Yesterday we saw the latest Coen Brothers film: No Country for Old Men and I must say that I liked it very much. Firstly the downsides; I am totally unsure about whether I liked or even got the ending at all. And thats about it for the downpoints - I think its probably the best movie the Coen Brothers have directed though not necessarily the most enjoyable.

The acting was first rate, the dialogue was fantastic and I particularly liked Josh Brolin’s character. I also was relieved with the non-hollywood style ending and the fact that they took risked with the main characters development unlike most films that I have seen recently.

All the way though being the geekboy that I am I was also thinking about the brothers use of Apple software to do much of the work on the film - some of the same software that I am using on this laptop…

For a trailer check out: http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/nocountryforoldmen/trailer/

Last night we went out shopping, ended up buying something in Keihls store in Stockholm. As always the service was great and we found out that if you are not happy with a product you can take it back and exchange it for something different. Very unusual for a cosmetics company.

After that we went to find some food, originally we thought about going to get some Tapas, but instead ended up around Rådmansgatan, and after a short walk decided to try Paladar de Cuba, Tegnérgatan 19 and I must say that we were quite impressed. Both ordering the same thing, Beef with Chorizo and with Cassava and it was excellent, particularly the Cassava - I think the first time that I have tried this root vegetable and hopefully not the last. The surroundings in the restaurant and the service was both good, so I would definitely recommend Paladar again

From here we went around the corner to the Cinema on Sveavågen, and choose to see Before the Devil knows you’re dead and what a disappointment that was, its probably one of the most pointless and boring movies I have seen at the cinema and the only highlight was getting to the end of it and going home. One to miss at the cinema, ignore for rental and definitely don’t buy it in the shops…

There are some excellent movies coming out, or at least they should be excellent if they live up to my expectations, and I don’t usually hold high hopes for films. First up Casino Royale:

And secondly there is Superman returns which should be released in June:

Done by “Rob” this is a remake of a classic.

http://www.ps260.com/molly/SHINING%20FINAL.mov

95% of women tested didn’t get it.

I so want to see this:

http://www.revolvergroup.com/grizzly/

I am loving this short movie entitled “Delivery” by Till Nowak over at Framebox.

Check it out: http://www.delivery.framebox.de/

Its worth the download of the Divx version

Recent posts have been alittle dry and techie recently so here is something a bit more creative, a new Spike Jonze Adidas Ad ad - very beautiful it is too.

http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/1586/

Just I made the plunge and finally upgraded some elements of the home cinema by the inclusion of firstly a Pioneer 575A DVD player which also plays back DVD-A, SACD, DVD-R/RW, CDR, Divx, jpg and MP3 files! It has progressive scan on component video outs and it plays very nicely to.

Next up was the screen so I choose after many hours reading the forums over at AVForums a Panasonic PWD6. I am still waiting for the stand to arrive but so far I am very impressed with the performance of the screen particularly when driven from the component outputs of the 575A with progressive scan enabled. Buying a screen like this isn’t a light proposition so if you are contemplating it then please head over the AVForums.

Really good bit of animation on this http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1277881&sdm=web&qtw=480&qt short made out of Lego.

The new trailer for STARWARS episode III is out now, and it looks fantastic - lots of Wookies, Darth Vader rising, Sabers - its got the lot. Its at http://www.starwars.com and heres some screen grabs: