And maybe we will see you here, as our local Vancouver Canadians baseball club are playoffs-bound!

Good luck, C’s!

As far as films go, there is Michael Caine opening his own brand of Olde English whoop-ass in “Harry Brown”, and George A. Romero’s latest entry in his series of zombie flicks, “Survival of the Dead”. Can’t wait to see both these. And then there is “Babies”. It’s a narration-less documentary about babies. The human kind. Enter at your own risk (of wearing out your “awwwwww!” button).

A nice new Blu-ray of “Field of Dreams”, with some great new special features is now available at our store, but here, finally, is the DVD many of you have waiting for: “Iron Maiden: Flight 666″. Sam Dunn (of “Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey” and “Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage” - which are awesome, btw) put together this document about the life and history of this British heavy metal icon. If it’s anything like his previous docs, you do not need to even be that interested in the band itself to be entertained by it. The man knows what he is doing.

As always, click on any box below for a review or secret surprise, and don’t forget to join us on Twitter and Facebook. We even update them sometimes!

Harry Brown (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Caine-tastic Blu-ray!

Survival of the Dead (Ultimate Edition) (2 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on undead Blu-ray!

Babies (Widescreen) Rated: PG

Sons of Anarchy: Season Two (4 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

House: Season Six (5 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season (5 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Parenthood: Season 1 (3 Discs) (Widescreen)Rated: NR

Poldark: Series 1 (4 Discs) (4PC) Rated: NR

Field of Dreams (Blu-Ray) (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: PG  If you have a Blu-ray player, Field of Dreams will come.

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 (Deluxe Edition, 2PC) Rated: NR

This selection will get updated soon with the usual links to reviews and trailers and other such things to pass your time. Just wanted to get the big list up now. Come back soon for more hilarious discourse. And stuff.

Lost: The Complete Sixth Season (5 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: TV14 Also available on Hurley-riffic Blu-ray!

Dexter: The Fourth Season (4 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR Also available on bludgeoning Blu-ray!

The Square (Widescreen) Rated: R

Tony Manero (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Date Night (Widescreen) Rated: PG13 Also available on Carell-tastic Blu-ray!

The Good, the Bad, the Weird Rated: R Also available on Good Blu-ray!

Cemetery Junction (Widescreen) Rated: R

Death at a Funeral (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on deadly Blu-ray!

Mammoth Rated: NR

The Back-Up Plan (Widescreen) Rated: PG13

Temple Grandin (Widescreen) Rated: TVPG

Louie Bluie (Criterion Collection) AMG Rating: Rated: NR

The First Films of Akira Kurosawa (Criterion Collection) (4 Discs) (Full Frame, Black & White) Rated: NR

My Name Is Khan (Widescreen) Rated: PG13

City Island Rated: PG13

The Simpsons: The Thirteenth Season (4 Discs) (Full Frame) Rated: NR

35 Shots of Rum Rated: NR

Mystery Team (Widescreen) Rated: R

Herb & Dorothy Rated: NR

Examined Life (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: NR

Art & Copy Rated: NR

Objectified (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Friday Night Lights: The Fourth Season (3 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Cougar Town: The Complete First Season (3 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: TV14

Max Headroom: The Complete Series (5 Discs) (Full Frame) Rated: NR

Batman: Under the Red Hood Rated: PG13

Roger Corman’s Cult Classics: Death Sport/Battletruck (Widescreen) Rated: R

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (Widescreen) Rated: PG13

Know Your Mushrooms Rated: NR

Before & After Stonewall (25th Anniversary Edition) (2 Discs) (Full Frame) Rated: NR

Stunt Rock Rated: PG

Into the Storm: Churchill at War (Full Frame) Rated: NR

Just Before Dawn Rated: R

Sick Nurses (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Suck Rated: NR

Suck Rated: R

Gunless Rated: NR

Hunger (Criterion Collection) (Blu-Ray) (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: NR Now available on a thin Blu-ray!

Check it out here (and in high def for best effect):

First up is “Kick-Ass”, starring Ghost Rider as Batmanish and McLovin as…well, I don’t know. There is so much fun in this “why aren’t there real superheros?” story, and also a lot of violence. It tries to ride the line between reality and a comic book world, and depending on the viewer, they either succeed or fail. The question is, does it matter ? That’s up to you. Ebert said a portion of it turned him off the film in its’ entirety. And he got called a lot of names for it, mostly about his age. Even a ’star’ of the film was so upset by it, he forgot how to spell. Was he right or wrong? You decide. And let us know.

