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I just came across some excellent full length movies on Hulu, that appear to be available to everyone (in USA probably) completely free and legally! Here are some examples:

• The Fifth Element - one of my most favorite movies of all time! Adventure and Sci-Fi comes together in perfect Art Form.
• Jerry Maguire - Call it Love Story, call it Business Primer or just call it - Classic
• Titan A.E. - Excellent animated feature, another fun Sci-Fi adventure
• Underworld: Evolution - movie is available, maybe they are starting a trend and will keep adding movies
• Men in Black - There is no such thing as “Too Much Sci-Fi”!!
• Requiem for a Dream - Powerful and Moving experience, very well directed. Sit down your teenager in front of this one, for best Anti-Drug message available anywhere.
• Ghostbusters - Need I say more?
• The Girl Next Door - What!!? I am a Guy, right? Besides, it’s funny, sometimes!

I had no idea they offered full length movies, and it was especially pleasant to see these new favorites alongside old classics. There was even something for kids, but I’ll just let you browse the entire collection for yourselves:

Hulu Full Length Movies Collection - Enjoy!

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I hope you are checking out ‘Now Playing on My Netflix’ rubric on the right sidebar of my web site. Last week a movie Death at a Funeral was listed there, as it always shows the movies I have at home.

That movie is Hilarious! British humor at it’s finest, we laughed to tears, virtually non stop. And yet, it manages to come through as serious portrayal of a funeral, and perhaps a reflection on our lives and the choices we make while we are here.

5 Starts and endorsement from us! And the Happiness formula holds: you laugh = get happier!

PS: I have made serious enhancements to another open source Now Playing on NetFlix widget, resulting in what you see on my site. I am planning to open source it back to WordPress.org, just haven’t gotten around to it. Meanwhile, if you want it, just post comments below and I’ll gladly email it to you.

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I was wondering when PBS will jump on the web bandwagon and offer their shows on-demand via the Internet.

I checked again today, and looks like their library is growing nicely. It used to be just one or two shows available last time I checked, but library is much bigger now.

But, what was most thrilling is that finally majority of Nova programs are available online, in full length and decent quality glory! Looks like video web delivery was tough for the team, but maybe it’s for the best, as you should be able to download the shows, if you’re so inclined.

A lot of interesting things to learn, presented in popular fashion. So, check it out. I decided that this is even worthy a small entry on my videos page, for later reference.

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In light of most recent RIAA suicide attempt (which finally may be a successful one), I thought it would be a good opportunity to tell everyone about a great music site I discovered some time ago.

Amie Street is an online marketplace of independent artists. It works as a massive self guiding social network, with pricing which starts near zero, and then raises as popularity of a song increases. This way true quality music that everyone downloads raises in price, and becomes reasonable way to compensate the artist and support their further music endeavors. While new, undiscovered, or lower quality works, cost very little (few cents or so), and often stay that way. That’s not to say that there aren’t some gems in the few-cents-per-song crowd, there often is, in fact.

I have only had little time to dig around for gems there, but one example is Amanda Kaletsky, check out her Say You Believe song. Or, want more mainstream, try the world famous band Barenaked Ladies. One thing to watch out for is their built-in media player, it isn’t that good, I found interface unfriendly and confusing at times.

Of course, all Amie Street music is DRM free, as all music should be! Thus, between this and Amazon’s MP3 music store, which keeps adding major labels, there’s hope yet. So, lets work together to Free the Music, while we continue to pay for it, to the artist and not RIAA…

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I just couldn’t resist re-posting this. Remember the positive, folks, when I post some perspective on Apple within the next week or so.

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