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Widescreen Defined

A general term for film presentation in which a film is shown in an aspect ratio of greater than 1.33 to 1. In today's terms, this now means in an aspect ratio of greater than 1.85 to 1.

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Gaming in the third dimension

Published July 3, 2009, 5:30 pm, St. Catharines Standard

? My first-ever 3-D movie experience was a revival screening of The Creature from the Black Lagoon that my mom took me to as a kid.[...]

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Public Enemies

Published July 3, 2009, 5:08 am, DVD Talk

It started with "Ali." There, revered director Michael Mann cautiously backed away from the stiff mechanics of traditional storytelling to form his own cinematic language, armed with a marathon script and liberating HD cameras.

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Even the zombies are drooling over Samsung and NVIDIA's latest offering

Published July 3, 2009, 1:37 am, Toronto Sun

My first-ever 3-D movie experience was a revival screening of The Creature from the Black Lagoon that my mom took me to as a kid. The cardboard glasses with the blue and red lenses didn't really sit properly on my tyke-sized nose and I couldn't follow the plot, but man do I remember that scaly monstrosity appearing to pop right off the screen. Thanks a lot for the nightmares, mom.

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These cartoons are not for kids

Published July 2, 2009, 3:39 am, Jam! Showbiz

Animation is about 117 years old, depending on what you count as the earliest examples. In the pioneering era, the focus was on making even rudimentary movements look convincing, so Winsor McCay struggled to get Gertie the Dinosaur looking smooth-on-the-hoof in 1914.

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Alain Resnais: A Decade in Film

Published July 1, 2009, 4:39 am, DVD Talk

Alain Resnais: A Decade in Film Life is a Bed of Roses, Love Unto Death, Mélo, I Want to Go Home Kino 1983 - 1989 / Color / 1:66 anamorphic widescreen / 110, 92, 112, 100 min.

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The International

Published July 1, 2009, 4:38 am, DVD Talk

The International Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009 / Color / 2:40 anamorphic widescreen / 118 min. / Street Date June 9, 2009 / 28.99 Starring Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Ulrich Thomsen, Brian F. O'Byrne, Michel Voletti, Patrick Baladi, Jay Villiers, Fabrice Scott, Haluk Bilginer, Luca Giorgio Barbareschi, Alessandro Fabrizi, Felix Solis, Jack McGee, Nilaja Sun, Steven ...

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Olympus E-P1

Published July 1, 2009, 3:40 am, Macworld UK

Olympus’ potentially ground breaking new 12.3 megapixel, interchangeable lens E-P1 camera is as much a product of the past as the present.

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Drama, on-screen and off: Documentaries generate talk at 15th Los Angeles Film Festival

Published June 30, 2009, 4:36 pm, Film Journal

The 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival (June 18-28) will likely be remembered as the edition when events off-screen were as dramatic as those on-screen.

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LCD monitors go big, with mostly good results

Published June 30, 2009, 12:11 pm, Government Computer News

At this point in the millennium, if you still have a CRT on your desk, either you really want it there for some reason or we feel sorry for you. Those old monitors might as well have rabbit ears sitting on top of them or a little dog nearby trying to listen to his master’s voice.

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Vista Systems Introduces Spyder X20 Video Processor at InfoComm 2009 in Orlando, Florida

Published June 30, 2009, 12:04 pm, Marketwire

ORLANDO, FL--(Marketwire - June 30, 2009) - INFOCOMM -- The new Vista Spyder X20 video processor debuts June 17th-19th at InfoComm 2009 booth # 3845 (Orange County Convention Center, Orlando). Available in two models, the Spyder X20 will bring to market the flexibility of a universal routing switcher and the versatility of a powerful video processor for mid-size applications that have ...

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