[Note: this review is spoiler-free, and major plot points outside of the very beginning of the film are not mentioned.]
I'm a comic book fan, and for the last few years I've been anticipating the Watchmen movie with a mixture of hope and...
Indie filmmaking is becoming more and more high-tech. This is evidenced in April Showers, one of the very first feature-length motion pictures to be filmed entirely in 4K digital photography.
April Showers is a account of a school shooting,...
Audio company Bowers & Wilkins has just announced that Steve Van Zandt is the newest Fellow in the company's Society of Sound. Van Zandt is a longtime member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, as well as a solo artist and actor (best known for...
Bad news for O&A fans and worse news for rock & roll fans. Longtime NYC rock station K-Rock is switching its format from Rock to Top 40, and has fired Opie & Anthony from its line-up.
Tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time, 92.3 WXRK...
This morning, with little more than a press release, Apple dropped a new $80, 4 GB iPod shuffle that's smaller than a single AA battery and has neither buttons nor a display. That means the controls are left up to some buttons built into the...
After a career spanning nearly four decades, Definitive Technology co-founder and president Sandy Gross is retiring. He will work his last day at the company on March 31, after which Executive Vice President Dave Peet and Vice President of...
If you have been craving sweet vertical sound field action from a full-fledged 7.2 system then you should get ready to send Onkyo a St. Patrick's day card. Their new TX-SR607 receiver supports Dolby Pro Logic IIz. It's, as press release...
[Note: This follow-up story has spoilers.]
Last week, I watched Watchmen at an inexpensive cineplex in North Jersey. Great movie, faithful adaptation, substandard equipment. Hey, the tickets were $6.50, and around here that's a bargain.
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Onkyo has introduced two new home-theaters-in-a-box, budget-priced for consumers looking to get a full-featured surround sound system for less than $600.
The HT-S5200 features a 1200-watt 7.1-channel receiver (at 130 watts per channel) with...
The term "jump the shark" is used to describe when a television series (or any other form of entertainment) outlives its welcome, usually through a single stunt or event that signals to any fans that it has lost everything that once made it...
My feet may be aching already, but my fingers are eager to give you the scoop on the first long day and night at the South by Southwest Music & Media Conference. Ken Richardson here, your faithful Entertainment Editor, down in Austin for my...
In case the $70,000 103-inch Panasonic TH-103PF9 wasn't already fancy enough for your refined tastes, Bang and Olufsen have set it on an impressive-looking automated stand. The panel is designed to adjust to the proper viewing height and angle...
Welcome back, my friends, to the post that never ends — or at least it seems that way. For here I am, Ken Richardson, back at the laptop at the end of Thursday, to give you the very latest from SXSW (including U Can Unlearn Guitar, shown...
Starting today, iTunes users can buy HD movies straight from the iTunes Store. HD movies have been available to rent over iTunes for some time, but this is the first instance of users able to buy them. Instead of $4 for a rental or $15 for an SD...
By now, you’ve heard about the sudden death of actress Natasha Richardson. I wrote about her and husband Liam Neeson’s home theater for the January ’09 issue (“A Class Act”; see story), and I wanted to share a few thoughts about her:
The...