A Call To Arms…err, I mean…Ears

Like most nerds of my ilk, I have seen Star Wars many, many times, starting from an early age. One of the earliest vivid memories is that of the Princess Leia rescue sequence, specifically the scene in which Luke destroys the controls for the bridge and has to swing across…you know…this scene:

When Luke offs …

A New Monthly Section, a manifesto, Eddie Romero, and Cirio Santiago too!

One constant challenge at Scarecrow, beyond that of where to put all of our rapidly approaching 100,000 videos, is how in the heck to display said collection. Is it possible to satisfy our constant need to parse and classify in a manner that is also customer friendly and generates rentals? A misconception I often hear …

Visit SIFF and Scarecrow at the UW Street Fair

Stop by the Scarecrow Video/Seattle International Film Festival  booth at this weekend’s UW Street Fair! You can pick up a SIFF schedule and start mapping out your viewing strategy, answer some SIFF-centric trivia questions, and enter to win 31 FREE rentals and have your own mini-film festival! There’s rumors of a limited edition temporary tattoo, …

SIFF now.

The 2007 schedule has only been out for a week but SIFF madness and the premature wearing of lanyard passes already seems to be in full effect, regardless that it’s still 2 entire weeks before the opening Gala..
Before I continue, I’d like to direct the following comment at SIFF programmers and ask, “what the heck …

A Return to Summer Vacation Revisited Part II

Some of you may have read Madamecrow’s post about the Summer Vacation section here at the ‘Crow, but in case you didn’t, here’s a brief re-cap: the staff was asked to select some vacationy/summery movies for a large special section, and we were all (staff and blog readers alike) asked to contribute to the list. …

Are you a part of the AIR GUITAR NATION?

Come on, admit it, at some point in your life you’ve done a little air guitar. Maybe while stuck in traffic listening to classic rock, maybe in your office while listening to headphones, maybe when you’re home alone blaring Van Halen. But for some people, air guitar is an art to studied, practiced and celebrated. …

Mother’s Day with Mommie Dearest

Looking for something special to do with Mom this weekend? Three Dollar Bill Cinema and Gay City Health Project present Mommie Dearest this Sunday, May 13th (Mother’s Day! Get your cards in the mail!) at 11am at the glamorous Cinerama. Faye Dunaway gives the ultimate over-the-top camp performance as screen legend Joan Crawford, whose tumultuous …

Movies for the weekend, before/after/instead of Spider Man 3

–HE-MAN raises aloft his magic sword this weekend at the Grand Illusion Cinema in He-Man & She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword. A mysterious jeweled sword is giving The Sorceress evil nightmares, so He-Man must travel to the far off land of Etheria to find the sword’s counterpart and unlock its secrets, battling Hordak and …