Check out the new widget for AMD Fusion, which is AMD’s new across-the-board initiative for gaming and entertainment on your computer. There’s even a free optimizer, a Fusion for Gaming utility if your computer runs on AMD hardware. AMD unveiled a plan for a new supercomputer at CES this year and hopes to revolutionize the way high definition content is streamed and viewed.
Take a look at the AMD Fusion Widget here!
The Future is Fusion site: fusion.amd.com
A little more about Fusion:
“Fusion is how AMD marries innovation with collaboration. Far more than just the convergence of the CPU and graphics processing, Fusion is how AMD and its partners enable next-generation technologies that change our lives. Fusion is the process where customer needs, dreams, and desires bond with AMD’s own passion for engineering. It is Fusion that fuels this collaborative process and unleashes innovation on an exponential scale. Looking back, Fusion has enabled AMD to lead the industry with a legacy of breakthroughs. We were the first to achieve speeds of one billion clock cycles per second. The first to integrate standard 32- and 64-bit computing architectures. And the first to shatter the teraflop-in-a-box performance ceiling. And more. Today, Fusion is the catalyst for AMD’s accelerated computing model, harnessing the power of specialized hardware to help boost performance and enhance energy and cost efficiencies. It is a force that’s already changing the way we work, live, and play.
At work, Fusion is changing the data center forever. Setting new performance records on benchmarks for key workloads such as web services, database, and virtualization. Setting the standard in high-performance with low power requirements. And deploying specialized cores to bring parallel processing performance to mainstream business applications.
At home, Fusion is bringing Hollywood to your family. Harnessing the same AMD multi-core technology that enabled special effects wizards to render complex animation in minutes instead of days. Enabling innovations like AMD LIVE! TM to help people share movies, videos, photos, and music on all the screens of their lives. Allowing you to bring true HD computing capability to your home and on the go.
At play, Fusion is the energy behind many of today’s most stunning PC gaming experiences. Applying our years of graphics processing experience as the originators of the first 3D GPU. Partnering to enable platforms like Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. Delivering big-screen imagery and photorealism to the real-time interactivity of your favorite video game. Pushing the limits of performance in real-time, 3D game play on our quest for human-eye realism.
Fusion. It’s the energy of innovation. It’s what’s fueled our past, and what will drive our people and partners in the future. To learn more about innovation, the next generation of breakthroughs, and how they’re made possible by Fusion, visit fusion.amd.com .The future is Fusion. And it’s only from AMD.”
Thats right, the 100 worst movies of the year according the TimesOnline.co.uk,
Let the bashing beging, here are the first 11:
100: The Hottie & The Nottie
“The most eagerly hated movie in America is a tongue-in-cheek homage to Paris Hilton that has drawn nothing but poisonous reviews. On IMDb it has been voted the worst film ever made” - James Christopher99: Sex and the City
“Everything great about the series has been lost in transition. The fizz has gone, the fun looks fake and the laughs are few” - Cosmo Landesman98: The Incredible Hulk
“Millions of dollars of computer software at their disposal and the best they can come up with is something that looks like angry Plasticine” - Wendy Ide97: Wanted
“A movie ruthlessly designed for an audience of comic nerds who suspect that they are destined for greater things” - Kevin Maher
Related Links96: My Blueberry Nights
“Wong Kar Wai’s first English-language film, and I, for one, hope it will be his last. Something got lost in the translation: his talent” - Cosmo Landesman95: Easy Virtue
“A criminal waste of Colin Firth – arguably the most charming man in British cinema – in a role that requires him to shuffle around looking like an unmade bed” - Wendy Ide94: Zack and Miri Make a Porno
“Seth Rogen is an amiable and chubby clown, and quite possibly the most unconvincing romantic hero since Adam Sandler. The most soppy and unsexy 18-certificate skin-flick ever made” - James Christopher93: Hannah Montana
“Miley Cyrus hails from the Hilary Duff school of wholesome, squeaky-clean candy pop. She comes across as another (fake) blonde singing vacuous fluff, complete with pushy stage mom” - Saadeya Shamsuddin92: The Oxford Murders
“Imagine The Da Vinci Code remade by a philosophy student, set mostly in Oxford bedsits starring Elijah Wood in the Tom Hanks role, and featuring the world’s most unerotic sex scene” - Kevin Maher91: Mister Lonely
“Harmony Korine’s bizarre film about a group of celebrity impersonators who hole up in a Scottish castle: gives The Cottage a respectable run for its money in terms of making no sense at all” - James Christopher90: The X-Files: I Want to Believe
“It’s just not very good; it’s an average episode of the TV series stretched to feature length” - Wendy Ide89: Fine, Totally Fine
“If you’re someone who can never have enough Hello Kitty merchandise, this might be just the film for you, but I would have found it hard to bear even without the winsome music that dribbles through every scene” - Edward PorterFor the rest click here
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Here’s a look at the major categories, from Slashfilm.com:
Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog MillionaireBest Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Kristin Scott Thomas - I’ve Loved You So Long (Il Y A Longtemps Que Je T’Aime)
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary RoadBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Leonardo Dicaprio - Revolutionary Road
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn - Milk
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin BUtton
Mickey Rourke - The WrestlerBest Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Burn After Reading
Happy-Go-Lucky
In Bruges
Mamma Mia!
