Posted in Entertainment, Reviews on Sep 26th, 2007 2 Comments »
Editor’s Note: Josh, our newest contributor, will be guest blogging the latest news in geek entertainment here at The Technonaut. You may remember his 2007 Summer Blockbuster Guide we previously covered, and I’m excited to be able to provide more of his unique perspective on the latest movies and TV shows. We’ll be [...]
Posted in Design, Entertainment, Lifestyle on Aug 17th, 2007 No Comments »
One of my favorite movies as a kid was Clue. (Trivia: Clue was the first movie based on a board game). I always loved all of the various secret doorways and passages, and vowed to one day build my own house, complete with rotating fireplaces and sliding bookshelves.
Of course, I really have no [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Geekery on Jul 26th, 2007 2 Comments »
Now is your chance to bid on a piece of movie robot history! That’s right, you can own your very own, original, Johnny Five robot from the movie Short Circuit. This is the only known complete robot to remain in existance.
5 feet of aluminum, steel, servos, gears, and vaccu-formed styrene, how can [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews on Jul 12th, 2007 No Comments »
The review for Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix is up over at Lykaon’s Lair. It didn’t receive very high marks, but Josh has never read the books, and he admits he might have liked it better if he had. Reactions from other critics have been mostly positive.
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Posted in Business, Entertainment, Lifestyle on Jul 11th, 2007 1 Comment »
Amazon and TiVo just made their Amazon Unbox on TiVo service (man, that really needs a better name) a whole lot more useful. For the uninitiated, the service allows you to buy or rent movies from the Amazon Unbox web site, and watch them on your TiVo. The clumsy part was that you [...]
Posted in Business, Entertainment, Gadgets on Jul 6th, 2007 2 Comments »
According to The Wall Street Journal, European regulators are scrutinizing the Blue-Ray group’s business agreements with the major Hollywood studios in search of antitrust violations, bowing to pressure from HD DVD supporters Toshiba and Microsoft. Perhaps Microsoft fondly remembers the $613 million dollar fine assessed by The European Union’s European Commision for their own [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, Robots on Jul 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Just in time for your holiday viewing pleasure, Josh has posted his review of Transformers. It looks like a winner, earning a solid “A” rating, putting it in a dead heat with Waitress for the highest rated movie of the season. As long as you’re willing to sacrifice a little bit o’ [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews on Jun 25th, 2007 No Comments »
My friends and I have been telling Josh over at Lykaon’s Lair that he needs a few bad movie reviews, or he risks losing credibility. His response was that he’s only been watching good movies. Well, that has changed with Evan Almighty. He saw it this past weekend, and it looks like [...]
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews on Jun 18th, 2007 No Comments »
Josh’s review is up for Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. The take home message for this movie seems to be: cheesy, but good. I thought the first installment of this series was only so-so, but was probably worth seeing just for the Jessica Alba factor. I’ll probably be watching [...]
Posted in Entertainment on Jun 8th, 2007 1 Comment »
The latest addition to the Indiana Jones franchise is set to begin filming this month, but without Sean Connery, CNN reports. He contemplated coming out of retirement for the film, but eventually decided against it.
The latest installment, to be released in May 2008, will once again star Harrison Ford, and will also [...]
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