Speaking of Nicolas Cage (we were?), the new Roman Polanski film is “The Ghost Writer” and has nothing to do with Nicolas Cage at all. It’s a throwback thriller with (young) Obi-wan Kenobi and previous James Bond. And it’s pretty damn good. Kim Cattral in it ? Maybe not so good (and thankfully for not much of it).

Then there are two entirely different flicks: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” and “The Prophet”. One is about a jailhouse kingpin and won many film festival awards,and one is about a school kid from a well-loved series of books. Guess which is which! There are also a few new TV shows on DVD, “Heroes” season four and the Kids in the Hall CBC mini-series “Death Comes to Town”.  Looks very funny, very Kids.

For you high-deffers, a few new catalog films finally made their way to the Blu-ray format: “The Breakfast Club”, “Fargo”, and “Escape From New York”. Great stuff getting some deserved treatment.

Looks like rain is finally coming. Time to rent up some movies. See you soon.

Kick-Ass (Widescreen) Rated: R Available on heroic Blu-ray!

The Ghost Writer (Widescreen) Rated: PG13 Available on Polanski-riffic Blu-ray!

A Prophet (Widescreen) Rated: R Available on Le Ray Bleu!

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Widescreen) Rated: PG Available on hefty Blu-ray!

Heroes: Season 4 (5 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Kids in the Hall: Death Comes To Town (2 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

The Breakfast Club (25th Anniversary Edition) (Blu-Ray) (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: R Finally available on demented and sad, but social Blu-ray!

Fargo (2 Discs) (Dvd/Blu-Ray) (Widescreen, 2PC) AMG Rating: Finally available on yeah, you betcha Blu-ray!

Escape from New York (Blu-Ray) (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Finally available on Snake-tastic Blu-ray!

Speaking of (before losing track), you can pick up your FREE copy of the Vancouver Queer Film Festival guide at our store. Even if they list our old address on their website! You know where we are!

So, there are lots and lots of New Releases listed below. Off the top of my head, “A Single Man”, “Greenberg”, “Mother”, “Look Around You”, “Life On Mars”, and “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” are the ones to beat in this bunch. But there are lots of choices for everyone. And for you high-definition fans, look what finally came out on Blu-ray: Jim Jarmusch’s “Mystery Train”, “Amelie”, and our number one rented film of all time, “It’s All Gone, Pete Tong”. I can verify personally those last two look and sound amazing. Can’t wait to take a ride on the “Mystery Train” as well.

All the images below are clickable and they all have a secret toy surprise behind them. Just click on any image below for a review or video clip of that film. I have also updated all the films from the previous New Release update - and they are are all videos for you fun and enjoyment. And fun.

We also recently picked up a couple of our faves, “Shaun of The Dead” and “Hot Fuzz” on Blu-ray as well. Just so you can ready yourself for the Epic of Epic Epicness that is “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World” opening in theatres August 13. And believe me, it lives up to its’ billing. Go check it out, and please don’t ask if you can rent it. It’s gotta play in theatres first.

And don’t forget all the rental specials we have all week long, like our Monday - Thursday 2 for 1 specials. There are no cheaper deals in town, and frankly, you’ll feel like a sucker if you don’t take advantage of them.

And we’d still love to have you join us on Twitter and Facebook. Yay internet.

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A Single Man (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on a single (gorgeous) Blu-ray!

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Rated: NR Also available on ink-tastic Blu-ray!

Greenberg (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Baumbach-esque Blu-ray!

Chloe (Widescreen) Rated: R

Clash of the Titans (Widescreen) Rated: PG13 Also available on Krakken-tastic Blu-ray!

Repo Men (Unrated/Rated Versions) (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on where’s-Emilio Blu-ray!

The Losers (Widescreen) Rated: PG13 Also available on winning Blu-ray!

The Runaways (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on jailbait-tastic Blu-ray!

Cop Out (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Smith-tastic Blu-ray!

Max Manus: Man of War Rated: NR Also available on maxium Blu-ray!

