Archive for August, 2006

thank you, everyone!

By madamecrow ⋅ August 14, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Once again, you have given us the great honor of “Best Local Video Store” in the “Best of Seattle” edition of the Seattle Weekly! This year you also voted us, “Best Place To Get  Foreign Videos” (that’s why we bring in those region free players)!
so to that end, we say, “No, THANK YOU!” for your …

Welcome New Directors!

By madamecrow ⋅ August 14, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

join us in welcoming the following folks to the scarecrow directors’ section:
LUKAS MOODYSSON (Show Me Love), ARTURO RIPSTEIN (Place Without Limits), BELA TARR (Werckmeister Harmonies), ALEKSANDR SOKUROV (Russian Ark), JEAN-PIERRE JEUNET (Amelie), HAN HSIANG LI (Tiger and the Widow), SHUNJI IWAI (All About Lily Chou-Chou), SHINYA TSUKAMOTO (Tetsuo: Iron Man), SERGIO MARTINO (Torso), LUC AND …

the world series of pop culture

By madamecrow ⋅ August 11, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Last night I got fell into the brain/time suck that is VH1, and after loving the 70s for an hour and a half, I was graced with THE WORLD SERIES OF POP CULTURE. Apparently VH1 and Entertainment Weekly went around the country testing people on topics like “80s pop lyrics” and “Action/Adventure films” and then …

IMDb, what’s up?

By madamecrow ⋅ August 8, 2006 ⋅ 2 comments

Is anyone else a little creeped out by the new feature on the IMDB that shows a thumbnail photo of an actor by their name on a cast list? It’s not like the picture is big enough for you to say, “Oh, it’s THAT guy!” without clicking on the person’s filmography anyway, so it can’t …

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