Role Models è un film del 2008 commedia diretta da David Wain. Racconta la storia di due venditori di bevande energetiche, che sono obbligati a svolgere 150 ore di servizio alla comunità come punizione per reati vari.

Leggi altre notizie su: | David Wain | Seann William Scott | Paul Rudd | Christopher Mintz-Plasse

W. è un film del 2008 diretto da Oliver Stone ed interpretato da Josh Brolin.

Leggi altre notizie su: | Oliver Stone | Josh Brolin | Elizabeth Banks | Thandie Newton | Ellen Burstyn | Ioan Gruffudd

Che la fine abbia inizio è un film horror del 2008 diretto da Nelson McCormick e interpretato da Brittany Snow.

Leggi altre notizie su: | Nelson McCormick | Brittany Snow | Johnathon Schaech | Dana Davis

Doomsday è un film del 2008, film d’azione scritto e diretto da Neil Marshall. Il film si svolge nel futuro, in cui la Scozia è stata messa in quarantena a causa della comparsa di un virus mortale.

Leggi altre notizie su: | Neil Marshall | Malcolm McDowell | Rhona Mitra | Bob Hoskins | Alexander Siddig

Valzer con Bashir è un film documentario del 2008. Un film d’animazione israeliano scritto e diretto da Ari Folman. Essa raffigura Folman in cerca dei suoi ricordi perduti dal 1982 nella Guerra del Libano.

Leggi altre notizie su: | Ari Folman | Ari Folman

Speed Racer è un adattamento cinematografico statunitense del 2008 di un cartone giapponese del 1960 con lo stesso nome. Il film è scritto e diretto dai fratelli Wachowski.

Leggi altre notizie su: | Andy Wachowski | Larry Wachowski | Emile Hirsch | Christina Ricci | Susan Sarandon | Matthew Fox

Amore, bugie e calcetto è un film italiano di Luca Lucini, girato interamente a Trieste uscito la prima volta nelle sale il 4 aprile 2008.

Leggi altre notizie su: | Luca Lucini | Claudio Bisio | Filippo Nigro | Claudia Pandolfi | Giuseppe Battiston | Chiara Mastalli

Soffocare è un film del 2008 diretto da Clark Gregg. Il film è interpretato da Sam Rockwell e Anjelica Huston. La produzione ha avuto luogo nel New Jersey nel 2007.

Leggi altre notizie su: | Clark Gregg | Sam Rockwell | Anjelica Huston | Kelly Macdonald

Un segreto tra di noi è un film del 2008 con Julia Roberts e Ryan Reynolds. Scritto e diretto da Dennis Lee.

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Disastro a Hollywood è una commedia satirica-drammatica diretta da Barry Levinson con Robert De Niro.E’ un film indipendente, prodotto dalla 2929 Productions, Art Productions Linson e Tribeca Productions, ed è stato rilasciato il 17 ottobre 2008.
Il film è basato sul libro, What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line, di Art Linson, sulle sue esperienze come un produttore di Hollywood [2].

Leggi altre notizie su: | Barry Levinson | Robert De Niro | Stanley Tucci | John Turturro | Kristen Stewart

Lezioni d’amore è un film americano del 2008 diretto da Isabel Coixet. I maggiori interpreti sono: Penelope Cruz, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Hopper, Peter Sarsgaard, Patricia Clarkson.

Leggi altre notizie su: | Penelope Cruz | Ben Kingsley | Dennis Hopper | Peter Sarsgaard | Patricia Clarkson,Isabel Coixet

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(Please note the YouTube Demo of the FlipMino HD is embedded below.)

