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Bay Area photojournalist - Northern California, United States Promoting the lively film and music scene mainly through the Bay Area, as well as industry and technology events.

COPPOLA’S VISIONARY ROAD TO MEGALOPOLIS

Posted on September 28, 2024 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu After failing to obtain a distribution deal for the $120 million dollar budgeted “Megalopolis”; a film forty years in the making and his first film in thirteen years, director Francis Ford Coppola was asked at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment | Tagged Adam Driver, Apocalypse Now, Aubrey Plaza, Chloe Fineman, D.B. Sweeney, Dustin Hoffman, Eleanor Coppola, film, Francis Ford Coppola, Giancarlo Esposito, Grace VanderWaal, IMAX, Lauren Pagone, Mario Puzo, Martin Scorsese, Megalopolis, movies, Nathalie Emmanuel, NYFF, NYU, Owen Gleiberman, Pauline Kael, Robert DeNiro, Roger Ebert, Spike Lee, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Godfather Part Two, Variety, Vincent Camby Camby | 1 Comment

SKYBOX – THE IMMERSIVE VR MOVIE THEATER EXPERIENCE ON YOUR META QUEST

Posted on August 29, 2024 by mlsentertainment

It was just a mere eight years ago, when Samsung was giving away free Gear VR Oculus headsets with a purchase of one of their Galaxy phones back in 2016. Samsung Galaxy marketing campaigns of VR Commercials were running rampant … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Technology | Tagged 3d, 8k, Amazon Prime Video VR, AR, Bigscreen, dolby atmos, Galaxy, IMAX, Meta, Meta Connect, MR, Netflix, plex, Quest 3, Samsung, Skybox, SMB, VR | Leave a comment

SPOTLIGHT ON SEAN WANG – OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF DÌDI (弟弟)

Posted on July 31, 2024 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu` It’s been one incredible year for Bay Area first-time feature filmmaker, writer-director, Sean Wang. Last January, his first full feature-length film, Dìdi, (meaning “Younger Brother”) had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival where it … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment | Tagged 400 Blows, 96th Academy Awards, Audience Award, Best Documentary Short Film, Blindspotting, Chang Li Hua, Dìdi, Fremont, Fruitvale Station, George Washington, Google Creative Lab, Grand Jury Award, Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Lady Bird, Mahaela Park, Medicine for Melancholy, Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó, Raul Dial, San Francisco International Film Festival, Sean Wang, SFFILM, Short Term 12, Sorry to Bother You, South by Southwest, Special Jury Prize for Best Ensemble Cast, Spike Jonze, Stand By Me, Sundance Film Festival, the Last Black Man in San Francisco, U.S. Dramatic Audience Award | Leave a comment

THE FUTURE OF XR: A LOOK BACK AND AHEAD AT AWE 2024 – AREN’T WE SPATIAL?

Posted on June 30, 2024 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu “It’s becoming a giant industry and it’s crushing it and it’s growing exponentially. After A.I., it’s the fastest growing tech sector…” – Ori Inbar, CEO and Co-Founder of AWE The Augmented World Expo USA 2024, had … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Technology | Tagged 2D computing, ARtillery Intelligence, Augmented World Expo, AWE, AWE2024, Focus, Fortune 1000, Gorilla Tag, Hugo Gernsback, Long Beach Convention Center, Meta Quest, NoClip, Oculus Rift, Oculus VR, opening keynote, Ori Inbar, Palmer Luckey, Penguin Paradise, Santa Clara Convention Center, Spatial Computing, Vixion Pro, wikipedia, XR, XR Hall of Fame, XR headset, XR museum | Leave a comment

AN AFTERNOON WITH TED LASSO’S JASON SUDEIKIS AT THE RSA CONFERENCE 2024

Posted on May 29, 2024 by mlsentertainment

Article and photos by Marcus Siu BELIEVE As I was shifting through the RSA Conference 2024 program guide, with it’s impressive comprehensive five day agenda, there was an enormous amount of activities going on to easily fill anyone’s calendar as … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Technology | Tagged Be Curious, Be Curious Not Judgemental, cybersecurity, darts scene, Diamond Dogs, Hugh Thompson, icebreakers, Jason Sudeikis, Little Company of Mary Hospital, Loretta Wendt, Moscone Center, Moscone West Hall, networking, RSA Conference, RSA2024, Saturday Night Live, Ted Lasso | Leave a comment

GDC 2024 – THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY IS ALMOST BECOMING TOO UNREAL

