bram Stoker, Bela Lugosi, and Christopher Lee.

I met Mr. Ackerman in 2002; we traded copies of each others' books. His: an elaborate, color-printed hardback tome. Mine: a small, text-heavy paperback on bad movies and the Hollywood stars who made them. He didn't seem to mind the disparity, in fact he seemed excited at the prospect of reading it. A

Read THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ACKERMAN - From the Current.

How to Make a Baby

Yup, yup, that's exactly how it works.

Q&A with Chris Holland re: last night's Star Trek event

Q. So, you're a nerd. A geek, even. You love all that Star Trek crap.

A. Yes.

Q. And you live in Austin, TX?

A. Yes.

Q. But -- even though you pre-purchased a Fantastic Fest badge just so you could attend these sorts of things -- you didn't go to last night's screening of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan?

A. No.

Q. The one that turned out to be the sneak World Premiere of the new Star Trek film, which looks massively awesome and may well reboot the franchise for a new generation of fans?

A. Yes.

Q. And I understand Leonard "Spock" Nimoy was there in person to deliver the print of the new film?

A. Yes.

Q. So hundreds of your fellow geeks got to watch a crazy great new movie while you stayed home to watch TV with your wife?

A. Yes.

Q. Dude. You're getting old.

A. That's not a question, but . . . Yes.