Jerry Orbach (1935-2004) Jerry Orbach has died. He was one of my favorites. He was particularly good in the NBC Law & Order series and also in Sidney Lumet's Prince of the City.

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The Aviator The Aviator - This film is well-acted and well-directed, but these virtues cannot save it from what it really is: long and boring.

Meet the Fockers Meet the Fockers - What a stinker! It's essentially one, long, sustained sexual innuendo. Why this film wasn't rated R, I'll never understand.

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Trillian 3 Released Trillian 3 has been released.

Unbelievable Optical Illusion This is the best optical illusion that I've seen in years. Square A and Square B are the same color. If you don't believe it, open the image in Paint and cut a swatch out of one square and drag it to the other square.

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The Birds The Birds - I saw this Hitchcock classic for the first time, today. Not as scary as Psycho, but original and mysterious. This was Tippi Hedren's breakout role. (She's Melanie Griffith's mother.)

Ocean's Twelve Ocean's Twelve - Entertaining, but not as engaging as Ocean's Eleven.

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2004 Grammy Nominations Ladies and gentlemen, this has been one sad year in music.

Pogue's Posts The NY Times now has a technology weblog: Pogue's Posts.