Vicky Cristina BarcelonaBest Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Frances McDorman - Burn After Reading
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Emma Thompson - Last Chance HarveyBest Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Colin Farrell - In Bruges
James Franco - Pineapple Express
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
Dustin Hoffman - Last Chance HarveyBest Animated Film
Bolt
Kung Fu Panda
Wall-EBest Foreign Language Film
The Baader Meinhof Complex
Everlasting Moments
Gomorrah
I’ve Loved You so Long
Waltz with BashirBest Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams - Doubt
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Viola Davis - Doubt
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Kate Winslet - The ReaderBest Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Tom Cruise - Tropic Thunder
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Heath Ledger - The Dark KnightBest Director - Motion Picture
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
David Fincher - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Sam Mendes - Revolutionary RoadBest Screenplay - Motion Picture
Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog Millionaire
David Hare - The Reader
Peter Morgan - Frost/Nixon
Eric Roth - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Patrick Shanley - DoubtBest Original Score - Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Clint Eastwood - Changeling
James Newton Howard - Defiance
A. R. Rahman - Slumdog Millionaire
Hans Zimmer - Frost/NixonBest Original Song - Motion Picture
“Down to Earth” - Wall-E
“Gran Torino” - Gran Torino
“I Thought I Lost You” - Bolt
“Once in a Lifetime” - Cadillac Records
“The Wrestler” - The Wrestler
In honor of the soon to be released Bond movie, Quantum of Solace, Hollywire has compiled a great list recapping all 22 James Bond movies. Its funny to think how ridiculous some of the movies got during the Roger Moore years, Bond on the moon? Come on, Roger Moore just seems like a cartoon version of Bond when you look back… There’s also a running commentary on the similarities between the older movies and the Austin Powers parody movies which is pretty entertaining. Check it out:
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Here’s a great list compiled by RottenTomatoes on the 20 movies that incorporated CGI in such a way that it changed how the game was played. Check it out HERE
FilmSchoolRejects.com has put together a great list of some amazing movies that got the big old shaft come awards time… Then again, do awards really matter? Everyone knows these are kickass movies?? Still interesting to see who they lost to:
Citizen Kane: Though Citizen Kane was nominated in nine categories in 1941, it won only Best Original Screenplay by Orson Welles and Herman J. Mankiewicz. It has been said that boos were heard whenever the name Citizen Kane was mentioned because powerful newspaper magnate, William Randolph Hearst, on whose life the film was alleged to be based, threatened voters with the old chestnut, “You’ll never work in this town again.” An interesting note: Kane’s editor was future Oscar-winning director Robert Wise.
Psycho: In 1960, this iconic film was not nominated for Best Picture. Hitchcock was at least nominated, though he did not win either. Bernard Hermann wasn’t even nominated for one of the most frightening of all film scores. The screech alone should’ve won. Fans, smarter than Oscar voters, disagreed and voted Psycho #2 on their list of Best Movies.
The Shawshank Redemption: The Shawshank Redemption never got an Oscar, despite seven nominations. Pulp Fiction was also knocked out of the box by Forrest Gump in 1994. Fans avenged Shawshank by voting it the number two film of all time on IMdB (second only to The Godfather). Shawshank is also the highest rated film on Yahoo Movies. It was voted the best film never to have won Best Picture in a 2005 BBC poll.
