Ah, us entertainment junkies sometimes get excited about Tuesdays. Why? Well, as any self-respecting music and movie lover knows, that's the day new movies on DVD and Blu-Ray and music CDs are released. The next TWO Tuesdays are exciting for me. This Tuesday is not only The first of Sept (where...
read full entry »We lost mom in March of 1993, a year that will be my least favorite for the forseeable future. Won't stop me from celebrating Mother's Day, though. I wanted to share a blog I wrote about her a couple years ago. A couple of you have seen it before. But, it's the best I got and I just want to honor...
read full entry »Pixar Animation Studios' UP is one of the reasons I bought a Blu-Ray player. The lastest, greatest visual feast cooked up by Pixar's animators dazzles with it's rich, layered textures that are as bright as the balloons carrying Carl's house to South America.
If you don't know by now that quality and Pixar are virtual synonyms, then you just haven't been paying attention. For, while the new animation is detailed and breath taking, they really take a back seat to the story.
UP, opens with a young Carl Fredrickson(voiced by Lou Grant, er Ed Asner) watching a MovieTone news real (excellently crafted...
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