Archive for January, 2007
Last Day of Sale!
Today’s the final day of our USED VIDEO BLOWOUT SALE! As mentioned before, all DVDs are priced $5 or lower and all VHS and LASERDISCS are an insanely low $1 or cheaper. As of this morning DVD copies of staff favorites Roll Bounce, Wassup Rockers, and Dave Chappelle’s Block Party along with Laserdisc …
Attention fans of the Science Fiction genre
At the Cinerama this Saturday (that’s February 3rd), The Seattle International Film Festival and the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (home of an amazing collection of Star Wars action figures) bring us the Science Fiction Short Film Festival. Twenty shorts from around the world and right here in Seattle will compete for a …
Oscar fever/SAG wrap up
We are now less than a month from Oscar Night. Over the weekend, I saw three nominated films (Notes on a Scandal, Last King of Scotland, and Venus), poured through the Entertainment Weekly Oscar preview issue, and glanced hopefully at every magazine rack I passed for the new Vanity Fair. I am feeling that fever. …
Where I Waste My Time on the Internets
I would probably post more to this here thingie, if I didn’t spend so much time reading other film/dvd websites. Below is a list of my favorites, and other Scarecrow staffers and readers out there should feel free to recommend some others in the comments.
DVD Beaver
Want to know if the European DVD of Akira Kurosawa’s …
Another selection of ‘06 picks
Since MadameCrow was so kind to share her selections from the last year of DVD releases, I thought that I too would contribute to the festivities. My list this year could have very easily been all television series released on DVD. Luckily my cohorts at Scarecrow have good taste and the majority of my favorites …
The 2007 Northwest Asian American Film Festival starts Thursday!
The festival kicks off Thursday, January 25th with two films at the Northwest Film Forum. At 7pm, there’s Eve and the Fire Horse, the story of two sisters and their family growing up in Vancouver in the 70s. The Stranger calls it “one of the most charming family films in recent memory.” Check out their …
Here we go with the big deal Oscar talk…
Being an Oscar enthusiast, I always get up at 5:30am to watch the big announcement. Some years, there are surprises (like when Johnny Deep was nominated for Best Actor in 2004) that leap me ahead in the stages of waking up. Then there are years such as this one, where their are either no surprises …
Go to bed early tonight, because…
you’ll need to be awake and ready at 5:30am PST for the OSCAR NOMINATIONS, announced this year by the lovely Salma Hayek and Sid Ganis, President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (who according to IMDB produced
From Star Wars to Jedi, The Making of A Saga). I like to watch the coverage …
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