Vertigo: One of fans’ favorite Alfred Hitchcock films is the psychological thriller, Vertigo. It wasn’t even nominated for Best Picture, only for set design and sound. Didn’t win those either. To add insult to injury, Hitchcock himself … I can hardly bear to write it … never won an Oscar. HITCHCOCK NEVER WON AN OSCAR!!! And only one of his films (Rebecca) won Best Picture. Hitchcock was the best film-maker never to have been handed an Oscar, according to a poll of British movie viewers.
2001: A Space Odyssey: Hard to believe it didn’t win Best Picture, isn’t it? The Best Picture award in 1968 instead went to Oliver. Like who remembers Oliver now? 2001 was nominated for four awards that year, not including best picture, but only won for visual FX. Today, 2001 is widely recognized by critics and audiences alike as one of the greatest movies of all time.
Star Wars: Despite a surprising loss of Best Picture to Annie Hall in 1977, Star Wars unleashed a series of films which earned $4.5 billion to date. It won only Best Visual FX (big deal). George Lucas cites Hardware Wars, a 1977 spoof, as his favorite of all the Star Wars parodies, with Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs a close second choice. Lucas made no comment about SNL’s parody with Kevin Spacey doing Christopher Walken auditioning for the role of Hans Solo.
Apocalypse Now: Can someone tell us how Apocalypse could have lost out to Kramer Vs. Kramer? What’s up with that? With more memorable quotes than nearly any other film in history, this masterpiece is rated by fans at #8, by the AFI as #30. Fanboys rule!
Fargo: Another Coen Brothers masterpiece which didn’t get an Oscar. Maybe this year will make up for that. In 1996, Fargo lost out to the sob-sister story, The English Patient. The Coens are famous for movies which come from dark places they want to take you to, whether you want to go there or not. Voters must have felt a romantic crying jag was better than the certainty of Coenesque quality and longevity.
Philadelphia: Never won Best Picture which went instead, in 1993, to Schindler’s List. Sure Philadelphia won for Tom Hanks as actor and Bruce Springsteen as songwriter, but it wasn’t even nominated for Best Picture. That omission still rankles.
Goodfellas: At least it was nominated, and the Academy recognized Joe Pesci for Best Supporting Actor, but Best Picture went to Dances With Wolves in 1990. Nothing against Dances, but let’s face it, Goodfellas is on most fans’ favorite list while Dances is just, well, there. At least Goodfellas is #15 on IMdB’s list and Fanboys voted it Scorsese’s masterpiece at #7. That’ may even be better than an Oscar. It’s certainly more accurate.
E.T.: The Extra-terrestrial: Nominated but lost. Sure it won Best Music and Sound and FX but so what? It didn’t win Best Picture. Gandhi did, which goes to show that Academy voters would rather see a skinny Indian dude in a white diaper than a skinny alien critter in a bicycle basket.
Dog Day Afternoon: Attica! Attica! Pacino, too, was robbed of an Oscar in 1975 for his sublime portrayal of the hapless character, Sonny, who needed to rob a bank to get money for his gay partner’s sex-change operation. Best Writing Original Screenplay went to Frank Pierson for his screenplay based on a true story. We suppose we’ll get over this loss, since the award went to Cuckoo’s Nest, and who could be angry at that? Other amazing competitors that year included Jaws.
Bonnie and Clyde: In 1967, B&C lost out to In the Heat of the Night. Some solace can be found in knowing that the same year, The Graduate also lost. Cool Hand Luke wasn’t even nominated for Best Picture. Academy voters appear to cast their ballots for movies reflecting the day’s news, and have no sense of films that will become classics in our time and always.
Some Like It Hot: The iconic Billy Wilder film, one of Marilyn Monroe’s best, was not even nominated in 1959 for Best Picture. Very shortsighted of the Academy, wouldn’t you say? We’re still talking about Some Like It Hot, snippets are still being shown on entertainment and pop culture shows, and Tony Curtis is still giving interviews about whether or not he ever said “Kissing Marilyn was like kissing Hitler.” But who’s talking about the movie that actually won that year, Ben Hur? If not for the chariot race, nobody would even remember it.
The Wizard of Oz: Okay, it would’ve been really, really hard to win in 1939 against Gone With the Wind, Dark Victory, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Wuthering Heights, and Stagecoach, among others (10 nominees in all), but still …
There are many more “shoulda-won” films, and time will tell us what they are, unless fans beat time to it.
Here is a great, long interview with Director Tim Burton. Check it out HERE through /Film.com
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