Dennis Fahringer's blog http://fotofah.posterous.com Most recent posts at Dennis Fahringer's blog posterous.com Thu, 27 Dec 2012 12:12:00 -0800 Roger Ebert's Top Movies of 2012 http://fotofah.posterous.com/roger-eberts-top-movies-of-2012 http://fotofah.posterous.com/roger-eberts-top-movies-of-2012
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I read his reviews when they come out each Thursday.

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Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:24:00 -0800 Netflix competition coming in 2012 http://fotofah.posterous.com/netflix-competition-coming-in-2012 http://fotofah.posterous.com/netflix-competition-coming-in-2012

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118047961

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Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:06:00 -0800 Movie ticket sales hit 16-year low in U.S. http://fotofah.posterous.com/movie-ticket-sales-hit-16-year-low-in-us http://fotofah.posterous.com/movie-ticket-sales-hit-16-year-low-in-us

http://money.cnn.com/2011/12/29/news/economy/movie_ticket_sales/index.htm

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Wed, 28 Dec 2011 13:13:00 -0800 The 10 Worst Films of 2011 - TIME magazine http://fotofah.posterous.com/the-10-worst-films-of-2011-time-magazine http://fotofah.posterous.com/the-10-worst-films-of-2011-time-magazine
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I disagree, though, with their including “Miral” in the 10 worst films.

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Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:56:00 -0800 Recommended movie series: Ken Burns: The War (set of 7 movies on WWII and 4 U.S. towns, Netflix Instant) http://fotofah.posterous.com/recommended-movie-series-ken-burns-the-war-se http://fotofah.posterous.com/recommended-movie-series-ken-burns-the-war-se
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It’s very, very well done. It helps me to better understand my parents and their generation. It has a lot of combat footage, much of not shown to the U.S. public during World War II. There are some astounding statistics in this series. (I’ve watched 3 of the 7 segments, each running about 2 hrs.)

It’s gotten a 9.1 out of 10 on IMDB:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0996994/

which is the highest rating I think I’ve ever seen there.

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Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:41:00 -0800 Excellent editing: mash-up of 166 films from 2011 in less than 8 minutes http://fotofah.posterous.com/excellent-editing-mash-up-of-166-films-from-2 http://fotofah.posterous.com/excellent-editing-mash-up-of-166-films-from-2
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Think you saw a lot of movies this year? Then take a stab at identifying the shots from the 166 movies featured in this mash-up by YouTube user hatinhand.

 

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Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:59:00 -0800 CanIStream.it: Search Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Amazon, and iTunes for streaming movies http://fotofah.posterous.com/canistreamit-search-netflix-hulu-vudu-amazon http://fotofah.posterous.com/canistreamit-search-netflix-hulu-vudu-amazon

Can I Stream It?

Let's say you are a regular techie with a Netflix account, a Hulu account, and since you only shop online, you also have an Amazon Prime account. Now let's say you want to know if a movie you're dying to watch is available to be streamed instantly, using any of these accounts.

With CanIStream.It, you can search across all of these services and pick the one you want to use. And if the movie you're looking for is not available, just sign-up, set a reminder and voila we will shoot you an email when your chosen service makes the movie available. It's simple and fast.

CanIStream.it also searches iTunes, Vudu, and Amazon OnDemand stores; so if a movie isn't available you might still be able to digitally rent or purchase it.

Just type in the movie title you want to search for and then select "Streaming", "Rental", "Purchase", or "DVD/Blu-ray" from the menu to check for availability. If the movie is available, simply click on the icon and it will take you to the movie page, for the service you selected. If not, then sign-in and set a reminder and we'll let you know when it becomes available.

CanIStream.It is a free service created by the UrbanPixels crew for the community. We were missing a service like this, so we built it and now hope that other people find it useful too.

Contact us at info@urbanpixels.com if you have any questions or just want to tell us what you think about CanIStream.It.

 

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Sat, 24 Sep 2011 12:30:00 -0700 And the year's best movie poster is... [20 different choices, here’s one] http://fotofah.posterous.com/and-the-years-best-movie-poster-is http://fotofah.posterous.com/and-the-years-best-movie-poster-is
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Sat, 03 Sep 2011 12:08:00 -0700 Movie recommendation: ”Cat Ballou”, listed by AFI in their top 10 Westerns ever (very funny, Lee Marvin got Best Actor Oscar for his 2 roles) http://fotofah.posterous.com/movie-recommendation-cat-ballou-listed-by-afi http://fotofah.posterous.com/movie-recommendation-cat-ballou-listed-by-afi

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This is a classic I hadn’t watched until last night, when I watched it on DVD from Netflix, enjoying also the featurette. This movie gave actor Lee Marvin star status.

