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I’m a tad under the weather today so I’ll keep the newsletter concise and to the point. Here goes…It’s not the best week in the history of cinema for releases this week. There seems to be a leaning towards comedies. You like comedies, right? Good, we have some.

I also have to mention that there’s some sort of big street party this Saturday on and around Cambie street. Bands, food, other stuff. Drop on by. There’s a poster thingy at the bottom of the newsletter with more details.

New Releases for Tuesday August 9th, 2011

Mars Needs Moms – Creepy looking animated thing that reportedly cost 150 million friggin’ dollars to make! Really? And then it tanked at the box office. I can think of a few better ways to spend/waste that kind of coin than on a sub par story about aliens who come and abduct some kid’s mom and take her to Mars. (Aww just what the kids like – abduction stories).

Outside the Law – No it’s not the latest three-word-title Steven Segal masterpiece, but an outstanding French historical thriller about Algeria’s fight for independence from France. Kind of a sequel to the great Days of Glory from a few years back.

Paul – Pretty good comedy about a couple of British sci-fi geeks (Simon Pegg and Nick Frost) who attend Comic-Con to nerd out and then hit the road in an RV to check out famous UFO sites around America including Roswell and Area 51 (I’ve been to both on my own nerd UFO quest 15 years ago). What didn’t happen to us on our trip was we didn’t pick up an actual alien voiced by Seth Rogan who was being chased by evil government agents. I was hoping for more out of this comedy as the laughs are scattered about and the ending is pretty lame and weak but there was enough fun sci-fi references and the alien, Paul, is great, to keep the interest. Worth a look, especially if you’re a bit of a geek. And really, isn’t there a little geek in all of us? Also on the Blu Ray.

Repeaters – Locally shot Canadian film (well duh) about three twenty-somethings who, for some reason, are forced to repeat the same horrible day over and over again. Kind of like an unfunny, gritty Canadian Groundhog Day.

Super – This is a . Didn’t know what to expect when I threw this on the other night. I think I may have been expecting a comedy in the vein of Kick-Ass as it’s about a dude who takes on a super-hero persona to fight crime and to get his wife back after she is abducted by Kevin Bacon. What I got was a sort of weird and creepy Taxi Driverish super-hero comedy thing. Dwight Shcrute from The Office can’t quite carry the film and is a bit dense and annoying at times as the Crimson Bolt and Ellen Page is bat-shit crazy as his sidekick Boltie. Kevin Bacon rules the film though as a sleazy drug dealer who kidnaps Liv Tyler (still hard to buy Liv Tyler being married to Rainn Wilson). It’s quite violent as our hero bludgeons “criminals” with his monkey wrench, people get blown up, stabbed and other stuff. Worth a look for sure as it’s something out of the ordinary. “Shut up, Crime!” Also on the Blu Ray.

Your Highness – Stoner comedy from David Gordon Green (why is he doing films like this? Get back to the stuff that made you good – George Washington, Undertow) and stars the likes of Danny McBride, James Franco, Zooey Deschanel and Natalie Portman who romp around the countryside back in the days of yore (well back when there were knights and wizards and shit). I’ve heard middling things about this but it’s a stoner comedy so do what you need to do. Also on the Blu Ray.

Coming Next Week

Priest
Something Borrowed
Dexter Season 5
Hoodwinked Too!
Jane Eyre
West is West
The Bang Bang Club
The Killing
David Suzuki: Force of Nature

Recently Viewed and Recommended

Paul
Super
Limitless
Source Code
Winter in Wartime
Children’s Hospital
Hobo with a Shotgun
The Adjustment Bureau

Great Job, Internets!

Speaking of unlikely screen couples, here’s a recent post in the Onion discussing that very subject…http://www.avclub.com/articles/least-likely-screen-couples,59992/

Speaking of comedy and laughing and shit, check out this great compilation of tragic auto-correct submissions from people’s Iphone things (warning some of them are quite rude) http://damnyouautocorrect.com/10484/the-top-15-most-popular-dyac-texts-of-all-time/

Speaking of street parties, here’s the poster I wuz tellin’ ya’ll about…

That’s it for this week folks, go to the beach, enjoy the sun, drink something cold, get frisky and remember, keep watching!

