Cinebriated

Hey one and all ... and you too!

The long Cine-a-tech hiatus is over! You may now start the celebratory festivities.

Me and a few of my like-minded friends decided to start our own website:

Kind of clever isn't it? Well, we thought so.

Cinebriated.com will have all of the Cine-a-tech goodness plus so much more! Film reviews, commentary, knowledgeable insight and even some entertaining inebriated ramblings plus all of the general gadgetry and tech news you have come to expect here!

Please feel free to head on over and peruse Cinebriated and leave some comments (we live to read them, seriously!), it is still an infant and who knows what it could grow into but we are having fun doing what we love.

Here's hoping some of that rubs off on you.

Your's in Cinebriation,

Jake

Just mostly dead ...

Hey dudes and dudettes!

There is something lurking over the horizon ... I am not saying Cine-a-Tech is back, but it may be resurfacing as something new in the near future.

You see, me and my pal Ed (Check out his slick blog The Talking Ed if you are so inclined) and another associate are planning something. "What?" You may ask ... frankly we don't really know yet either.

But whatever it is it will be going down soon, of that I am sure. I'll be sure to keep everyone of you posted as something more solid comes to fruition. Expect something soon!

As per usual when it comes to movies, watch responsibly. Don't Uwe Boll and drive!

The Blog is dead, long live the site!

I am sorry.

That is all can really be said about my absence on the Blog-o-sphere. I really loved the Frankenstein-ian experience of creating something but I am sad to say that for the foreseeable future this blog is on hiatus.

Do not feel said though, friend, because my writing on all kinds of movie techno-gadgetry lives on over at JoBlo.com. For several months now I have been getting paid to do what I gladly did here on Cine-a-tech for free (total sell-out, I know!) , but as school starts back up and a myriad of obligations take up my precious little free time some things had to be neglected.

So as of now Cine-a-tech will go dormant, but I would like to thank all of you who read, followed and the few that commented on my humble blog. It was a valuable learning experience that re-affirmed my love for movies and landed me a part-time gig. If you can find it in your heart to forgive me feel free to stop by The Digital Dorm section of JoBlo.com where I post at least a couple of news articles every weekday as well as handle some feature columns.

Thank you all again., maybe someday in the future Cine-a-tech will rise again.

Until then just keep enjoying the films that make you happy and maybe discover some new ones on the way. Happy travels, it is time for me to hit that dusty old trail ...

Yours in cinephilia,

Jake Riley

Go North Young Man!

As many of turn your heads South to the little shindig going on in San Diego known as Comic-Con I will be heading North for a long overdue vacation with some friends I haven't seen in a long time.

It will be Jake versus the Canadian Wilderness. Maple syrup, moose, Mounties and booze are sure to be aplenty.

I will be gone until Sunday, and if I get some free time and WiFi I will try to throw in a couple of posts ... but antlers are not a recommended substitute for Broadband, so no promises.

Later days!

Jake

Blogathon Season!

So me being a neophyte in this whole blogging thing (4 months in!) I decided to try one of these "Blogathon" deals, and before I knew it I was wrangled into two!

If you look down my page a bit to the left you will see an image in the sidebar entitled "Shatnerthon" (Hosted by this lovely ladies blog) with a pic of the Shat-man himself. Essentially between July 5th-9th I will be trying to throw some Shatner themed posts up along with several other bloggers. Should be fun, and you should all feel free to visit her blog and let her know if you want to participate in the celebration of one of the greatest thespians to ever wield a phaser!

The second blogathon is from the forums of my favorite movie news site (and employer!) JoBlo.com where a handful of us film geek bloggers decided to host our own round robin style JoBlogathon! The deal is we get recommended a film by one other Schmoe and in return recommend them a flick to watch and then the fun begins, reviews, rants, emotional meltdowns and even possibly the discovery of our new favorite film!

My homework is to watch 2002's Equilibrium, starring Christian Bale, Dominic Purcell and Sean Bean. I can't wait! So stay tuned for my thoughts on Equilibrium and Shatner!

