Come see what we have going on the shelves today!

“Gran Torino” and “Rudy” to serve your drama needs.

For laughs, we have “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” and the movie “Bottle Shock”, starring Alan Rickman as a wine connoisseur in 1976 who challenges wineries in Napa Valley’s burgeoning wine country to a blind tasting against the French.

How about some 007? Shaken, not stirred? We have “Thunderball”, “Goldfinger” and “Casino Royale.”

And finally a collection of fun family stuff! “Chicken Little”, “Monster House”, “Zoom: Academy of Superheroes”, and “Homeward Bound- The Incredible Journey.”

A little of everything to cover your Saturday night movie needs!!! Stop on by!

As we slide into a more Seattle-like weekend of gray, rain and generally snuggle-up-on-the-couch-with-a-movie weather, we have a fine batch of entertainment choices for you. Take a peek and see for yourself:

Anime’ fans might find something to love with The Big O volumes 1, 2 and 4, The Big O II volumes 1 and 2, Angel Links volumes 1 and 2, Burn Up Excess, Tenamonya Voyagers, Wrath of the Ninja: The Yotoden Movie and Weather Report Girl: In For Nasty Weather.

We also have Lupin The Third: Strange Psychokinetic Strategy, a 1974 live-action movie based on the popular manga (Japanese comics). Lupin III is a third-generation master thief who, along with his sexy sidekick Fujiko and gun-slinging Jigen, must acquire a fabulous national treasure before the Maccherrone crime famly can get their hands on it, all the while avoiding assassins and the relentless Inspector Zenigata. I may actually need to see this myself after typing up this description. If it’s even half as cool as it sounds, it’s gotta be pretty awesome.

Other notable titles include Field Of Dreams, Kids, The Notebook, The Pink Panther (the original with Peter Sellers and David Niven), Christine (one of the better Stephen King adaptations, this one by John Carpenter), Broken Arrow with Christian Slater, John Travolta and a stolen nuclear warhead or two, Samuel L. Jackson as a teacher on the edge in 187, Misery (another great Stephen King adaptation from Rob Reiner) and two of the greatest spy spoofs ever made (and at least partial inspiration for the Austin Powers series): Our Man Flint and In Like Flint starring James Coburn as the original international man of mystery: Derick Flint. Plenty of gags and gadgets and feats of daring and beautiful women and the expected plots to take over the world and, in the case of In Like Flint, beautiful women plotting to take over the world! I personally own both of these movies and can’t recommend them highly enough.

We’ve also got some newish releases in stock for you, including Michael Jackson’s This Is It, Whip It, Surrogates and Saw VI. Get ‘em while they’re hot and fresh!

I mean, it really is super funny to lie.  Have you ever faked sick to skip school? Hilarious. Or told your husband that the coffee stain on his shirt is hardly noticeable? Too funny.

Oh wait, neither of those are funny scenarios. Well, what if I told you about a movie that made Rob Lowe, yes, Rob Lowe, funny (or at least okay)? You’d tell me, “That movie has already been made, Movie Guy, and it’s Wayne’s World”. Well think again, smarty pants. There’s a new kid in town making movies, and he hasn’t hit the comedy bottom, relying solely on animated family movies with ogres with to stay relevant (not yet, at least).  But this new dude did cast Rob Lowe in almost exactly the same roll he played in Wayne’s World. And this new dude isn’t exactly new either. And I’m kind of rambling because I spent all morning writing an essay because I was irresponsible and saw the Magnetic Fields last night and now my brain is too tired to write anything that isn’t gibberish. What a concert… Oh wait, MOVIEcycle. Sorry, I told you I’m in a rambling mood tonight.

Ricky Gervais. I love him. Jeremy loves him*. Geoff and Jessica have yet to express their opinion. The Invention of  Lying is the latest comedy for Ricky Gervais, who seems to be enjoying his recent successes on the big screen (his previous film, Ghost Town is another should-see if you liked his work on The Office, Extras, the Emmys, or Spongebob Squarepants).

The film takes place in an alternate reality where no one is able to tell a lie. They simply don’t know how to. But Ricky here figures it out. And he’s good, man. He starts lying like a 16 year old and ends up becoming a super famous for it. He does all sorts of silly stuff, from telling out-of-his-league women that they need to get with him, lying to a bank teller about how much money he is supposed to have in his account, inventing a God, and even writing the first fictional movie. It all totally works because no one else knows how to lie, therefore they can’t distinguish what he says as not being the truth! Dude gets rich!

In conclusion, see this movie. Ricky Gervais is hilarious and there are some wonderful bits from stand up comedians like Louis C.K. and Jennifer Garner. Yep, I learned how to lie thanks to this wonderful movie. That last sentence was a lie too! But honestly, check this movie out. It’s a laugh riot. No lie. Honest.

*I am not in a position of knowledge or right to express any true emotional feelings Jeremy may or may not have towards Ricky Gervais. My statement was merely speculation.