Black Dog Video

Why do people like camping? I understand the pack your stuff in to a remote area and rough it (although it is definitely not my bag of tea) can be fun and challenging and it’s nice to be away from people. But the drag everything out of your house or buy the same shit you have in your house, drive it to a campground and set it all up, live in a tent like you’re pretending to be homeless type of camping, what’s the point? We did just that last weekend – two nights at Otter Lake where it was so cold at night that I ended up sleeping in all my clothes (I like to sleep in the raw) and ended up with a case of “Damp Lung” as I like to call it which has now turned into a full blown cold. It rained everyday that we were away. It was loud – not just sea-do, dirt-bike, ATV loud (which it was) but nature loud. And nature likes to get up early. Damn birds.
So we moved on to Fintry park in the Okanagan. We rented a yurt. Great idea until we found out that it leaked, was full of blood-thirsty spiders (well one anyways) and the bed was too short for my lanky frame. On top of that we had a crazy hail storm (check a little snippet out here – [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCgGca9wGZY&feature=share[/youtube]) that not only dented my car and BBQ but also damaged the yurt. The force of the hail dislodged hundreds of small flakes from the inside ceiling (yurt snow or yurt tears we called them) that landed everywhere including our skin which we had a great deal of trouble removing. In fact I believe that my body absorbed some of the ceiling through my skin. Our neighbors, who arrived the same day, consisted of two families who suspiciously looked like each other and shared between them anywhere between eight and thirty children. They were there for two weeks! I couldn’t imagine staying there that long. We noticed that on day two they had already been out to McDonald’s and were watching crappy music videos on their hand-held devices. Weird. That said, it was a pretty relaxing holiday and our 6-year-old had a blast. Next time? Gimme a cabin with a hot tub and we’ll talk.

New Releases for Tuesday July 26th

13 Assassins – The occasionally awesome Takeshi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) returns to his most awesome form in this samurai epic that, word has it, is a fantastic action, sword and butchery epic. I believe that final 45 minutes or so is a huge bloody battle! Can’t wait to see this! Can’t. Wait. Also on the blu ray.

American Grindhouse – Doc that lovingly looks into the hidden history of the wild and the wacky world of underground grindhouse films. Love me a good grindhouse effort. Hobo with a Shotgun anyone?

The Clink of Ice – Black comedy Canadian effort (from Quebec) about an alcoholic writer who’s visited by a guy who is in fact his cancer growing somewhere in his body. Trippy.

Cracks – The insanely lovely Eva Green (check out The Dreamers if you don’t believe me) stars as the teacher of an all-girls boarding school who takes a keen interest in one of her students with disastrous results. Sounds like this one could be fun!

Potiche – French comedy finds the lovely Catherine Deneuve as a trophy wife who takes over her dickish husband’s business when he’s taken hostage by his employees. I hope that none the the kids at the stores gets any funny ideas! From director François Ozon.

Source Code – Pretty solid sci-fi effort from David Bowie’s kid, Duncan Jones (Moon) finds Jake Gyllenhaal as a soldier who wakes up in the body of some dude on a train that is about to explode (the train, not the dude). Then we have a kind of Groundhog Day thingy in which he keeps repeating the moments leading up to the blast as he tries to find the bomber. Well done, gripping and thought-provoking little number. I was a little confused by the ending but, then again, I’m always confused by these kind of things. I’d have to say it’s one of the better films that I’ve seen this year. Also on the blu ray.

Trigger – Molly Parker and Tracy Wright star in this music drama from Bruce McDonald that finds two women, who had a band before but broke up, reuniting for a benefit concert or something. Word has it that it’s a fine little production. Wright died shortly after the film was completed.

Trust – That guy with the mopey long face from Friends directs this heavy drama starring Clive Owen and Catherine Keener (two of my favorites) as parents of a girl who falls victim to an online predator. Owen then takes things into his own hands. Can’t imagine this ends good for anyone.

Winter in Wartime – A 14-year-old Dutch boy becomes involved in the resistance during WWII when he comes to the aid of a wounded British soldier. Looks a like a very good film. It was only released on the DVD/Blu Ray combo disk so don’t freak out when you get to the store and it looks as if we only have the blu ray.