Mother (Widescreen) Rated: R

Barking Dogs Never Bite (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Look Around You: Season One (Widescreen) Rated: NR

44 Inch Chest (Widescreen) Rated: R

Operation: Endgame Rated: R Also available on farcical Blu-ray!

The Only Son/There Was a Father (Criterion Collection) (Black & White) Rated: NR

Mystery Train (Criterion Collection) (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: R Finally available on mysterious Blu-ray!

The Warlords (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: R Also avilable on epic Blu-ray!

The House of the Devil AMG Rating: Rated: R

I Can’t Think Straight Rated: PG13

The Bounty Hunter (Widescreen) Rated: PG13 Also available on bountiful Blu-ray!

Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Brooklyn’s Finest (Widescreen) Rated: R

Life on Mars: Series 1 (4PC) Rated: NR

Life on Mars: Series 2 (4 Discs) (4PC) Rated: NR

Saving Grace: Season Three - the Final Season (5 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Shark Week: Jaws of Steel Collection (2PC) Rated: TV14

Jersey Shore: Season One Uncensored (3 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Cooking With Stella (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Amelie AMG Rating: Rated: R Finally available on whimsical Blu-ray!

It’s All Gone Pete Tong (Widescreen) Finally available on coke badger-iffic Blu-ray! Rated: R

Hot tub! Ha! Da!
Ah-full of water!
I say hot tub! Ha!
Day! Ba! Very, very hot… Very hot! Da!
Hot tub! Gonna get ya hot-a!
Gonna make ya sweat! Hey! Say!
Hot tub! Rub a dub in the hot tub!
Rub a dub with me!

Should I get in the hot tub?
(Yeah!)
Will it make me sweat?
(Yeah!)
Should I get in the hot tub?
(Yeah!)
Will it make me wet?
(Yeah!)
Well, well, well…

Hot Tub Time Machine (Unrated) (Widescreen, Unrated Version) Rated: R Also available on legwarming Blu-ray!

Green Zone (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Damon-tastic Blu-ray!

The Book of Eli (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Denzel-riffic Blu-ray!

The Crazies Rated: R Also available on wacky Blu-ray!

Youth in Revolt (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Revolt-ing Blu-ray!

She’s Out of My League (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Baruchel-tastic Blu-ray!

Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage (2PC) Rated: NR Also available on Order of Canada Blu-ray!

When You’re Strange: A Film About the Doors Rated: R Also available on bloated in the tub Blu-ray!

The White Ribbon (Widescreen, Black & White) Rated: R Also available on Haneke-riffic Blu-ray!

When in Rome (Widescreen) Rated: PG13 Also available on Bell-alicious Blu-ray!

The Last Station (Widescreen) Rated: R

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (Widescreen) Rated: PG Now available on excessively long-titled Blu-ray!

Hung: The Complete First Season (2 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: TVMA

Entourage: The Complete Sixth Season (3 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: TVMA

Criterion Collection: Red Desert (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: NR

Creation (Widescreen) Rated: PG13

The Family Guy, Vol. 8 (3 Discs) (Full Frame) Rated: NR

The Rolling Stones: Stones in Exile (Digipack Packaging) Rated: NR

Remember Me (Widescreen) Rated: PG13

The Closer: The Complete Fifth Season (4 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Fish Tank (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: R

Moon (Blu-Ray) (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: R

Shaun of the Dead (Blu-Ray) (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: R

Hot Fuzz (Blu-Ray) (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: R

Still not crazy enough for ya ? How about the seventh season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” ? Larry David returns once again to drive his friends, neighbours, and YOU crazy. And he’s brought all those Seinfeld people with him this time. Or maybe climbing some of the steepest, most treacherous mountains for Nazi glory ? How crazy is that ? “North Face” will show you the way. Or how about a white comedian who thinks he’s black ? David Cross brings the pain in his new stand-up DVD, “Bigger and Blackerer”. OK, maybe he doesn’t think he’s black. Or DOES he ?

And finally, a couple of folks with God complexes. Brian, of “Life of Brian” fame, is resurrected in “Not The Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy)” from four former Pythoners in a Classical setting. Eric Idle leads an orchestra, a chorus, and several vocalists in singing His (Brian’s) praises. On the other hand, Bono sings his own praises, thank you very much, as his enormous ego just barely fits into the venue in “U2 360 Live from The Rose Bowl”. The band are in top form as they play to 97,000 plus in Los Angeles . Wait… Bono in the City of Angels… hmmm…and their last hit was “I’ll Go Crazy if I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight”…wow, this thing write itself.

