Moving Pictures

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New to view: Four from the MacGuffin Podcast

If you spent your holiday on a movie watching bender and now have a cinematic hangover, rejuvenate your senses with Spencer and John over at the MacGuffin podcast . Their lively discussions are sure to get your viewing juices flowing again.
Episode 20 features a review of Paranormal Activity (on DVD Tuesday!) and other …

Scarecrow’s decidedly different holiday themed gifts

Stumped for that Secret Santa present? Want to bring something weird to your in-laws? Tired of the same old ChristmasStoryGrinchPeanutRudolph offerings? While Scarecrow does carry all of the classics for sale, here are some options for a different kind of Holiday DVD gift. This season we have gone to the outer regions of the Christmas …

VIVA VHS returns this weekend at Central Cinema!

Join us at Central Cinema on Friday, December 18th and Saturday, December 19th to once again celebrate the bygone days when VHS was king and explore the cinematic oddities that can only be found on 1/2″ videotape. We’ve delved back into our archives to unearth more forgotten gems and mind-blowing revelations of magnetic mayhem for …

New to view: Not one but two new MacGuffin podcasts

Scarecrow Video is not only home to over 100,000 movies but also is the setting for the discerning film discourse of the MacGuffin Podcast. In the last two weeks, head MacGuffin podcaster Spencer and frequent guest John Portanova of Adler & Zenith fame have been chatting about everything from what drives you to buy a …

COUCH FEST is this SATURDAY!

Here at Scarecrow we believe that movies are a lot like food: you should watch a good variety, get them from a local source, and are best enjoyed with friends.  It’s this same keeping-it-in-the-community spirit that drives this Saturday’s COUCH FEST film festival.  Film fans  around town will be opening their homes up for a …

Pick Of The Week on Monkey Goggles: Black Devil Doll From Hell

The folks over at Archie McPhee’s excellent blog Monkey Goggles (who made us dance a happy jig by including us on this list) post  a weekly assortment of cool stuff  aptly titled Things We Like. This week’s installment includes a film pick by our colleague Rhias. Follow the link to read all about the infamous …

New Releases for the week of October 13th

DRAG ME TO HELL—Here’s a review by our colleague Bryan Theiss:
After three big budget Spider-man movies in a row and his past as the director of The Evil Dead practically forgotten, the old Sam Raimi suddenly reappears with this crowd-pleasing and darkly humorous horror show. Trying to impress her boss at the bank, a young …

New to View: MacGuffin & Backroom Podcasts

The Sweet Sixteen edition of the MacGuffin Podcast is now available.  Spencer and I adjourned to the orange chairs in the Western/War/Adventure section to discuss our viewing habits–how many movies we watch in any given week and how we decide what to see in the theater and what we can watit to see on DVD.  …