• Finally got my Order Of The Phoenix review posted, after suffering some technical difficulties last night. Now I gotta catch the IMAX version. I also tossed up a list of the Harry Potter films and scores in the order I like ‘em. Speaking of which, Order Of The Phoenix is already jumping records.
• Full details for the new My So-Called Life DVD set and official press release. Woo hoo! They got involvement from Clare Danes! This looks to be a fantastic set. Thanks, Shout Factory! They spelled composer Snuffy Walden’s name wrong (”Waldren”). No commentaries, though? Still, I’m sure it’ll be a great set.
• Kevin Spacey has joined up for the Superman Returns sequel (”Man Of Steel”)
• Alex Proyas is taking on directing duties for Dracula Year Zero
• Some more info on Microsoft’s cutting edge HD Photo format. I’ve been working on a MASSIVE project for the last few months (and will continue to work on it for years) of doing high-res digital archiving of family photo from over the last 50+ years. A good number of them are on film slides. I got a fantastic scanner (the Epson Perfection V700 Photo) and spent days playing with file formats before I committed to using Microsoft’s new HD Photo format. It takes a bit of extra effort to work with right now, due to the very few apps that support it. Photoshop CS3 (and CS2) is actually one of the only ones that does, and that’s with a beta version of a plug-in. So, CS3 is what I’ve been working in for the scanning process (and using Microsoft’s nifty Photo Info tool for tagging and such). So far, it’s been a great format (with both pro level lossless encoding or consumer friendly compressed encoding), and I’ll be curious to see what kind of impact it has on the industry.
• Cool, a new Dick Van Dyke movie. Granted, it’s a Hallmark TV movie, but still. And hey, *3* generations of Van Dykes.
• I look forward to the mini-series remake of The Andromeda Strain, but why did they have to cast the awful Benjamin Bratt? I’m sure the rest of the cast and talented director Mikael Saloman can help compensate.
• Hmmmm, Dell has launched a new SMB computer line called Vostro
• Good grief, AOL has actually updated their client software. Just when you thought it was down for the count.
• The new XBox Live Arcade/PC mutliplayer Battlestar Galactica game has been previewed for reviewers. Sounds pretty cool.

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