Archive for year: 2018

Here we are, the home stretch. Christmas is less than a week away. I suppose that I should mention our holiday hours!

Christmas Eve (24th) : 11 am – 6pm – That’s right, we’ll be open an hour earlier on the 24th for all your movie needs. We also have a nice deal – Rent 2 and get a 3rd for free! (sorry no 2 for 1 deals on the 24th or the 31st – gotta pay those bills!)
Christmas Day (25th) : Closed
New Year’s Eve (31st) : 12 – 7
New Year’s Day : 12 – 10pm

We still have some swell T-shirts and comfy hoodies left as well as gift certificates and our world-famous punch cards for everyone you love. We’ll also have boxing day sales – check out our website, Facebook and twitters for what’s happening. That all said, there won’t be a newsletter for the next 2 weeks. Sorry to be a Grunch (Grinch’s less pleasant cousin).

New Releases

(We’ve received 5 shipments of films in the last two weeks – the rest of the year’s films so I won’t list them all here as there’s just too many!)

Colette – Lovely costume bio-pic drama finds Colette ghost writing stories for her husband Willy. When they become a success, she fights for recognition among the societal constraints of the times.

Fahrenheit 11/9 – Micheal Moore is back at it again, this time examining just how in the hell America got to where they are now with you-know-who in the big chair.

The House with a Clock in It’s Walls – Odd sounding family spooky comedy thing from Eli Roth (!) has Jack Black as a wizard or something looking for a clock that might end the world. I’m sure it’s better than Death Wish.

Long Strange Trip: A Grateful Dead Tale – I would never have called myself a “Deadhead” but I did see about a half dozen shows back in the day and they were much fun. Looking forward to checking this big-ass documentary out!

McQueen – No, not about Steve McQueen (the actor nor the director) but Lee Alexander McQueen, fashion genius and his amazing and tragic tale.

The Predator – The Predator’s back! This time we find him working at an Old Navy, going to college and playing in a ska cover band on the weekends while at the same time ripping out the spines of horny teenagers to hang on his dorm walls.

Support The Girls – Hangout with the ladies at Double Whammies, “a sports bar with curves” in this nice little comedy that I’m seeing show up on a number of best of the year lists.

Sweet Country – Heavy Australian western drama thriller finds an aboriginal fella going on the lam after shooting a white guy in self defense. Something tells me that the title may be more than a little ironic.

White Boy Rick – Matthew McConaughey goes undercover in the drug world where it eventually takes over his life and he ends up on the wrong side of Johnny Law.

Other titles fresh and new and fresh on the shelves include: Whitney, Sinner Season 2, Finding Your Feet, Operation Finale, Bel Canto, The Domestics, Disorder, Western, Nocturama and a few more I may have forgot about. Whew!

Other titles showing up later this week include: Life Itself, A Simple Favour, D.O.A.: Right of Passage, Elizabeth Harvest, Galveston, Marfa Girl 2, Skate Kitchen, Molly.

Holy Hotdogs! What a huge pile of amazing things! I hope that you find something wonderful to enjoy this season. We have a great selection of Christmas flicks as well, if that’s your bag. If you need some suggestions, check out all of our swell lists here!

Have a great, safe, fun holiday you beautiful people you! Talk to you on the other side in the New Year!

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Apologies for the lateness of this week’s shipment. It seems that Purolator was overwhelmed by Black Friday, Christmas, Black Christmas, Cthulhu, possibility of a mail strike, melting ice caps and maybe even a Swamp Thing. The films are on the shelves now but future shipments may also be delayed. It’s not like Christmas and such just kind of sneaked up on them this year. Good job!

New Releases!

Happytime Murders – Saucy puppets and Melissa McCarthy team up in this puppet-based murder show. Not for kids as rumours of graphic puppet sex and puppet on puppet violence abound.

Here to be Heard: The Story of the Slits – The title pretty much sums up this music documentary.

Ideal Home – From the director of Hamlet 2 and The Craft comes this nice comedy that finds gay couple Steve Coogan and Paul Rudd (not a gay couple in real life. At least I don’t think that they are) raising a 10 year-old for some reason. Hi-jinks, I presume, ensue.

In Harm’s Way – Dude has to bail out of his bomber after dropping his load on Tokyo after the Pearl Harbor attack. He’s recused by an attractive Japanese woman who hides him in her house. They fall in love or something.

Mission Impossible: Fallout – Might be the best Mission Impossible film to date! I’m not much of a Tom Cruise fan but I do enjoy these flicks and he runs a lot in them which is always entertaining for some reason. Plus it has a scene of Henry Cavill loading up his fists, getting ready to punch someone (you’ll laugh when you see it).

The Nun – The scary nun from The Conjuring 2 gets her own spin-off (kinda like Frazier but with creepy nuns!). Now she’s wandering the halls of a cloistered abbey in Romania scaring the bejeezus out of everyone and it’s up to a priest with a haunted past and a pretty young nun to figure it all out.

Never Goin’ Back – Hilarious and raunchy (from what I hear) comedy about a couple of teen-age high-school dropouts who decide to go to the beach. Give it a spin!

Sharp Objects – Excellent TV show directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Gillian Flynn finds Amy Adams returning to her home town to investigate a murder while she fights some demons. Psychological demons, unfortunately.

Victoria Season 2 – More Queen shenanigans as a young and lovely Elizabeth ascends the throne.

What Keeps You Alive – Nice young newly married lesbian couple shuffle off to the mountains to enjoy everything. But what if one turns out to be a sadistic sociopath serial killer? Ask yourself that!

Coming Soon!