Posted on April 30, 2024 by mlsentertainment

Article and photos by Marcus Siu THE CURRENT STATE OF THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY Just like the movie industry from a year ago, the last twelve months have not been very kind to the video game industry. In contrast to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alex Crane, Amazon Web Services, Amber Waves of Games, E3 Conference, Epic Games, Flyaway Indies, Game Developers Conference, Game Jam, GDC 2024, Google, IGDA, International Game Developer's Association, KU Game Developers Association, Meta, metaverse, Microsoft, Moscone Center, No Lives Left, Pandemic, Quest 3, San Francisco, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Unity, Video game industry | Leave a comment

THE RETURN OF THE FAB 5 AT THE OSCARS – THE 96TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS

Posted on March 10, 2024 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu It was just two year ago, that the Academy planned to cut eight categories (out of twenty four) from the main telecast. Instead giving out the awards for film editing, sound, makeup/hairstyling, original score, production design, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment | Tagged 96th Annual Academy Awards, Barbie, Cillian Murphy, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Fab 5, film, Indigenous actress, Jr., Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone, movies, Oppenheimer, Oscar Predictions, Oscars, Robert Downey | Leave a comment

THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU – (ANIMATED, LIVE ACTION AND DOCUMENTARY)

Posted on February 23, 2024 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu A “must see” for those who regularly participate in Oscar contests, the Oscar Nominated shorts are no longer difficult to find as compared to just a few years ago. It used to be a haul to … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment | Tagged Ben Proudfoot, Invincible, Island in Between, Knight of Fortune, Kris Bowers, Letter to a Pig, Nai Nai & Wai Po, Ninety-Five Senses, Oscar Nominated shorts, Our Uniform, Pachyderme, Red White and Blue, ShortsTV, The ABCs of Book Banning, The After, The Barber of LIttle Rock, The Last Repair Show, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko | Leave a comment

THERE’S NO SNUBBING IN HOLLYWOOD! OR IS THERE?

Posted on January 31, 2024 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu “It’s definitely not a good look that the Academy members left out Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie for directing and starring in a movie that’s largely about how impressive women are often marginalized,” says Dave Karger, … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment | Tagged Alexander Payne, American Fiction, AMPAS, Ava duVernay, Barbie, Black Panther, Bombshell, Bradley Cooper, Celine Song, Cord Jefferson, Dave Karger, December, Fantasia Barrino, Greta Gerwig, Greta Lee, I, Julianne Moore, Kayla Pospisil, Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone, Maestro, Margot Robbie, Martin Scorses, Martin Scorsese, Natalie Porrtman, Origins, Oscar nomination, Past Lives, People Magazine, Ryan Coogler, Ryan Gosling, snub, The HOldovers, Tonya, Tonya Harding | Leave a comment

THE DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN MADE: 20 DAYS OF MARIUPOL

Posted on December 30, 2023 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu When watching the evening news every night on television with its almost repetitive nature of headlines covering yet another senseless mass killing somewhere in the U.S, I often hear criticism from others claiming there is hardly … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment | Tagged 20 Days of Mariupol, Associated Press, Documentary Feature, Evgeniy Maloletka, Frontline, International Feature film, Lori Hinnant, Mstyslav Chernov, PBS, Russia-Ukraine war, shortlist, Sundance Audience Award, Ukraine | Leave a comment

Author Archives: mlsentertainment

About mlsentertainment

COPPOLA’S VISIONARY ROAD TO MEGALOPOLIS

SKYBOX – THE IMMERSIVE VR MOVIE THEATER EXPERIENCE ON YOUR META QUEST

SPOTLIGHT ON SEAN WANG – OSCAR NOMINATED DIRECTOR OF DÌDI (弟弟)

THE FUTURE OF XR: A LOOK BACK AND AHEAD AT AWE 2024 – AREN’T WE SPATIAL?

AN AFTERNOON WITH TED LASSO’S JASON SUDEIKIS AT THE RSA CONFERENCE 2024

GDC 2024 – THE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY IS ALMOST BECOMING TOO UNREAL

THE RETURN OF THE FAB 5 AT THE OSCARS – THE 96TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARD PREDICTIONS

THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU – (ANIMATED, LIVE ACTION AND DOCUMENTARY)

THERE’S NO SNUBBING IN HOLLYWOOD! OR IS THERE?

THE DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN MADE: 20 DAYS OF MARIUPOL

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