Rollerball: The game is created to demonstrate the futility of individual effort

Marshall Auerback sent me this video of Rollerball. I liked it so much, I thought I would post it

Adjustment Needed Now

By Claus Vistesen (see source of image at end of post) I have recently spent a few days in New York talking to clients as well as sneaking in a bit of marathon watching and a visit to the Guggenheim museum. Flying across the big pond also means that there is plenty of time to

Netflix does an about-face on DVD rentals

If you are a shareholder, should you be heartened by this about-face or alarmed? At Hewlett Packard for instance, when the board of directors fired Leo Apotheker, markets were not excited by seeing Meg Whitman in his seat even though the board was acknowledging mistakes and taking corrective action

Margin Call coming this fall

Timing couldn’t be more perfect, no? Maybe we get a bottom in equities on the release date. Go here to the movie’s official website

‘Too Big To Fail’ in 80 seconds

Apparently, the upcoming film on the credit crisis ‘Too Big To Fail’ can be boiled down in these 80 seconds of preview clips.

Enjoy.

11 O’clock Tick Tock

In a White House meeting intended to break the impasse, John Boehner, the Republican speaker of the House of Representatives, instead pushed for deeper spending cuts as part of a deal that would keep the government running past a Friday deadline, according to a Democratic source. Though the two sides have been working for nearly

Charlie Sheen on a rant

After he was fired from “Two and a Half Men’, Charlie Sheen posted the following video online. Sheen is up to 2.4 million followers on Twitter now

Charlie Sheen: ‘Don’t be worried’ about me

Sheen is definitely a funny character and has some great quotes. But personally, I think the guy is seriously delusional. Take a look at the Today Show video below. Jeff Rossen is very direct in it. It’s a great interview. What do you think? Take this quiz: Charlie Sheen v Muammar Gaddafi: whose line is

The King’s Speech and Other Oscar Winners

The King’s Speech was last night’s big winner at the Oscar’s, taking in Oscars for Best Picture, Director and Actor. I saw the film and thought it was a brilliant piece of cinema – very uplifting.  Below is a clip from the film and a list of last night’s winners. Bravo. Best Picture ‘Black Swan’

Charlie Sheen leaves me speechless

I had to post this because I really don’t know what to say about it

“Not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that’s wrong”

This year’s winner for Best Documentary is "Inside Job‘ by Charles Ferguson. In accepting his Oscar, Ferguson said: "Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that three years after our horrific financial crisis caused by financial fraud, not a single financial executive has gone to jail, and that’s wrong." Yes, he used the ‘F’

Gasland and Natural Gas Drilling

Below is a film clip from the Oscar-nominated picture, ‘Gasland‘. The film on the effect of natural gas drilling on country landowners is up for best documentary tomorrow night. Also see Industry tried to get "Gasland" out of Oscars and A Colossal Fracking Mess for why this film is causing a buzz. Update 28 Feb