Coming Next Week

Soul Surfer
Bumrush
Ironclad
Untied States of Tara S 3
Outside the Law
Quarantine 2
Conqueror
Eastbound and Down S 2
Children’s Hospital S 1/2
Jackboots in Whitehall
Stakeland
Rio

Recently viewed and Recommended

Source Code
Limitless
Trigger
Life During Wartime
Rec 2
Rango
Hobo with a Shotgun
Barney’s Version
Cedar Rapids
Adjustment Bureau

Internets! What Say Thou?

Here’s a couple of trailers for some interesting looking films coming soon (in case you’re into interesting films)…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbYhofSkT-Y[/youtube]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnQ9Vp4fV4I&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Any news of a new Charlie Kaufman movie is good news on my books! http://www.avclub.com/articles/nicolas-cage-jack-black-and-steve-carell-attached,59371/

George C. Scott watches the trailer for the new Adam Sandler comedy. I feel your pain, mister!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKSAvNOIaNo [/youtube]

That’s it for this week, folks. Hopefully I’ll be able to shake this damp lung and cold thing soon and be able to enjoy the nice weather and get back to checking out some films. Keep watching.

Black Dog Video

Sorry the newsletter is a bit tardy this week. My kid is out of school and I’m having a hard time adjusting. It’s quite difficult to get anything done (such as writing this newsletter) when a small human is constantly bothering you for things like food and water, and to watch TV. Not to mention (but I will) the constant questions and statements; “Dad, do you know it’s nighttime in Japan right now? Uh-huh. Dad, do you know that there are 10 planets? They just found a new one. My friend told me. Uh-huh. Dad, is it hard to put a refrigerator in a tree? Uh-huh. Dad are all vampire’s nocturnal? Uh-huh. But not me, (he thinks he’s a vampire) I’m a day walker. Great” And so it goes….

Just a reminder, if you’re looking for a good comedy at a good price we have Cedar Rapids available to rent for only $4.00 This outrageous price ends this Saturday so get on board! http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/cedar_rapids_2010/

New Releases for Tuesday thee 5th of July

Adrift – Sexy Brazilian film finds a teenage girl undergoing her sexual awakening (I love a good sexual awakening) after finding out about her dad’s (the great Vincent Cassel) infidelities.

Ceremony – Romantic comedy starring Uma (Thurman if you didn’t know or may have gotten confused with all those other Uma’s) about a guy who crashes the wedding of a woman he fancies. Only in the movies does this kind of thing happen. Right?

The Company Men – Drama starring a bunch of men (Affleck, Jones, Costner, Cooper) who are downsized (at work that is) and must cope with the harsh realities if modern day America. Tis a silly place. Might be a good double bill with Inside Job.

Elektra Luxx – Kind of a sequel to a film nobody saw called Women in Trouble finds a former porn star who finds herself pregnant by her dead rock star boyfriend trying to go legit by teaching sex classes to bored housewives. There’s a lot of jokes to be made about this synopsis. A lot.

Essential Killing – Weirdo Vincent Gallo plays a Taliban guy (that pesky war still going on?) who’s captured and transferred somewhere only to escape his captors. A really big chase ensues. Word has it this flick, directed by famed Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, is quite excellent. Also on the Blu Ray.

Hobo with a Shotgun – Alright, the Citizen Kane of Grindhouse films finally hits the shelves! Loved this when I saw it in the the theatre with some friends and some beers (recommended viewing accoutrements). The great Rutger Hauer plays, well, a hobo with a shotgun in this colourful, blood laced, carnage strewn ridiculous exploitation explosion. And it’s a Canadian film to boot, eh. It may make you want to get a camera and some friends and make your own piece of trash. Best Canadian film ever? Also on the Blu Ray.

Of Gods and Men – A bunch of Trappist monks (are they the monks who make that great beer?) in a monastery somewhere in a muslim country come under threat of some fundamentalist goofs and must decide whether to stay or to go (cue the Clash tune). Won some award at some film fest called Cannes for all it’s good monk on monk action.

Mega Python vs Gateroid – Yes it’s a monster movie but maybe for not the reason you’re thinking of. It might also be titled Tiffany vs Debbie Gibson for that is the star power that this thing attracted. I love that these films all involve mutants created by an evil scientist. The world would be a bit more of a boring place without evil scientists, I must say. Gotta hand it to these type of films (think Sharktopus) for keeping the bad monster movie genre alive (for good or for bad).

Shelter – Confusing sounding horror film starring Julianne Moore who play a forensic psychiatrist who discovers that all of one of her patient’s multiple personalities are murder victims. Huh? I’ve read that three times and it still doesn’t make any sense to me. It’s hurting my mind. I should go lie down in a dark room for a bit.

