Sep 052010

If you’ve been on a deserted island for the last month, you may not know what new releases we have at MovieCycle. Being that this is the internet, we figured you may need some help in finding out what these new titles are.

Some of our freshest $9.99 movies include Diary of  a Wimpy Kid, which is not a diary, but, in fact, a movie, about, a, wimpy, kid. A live-action adaptation of the novel written by Jeff Kinney, the film features Greg, a middle-schooler who hates middle school. Smart kid.

We’ve also got a new thriller by Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer, starring Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan. McGregor plays said ghost writer (who doesn’t solve mysteries by manipulating letters, mind you), hired to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister played by Bond, after the previous ghost writer’s body was found dead. Note to self: don’t take a job where you predecessor was probably murdered.

Looking to get a dose of the two sexiest Hollywood leading men in one movie? We’ve got Repo Men, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker as repossession men for owners of artificial organs who haven’t payed off their bill. That’s right, they yank stuff back out. Some people love this movie, others are skeptical… Must be because of the yanking out of people’s organs.

We’ve also got Clash of the Titans.

For you Bourne fans who worry there isn’t enough Matt Damon to go around, he’s gained a few extra lbs for his role in The Informant! I’m not trying to glorify Matt Damon’s ability to reverse-Christian Bale; the title simply has an exclamation mark on it. I haven’t seen the film, but it did open up second in the box-office behind Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, so it must be good.

Aug 062010

The Wall O’ Cool has been restocked with a bunch of awesome titles! Come on down and check it out…they will go FAST.

Entire shelf of Disney titles:  Mulan, The Lion King, Enchanted, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Finding Nemo, and lots more!

Other fun titles from my childhood : Black Beauty, The Last Unicorn, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Harry and the Hendersons, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Goonies, War Games and Time Bandits.

Creepy stuff: Poltergeist, Jaws, 30 Days of Night, Creepshow, The Devil’s Rejects, Lord of the Flies and Twilight (it creeps me out how popular that series is).

TV!! Project Runway Season 7, Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1, HBO presents Dane Cook’s Vicious Circle and the first season of Ally McBeal (brand new copy!!).

Other cool stuff: Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, Whip It, The Last Holiday,Dog Day Afternoon,  Chasing Amy, Passenger 57 and so much more!!

There is also a shelf I like to call, “Bad Ass Chicks with Guns”, featuring talent like Pamela Anderson, Pam Grier, Angelina Jolie and some other chicks that will shoot ya before you can blink. Not necessarily Oscar material…..but fun!

Brave the muggy weather and come on down to Market Street before all the cool stuff gets sold!

(Don’t worry…we have other cool stuff too!)

Jun 032010

Before the days of of graphic, torturous horror movies that do nothing more than splash blood and gore across the screen, there were monsters….`

Kids spent what little change they had to sit in a darkened theater and get their shivers from larger than life creatures that would later on be haunting the shadows under the bed, lurking in closets, and spawning hundreds of remakes for years to come.

Right now we have an awesome selection of old school monster movies that may just make you remember all the things that can go bump in the night:

Dracula (1931) – The grand classic starring Bela Lugosi as the eerie blood sucker from Transylvania who sets out to turn innocent young women into vampires.

Frankenstein (1931) – The mad scientist who pieces together lifeless body parts to create one of the most memorable monsters of the silver screen, played by Boris Karloff.

The Mummy (1932) – Boris Karloff appears again, this time as Im-Ho-Tep, an Egyptian high priest who after being embalmed alive, is revived 1000’s of years later. He awakens and attempts to find his lost love.  Not only is this a scary one, but Karloff managed to tug at the old heartstrings a little with his tortured soul in love. That is devotion, man.

The Invisible Man (1933) – Based on the novel by H.G. Wells, this film stars Claude Rains as a mysterious doctor who discovers a serum to make him invisible. However, the serum slowly drives him to commit unspeakable acts of terror.

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) – Boris Karloff returns as the misunderstood monster who longs for a mate and twisted Dr. Frankenstein is only too happy to comply and brings to life one freaky bride (Elsa Lanchester).

Phantom of the Opera (1943) – Another Claude Rains monster. This time he is a crazed, disfigured composer bent on revenge towards those who stole his music.

Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) – In my opinion, one of the freakier monsters of old. A “living amphibious missing link” who gets captured by scientists,  falls in love with the scientist’s female assistant, escapes, kidnaps the girl and tries to evade the rescue team. I get a little shiver just thinking about him!

Night of the Living Dead (1968) – The zombie movie that redefined the horror genre for Hollywood and made a household name of George A. Romero and launched numerous sequels, remakes and copycats.

So if you feel like being scared by all the classic boogeymen, then come visit us and peruse our Wall O’ Ghoul…er Cool.

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