As you can imagine, I shoot a lot of video. Usually, I find myself behind Panasonic equipment and have grown to like their P2 system and the incredible color they provide. But, let’s face it, none of the Panasonic P2 cameras tuck nicely into your back pocket. Earlier this year, I was watching something on Tim Street’s Blog and asked him what he was shooting on. Turns out he was using one of the Flip standard definition cameras at that time. Quick perusal of their website and I picked up a FlipMino HD. I’ve now shot some 20-30 interviews on the camera and plenty of other footage. What I have found is that I have some strong likes and dislikes about the camera. Here they are:

What I like:

• This thing is darn small! Truly it’s smaller than my mobile phone (a blackberry), so it tucks away nicely, even into tight pair of jeans.
• Especially in bright daylight, the clarity of the images is pretty spectacular. In the demo below, please note the incredible blue sky and silhouetted mountains behind the subject about half way through.
• The flip-out port/USB charger – on the ultra models you have to buy batteries, but on the Mino, the charge comes directly from the computer. (Please note that I once uploaded video from a hub, which didn’t provide power back to the camera and spent a day wondering what the heck happened to my new camera, which the hub had drained of power!)… This is a personal preference thing, but I like the fact that if I plug it in each night when I’m shooting, the camera is ready to go when I wake up in the morning.
• The software needed to make a quick video is located on the camera, meaning that if you have access to a computer and the internet, you can make a quick video edit and post it to the world from virtually any cafe in the world (save parts of China and Cuba, where they would be screened).
• Surprisingly, the camera is pretty good in lower light situations. In side-by-side comparisons with the Insignia, the footage from the flip was much better.
• This may seem funny, but I really like the handy little pouch the Flip comes in. Not only is a storage bag, but it doubles to keep the lens clean; excellent for yielding high quality images.

What I don’t like (or just bugs me silly):

• A red/orange light comes on the front of the camera when you are shooting. My finding is that this can unhinge a subject. We were shooting a public meeting one time and as soon we hit record, the public officials stopped talking. LAME!
• The codec – What I have been told is the way Flip fits so much video data into its camera is by shooting to square pixels. Whether or not that is true, I don’t know. What I do know is that the Flip video has difficulty when being edited outside of the Flip video software. I captured some excellent interviews earlier this year and wanted to marry them up with a cool intro for Rocket’s Tail. The Flip Video just wasn’t compatible. Additionally, I have tried to upload the movies to Youtube without going through the export process or it’s native (upload to Youtube) option only to have Youtube’s file conversion fail. So, while I like fitting so much footage into the camera, I want video that is more compatible with other systems (PLEASE NOTE: I also shoot on an Insignia, which comes at a similar price, and I find similar issues with it’s footage).
• The editing software – On the one hand, I very much like that there is editing software in the camera. On the other hand, some aspects of the software are limiting: 1). Low word count and/or control of the title screen and credit screen, 2). software only allows 4 pieces of footage to be edited together, 3). it doesn’t natively allow you to incorporate non-flip video in the edit (I know I keep coming back to melding video from different sources… but, it’s important to me!)
• The microphone is located on the operator’s side of the camera… this is completely weird. I have heard that newer versions of the camera have fixed this… but for now, when you watch a Rocket’s Tail interview that was done on the Flip… my questions will be louder than the subject’s answers.

The Demo:

I had the fun happen stance of unknowingly introducing Liora Mendeloff (InstantMediaKit.com) to Matthew Gill (Burn the Boats Produtions), one of her clients. After raving about his experience with InstantMediaKit, Liora did what any good marketer would do; she asked for a testimonial. She pulled out her Flip Ultra and I immediately pulled out my FlipMino HD. What I tried to do was capture various lighting and sound situations available in the moment. There are some close-up and perspective shots. At times the subject is in silhouette. You be the judge.

Summary

The FlipMino HD has some great applications, but it’s not great for every application. If you’re doing Gotcha! journalism, the record alert light is not going to help. However, it’s great for those on-the-fly interviews or footage that will be instantly posted through the system, the images are great. If Flip comes out with a camera that delivers footage fully compatible with alternate editing systems, I want to check it out!  For versatility, ease-of-use (and pocket), the Flip takes the cake!

The Swedish Performing Rights Society (STIM, governing artists’ rights) has released some interesting numbers. The claim that Lady Gaga was paid 2300 SEK (~USD 334) for 1M listenings to “Poker Face”. The payment was split with the songwriter partner Redone which leaves miss Gaga rougly USD 167.

Artist have earlier opted out from Spotify in protest of low royalty payouts and several more voices are now raised in concern both for the sake of Spotify as well as a fair payment to the artists.

Read more at: http://torrentfreak.com/lady-gaga-earns-slightly-more-from-spotify-than-piracy-091121/