I apologize for the lapse in updates recently. We have actually gotten a lot of new stuff in trade recently (close to 400 just last week, in fact) but we’ve been gigantic slackers in terms of letting our readers know about it.  Now, rather than just run down this big huge list of titles, I’ll just cover a few highlights and interesting tidbits.

Martial arts fans might enjoy the Jet Li stuff we just got in, like The One, Romeo Must Die, Contract Killer and The Corrupter to name just a few. We also got in some Jackie Chan stuff, including Fearless Hyena, First Strike and The Forbidden Kingdom in which he shares the screen with Jet Li. Maybe you’d like Bruce Lee in Fists Of Fury? We’ve got that, too.

If you’re after music videos and/or concert performances, we’ve got you covered with things like Fatboy Slim Live At Brighton Beach, Dream Theater Live At Budokan, Nirvana Unplugged, The Melvins: Salad Of A Thousand Delights, several from Live At Montreaux series, including Curtis Mayfield, Return To Forever, Nile Rogers & Chic, UB40 and Wu Tang Clan. Also Seu Jorge who, if you’re not familiar with him, performed some beautiful songs on Wes Anderson’s The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou like this cover of David Bowie’s Changes:

And speaking of Wes Anderson, I got a chance to watch The Fantastic Mr. Fox this weekend. Two things: Roald Dahl writes some really out there and creative stuff and Wes Ansderson is really well-suited to the task of bringing it to the screen, I think (no offense to Tim Burton. I liked Charlie And The Chocolate Factory a lot!). The story of a fox, forced to give up his life of crime (chicken-stealing) when his wife informs him she’s pregnant (in the middle of a job, no less), this might have worked just as well with humans rather than puppet animals, but there’s something about the voice of George Clooney as the wistful Mr. Fox, aching to pull just one more job (Danny Ocean, anyone?)… rounded out with many of Wes Anderson’s favored stars, like Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman and Owen Wilson, I highly recommend it. Unless I’m the last one to have seen it. And then I’m firmly in the “that was so good!” camp.

Coincidentally, the other movie I saw this weekend also featured animals and George Clooney. I swear I didn’t plan it that way. The Men Who Stare At Goats? tells the story of The First Earth Battalion, a new-agey approach to war and soldiers that the military really did sink a ton of money and thought into. Touching on a few wonderfully bizarre conspiracy theories (or are they?) like the MK-ULTRA mind control experiments, remote viewing, etc., and peppered with references to Jedi Warriors, I enjoyed this movie quite a lot. Certainly not perfect and possibly could have been better had the Coen Brothers done it but I’m glad I finally got around to seeing it.

So, there’s a little recap on some recent happenings around here. Don’t forget, you can always browse our inventory online, or even shop without having to get dressed with just a click or two. Try it out!

Wherein cool things happen.

Many of you have asked for a way to see what we have in the store without having to come into the store:  ”We want a searchable inventory!”

And we listened.

Take a look at this page. Give us your feedback in the comments section on that page. Kevin: you should use the search term BLURAY. Just sayin’.

Our blog elves have been hard at work to bring you the best Moviecycle blog experience possible. A couple new updates of note are a “Special Offers” page, which can be accessed from the navbar there… you’ll find a sweet coupon on the other side of clicking that tab.

We’ve also improved our Requests form. Mostly invisible to you, the user, it should help us fill your requests more betterer. Which is to say we’ve ditched the paper version for a newfangled spreadsheet thingie. The elves promised to explain it to me later. Technology. So cool and yet so confusing all at the same time.

Stay tuned for further updates as they occur.