3 Backyards – Three people share, I believe it may be 3, backyards in this drama about things happening to people and them coping with these things. Stars Nurse Jackie and some other people.

Vanishing of the Bees – I was predicting the end of the world a couple of years ago when it was announced that all the bees were disappearing and soon we would be as well. But nobody listened did they? Nooo! They thought I was crazy when I built that ark in my backyard with room for my family and a bunch of bees! Who’s laughing now?

The Warrior’s Way – Weird hybrid of western and kung-fu flick finds a martial arts guy hiding out with a baby (not too sure why, maybe his (unlikely), maybe he likes babies (somewhat likely) in some jerkwater town in the old west. Stars Geoffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston and Dong-gun Jang. Also on the Blu Ray.

Coming Next Week, Yo!

MI-5 Season 9
Damages Season 3
Rio Sex Comedy
Rango
The Tempest
Rec 2
The Lincoln Lawyer
Entourage Season 7

Recently Viewed and Recommended

Louie S 1
Louis C.K. – “Hilarious”
Lord of the Rings Extended Edition on the Blu Ray
The Adjustment Bureau
Unknown
Another Year
True Blood S 3
Treme S 1
Biutiful
I Saw the Devil
Rubber
True Grit
Kisses

Internets F@#k ya!

The First Weekend Club would like you to know about this cool Canadian film playing at the Vancity Theatre…http://www.bigbluesafe.com/email/display.php?M=81692&C=b6cb8cd1b1f1e7648778570ec1f4d974&S=959&L=33&N=699

Check out this trailer – looks pretty cool (at least to my geeky eyes) http://www.chud.com/57152/detention-youll-soon-be-able-to-see-one-of-my-favorite-movies-of-the-year/

Weird movie news story of the week; hack Michael Bay accused of plagiarizing hack Michael Bay. I guess if you’re going to steal, you might as well steal from the best (in Bay’s humble opinion) http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/07/04/transformers-michael-bay-the-island-stealing-footage-video/?_r=true

That’s it for this week, folks. Get out of the sun, it’s killing us!

Black Dog Video

Well here we are, the first day of summer! Wouldn’t really know it would you? And here we are, a week removed from the end of the hockey, and of course our fabulous riot. I’m not really going to say much about this as I’m sure that all has been said about the events of last Wednesday that needs to be said. But here’s my two cents anyways. It has been a strange week. We’ve gone from disappointing loss in game 7 (funny how no one is talking about that all that much) to crazy ass riot to bizarre witch hunt type of stuff on the interwebs. We’ve seen the worst element of society rear its ugly head – hooligans, thugs (yes I’m including the Boston Bruins in that category), teenagers and middle class bored punks burning shit and stealing useless stuff (who steals a mannequin leg?). We’ve seen a strange outpouring of apologies and caring from people that didn’t have anything to do with the riot – aren’t we Canadians a nice bunch of folk? And we’ve seen one awesome photograph – the kissing couple if ya didn’t know. (I hear they’ve hired an agent and are moving to Australia to become stand-up comedians!). And we’ve seen vigilante justice 2011 style – outing people on the internet, publishing their names, addresses and even threatening some of them. I’m not too sure who is worse, the rioters or the internet folk who are hounding them? I’m all for holding these boneheads accountable but the issue of privacy and use of the internet to find them is kind of weird and a bit problematic. Anyways, I said I wasn’t going to pontificate too much about all of this because if you’re anything like me, and I know that you are, you just might be suffering from riot fatigue. Onwards and upwards!

Just a note – the Cambie Store hours have changed slightly once again. They are as follows; Sunday – Thursday 1pm till 10pm. Friday – 1pm till 11pm and Saturday – noon till 11pm. Lots of time to get your movie on! (Can’t believe I just said that, I’m so urban)

New Releases for Tuesday June 21st

The Adjustment Bureau – Matt Damon (MATT DAMON!) and Emily Blunt display some fantastic chemistry that helps elevate this sci-fi tale out of the morass of mediocre tales of secret worlds and what not. Damon is a political dude who finds out that all things in his and everyone’s life are being controlled buy that guy from Mad Men. They have nifty hats that enable them to…well you’ll just have to watch this for yourself. It could have a been a better film, as I found it was lacking a certain something to make it all more cohesive. I liked the hats they wore but kept thinking that this would be a better film with sombreros. Based on a Philip K. Dick short story so it has that going for it. Also on the Blu Ray.

