Hi, Adrian here. I have a Mac, I love my Mac, and I still love my Mac despite my virus. This was an ugly reminder of my days in Windows-Hell, but it ended very quickly. Here’s my story:

My co-worker unsuspectingly gave me a virus that (ta-da!) is a result of something microsoft-related. Just a Macros Virus. It does not effect the Mac OS directly but it will damage your window’s-using co-worker’s computer if you send she or he an infected file.. Lucky for us Mac users, there’s a helpful tool you can download for free to help you get rid of your problem. (but please donate to them because they ROCK!)

It’s called ClamXav: link

I found it thanks to my new hero Outlandish Josh: link

…and it totally fixed my problem in an easy to use, awesome way. To quote Ice Cube, “I can’t believe, today was a good day.”

Hula fans will be happy to hear that I put up some music and a live video I’ve had for a few years (from a TR Films screening night, actually) on Hula’s webpage.

I’ve added an excerpt of the film Selfish Me to the webpage.

Also, Jesse & I have been preparing artwork for the upcoming DVD release. Look out for it in the next few months.

UPDATED January 19 to add: Actually, I put up two clips.

[I received this email yesterday. Congrats, Jake!]

Well, not exactly.

It is however playing at TROMADANCE, the Lloyd Kaufmann B-movie spectacular shown in tandem with Sundance, on Main Street Park City at the same time as Sundance. Hooray! Another big score for TRfilms.

Way to go Jake Hair, Barry, Dave and all the other great TRfilm-ers who worked on this one.

You guys Rock!

Now you are in league with such Troma Greats as Trey and Matt, Toxie, and others.

YAY!

The Courtesy Nudge @ TR Films

I saw this film a few days ago, and it’s really excellent. The folks who recommended it to me said “the less you know about the plot, the better,” and I’d agree.

I just want to comment that the videography is superb, probably the nicest looking DV film I’ve ever seen. It was shot on HD, but the 35mm transfer looked like it may have been a film production, with one teeny exception. The way you could tell it was a digital production was on a very few shots with higlights - either a backlight on the actor that clips a bit, or some daylight streaming into interiors. Most reviews I’ve read commented on the great soft lighting, but I think they shot it that way to in large part to avoid anything being overexposed, which is the one area where digital noise becomes noticable to a viewer. This makes lighting incredibly different than on film-originated features, where sparkly highlights are attractive.

The same director and DP shot The Piano Teacher, probably on the same equipment. The Piano Teacher looked good, but was obviously originated on video (even though I viewed it on a TV). This is a major improvement, as it looked great on the big screen.

Haven’t seen everything (heard Munich was good, looking forward to The New World, I missed Grizzly Man, & I saw Me And You And Everyone You Know on a lot of lists), but here’s my favorite movies of last year:

The 40 Year Old Virgin [Netflix]
Downfall [official site] [Netflix]
Good Night and Good Luck
A History of Violence [the comic it came from]
Kung Fu Hustle [Netflix]
The Land Of The Dead [Netflix]
Match Point [now playing]
The Power Of Nightmares [This movie is a FREE DOWNLOAD here] [now playing in New York]
Syrianna [now playing]
Wallace and Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit [learn more about Wallace and Gromit]

Happy New Year