Equalizer 2
The Orville Season 1
All the Creatures Were Stirring
Peppermint
Smallfoot
Lizzie
Jack Irish Season 2

Just a reminder – we have lovely Black Dog T-Shirts and Hoodies as well as Studio Ghibli socks, amazing Blu Rays from Shout Factory, Gift Certificates and many other cool things for sale at both locations! Christmas is coming! Stuff those stockings!

And if you need some suggestions for new stuff to watch, click here!

Stay warm. Stay sexy, Vancouver!

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So the Shout Factory Blu Rays have started to roll in. Some sweet titles with amazing art work! Many more are on the way. Hoodies and T-shirts have gone to the printers so they should be here soon. Things are happening! Indeed they are!

New Releases

Better Call Saul Season 4 – The fourth season of Better Call Saul! One of the best shoes on the TV!

Blindspotting – Excellent comedy crime drama that centres on a fella, fresh out of prison, who must reevaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend.

Cold Skin – Cool, or should I say cold, looking horror thriller from the director of Frontier(s) about a dude who takes a job in Antarctica as a weather observer, for some reason, but soon finds out the area is teeming with nasty things that come out at night.

Crazy Rich Asians – Word has it that this romantic comedy is actually quite excellent with many lovely montages of Singaporean street food (I’m in!).

The Forest of Lost Souls – Odd little horror thriller from Portugal about 2 people who meet in a famous spot known for suicides but one of them is not who they seem. Or maybe they are! But probably not. Looks cool.

The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time – Ah Jeez, another tornado full of sharks movie (not a documentary). How many tornadoes full of sharks can there be? This one involves time travel, sharks and, well, tornadoes. Hence the cheeky title.

The Meg – Pretty silly, poorly made, with crappy looking sharks movie about Jason Statham and friends fighting an enormous shark that was thought extinct. As stupid as this film was I have to say I quite enjoyed it for it’s craptacular crappiness.

No Offence Season 2 – Manchester cops going abut their business and getting their cop on! Good stuff.

The Third Murder – Another film (I think like 6 in the last 3 years) from Hirokazu Koreeda! Dude slow down, you’re making Takeshi Miike look bad! This one is a courtroom drama that centres around the murder of a factory president. Of course it”l be great.

Coming Soon!

The Little Stranger
Papillon
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Searching

If you’re interested in something interesting to watch, check out our recommendations! We have many different categories and if you make it to the end of the page we have suggestions for new releases, if that’s your jam. Click here!

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Daylight is dwindling, the trees are almost bare naked, the sun is so low on the horizon it sears the retinas. This can only mean one thing…movie watching season is upon us (although I think all of the seasons are movie watching season)! I’m happy that we’re still here and still able to help you through these dark, dank, desperate months. You are the wind beneath our wings.

New Releases!

BlackKkKlansman – Latest (and one of the best) flicks from Spike Lee finds a black cop infiltrating the KKK in the 1970’s. And it’s a true story! DVDs are on the shelf, Blu Rays should be here by Friday.

Christopher Robin – Ewan McGregor stars in yet another tale of the famed author of Winnie the Pooh. A nice Disney family film for the family.

Incredibles 2 – Sequel to one of Pixar’s best animated flicks. I expect it’s more of the same. Which is OK by me.

Killing Eve – Excellent TV show about the hunt for an assassin. Stars the always great Sandra Oh. Should be on the shelves later this week.

Mandy – Awesome psychedelic, phantasmagorical violent revenge flick that will stomp your brains into another dimension! Nic Cage is a nice guy seeking revenge from the gross drug-fueled cult that killed his wife. Not for all tastes but definitely mine. Loved it.

Sorry to Bother You – Odd alternate reality comedy finds a black telemarketer disguising his voice so he sounds more “white” and becomes a big success. Plus other stuff! Should be on the shelves later this week.

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies! – Don’t know much about whatever this may be. Teenage superheroes? And they go to the movies? For kids? Reviews say it’s actually very good. So there ya go.

Coming Soon!

Juliet, Naked
The Meg
Succession Season 1
Star Trek Discovery: Season 1
Death of Louis XIV
Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
Pyewacket

That’s it for this week folks. If you need some swell recommendations, click HERE. If you need to listen to our podcast, click HERE. See you soon!

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Set your calendars to stun because I’m here to tell of a cool thing happening this Friday at the Commercial Black Dog! We’ll be hosting an in-store signing featuring Tristan Risk and other fine folks involved in the recent Blu Ray release, Amazon Hot Box! It’s happening from 7 – 8:30 and they’ll be signing things related to this title. So pop by and check it out!

And I hope that you’re all following our 31 Days of Halloween movie recommendations! Lots of good things here. Some you may not have heard of and should check out. Link!

New Releases!

Arizona – Dark comedy type of thing has Danny McBride (love him or hate him, you choose!) and Rosemary DeWitt in a dark comedy type of thing set during the housing crisis in 2009. May have some murder in it.

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Very Far on Foot – Comedy/drama bio-pic finds artist, John Callahan, willing himself back to doing his controversial and hilarious art after a nasty accident. Stars the always great Joaquin Phoenix under the direction of the sometimes great, Gus Van Zant. That title is too long though.

Mamma Mia 2: The Dark Web – Sorry I wanted a funny title like Mamma Mia 2: Day of the Jackal or Mamma Mia 2: Blood Reign but I got lazy and just usurped the next film’s title. Apologies.

Unfriended: The Dark Web – I liked the first Unfriended which warned us of the dangers of the internet and ghosts. I’m hoping for more of the same here. Question! How does one get to the “Dark Web”? Do you just type that into Google, Ask Jeeves or Alta Vista and, presto, you’re in the Dark Web?

Coming Soon!

7 Sisters
Scorpion King: Book of Souls
Mara
Dark Money
Destination Wedding
The Woman in White
Reprisal
Slender Man

That’s it for this week, folks! The rains are a coming, so you know what to do! See you soon.

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