Wow.

It is still quite early and there is just so much going on along Market Street! Lots of cool tents, wonderful food smells are wafting about and there are SALES!!!

Not only do we have hundreds of movies for only $3.99 as part of the sidewalk sale, but EVERYTHING in the store is 20% off!!!!

Awesome!

Come on down and enjoy the fest!

This weekend in Ballard there is the fabulous Seafood Fest.  Market Street will be closed off and there will be TONS of good food as well as fun things to do! We are super excited to see what it’s all about!

Also happening is the Moviecycle sidewalk sale!!!! This weekend as well as July 22nd-25th, we will be offering over 3000 movies at unbelievably LOW prices!! Come on down and check it out! You’ll be sorry if you don’t stop by! Treasure awaits!

Or at least some really awesome Saturday night movies!!

The Book of Eli was not a movie I was initially drawn to when it appeared in theaters. The lone wanderer in a post-apocalyptic world is not my favorite plot line, and the religious tones of the film put me off as well.

I thought I would give it a try though when it rolled into the store. I was surprised at how engaged I became right off the bat. I had forgotten how well the Hughes brothers can direct.

The beginning of the film relies on visuals mostly and that can be a hard thing to pull off unless it is done right. Denzel Washington plays his Eli character with quiet humor that made me like him right away. And honestly it has been awhile since I liked him in anything.

The action sequences were awesome, one in particular towards the beginning actual made me giggle it was so cool. Washington did many of his own stunts for the hand to hand combat stuff, and the results paid off.

Story was good (nice twist ending), hero was good (Washington redeemed himself a bit for me), villain was great (Gary Oldman…can’t go wrong there!), and the visuals were stunning.

This is definitely a movie worth watching!