Don't be alarmed if all of a sudden my blog posts actually get awesome!

Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Webcam Tonight!

Source: ABC

Prepare for a classic example of the age old adage of "The show must go on!"

A disaster of less than epic, but still pretty bad, proportions struck the set of Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show yesterday when they were supposed to tape tonight's episode.

The power went out.

If there is one thing necessary to record a TV show it is electricity, electricity followed by a working camera. They had no electricity but they found a camera, a webcam to be exact.

Tonight’s low tech episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs at 12:05 on ABC and was shot entirely by webcam via Kimmel's personal laptop. Everything from the monologue, to the interviews (Including The Green Hornet himself: Seth Rogen!) and even a musical performance by Dierks Bentley.

In all honesty I haven't followed late night since the Conapocalypse, but I am intrigued by both this novelty of watching a late night talk show filmed entirely by webcam and Jimmy Kimmel's MacGuyveresque abilities.

If you are curious on how this whole mess turned into something potentially amazing tune in if you aren't sleeping, I sure as hell am!

Dearest Cine-a-tech Readers

I know what they say about looking cool and how you are supposed to act like you have been there before, but I haven't so to hell with it:

Well shucks, guys, I love all ya'll!

In the couple short months that Cine-a-tech spawned from my deranged mind it has already managed rack up over 1000 views! (Thanks mom!)

On this humbling (read: momentus, extraordinary, badass, etc.) occasion I wish to thank all of the people that have stopped by, if only by accident, and I can only hope that I was able to improve the quality of your day if but for a moment.

To all of those kind Spambots that trolled through, thanks for the boost in numbers that kept me trucking along. And I wish to take this opportunity to let it be known that when Skynet finally does become self aware and starts the Robopocalypse that I, for one, welcome our new synthetic overlords.

And finally to you, yes you the reader of this very post, I wish to extend my gratitude. You, whoever you are, are an awesome individual that should be told so on a daily basis and anytime you feel that you have not been feel free to drop by here for a moral boost!

1K is just the start! I hope to get at least five more views before I call it quits and mosey on down that dusty ol' trail of obscurity and mediocrity, and that should only take about 6 more months excluding the Spambots!

Thanks again, at only 2 months Cine-a-tech is still a infant with gratuitous bib drool and repugnant soiled diapers, I can't wait to see what this creation will mature into!

E3: Microsoft's Monday

Source: Engadget

Today Microsoft has owned the E3 Expo. Here are the Monday highlights from the Microsoft E3 camp:

• Microsoft Kinect: (Pictured above left) Hey potential Project Natal users there are some solid facts in now for you to salivate over. First off it has a price tag now, looks like it will put you back $149 but there are some bundlle deals already popping up at retailers like Gamestop that will pair the Kinect with an Xbox Elite for $399. Microsoft Kinect will officially launch November 4th, along with a first wave of games that will utilize the motion tracking technology. The last Kinect related news for today involves video chatting. Yes. You will be able video chat while watching movies together for starters. Nifty feature that will be both Xbox Live and Windows Live Messenger compatible.
• New Xbox 360: (Pictured center) Yup, that is apparently what it is called "The New Xbox 360" no clever name yet, but man it looks pretty slick and it starts shipping out today! Major changes from the existing Xbox 360 models, besides actually looking cool, is that it has one internal fan. This is supposed to reduce the noise considerably which is one less distraction. The power source is internal, which means no more unsightly brick attached to your power cord. And it has integrated WiFi, so you essentially it takes some of the former Xbox accessories and just compiles them into one sexy package.
• ESPN3: No it isn't ESPN8 "The Ocho" but it is coming to an Xbox near you! Microsoft now has an exclusive deal with ESPN3 that will be available for no extra charge if you have an Xbox Live Gold Account and have a TV/Internet provider that will participate. You will be able to watch replays, highlights, participate in polls and will of course have Kinect capabilities.
• Xbox Netflix: The Xbox version of Netflix is finally getting an essential upgrade in November. You will now be able to search the entire Netflix Instant Watch and add videos to your instant queue, all directly from your console. Xbox is the first console to have this unrestricted Netflix access with out actually needing a computer. I would expect the other major consoles to follow suit eventually as well.

