Michael Gaughn

Installations: Heartbreak Home Theater

Trying to create a great movie room gave Dumb & Dumber director Peter Farrelly a lot more than he bargained for.

By Michael Gaughn
Posted November 3, 2007

Brothers Peter and Bobby Farrelly are the legendary duo behind some of the most raucous, outrageous, original - and successful - comedies ever, including Dumb & Dumber, There's Something About Mary, and most recently, The Heartbreak Kid.

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Drive My Cars

Come along for the ride as /Cars/ maker John Lasseter takes his movie's souped-up Blu-ray edition out for a spin.

By Michael Gaughn
Posted January 5, 2008

See that big, friendly-looking guy in the Hawaiian shirt with cartoon Cars all over it? He's probably the most important man in Hollywood. No, really.

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The Blu Kingdom

Disney Home Entertainment president Bob Chapek reveals why the studio's leading the charge on Blu-ray disc.

By Michael Gaughn
Posted January 4, 2007

The numbers I've seen lately say that the vast majority of people who buy a Blu-ray Disc player are completely satisfied with it. On the other hand, most people aren't even aware of the format or are confused about what it is.

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

DVD Review

By Michael Gaughn
Posted June 1, 2008

DreamWorks Movie ••• Picture •••• Sound •••• Extras ••

With serial killers all the rage (in both fiction and reali

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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

DVD Review

By Michael Gaughn
Posted July 14, 2008

Mirimax Movie •• Picture •••• Sound •••• Extras ••

Pretty people and privilege were the raw ingredients for some o

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Lost Highway

DVD Review

By Michael Gaughn
Posted July 31, 2008

Universal Movie •••½ Picture ••• Sound ••• Extras none

In retrospect, it's clear that David Lynch&#

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Surround at Work — Part 3

Hanging with Tony Visconti, Michael Tilson Thomas, and Kansas.

By Michael Gaughn
Posted September 23, 2002

Saying that Tony Visconti produced some of David Bowie's most innovative albums is the same as saying he produced some of the most innovative albums in rock. It's hard to listen to dance music, alternative rock, electronica, or ambient music without hearing the influence of the Visconti-helmed Bowie/Brian Eno trilogy Low, Heroes, and Lodger.

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What’s So Great About Satellite Radio?

We went to four programmers from XM and four from Sirius and asked them.

By Michael Gaughn
Posted June 11, 2003

We went to four programmers from XM and four from Sirius and asked them the same question: With listeners able to choose between things like CD megachangers, digital music servers, DVD music videos, and traditional radio, what does satellite radio have to offer?

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Listen Up!

Three critics take on satellite radio where it really counts—the music.

By Michael Gaughn
Posted June 11, 2003

Illustrations by Eric Yang Pretty much all you need to know about satellite radio can be summed up in one paragraph. There are two services, Sirius and XM. XM offers 101 channels, with 71 of them devoted to music, and the rest to news and talk. Sirius has 100 channels (or "streams," as it calls them), 60 of them music-only.

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Apple PowerBook G4 Laptop Computer

Living the "i" Life

By Michael Gaughn
Posted September 22, 2003

Photo by Tony Cordoza Come with me back to the first days of portable computing, when two now extinct titans named Osborne and Kaypro ruled the land.

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