This remake of the 1973 film with Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen tells the story of French convict Henri Charrière (Charlie Hunnam), nicknamed Papillon ("butterfly"), who was imprisoned in 1933 in the Devil's Island penal colony and escaped in 1941 with the help of another convict, counterfeiter Louis Dega (Rami Malek).
From a story no doubt inspired by recent headlines, a stolen laptop loaded with malware and misbehaving social media leads to mayhem and multiple...
In just a decade, HIFIMAN have released a broad range of headphones, and then with every new model in multiple price ranges, they have extended the performance of their products making them an even greater value.
Halloween, released 40 years ago is still unmatched as one of the truly great horror films. Director John Carpenter has gone on to make many other classics, including his remake of The Thing, The Fog, Escape from New York, and Assault on Precinct 13.
I’ve written before that high end headphone sales are vigorous. As we listen to our music outside the house, and also want high end sound in the privacy ...
A classic 50s horror film from cult director/producer William Castle. Vincent Price stars as an obsessed doctor who discovers that fear manifests itself as a parasitic creature, which grows on the spinal cords of terrified people.
The Shinola Bookshelf Speaker system is a rather unique collaboration between Shinola of Detroit and Barefoot Sound to create a high quality bookshelf speaker d...
All these headphone designs are circumaural open back designs. They don’t seal you away from your environment, and people sitting near you can hear (faintly) audio coming from the headphones.
In the year 2045, the real world is a dirty and unattractive place. The only time Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) truly feels stimulated is when he dons his VR glasses and escapes to the virtual OASIS, a virtual universe where a lot of humanity spends their free time.
Headphones have really become popular the last few years, and that’s not really a surprise. Instead, it’s a predictable evolution, with more high quality portable devices on the market, and more people wanting to listen in private when others are around.
If you’re around my age, you’ll remember the name Shinola as a shoe polish, not a high-end speaker.
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls kidnapped for sex trafficking. When a job goes out of control, he discovers a conspiracy that may be real, a nightmare or both.
A retelling of the 1976 hijacking of an Air France jet with 239 passengers aboard, among them 83 Israelis and how a successful rescue raid unfolded. This is one of the most astounding rescues ever attempted, and one of the most brilliant ever to be pulled-off.
It’s 10 years after the events of the original Pacific Rim movie. Things have been quiet with no appearances of the Alien kaiju creatures that left the world devastated. But now they’ve returned and how will Earth deal with the threat?
This is the story of three Americans who prevented a terrorist massacre on a train bound for Paris from Amsterdam.
Mel spent most of his life working in television journalism in Ohio, Florida, the BBC in London, and in Seattle, WA. He won a few EMMY awards along the way which most people mistake for bowling trophies. Being around all those expensive monitors frustrated him when he got home to his threadbare TV and stereo, so he began to improve things, brand by brand, upgrade by upgrade. He’s got a lovely OLED TV now, flanked by Magnepan 3.6r speakers, and a Home theater with an Epson Projector and Focal speakers. Also scatted about the house are HiFiMan headphones, and 6 Sonos Connect devices that are spraying his rather large music collection from room to room. Other equipment is from Oppo, Sony, Aurender, PS Audio and Emotiva. Musical tastes range from Classical to Jazz to New Age to classic Rock and Roll. Mel has written a biography of film producer Samuel Bronston (El Cid, King of Kings) and is working now on a second film related book. He resides in Arizona where, when he’s not adjusting his home theater, he dabbles in landscape and astronomical photography.
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