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Kevin also interviewed Dave Russell, senior director of Apple Portables and Wireless, and grilled him with big question of the day: Can people really afford to spend over $400 to have Apple put a gig of RAM in the Mac mini? Answer: “We don’t recommend customers open it themselves.” Ho-hum. Kevin has vowed to figure out how to crack it open once he gets his hands on one.

On Friday, Kevin will harass MacWorld attendees in his final report.

We asked Ross to tell us what Asian films will be must-sees this year, and here’s what he came up with.

Ross Chen’s Top Five Asian Films for 2005
(with descriptions from lovehkfilm.com)

5. 2046: “After too many years in the making, this latest film from Wong Kar-Wai sparkles with wondrous cinema beauty and the famed director's pet themes. It's also overindulgent and overstuffed, and wheezes to the end of its overlong 2-hour running time. There's plenty worth recommending in the auteur's latest work, but unearthing 2046's treasures requires more than a little effort.” (This one is not currently scheduled for U.S. release.)

4. Oldboy: “A critically-acclaimed tale of revenge from the director of Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance. Stylish and visceral, Oldboy is both a modern tragedy and a contemporary classic.”

3. Casshern: “Live-action anime adaptation lives up to its billing almost too completely. As stylized and deliriously dazzling as anime, and as dense and dramatically obvious, too. Casshern features effective parts arranged into an unengaging static form—not necessarily the best way to make a movie. However, for eye candy and sheer technological whiz-bang, Casshern is near-impossible to top.”

2. Ong Bak: “It's a nostalgia gravy train for Hong Kong action junkies! Ong-Bak is light on the more cerebral aspects of film (story, dialogue, etc.), but its ass-kicking action and the acrobatic flair of star Tony Jaa more than compensate.”

1. Kung Fu Hustle: Shaolin Soccer director Stephen Chow follows up his international hit with this period piece set in 1940s Canton. Ross says lovehkfilm.com will have its review up on this coming Monday, so check there for the full report. Here’s imdb.com’s listing.

We’ll have a web-exclusive interview with Ross tomorrow.

The Society for Hand Held Hushing (SHHH) has issued a PDF of handy cards to print and pass out at your own risk. They say things like: “You Are Being VERY LOUD” or “The Rest of Us DON’T CARE What He/She Said to You.” Others are customizable for the particular conversation you’re being forced to experience.

Brendan attempted to employ these cards at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, Calif. – one of our nation’s major centers for cell-phone abuse. It did not go well. “It’s funny,” Brendan marveled. “When you try to hand out leaflets, people walk right past you!”

Visit the Coudal homepage for more info on SHHH, or download the PDF here.

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