Archive for January, 2009
Twitter – What We’re Watching
So we watch movies all day long in the store, in order to keep YOU the public up-to-date on what video we throw in to fill dead-air we got a Twitter account. So go here and you too can follow us through the day as we play movie after movie after movie…. after movie. And …
Best of 2008
So here’s the Best of 2008 list that was chosen by the employees of Scarecrow. Some of these films may have their theatrical debut in 2007, but we counted anything that was released for sale in 2008. This opened the door for many more things than if we chose stuff that only was made in …
Blu-ray growth
Blu-ray, the format identified by Hollywood as the successor to the DVD, has grown in popularity but is not close to making up the ground left by the decline of its predecessor: consumers spent $750m on Blu-ray discs in 2008 compared with $21.6bn on DVDs. The Dark Knight is the best-selling Blu-ray title, with …
New Permanent Live Action Manga Section!
AW JEAH more work done in the Animation room!! I am super excited (again, still!) to announce that anything live action based on a manga series is now up in the Animation room! not too different from the comic section, it only made sense that so many Japanese (and a few H.K.) movies should be …
Oscar nominations–Part II
How many people nominated for an Oscar last Thursday can you spot in this video?* If you answered two, Josh Brolin and Melissa Leo, you’re correct! Mr. Brolin (who also has the distinction of being the only Goonie nominated for an Oscar) is up for Best Supporting Actor for Milk, though he would have also …
Film related things to do this weekend:
–Visit one or more movie websites and express your outrage/giddiness over the Oscar nominations (or you can come in and whine/revel with us in person during normal business hours).
–Visit our Best of 2008 rental section and get many of the Oscar nominated movies already out on DVD. Several of those still not on our shelves …
Oscar nominations
Sigh…
I like “important” movies and I like “popcorn” movies. I understand the award-bestowing powers that be feel there is a large divide between the two. Popcorn movies try to rake in big box office numbers. important movies strive to collect critical acclaim. It’s rare for a film to fall fittingly into both categories. This year …
NEW SPOTLIGHT SECTION!!
Hey everyone! I’m super excited to announce that you can STOP renting cartoon network imports Naruto and Bleach and further explore the wonders of Japanese Anime with Scarecrow’s *NEW* ANIME SPOTLIGHT SECTION!!! It’s in the animation room in the window on 2 brand new turquoise shelves!!!
Every month will be a new awesome theme that will …
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