Author: Al McGhee

What are the best movies based on books?

Top authors weigh in on their favorite page-to-screen adaptations Less than a year after “The Great Gatsby” was published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald was paid $16,666 for the film rights. “Come and see it all!” beckons the trailer for the silent film

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DVD discs double as cheap diagnostic kit for HIV

Researchers have turned conventional DVDs into portable and cheap diagnostic tools for developing countries, and are now adapting their prototype into a workable medical device. A team led by Aman Russom of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden has demonstrated proof-of-concept for the tool by testing for HIV

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Visual effects pioneer Ray Harryhausen dead at age 92

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Influential visual effects maker and animator Ray Harryhausen, who brought monsters, skeletons and mythological beasts to life for movies like “Jason and the Argonauts” long before computers took over the job, died Tuesday at age 92, his family said. Harryhausen, who was born in Los Angeles and worked for more than 40 years in the movie industry, died in London, his …

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DVD previews: ‘Cloud Atlas,’ ‘Texas Chainsaw,’ ‘Beware of Mr. Baker,’ more

“Cloud Atlas” (R, 172 minutes, Warner): At its simplest, “Cloud Atlas” tells the interlocking stories of several characters over a 500-year span. How these disparate players intersect becomes the labyrinthine game, in which each story line gets its own distinctive look and tone. Those visual cues work well in helping viewers make sense of the dizzying time-trips “Cloud Atlas” takes them on; more …

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