It’s only taken a few years, but now fernbyfilms.com has finally upgraded to BluRay High Definition. Recently came to own a new Panasonic 50′ HD Plasma, as well as a Panasonic BluRay player, and for those of you keen to see what the new set-up looks like, here’s a couple of images direct from the Fernby Films headquarters.The sound is sweet full master quality audio, and the new plasma looks an absolute treat!! Fernbyfilms.com goes High Definition!!!

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And so we begin again….

2009 was a great year for us here at fernbyfilms.com, and 2010 is shaping up as another doozy, especially with some of the films due to be released!!

So what’s coming up here at fernbyfilms.com, you ask?

This year, we’re planning something new for those of you into “classic” films. We can’t tell you what it is right now, but we’re working on some pretty controversial material that’ll come online in the next 12 months. It’s all to do with our boredom of the traditional “classics” like Ben Hur, Citizen Kane, and the rest….We kick things off later in January, so stay tuned for that!

Not only that, but re-rendered HD versions of the Fernby Films catalogue will soon be uploaded here at the site, courtesy of YouTube. We’re currently re-uploading various stuff which we had online previously, only in dodgy non-HD versions. So we’ve gone back to the archives, trawled through them, and have begun the process of re-uploading out stuff to YouTube, and we’ll link it all here in due course.

Also on the way, our look at the Jurassic Park trilogy, as well as our much awaited Matrix Anthology investigation, and we take a look at the Alien Quadrilogy towards the end of the year. Along the way we’ll update you with all the Oscar news, as well as keeping track of the major films we’re following, including Transformers 3 (which we have dedicated an entire page to, to bring all the goods together, click on the tag in the sidebar to the right!). We have upgraded to BluRay in 2010 as well, since we’ve recently acquired a HD plasma television and BluRay player over the holiday period.  Our Sony LCD projector has served us well, but now, six years later, it’s time to retire it to the shiny, non-HD meadow to which it so eagerly awaits. There’s plenty of other stuff to enjoy coming your way, but right now, we can’t give you all the details! Otherwise, there’d be no surprise!!

Anyway, we look forward to your continued readership for the next 365 days of 2010.

Rodney T – Director, Fernby Films.

Hi folks. Well, we’ve reached the end of another year already (hardly seems like it’s begun, but there you have it!) and the time has come to once again thrust upon you our thoughts on a couple of seasonal films to fill your stocking. This year, we take a look at the Ben Affleck starrer Surviving Christmas, which you may or may not, as well as the classic Muppet version of A Christmas Carol. We hope you enjoy both our reviews that’ll go online in a couple of days.

Now, aside from those two reviews coming online, we’ll be away from the desk here at fernbyfilms.com for the next week or so, as we’re off to the inlaws for the holiday season. That doesn’t mean we’ll be resting doing nothing, but we won’t be able to attend to your every need and whim while we’re away. Feel free to drop us a line or leave a comment, but be aware there’s nobody here to moderate or answer, so be patient with a reply. We’ll be back on deck in the new year!

Next year, we hope to kick-start our more regular schedule once again, going full tilt at some of the big release films coming up. We;re going to take a look at the Jurassic Park trilogy in early 2010, and I’m working on some reviews for the Matrix Anthology series later in the year as well. It takes a bit of time to get through it all, get my thoughts in order, and upload them, so please be patient and we’ll see what we can do. In the meantime, we’re also trying to re-upload our famous Fernby Films films to YouTube in HD, which we’re in the process of doing as you read this. It’s a slow, laborious process to remaster our stuff, but rest assured that by the middle of 2010, all our stuff will be online somewhere for you to view.

Aside from all that, we hope to continue our semi-regular reviews on films we get to watch, and we hope you enjoy reading them as much as we enjoy writing them.

So, from all of us here at fernbyfilms.com, have a safe and happy Christmas, and a wonderfully joyous New Year celebration. Bring on 2010!!!

Rodney T – Director, Fernby Films.

Howdy folks! Just wanted to mention quickly the father spiffy new site update that took place this past weekend, with many thanks to our trusty website master, Mick Kubler. The new title banner and various other miscellany will serve to spruce up the website a little, hopefully make it more slick and appealing as a professional place to check out film stuff!!! A big thanks to Mick, for all his work (as usual, none of it is my doing!) and for keeping us on the straight and narrow, ie, up and running.

