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!
Whoo boy!
Prozac Nation, Requiem For A Dream, Boogie Nights, Boondock Saints, Goodfellas (2 disc special edition), Full Metal Jacket, The Silence Of The Lambs (2 disc collector’s edition), Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb, Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life, a couple double features: Footloose/Flashdance and Signs/The Village, Lawrence Of Arabia, Anne Of Green Gables, The Philadelphia Story, Singin’ In The Rain (2 disc special edition), seasons 1 and 2 of Heroes, the Brit-com Peep Show and a whole lot more.
Just a few items to note: the first season of one of my recent favorite shows – Burn Notice. Not only does it have that whole wise-cracking ex-spy-turned-good-guy-for-hire vibe going on, but it’s also got the always awesome Bruce Campbell as the skirt-chasing ex-FBI agent Sam and Gabrielle Anwar (and her weird disappearing accent) as the gun- and explosives-obsessed Fiona. And the car. Man, I love that car even more than the one in Supernatural.
We also have Lethal Weapon, Dear Frankie, Paycheck, Smart People, the story of the rise and fall and, ultimately, murder of Bob Crane in Auto Focus, and speaking of showbiz and murder we also have Wonderland, the story of the horrific murders of four small-time criminals back in 1981 that would probably have been forgotten if the case hadn’t involved John Holmes.
Hmm. Grim.
On a happier note, we have the original version of The Ladykillers starring Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and Herbert Lom.
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