Category Archives: Entertainment

DOLBY TAKING SOUND AND VISION TO AN ENTIRELY NEW LEVEL

Posted on January 30, 2021 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu At the CES Pepcom “Digital Experience” show online, I was fortunate to spend some considerable time at the Dolby virtual booth learning about the company’s recent announcements at CES, as well as the company’s rapid progress … Continue reading →

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VOICE-OVER ACTORS HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY STREAMING FROM THE ORINDA THEATER

Posted on September 30, 2020 by mlsentertainment

Inaugural Induction Ceremony October 10th Voice-Over Actors Hall of Fame to open at the historic Orinda Article by Marcus Siu It has been well over a year since the California Independent Film Festival Association conceived the notion of crafting a … Continue reading →

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ARE MOVIE THEATERS LEFT IN THE DARK? THE STATE OF CINEMA IN THE AGE OF STUDIO STREAMING AND COVID-19

Posted on March 31, 2020 by mlsentertainment

Article and photos by Marcus Siu It’s 6pm on a Friday night in the East Bay at the historic landmark Orinda Theater, just 15 miles east of San Francisco. With its impressive luminous flashing neon lights on its marquee displaying … Continue reading →

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A NEW WAVE REVOLUTIONARY TV’S ARE ROLLIN’ INTO THE FUTURE AT CES 2020

Posted on January 31, 2020 by mlsentertainment

Article and photos by Marcus Siu Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, a new wave of amazing generation of TV’s have been washed ashore in Las Vegas at the CES 2020 (Consumer Electronics … Continue reading →

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THX CERTIFIED EVOO LAPTOPS: GAMES & MOVIES HAVE NEVER LOOKED OR SOUNDED BETTER

Posted on October 31, 2019 by mlsentertainment

THX and EVOO Announce New Lineups of Ultra Slim, Convertible 2-in-1s, and Gaming Laptops Article and photos by Marcus Siu After purchasing a brand new TV or laptop, how many consumers out there do you think actually go through the … Continue reading →

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RIVETING FEMALE POV DOCUMENTARY IN WAR TORN SYRIA – “FOR SAMA”

Posted on July 28, 2019 by mlsentertainment

FOR SAMA is both an intimate and epic journey into the female experience of war. A love letter from a young mother to her daughter, the film tells the story of Waad al-Kateab’s life through five years of the uprising … Continue reading →

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A WIDE ARRAY OF INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS AT SF PEPCOM SHOW

Posted on June 30, 2019 by mlsentertainment

Article and photos by Marcus Siu Pepcom’s “Digital Experience just had their show late last month at San Francisco’s Metreon City View, where a wide array of technology companies exhibited their latest innovative consumer products to the members of the … Continue reading →

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FILM STUDIOS REJOICE: WELCOME TO OMNIVERSE – ONE SHARED UNIFIED WORLD FOR FILMMAKERS

Posted on March 31, 2019 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu At the GTC 2019 Keynote conference in San Jose this month, Nvidia’s CEO and founder Jensen Huang announced Omniverse, an open collaboration platform to simplify studio workflows for real-time graphics. This has been in the works … Continue reading →

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OSCAR PREDICTIONS: WE ARE LIVING IN A GLOBAL ACADEMY: #OscarsSoGlobal

Posted on February 21, 2019 by mlsentertainment

  Article by Marcus Siu This year’s announcement for the 91st Annual Academy Awards nominations certainly has diversity written all over it.  Especially when compared to the “elitist” years of 2015-16, during the time when the controversial #OscarsSoWhite hashtag was … Continue reading →

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A MOMENT IN TIME WITH “COLD WAR”: DIRECTOR, PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI

Posted on February 13, 2019 by mlsentertainment

Article by Marcus Siu 2018 was a banner year for film writer-director, Pawel Pawlikowski.  Last year, he was awarded “Best Director” prize for his film, “Cold War” when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival.  In December, he won two … Continue reading →

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