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I’m sure you’ve all seen Rain Man. It was on TV constantly when I was growing up and I was always aware of it. You might own in on VHS or DVD. Luckily I didn’t because now I have the Blu-ray and can watch Dustin Hoffman talk about buying his suits at K-Mart in full 1080p HD.

Rain Man won an impressive 4 Oscars in 1988, including Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), and Best Original Screenplay.

We definitely need more classic movies like Rain Man on Blu-ray, so I was pretty excited to hear it was being released. Here’s a quick review of of the Rain Man Blu-ray if you’re thinking about adding it to your collection.
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Luckily for us animation nerds, the past weekend wasn’t just about football. The 38th Annual Annie Awards were given out and among the honorees was everyone’s favorite animation director and all-around bad-ass, Brad Bird. Brad received a Windsor McCay award along with Eric Goldberg and Matt Groening. Here’s how the Annie Awards describes the honor:

Named in honor of animator Winsor McCay, best known as a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation, the Winsor McCay Award stands as one of the highest honors given to an individual in the animation industry in recognition for career contributions to the art of animation.

Brad Bird couldn’t be there to accept the award due to his duties directing the next installment of the Mission Impossible series, and sent in his ‘thank you’ speech in the form of this awesome video. Feel free to skip the clip show and get to the good part around 4:30.

Brad Bird could direct traffic and I’d pay $10 to watch.