Bedways – German sexy film. Ya! Three Germans want to make sexy a film about sex and love and sex. Ya!

The Butcher’s Son – To add to our collection of Dominican Republic films (it now stands at one), comes this police thriller about a cop fighting the corrupt government. Word is it supposed to be quite excellent.

Cedar Rapids – Ed Helms and his giant teeth are sent to Iowa (whoo-hoo, Iowa!) for a convention where he meets some convention veterans who help him loosen up and party like he’s in Iowa! Supposed to be good fun from what I hear on the streets. Also stars the hilarious John C. Reilly and the even more hilarious Sigourney Weaver. Also on the Blu Ray.

Day of the Triffids – Yet another update of the classic tale of carnivorous plants who come to earth, blind everybody and then start eating everyone. It’s up to a small band of sighted survivors to save the day. Now if only the TV show Survivor was like this…

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2 – Don’t know much about these wimpy kids, nor do I care. It’s here for those of you who do.

The Eagle – Sort of like a sequel kind of to Centurion that finds the son of one of the Roman dudes, who disappeared in England in yonder times, going to look for his dad and regain the titular prize that was lost there. I’m grooving on these medieval and Roman times tales as of late. Also on the Blu Ray.

Film Socialism – Jean-Luc Godard’s latest (he’s still alive?!) deals with three separate stories set on a cruise ship or something. Expect this to be very French and very Godardian.

Funkytown – Canadian funky movie about a bunch of Montrealers whooping it up in 1976 in the funky (kind of) era of disco and cocaine and funky times.

Happythankyoumoreplease – Hey what do you know? Another film about a bunch of 20 – 30 something’s loving and living and learning. And of course it’s set in New York.

Jackass 3.5 – More Jackass. More hilarity. Yee-haw.

Louie Season 1 – Louis CK, possible the funniest man alive, has his own most awesome show. Haven’t seen this yet but I saw him last year in the live stand-up mode and I almost barfed in my mouth several times because of the hilarity. Those of you who like the CK will love this show. Me? I can’t friggin’ wait to get my eyeballs on this!

Time That Remains – Award winning film about a family living through the creation of Israel in 1948 to the present. Good times.

Unknown – It’s the known knowns that we know. It’s the unknown unknowns that remain unknown. Liam Neeson is one of those known unknowns in this thriller where his identity becomes unknown to the people around him who know him. Yes, it’s another Liam Neeson kicking much (and much deserved) ass. Old men kicking butt. Rockin’! Also on Blu Ray.

Being Outed Next Week

3 Backyards
Sucker Punch
Wake Wood
Barney’s Version
Season of the Witch
Bloodworth
Savage
White Irish Drinkers
Beastly

Recently Viewed and Recommended

Adjustment Bureau
The Eagle
Treme S 1
True Blood S 3
Kill the Irishman
Another Year
Breaking Bad S 1
Rubber
True Grit
Biutiful
Kisses

Hey Internets!

Here’s a little compilation from the good folks at Rotten Tomatoes where they list their favorite most “intense” moments in film. Agree? Disagree? http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/taxi_driver/news/1922995/the_15_most_intense_movie_moments/

Ooh! A new Cronenberg film! And what a cast! http://www.aintitcool.com/node/50108

Here’s a link to Slate.com’s career-o-matic which let’s you chart the career trajectory of your favorite stars. Fun fun! Hate to be Jennifer Love Hewitt today! http://www.slate.com/id/2296070/

That’s it for this week folks, enjoy the summer and make sure to keep watching!

Black Dog Video

Black Dog Video

Just about to sit down and write this current newsletter and I thought I’d take out the trash before starting. What do I find beside the garbage can? That’s right, you guessed it, a whole chicken! Just sitting there basking in the sun, covered in flies. There must be a story as to how this chicken came to rest out in our alley. People are strange.

Great week for releases this Tuesday! Maybe the best of the year so far. Even with the nice weather there’s plenty of room to catch a quality flick. Oh, and there’s another little contest for some dvds – check out further on down in the newsletter.

