Archive for August, 2006

The Office

28Aug06

I stumbled upon this British series, and loved it. Having seen the American knockoff with the same name, I can confirm what other have already said, the British original is hillarious! (but sadly the accent is so hard to follow without subtitles).
Gareth, as a self righteous ex-miliatary assistant (to) manager, make the whole show shine. […]

Club Dread

14Aug06

 

Club Dread was directed by Jay Chandrasekar, one of the only 2 NRI directors (directors of Indian Origin) who do studio movies (the other is obviously M.Night Shyamalan).
True to its name, it was a dreadful movie! Coming back from the moderate BO success (and super success with under 20s) from Super Troopers, the Broken Lizard team […]

Kandahar

11Aug06

Iranian film Kandahar received 88% positive reviews in RottenTomatoes (a wonderful site where u can gauge popular crictical opinion about movies), which should make it a wonderful movie. But sadly it falls into the familiar trap, western reviewers viewing a 3rd world film spotlighting on the problems which are unheard of in their native land. Seeing a film (sitting […]

Nikon D80

09Aug06

After a month long teaser campaign Nikon released 10Megapixel D80, a successor to its 2004 blockbuster D70.
At $999 without lens, it doesnt excite me too much. Nikon D70 was a pathbreaker when it came out in 2004, 2 years later D80 just seem to be a lackluster update. I was expecting at least a Full Frame sensor - […]

iStockVideo

03Aug06

 
iStockPhoto which was everymans cheap $1 photostock agency, is now launching iStockVideo, and paying $35-$50 for every 30 second HD clip. You can shoot a 30 sec clip using ur fancy cameraphone or a HD cam and get paid (assuming its of good quality)
They pay:
Small (320×240) = $5
Medium (640×480) = $10
Large (720×486) = $20
HD 720 (1280×720) = $35
HD 1080 […]


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