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The Last Samurai

I think I might just be completing this project successfully. So far I have been on top of things this week and haven’t blown the project yet, my next step is updating my much neglected website for my radio show … Continue reading

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Paycheck

Every day that passes and after every screening this week I have been developing even more and more respect for Kevin Murphy. I read his book A Year at the Movies before I started this project to see how he … Continue reading

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Cold Mountain

To begin this New Year and this project I decided to start it off right, with a movie that has been NOMINATED FOR 8 GOLDEN GLOBES: Cold Mountain. I have seen the commercials for this film playing on television, the … Continue reading

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Johnson Family Vacation

After a week of seeing some good and bad art films, a night at the Classic IMAX Film Festival, and yesterday’s night out in downtown San Diego and Balboa Park; I was feeling a little sad that I came back … Continue reading

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Mystic River

The highways were empty. There was plenty of parking in the parking lot. Downtown looked deserted, it was almost surreal. The movie theatre was empty except for a handful of people. This is how it usually is around Super Bowl … Continue reading

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A Glossary of Film and Video Terms

3:2 Pulldown The technique used to convert 24 frames per second film to 30 frames per second video. Every other film frame is held for 3 video fields resulting in a sequence of 3 fields, 2 fields, 3 fields,2 fields, … Continue reading

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