1. Erin Brockovich
2. Notting Hill
3. Closer
4. Pretty Woman
5. Mona Lisa Smile
6. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
7. The Mexican
8. Ocean’s Eleven
9. Consipiracy theory
10. Stepmom

1. The Wedding Singer
2. The Waterboy
3. Billy Madison
4. Punch-Drunk Love
5. Anger Management
6. Spanglish
7. Click
8. Airheads
9. I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry
10. Big Daddy

Adam Sandler was born on 9 September 1966 in Brooklyn, New York. He made his debut on The Cosby Show as Smitty in a couple of episodes. He was then cast in Saturday Night Live. He went one to star in movies and became an extremely poplar comedy actor. The movies listed above are my favourite Adam Sandler films, the ones I like, not necessarily the ones that are generally considered to be his best.

I still want to watch Eight Crazy Nights and Bed Time Stories. Have you seen any of them and would you recommend them?

Most of his movies are definitely the kind that I would watch several time again, when I need to chill out and just have a good laugh. So I will be adding a few more of these to my DVD collection.

If you’re on a budget you can find some used DVDs for sale in the classifieds or in secondhand store.

If you’re a South African with access to any form of news media you probably already know that the SABC (South African Broadcast Corporation) plans to go digital.

Since the start of SA television in 1976, the public broadcaster has been using the analogue terrestrial system. Terrestrial TV broadcast is the transmission of signals using certain frequencies of electromagnetic waves (as opposed to using satellites or cables). The signals are then received by antennas, which feed them into your television.

The SABC plans to implement a DTT (digital terrestrial television) network. Many countries have already switched to the DTT system. This would allow the SABC to broadcast up to 7 times (one source said 6, another said as many channels. Multiple channels would be a welcome change to the existing 3 SABC channels, though whether or not there will be enough quality content is debatable. The DTT system will also allow for the creation of regional channels. In order to use the DTT system the consumer would have to buy a new TV with built-in receivers, or digital set-top decoder box to attach to the existing TV, if they want to keep it.

The operating cost of DTT will be considerably lower than that of the analogue system and it will require less electricity, however to set-up the new system will cost millions. It will take an estimated 3 years to upgrade the country to the new system.

Duel illumination (simultaneous broadcast of analogue and digital transmission) will be used at first to give everyone a chance to upgrade. However, dual illumination is extremely expensive, so it is not sure how long this period will last.

Down the line DTT will allow for terrestrial HDTV (high definition television), which is already being used in the USA and Japan. HDTV has an aspect (screen) ratio of 16:9 (wide screen) whereas standard TV has an aspect ratio of 4:3.

So if you’re thinking of buying a TV, make sure it is ready for DTT and HDTV. If you’re on a budget, you might be able find a second-hand TV for sale.

In some of my next post I’ll be looking at some HDTVs and digital ready TVs.

Sources:
Wikipedia
My broadband
IT Online
Financial Mail

1. The Shining
2. Batman
3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
4. Wolf
5. As good as it gets
6. Anger Management
7. A Few Good Men
8. About Schmidt
9. Easy Rider
10. Chinatown

For more on Jack Nicholson visit The Internet Movie Database.

Sofia Coppola was born on 14 May 1971 in New York City. She is the daughter of Francis Ford Coppola and a member of one of the major Hollywood families. She started acting at a young age due to the fact that her father was a director and first appeared as a baby “boy” in The Godfather.

She studied photography at Mills College in Oakland, California and painting at the California Institute of the Arts.

Sofia Coppola made her directorial debut in 1996 with Bed, Bath in Beyond. In 1999 she received acclaim for The Virgin Suicides staring Kirsten Dunst.

She directed Lick the star in 1998 and followed the success of Virgin Suicides with Lost in Translation in 2003 for which she won a best screenplay Oscar. She became the 3rd woman in history and the 1st American woman to be nominated for a Best Director Academy Award (Lost in Translation).

She did a segment on VOID (Video Overview In Declaration) called “This here giraffe” in 2005.
She then directed Marie Antoinette in 2006 again starring Kirsten Dunst.

Sofia is definitely a director to watch out for and probably one of the most beautiful directors in the business.

So the next time you want to buy a DVD, pick up one of Sofia Coppola’s movies.

For more info visit The Internet Movie Database