That about sums up Xbox news for the first day of E3; be sure to keep checking in for more updates from the E3 gaming front all week!

Will Smith Makes 3D Look Good

Source: SonyInsider

News flash!

In a recently released 3D promotional/teaser trailer for Men in Black III we find out two important things.

One we already knew, Men in Black III will be of course released in 3D. But infinitely more important is the fact Will Smith reassures us he will make 3D look good.

I am inclined to agree with Mr. Smith.

Kurt Russell, Baseball and My Hometown!

So I just found out that my podunk hometown just got a new semi-pro Baseball team!

Go Walla Walla Sweets!

I am pretty stoked because this means I will actually have something to do when I am back home this summer when I am not working or sitting in a movie theater. But this also reminds me of some unique family history, so pull up a chair because this anecdote is pretty cool!

Years ago we used to have another team called the Walla Walla Padres, and guess who was on that team in the '70's? If you said Hall of Famer Ozzie Smith you would be correct, but this is a blog that deals with movies so go on guess again!

Kurt Russell is who!

No joke! He apparently played about half a season in Walla Walla back in '72 and batted a respectable .325! That in itself would be some cool trivia, but remember this is family history.

Now this little yarn gets even better still! Apparently the players would be invited to eat with local families, probably as both a way for the Padres to keep in touch with their fans and to keep the players fed and happy.Two birds with one stone and all that noise ...

So anyway, my mom's family hosted a couple of the young players from the Walla Walla Padres to dinner at some point in '72 and guess who came with an appetite?!

Freaking Kurt Russell is who!

Apparently they enjoyed a fine meal and my aunt's homemade desert, some sort of cake, and packed away some serious vittles. By all accounts Kurt Russell was "a very polite, nice young man."

That's right! Snake Plissken ate and my grandparents house and had seconds.

Damn straight he did!

WTFriday?! - MicroMusic

So I feel that this blog has been fairly successful, if for no other reason for keeping me off the streets, so I am going to try something new. I am going to create a recurring feature on the blog I have cleverly christened "WTFriday?!"

Upon my ingenious inception of this idea I of course Googled "WTFriday" and, to my utter astonishment, found that other people had thought of this completely original and clever name ...

Screw it! I am doing it anyway and if they feel the urge to do something about it I usually have lunch at the local Taco Bell every Wednesday ... see you there, punks!

So my idea is to report to you something wackier, crazier, weirder or just plain scary that would otherwise go unmentioned on a usual day on the blog.

Let the madness begin!

Source: CrunchGear

Musical artist and gadget geek Tristan Perich has done something from out of left field, I never even thought about this let alone knew it could be done, he has released an album entitled 1-Bit Symphony entirely on one microchip.

Yes it sounds like something out of an old NES game and it is more likely to make your eardrums bleed than head bang but it is still an awesome concept. Enough of me talking, listen to Tristan Perich describe his Magnus opus and listen to it yourself!

(You may want to turn your speakers down a bit first for your own safety.)

News Editor for JoBlo.com!

So I have just accepted a position as a News Editor for JoBlo.com and could not be more stoked about it. If you like what you see here on my humble blog you will soon be seeing more of the same over at this true site for all things film related.

Don't fret, loyal readers, for I hope to also continue my blog here. It started as a perfect storm of passion and practice and has culminated in employment but will continue as a hobby.

You now have one more place to get your fix, and in the coming days more details will be revealed. This is not the end, but the beginning! And now I can share with you my secret to success, it has served me well every morning for the past few weeks. Feel free to try it if you need a little extra spring in your step: Inspiration!