I’d seen this photo from the movie before. What I didn’t know until I read about the film on IMDB last night is that it’s very unnatural for a horse to cross its legs. The director pressured the horse trainer to make the horse do this, which he did after 1 hour with sugar cubes(!)

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Fri, 02 Sep 2011 19:21:00 -0700 10 Mobile Apps for Film Buffs http://fotofah.posterous.com/10-mobile-apps-for-film-buffs http://fotofah.posterous.com/10-mobile-apps-for-film-buffs
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Sun, 21 Aug 2011 17:59:42 -0700 CNet Compares Netflix & Blockbuster [video] http://fotofah.posterous.com/cnet-compares-netflix-blockbuster-video http://fotofah.posterous.com/cnet-compares-netflix-blockbuster-video http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2011/08/cnet-compares-netflix-blockbuster.html#

Very good comparison

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Sat, 20 Aug 2011 13:13:00 -0700 Funny quote from Roger Ebert: http://fotofah.posterous.com/funny-quote-from-roger-ebert http://fotofah.posterous.com/funny-quote-from-roger-ebert

”’Conan the Barbarian involves a clash of civilizations whose vocabularies are limited to screams, oaths, grunts, howls, ejaculations, vulgarities, screeches, wails, bellows, yelps and woofs. I’d love to get my hands on the paycheck for subtitling this movie.” - Roger Ebert, 8/9/

Full review at: http://bit.ly/qxKO3K

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Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:40:00 -0700 A movie theater etiquette manifesto (excellent!) http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-movie-theater-etiquette-manifesto-excellent http://fotofah.posterous.com/a-movie-theater-etiquette-manifesto-excellent
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Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:01:00 -0700 Netflix and some amazing numbers [infographic] http://fotofah.posterous.com/netflix-and-some-amazing-numbers-infographic http://fotofah.posterous.com/netflix-and-some-amazing-numbers-infographic
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Tue, 09 Aug 2011 16:23:00 -0700 Nearly all of Alfred Hitchcock’s cameos (in less than 4 min., with highlighting ;-) http://fotofah.posterous.com/all-of-alfred-hitchcocks-cameos-in-less-than http://fotofah.posterous.com/all-of-alfred-hitchcocks-cameos-in-less-than
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7 are missing:


Easy Virtue (1927)
Blackmail (1929)
Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Suspicion (1941)
Spellbound (1945)
The Paradine Case (1947)
Under Capricorn (1949)

 

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Wed, 03 Aug 2011 15:58:00 -0700 Movie recommendation: “Outside the Law” (2010) http://fotofah.posterous.com/movie-recommendation-outside-the-law-2010 http://fotofah.posterous.com/movie-recommendation-outside-the-law-2010

Last night I watched an excellent film on DVD, "Outside the Law." 

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Outside_the_Law/70139513?trkid=496624

I think it's just out from Netflix. It was nominated for Best Foreign Language film in the last Oscars. It's by the same director who made "Days of Glory" (which was also excellent):

http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Days_of_Glory/70050588?trkid=2361637


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Sat, 16 Jul 2011 13:28:00 -0700 Martin Scorsese does a...3-D kids' movie, 'Hugo'!: Watch the impossibly whimsical trailer http://fotofah.posterous.com/martin-scorsese-does-a3-d-kids-movie-hugo-wat http://fotofah.posterous.com/martin-scorsese-does-a3-d-kids-movie-hugo-wat

Look sharp to see Ben Kingsley in the trailer. ;-)

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Wed, 13 Jul 2011 23:44:43 -0700 Netflix to launch streaming service in 43 Latin and Caribbean countries (plus Spain, not mentioned in this article) http://fotofah.posterous.com/netflix-to-launch-streaming-service-in-43-lat http://fotofah.posterous.com/netflix-to-launch-streaming-service-in-43-lat http://www.hackingnetflix.com/2011/07/netflix-to-launch-streaming-service-in-...

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Sat, 02 Jul 2011 00:42:00 -0700 Enjoyed the movie and extras: "Ip Man 2". Incredible fight choreography. http://fotofah.posterous.com/enjoyed-the-movie-and-extras-ip-man-2-incredi http://fotofah.posterous.com/enjoyed-the-movie-and-extras-ip-man-2-incredi

http://movies.netflix.com/Movie/Ip_Man_2/70137753?trkid=496624

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Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:22:00 -0700 Top 10 Expendable Girlfriends and the Men Who Loved Them (Briefly) - TIME http://fotofah.posterous.com/top-10-expendable-girlfriends-and-the-men-who http://fotofah.posterous.com/top-10-expendable-girlfriends-and-the-men-who
Top 10 Expendable Girlfriends

Paramount / Everett Collection

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