And just a reminder, the Cambie St. store hours have changed slightly – Sunday to Thursday we’ll be open at 1pm as opposed to noon and close at 10pm. Friday and Saturday stay the same – noon to 11pm which are the hours at the Commercial store everyday. Also next week’s newsletter will either be late or nonexistent, depending if I can get to it (I’ll be on a bit of a holiday).

New Releases for Tuesday June 7th

American: The Bill Hicks Story – Doc about funny man Bill Hicks who died young. Fans should enjoy this. And maybe non-fans as well.

Another Year – Latest and greatest (John’s favorite film of 2010) from Mike Leigh. I imagine that there’s some family dysfunction, some sweet moments and some quality British hilarity. Don’t be alarmed when coming in to get this film – it only came in the Blu Ray/DVD combo pack, so yes we have the regular DVDs. And the Blu Rays.

Breaking Bad Season 3 – Love this show about the cancer-stricken high school science teacher meth cooker and dealer. Great show!

Green Lantern: Emerald Knights – Nerd alert! Animated fare concerning a guy who dresses up like a lantern to fight crime. Really dude, that’s the best costume you could come up with? Couldn’t get a job with the Illusionary festival?

Just Go With It – Wow, double whammy! Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston together at last in a romantic comedy! Why did it take this long? Something tells me it’s neither romantic or comedic. Up to you to decide.

La Rafle – AKA The Roundup – Jean Reno stars in this heavy French true story drama about Nazi collaborators in occupied Paris and how they rounded up the Jews living in Paris under the swine Vichy government. Lousy Nazis. Lousy Vichy French.

Rubber – Easily the strangest film of the week. An abandoned tire laying in the desert somewhere suddenly comes alive with telekinetic powers and starts blowin’ things up, real good. Not and entirely (pun intended) a successful film – it has a sub plot kind of involving a greek chorus type of crowd watching this film from afar – but it’s impressively filmed and strange and interesting enough to go the distance. Easily the best film ever made a about a killer tire.

Sanctum – Sanctum! Damn near killed him! James Cameron seems to have had something to do with this underwater cave swimming thriller. It seems that if it’s a movie about something underwater, Cameron has his tentacles all over it. Also on the blu ray.

Textuality – Canadian comedy about a couple trying to manage relationships via hand held technology. What an age we live in. I’m hoping that 10 years from now, this film will not have aged well, as I think that we have far too much technology in our lives.

True Grit – The Coen’s take on the classic novel far surpasses the tedious John Wayne effort from years ago. (I’m not a John Wayne fan). One of the best films of 2010 with a great cast, cinematography, script – everything that makes for a great film. Did I mention that I thought it was great? Check it out pardners! Also on the blu rays.

When We Leave – Heavy tale of a Turkish woman who flees her homeland under threats of persecution only to find more danger in Germany from her immediate family. These types of situations make me so mad I best not comment further. Take a deep breath….

Coming Next Week

Battle Los Angeles
Kill the Irishman
The Other Woman
Red Riding Hood
Sweet Karma
Hall Pass

Recently Viewed and Recommended

True Grit
Another Year
Rubber
Breaking Bad Season 3
Biutiful
Kisses
True Blood Season 3
I Saw the Devil
Public Speaking
Found Footage Festival Vol 5
Ip Man
Treme S 1
Marwencol
I Am You

Nice job, Internets!

As promised we have another contest! The prize? We have copies of Kaboom – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1523483/ , Prey – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0907305/ and Passion Play – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1396221/. The contest. Tell us your weirdest find on the streets and alleys of Vancouver. The chicken I found today ranks up there for sure.

With the release of the fine flick True Grit tomorrow, the fine folks at Rotten Tomatoes have compiled a list of the best remakes of all time. Some interesting choices I must say – http://www.rottentomatoes.com/guides/best_remakes_50_years_50_movies/

And speaking of remakes, I have a feeling that this one may not make that list – the swell Japanese cult thingy Big Man Japan is getting a American remake. – http://www.avclub.com/articles/big-man-japan-to-get-american-remake-and-sequel,57128/

Here’s an amusing video for all you Star Wars prequel haters out there – http://laughingsquid.com/george-lucas-strikes-back-the-story-behind-the-star-wars-prequels/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+laughingsquid+%28Laughing+Squid%29

That’s it for this week kids. Remember, stay golden and keep watching…

Black Dog Video

Black Dog Video