We all know that the new Twilight movie is coming out here in Australia next week; New Moon, for those of you not quite up to speed. My lovely wife, Lisa, is off to see it with a friend and there’s every chance I’ll be relegated to babysitting duty for that, so I won’t be able to bring you my review of it: but I may ask Lisa to give me her thoughts and bring them to you in due course!!! Stay tuned for that one later next week.

Anyway, there’s not much else to report at the moment, so I’ll sign off and go back to whatever it was I was doing!

Rodney T – Director, Fernby Films.

Quick update for you all this evening, if you haven’t seen yet, our new poll for films based upon Dan Brown novels. I suggest you get voting: check out the poll at the bottom of the sidebar to the right. You have the power to decide… well, nothing, but it let’s you know how many people think the way you do….

A litle self-obsessive video-graphy today folks; I’m going to be a little selfish and post the video of my daughter, Mikayla, having a turgle and a giggle. It’s amusing and cute as heck, so enjoy!!!

Dear Reader,

Well, talk about a landmark for fernbyfilms.com! We finally reach our 500th post, a milestone that, when we first began a few years ago, we didn’t think we’d ever get to! Ever since we started, waaaay back in December 2007, we’ve tried to be a fair and balanced site on which you can read our opinions on all things film, TV, and entertainment. We’ve had a few dramas and hicccups along the way, we’ve gained and lost some valuable members of our team, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves at all times.

At times like this, when a landmark comes along, people often like to take the time to reflect on where they’ve come from, what they’ve achieved, and how well they’re travelling. Obviously, since fernbyfilms.com is a relatively new website, this is a little redundant given that we really only started doing film stuff about a year ago full time. Before I continue, I’d like to send out a big thanks to all those who have contributed and commented here at the site over the last year or so. Particularly, The Secret Squirrel, whose rapidly growing brood of children prevents him/her from participating in our website as much these days; as well as Doug Shearer, who we sadly had to say goodbye to as he moved on with other projects.

Special mention, of course, to Mick Kubler (or, perhaps, the blame for this whole enterprise!) for getting this website up and running, and allowing me the freedom to explore my cinematic tendencies by explaining the intricacies of a self-maintained website. For all his comments and behind the scenes help, fernbyfilms.com owes him a great big hug! Or at the very least, a handshake. You can check out Mick’s owb website, for Grey Phoenix Productions, here.

In the last year I’ve been on a trip around Europe, witnessed the birth of my first child, and spent a lot of time writing reviews, articles and various posts. We’ve seen the passing of legends like Paul Newman, pop-culture icons like Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, and local heroes like Heath Ledger. We were one of the very first websites to actually review the most recent Wallace & Gromit short, A Matter of Loaf And Death, which was a cool scoop to have! We developed a relationship with American website moviesmackdown.com, run by Hollywood screenwriter/producer Bryce Zabel, and have been moonlighting several reviews in that direction as well, all of which are available to read here too. Thanks to Bryce for his support too! [It's as close to being in Hollywood as I can get!... Ed.!]

Mick Kubler and I developed and made our own short film project, Schoolyard Justice, which debuted late last year, which was a great little introduction to the high’s and lows of making a movie (albeit a very short one), and I am still currently in the development stage of the next major project from Fernby Films, Urban Golf.

The most important person to thank, of course, would be my wife, the gorgeous Lisa T, without whom this website would be nothing if not a simple “my thoughts” blog. She may not contribute to the site itself, but she allows me the time to do so, which I am most thankful for! Thanks bubby!

I guess the main thing we want to mention is our increased readership…. over the last year, our numbers have been steadily rising to quite a good level, and we hope all our loyal readers enjoy what they see here at the site. Mick always tells me that the more regularly we post, and the better the quality of those posts, then the more likely readers are to hang around and read your stuff. And I admit, that theory has been borne out with an increased viewing circle. So to all our readers, both regular and newcomer alike, thankyou for taking the time to check out our little website and stop by. We greatly appreciate it!

It’s been a busy time for us here at the site, and while we might have slowed down a little, we’re not stopping our quest to view and review the great, not-so-great, and truly absymal films that come out each year. We hope you’ll continue along on the ride with us.

Regards

Rodney Twelftree – Director, Fernby Films.