Movie gem of the week: Gentlemen Broncos

Posted on April 28, 2013April 29, 2013 by indiemacuser

Gentlemen Broncos(2009) is a quirky, off-beat comedy from Writer/Director Jared Hess(Napoleon Dynamite, Nacho Libre) about a teenage aspiring science fiction writer; who’s novel ‘Yeast Lords’ catches the attention of his writing idol and the various quirky ‘characters’ he meets along the way.

Interspersed are surreal(and just plain bizarre) fantasy sequences based on ‘Yeast Lords’; reminiscent of Heavy Metal(1981).

Jemaine Clement(Flight of the Conchords, Men In Black 3, Rio) has a brilliant turn as the jaded and eccentric ‘best-selling’ writer; which parodies the genre perfectly.

I also enjoyed Jennifer Coolidge(American Pie, 2 Broke Girls) as the wacky single mother who owns a dated clothing store.

If you enjoyed the zane wackiness of Napoleon Dynamite then it’s safe to say you will enjoy this flick; if not it may be something of an acquired taste, but worth a try!

Amazon Pilot Season

Aside posted on April 21, 2013April 29, 2013 by indiemacuser

IMDb: Amazon Pilot Season: Comedy Trailers

Watch the official trailers and first episodes for the new comedies being launched during Amazon Pilot Season on their new ‘Amp

You can also rate the shows, which will influence amazons decision of which shows to commission for a full series.

My personal favourites were Alpha House(in a similar
vein to House of Cards) starring
John Goodman and Zombieland (based on the movie)

So I bit the bullet…..

Posted on April 16, 2013April 16, 2013 by indiemacuser

..and ordered an iPhone 5.

I have had for several years a Blackberry Curve 9300. While it remains in my opinion a great phone for business use; it’s not great at anything else; the app selection for Blackberry is possibly the worst of all the platforms. Also, Blackberry syncing to Apple has been poor and as I use iCal and Mail regularly; in theory an iPhone should work a lot better for me.

I am expecting the biggest change will be moving to a touch phone and I may miss the keyboard on the blackberry. Also being stuck with 16GB capacity and not being able to upgrade with memory cards. Although as the trend is now towards Cloud-based services this becomes less of a problem. I will also miss the ability to edit Microsoft Office Documents.

I will write some posts on how I have found the transfer in the next few months.

iSteve – The lastest Steve Jobs biopic project.

Video posted on April 14, 2013April 14, 2013 by indiemacuser

With ‘jOBS’ starring Ashton Kutcher delayed, it looks like the first Steve Jobs biopic out will come from the Website ‘Funny or Die‘.

Ofcourse, the early days of Apple & Steve Jobs were already dramatised in the 1999 TV Movie ‘Pirates of Silicon Valley‘

Another major Steve Jobs bio-pic is also in development from Sony; and Steve Wozniak has lent his support to this project.

Which of these projects are you most excited to see?

I also recommend the 2009 ‘Mac Fan’ documentary ‘MacHeads’

Apple surprises everyone with easter product launch

Image posted on April 1, 2013March 29, 2013 by indiemacuser

Apple shocked pundits, bloggers and the tech press community with a surprise major product launch today; weeks ahead of even the earliest predictions based on Apple’s usual product cycle. Personally, I feel this is a brilliant piece of seasonal marketing on their part.

Happy Easter Everyone!

Less Apps, More Apples!

Video posted on March 28, 2013 by indiemacuser

Apple stores have been spoofed in a clever TV commercial for UK cider maker Somersby.

Kings Of Leon confirm ‘youthful’ new album is on the way this autumn

Posted on March 28, 2013March 28, 2013 by indiemacuser

The next age of Television? Amazon Prime & LoveFilm & Zombies

Posted on March 26, 2013 by indiemacuser

Following on from my previous post The next age of Television? Arrested Development Season 4 it has been announced that Amazon intends to release some TV ‘pilot’ series exclusively using its Amazon Prime and LoveFilm Video-on-Demand platforms.
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Watch Wars…

Posted on March 25, 2013March 25, 2013 by indiemacuser

So we have been hearing rumours of an Apple ‘iWatch‘ project for some time now. Recently, Samsung also weighed in, stating they had a ‘smart’ watch in development. Rumours have now been reported that Google will also be developing a product in this vein.

This may well prove just to be another urban myth however with the launch of Google Glass it seems ‘wearable’ tech is an emerging area; whether it’s something consumers actually want or not. Will Apple and others be able to convince people they need a watch if they don’t currently wear one? Many people use their phones as time-keepers.

There are already some ‘smart’ watches available that will work with some functions of iOS devices (i.e. notifications) such as the Pebble; which was initially produced using a Kickstarter campaign and also supports Android.