Thursday, February 20, 2003

Our Film Discussion is this Friday at 7:00 pm.  The movie will be "The King Is Alive".  You can find the New York Times review here and Roger Ebert's review here. 2:38:34 PM    comments? []

Tuesday, February 11, 2003

Oscar Time The complete list of the Oscar Nominations can be found at the Academy Awards website 11:57:07 AM    comments? []

Wednesday, February 05, 2003

Don't forget our Film Discussion Group meets this Friday 8:45:10 PM    comments? []

Thursday, December 19, 2002

National Film Registry The National Film Registry - a part of the Library of Congress - has announced this years films to be preserved.  The list of 25 include Alien, Sabrina (1954), Beauty and the Beast and Spinal Tap.  There are now 350 films on the list to be preserved for all time.   10:41:28 AM    comments? []

Tuesday, December 10, 2002

And speaking of movies the Friday Night Film Discussion meets this week.  It starts at 7 pm.  4:03:17 PM    comments? [] Books into Movies I just found a list of recent movies that are based on books.  Its from the Booksense website.     3:59:28 PM    comments? []

Saturday, November 16, 2002

- "Ireland's oldest university said Tuesday it is .... -  "Ireland's oldest university said Tuesday it is taking legal advice on whether Star Wars director George Lucas used an image of its famous library without its permission." "The Long Room of Trinity College's library was built in 1732 and houses a number of treasures including the Book of Kells, which dates from the ninth century and is today one of Ireland's top tourist attractions." "The impressive two-storey galleried library is 64 metres long by 12 metres broad (about 210 feet by 690 feet) and contains about 200,000 of the university's oldest books." "Librarian Robin Adams said similarities with the image of the Jedi Temple Archive Library in "Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones" had been brought to his attention by someone who have learned about it on an Internet discussion page." (from Middle East Times) [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen] 3:04:53 PM    comments? []

Tuesday, November 05, 2002

Harry Potter Movie Sneak Peaks See film clips from the second Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets," including Screaming Mandrakes, Ron's Howler, Dobby The House Elf, Happy Birthday Harry, Rogue Bludger, and Polyjuice Potion. Requires Windows Media Player or Real Player. Movie will be released in the U.S., U.K., and Canada on Nov. 15. From h20boro lib blog 10:30:43 AM    comments? []

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