Are MGM DVDs Screwing Film Geeks? BASTARDS!

A lawsuit has surfaced suggesting that a certain number of MGM DVDs advertised as being presented in widescreen actually weren't.  The suit suggests MGM took pan-and-scan versions of the flicks and placed bars over the top and bottom of the screen. Bastards! Click over for the GIANT list of DVDs possibly affected.

27 Jan, 2005 - 5:51 AM
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2004 ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS OUT!!!

The Academy doesn't always get it (talented mutherf@*ker Paul Giamatti was left out this year, as was loud-mouth genuis Michael Moore).  But then again, the Academy does get it sometimes (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Before Sunrise, Don Cheadle, Brad Bird). Click on for the full list of nominees.

24 Jan, 2005 - 8:10 AM
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SCRIPT SNEAK: Michael Mann's MIAMI VICE!

The script sneaks over at Latinoreview.com have posted a first look at Michael Mann's (dir. of Collateral, Heat, The Insider) film version of the eighties TV show he created, Miami Vice.  The film stars Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell.

24 Jan, 2005 - 6:11 AM
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INTERVIEW: Ring 2 Director Hideo Nakata!

Hideo Nakata directed both original Ringu movies in Japan and was brought onboard after 1st American director Gore Verbinski turned down the sequel. The interview is damn interesting and appears on theringworld.com.

27 Jan, 2005 - 5:36 AM
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TRAILER: Freaky, THE JACKET Looks Creep Cool!

Adrien Brody and Kiera Knightly star in this interesting-looking thriller about a guy lost between two time periods.  Feels like a Jacobs Ladder remake, but looks well done.

24 Jan, 2005 - 6:11 AM
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There Goes JOHNNY!, Johnny Carson Has Died!

The only ever, true king of American, late-night television, Johnny Carson, died of emphysema on Sunday.  Johnny was 79 and had been battling emphysema for at three years.

24 Jan, 2005 - 6:11 AM
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