Archive for January 18th, 2006

The Importance of Being Pretty

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Your website can be embraced or dismissed in the blink of an eye, literally, says a Canadian study into how a site’s design colors the perception of the person looking at it.

Viagra Tag Could Be Bitter Pill

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

As radio-frequency tracking chips pop up on bottles of impotency drugs and painkillers, privacy watchdogs say consumers could end up taking the tags home. By Randy Dotinga.

The New Market Bubble Theory

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Investment guru Harry Dent predicted the last tech boom and bust with uncanny accuracy. Will he be proven right again? By Michael Grebb.

Mass Spying Means Gross Errors

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

President Bush’s domestic eavesdropping program sparks debate over the legality and wisdom of conducting wholesale surveillance of Americans. The technology is there, but the results are worse than useless. Commentary by Jennifer Granick.

Whither the DIY Auteurs of DV?

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

New media was supposed to revolutionize Hollywood, but where are all the camcorder Scorceses? Well, a few are surfacing at Sundance, including a high-school dropout with a vampire movie that’s grabbing the industry by the throat. By Jason Silverman.

Paul Thomas Anderson is back with THERE WILL BE BLOOD! Rejoice!

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with possibly the best news of the new year. I love my Paul Thomas (not WS) Anderson movies. I really do. I find my circle quoting MAGNOLIA (”Stay outta my Mutha-Fuckin’ Closet! That ain’t mine!”) and BOOGIE NIGHTS a lot and I was absolutely smitten with PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE… I dug the hell out of HARD EIGHT as well… but all t

John Singleton is WITHOUT REMORSE at Paramount!

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a bit of news for you Tom Clancy and/or John Singleton fans out there. Singleton is going to pen and direct an adaptation of Clancy’s WITHOUT REMORSE, one of his books from the early ’90s that centers on CIA

Don’t get Mulder angry… you wouldn’t like him when he’s angry…

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a juicy one… Our own Latauro, he of Downunder royalty, sent us a report where it seems that Vice Chairman of Marvel, Peter Cuneo, was doing a radio interview very recently where he dropped the following bomb about the (direct to video) HULK sequel:

I just got this sent in from regular scooper “Lennox”. Vic