Two new enter-to-win opportunities:

Head into the cool, refreshing Scarecrow Video building and check out the front counter. There you will see not one, but two boxes where you can write your name and email on a small piece of paper and enter to win tickets to movies screening about town.
The first one is The Gits, screening at Metro …

George Carlin R.I.P.

He was the man with critical opinions that made you laugh, he was a true iconoclast. Come into Scarecrow and rent something from the Special Section we set up in commemoration of his death.

Carlin on America
“We were founded on a very basic double standard. This country was founded by slave owners who wanted to be …

Tickets on sale here for the Seattle Art Museum’s SCREWBALL SUMMER

Haven’t had much to smile about these days? Could you use a refresher course in comedy? As is usually the case, cinema saves the day with SAM’s Screwball Summer series starting on Thursday, July 10th. It’s six weeks of classics, from this fine film:

then on to the not available on home video format If You …

The Best of 2008…so far

Now that 2008 is almost half over (or half begun for you optimistic types), I decided to reflect back on what I’ve seen in the theatres this year and compile a list of my favorites. I will concede that compared to 2007’s releases (a year for the ages–There Will Be Blood, No Country For Old …

Clive Barker wants to save Midnight Meat Train!

I talked to Clive last night and he hopes with enough fan response this film will get a full theatrical release, not just because he feels its a great adaption of one of his stories but because of all the effort that Ryuhei Kitamura (ALIVE, VERSUS) and his crew have put into this.
Check out the …

Rest in peace Stan Winston

Many of us here at Scarecrow are still in shock about the recent passing of special effects genius Stan Winston, who was just 62 and far from retired. An innovator of makeup effects and animatronic puppetry, he managed to still thrive well into the age of computer generated imagery and was perhaps the best at …

The State on DVD–what’s going on?

Almost a year ago, myself and many others here at Scarecrow were doing cartwheels in the aisles (well, we would have if there was room) over this announcement. We psyched ourselves up for promotions (Which staffers would dress like Barry and Levon? Can we fit a love seat at the top of the stairs?), we …

Win a DVD of VEXILLE!

You may have seen Vexille, the animated futuristic sci-fi adventure from the creators of Appleseed at The Seattle International Film Festival, now we and our friends at Funimation are giving you a chance to win a copy on the brand new DVD! The film, directed by Fumihiko Sori (Ping Pong), takes place in a future …