Gamers of the Future on Netflix? Stranger Things Can Happen
In 2007, before the days of "apps" and "streaming" was even heard of, I received a special red envelope from Netflix in my mailbox that was going to change everyone's watching habits forever. These envelopes were reserved for a select few DVD based Netflix...
Christy Anzelmo from Foundry talks about new Virtual Production Pipeline and more
Foundry have been developing creative software for the Digital Design, Media and Entertainment industries for over 20 years. Foundry products are used to create breathtaking visual effects sequences on a wide range of feature films, video-on-demand, television and...
The 93rd Annual Academy Awards to be unmasked tonight
With the COVID-19 Pandemic looming above us during the past year, the major awards season has been rather anemic with its shows having to rely almost exclusively on virtual technology. It would have been just as enjoyable and appropriate for viewers to watch the shows...
Dolby Atmos is coming to a car near you!
With the strictest list of COVID pandemic regulations that was forced on us, disrupting our normal lives in the past year, (i.e. six feet of social distancing, restrictions on indoor activities, and keeping ourselves within our “social bubble”), we now fully seem to...
The Greatest Idea Since The Lightbulb – GE LED+ Line
"There's a way to do it better - find it" - Thomas Edison. Over the years, the GE brand has been synonymous with Thomas Edison, America’s greatest known inventor. Though he wasn't the original inventor, he improved on the original light bulb and took it a big leap...
Dolby: Taking Sound and Vision to an Entirely New Level
At the CES Pepcom “Digital Experience” show online, I was fortunate to spend some considerable time at the Dolby virtual booth learning about the company's recent announcements at CES, as well as the company's rapid progress during the last few years. It was just a...
CES – Goes virtually Digital
With less than two weeks to go, the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show returns to Las Vegas on January 11th thru the 14th. With its continuous record breaking attendance year after year, attracting 171,268 attendees in 2020, they have gotten to the point where they have...
Voice-Over Actors Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Inaugural Induction Ceremony October 10th Voice-Over Actors Hall of Fame to open at the historic Orinda It has been well over a year since the California Independent Film Festival Association conceived the notion of crafting a special public live event that would...
Product Review: Tivic ClearUp
I vividly remember my very first personal bout with allergies. I was sitting in a movie theater for the highly anticipated movie, “Topsy Turvy”, which was getting lots of buzz. Unfortunately at the time, I was also suffering from post nasal drip, which I had never...
Are movie theaters left in the dark in the age of COVID-19?
It’s 6pm on a Friday night in the East Bay at the historic landmark Orinda Theater, just 15 miles east of San Francisco. With its impressive luminous flashing neon lights on its marquee displaying a spectacular view to those who pass along Highway 24 at night, it...