Month: August 2005

The Goonies

The Goonies (1985)Since I didn’t have access to many movies in my childhood, I still have to catch up with some classics. “The Goonies” I heard brings warm childhood memories to many of my peers.

Directed by: Richard Donner
Genres: Adventure, Family, Comedy, Thriller
Cast: Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen, Corey Feldman, Kerri Green, Martha Plimpton, Jonathan Ke Quan, John Matuszak, Robert Davi, Joe Pantoliano, Anne Ramsey, Lupe Ontiveros, Mary Ellen Trainor, Keith Walker, Curtis Hanson
IMDB raintg: 7.2
My rating: 8.0 [rate 8.0]

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Air plane crash

About two hours ago, an airplane of Helios Airlines has crashed 30km off Athens. It was flying from Larnaca, Cyprus to Althens, Greece carrying 115 passangers and 6 members of the crew. According to RBC news there are two versions of what happenned. One of them says that the plane crashed into the mountain when the pilot lost control. By another version, the plane blew up before it crashed into the mountain. The control tower lost all communications with the plane and that’s why it was followed by two fighter jets. There are also more details about pilots missing from the cabin a guy in the mask seen throught the window. This version doesn’t sound very authentic, but we’ll have to wait for the official version anyway.

I’m sure the tradegy will be all over the news for the next few days. Chances are that there were plenty of Greeks and Cypriots on board.

Update: Google news has about 300 stories already.

Shi mian mai fu

Shi mian mai fu (2004)Looking for some martial arts movie to watch, I cam across “Shi mian mai fu” (aka “House of Flying Daggers”). It was made in China and had both a good title and a covering picture, so I fell for it.

Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Genres: Action, Drama, Romance
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Andy Lau, Ziyi Zhang, Dandan Song
IMDB raintg: 7.6
My rating: 7.0 [rate 7.0]

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Merging two AVI files

Here is a quick tip if you need to merge two AVI files into one using Linux. In fact, you can glue together more than two files. You can glue together as many as you want.

  1. Install transcode. Actually check if it is already installed first as many distributions include it.
  2. Run the following command: avimerge -o result.avi -i source1.avi source2.avi

avimerge is a part of transcode package.

Coach Carter

Coach Carter (2005)Just by the title of it, I knew that “Coach Carter” would be one of those films that I like. When I learned that Samuel L. Jackson is playing the leading role, I was 100% sure of it.

Directed by: Thomas Carter
Genres: Drama, Sport
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Rob Brown, Robert Ri’chard, Rick Gonzalez, Nana Gbewonyo, Antwon Tanner, Channing Tatum, Ashanti, Texas Battle, Denise Dowse, Debbi Morgan, Mel Winkler, Vincent Laresca, Sidney Faison, Octavia Spencer
IMDB raintg: 6.9
My rating: 7.0 [rate 7.0]

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