Click on the pics below. You’ll be glad you did. And follow all of out nuttiness on Twitter and Facebook. You’d be mad not to.

Shutter Island (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Leo-riffic Blu-ray!

From Paris with Love (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Travol-tastic Blu-ray!

Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Seventh Season (2 Discs) (Widescreen) Rated: TVMA

North Face (Widescreen) Rated: NR

David Cross: Bigger and Blackerer Rated: NR

U2: 360 Degrees at the Rose Bowl Rated: NR Also available on Bono-riffic Blu-ray!

Not the Messiah (He’s a Very Naughty Boy) (Widescreen) Rated: PG

Foyle’s War: Series 6 (3PC) Rated: NR

Lots of good stuff this week to keep you indoors, away from the harsh light of day. And as we all know, the outdoors is really overrated. Stay inside. Johnny is a Hatter, Benicio is a Wolf, girls are going wild, and David Attenborough has the secret of life. Seems like there is a little something for everyone. We have caught up on a couple of foreign titles we have been waiting on, like the fantastic German film, “The Baader Meinhof Complex”, the south of the (American) border tale “Silent Light” and a film by the same director of “The Spanish Apartment”, “Paris”. Not to mention the World War I drama, “The Red Baron”.

For fans of “Planet Earth” series (which really should include everyone at this point) comes a sequel series of sorts, “Life”, narrated once again by David Attenborough (sorry, Oprah). This series looks to delve deeper into the environments we have seen, and show us some new ones as well. Equally commanding of voice, Morgan Freeman narrates the doc about his involvement in trying to improve race relations in his home town in “Prom Night in Mississippi”.

Our feature section is Film Comment’s top 25 Films of the 2000’s, held over for another month. So much good stuff in there, it’s worth a look. As always, click on any picture below to find a review, a trailer, or some such something or other related to that film. And of course, join us in the Friend0-sphere in Twitter and Facebook. It’s nice to be friends.

Alice in Wonderland (Widescreen) Rated: PG Also available on Depp-tastic Blu-ray!

The Wolfman (Rated/Unrated Versions) (Widescreen) Rated: NR Also available on howling Blu-ray!

Life (Narrated By David Attenborough) (4PC) Rated: NR Also available on non-Oprah Blu-ray!

The Red Baron Rated: PG13

The Baader Meinhof Complex (Widescreen, 2PC) Rated: R

Owl and the Sparrow (Widescreen) Rated: P

Paris (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Silent Light (Widescreen) AMG Rating:

Prom Night in Mississippi Rated: NR

Bitch Slap (Unrated) (Widescreen) Rated: NR

Cheri (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: R

Actually, the titles speak for themselves, sorta, especially if you click on the boxes below.  Looks like rain, so why not grab a couple of movies and stay inside and snuggle up all cozy-like ?

The Road (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Viggo-tastic Blu-ray !

True Blood: The Complete Second Season (5 Discs) (Widescreen, 5PC) Rated: TVMA Also available on suck-free Blu-ray !

The Messenger (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: R Also available on Woody-rrific Blu-ray!

Invictus (Widescreen) Rated: PG13 Also available on apartheid-free Blu-ray !

Valentine’s Day (Widescreen) Rated: PG13 Also available on Cupid’s favourite format, Blu-ray !

Daybreakers (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on Barry Manilow Blu-ray !

Legion (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on angelic Blu-ray!

Edge of Darkness (Widescreen) Rated: R Also available on drunken ranting Blu-ray !

Vivre Sa Vie (Criterion Collection) (Full Frame, Special Edition, Black & White) AMG Rating: Rated: NR

The Spy Next Door (Widescreen) Rated: PG

Dear John (Widescreen) Rated: PG13

Eddie Izzard: Live from Wembley (Widescreen) Rated: NR

The Collector (Widescreen) Rated: R

Spartacus (50th Anniversary Edition) (Blu-Ray) (Widescreen) AMG Rating: Rated: PG13 I’m (high definition) Spartacus !

Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World (2 piece) AMG Rating: