Neiman Marcus is offering up “Star Wars” swag for the stylish fan on your Christmas list. Prices range from north of $4000.00 to a more modest $130.00 for cufflinks modelled after the Dark Side.
More info HERE!
I saw Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction” on its opening day in Toronto. I sat through it once, transfixed and while everyone else stayed glued to their seats for the credits, discussing the movie and picking up their jaws from the floor, I rushed out and bought another ticket for the next screening and sat through it once more. Not sure how many times I’ve seen it since then, but I was reminded of that first screening when I looked at “Pulp Fiction: The Complete Story of Quentin Tarantino’s Masterpiece,” Jason Bailey’s book on the making of the film.
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“You see Santa Claus tonight you better run boy, you better run for ya life!” – Silent Night, Bloody Night (1984, now in HD on DVD for the first time)
From the Film Chest Media and Video Services Corp press release:
It’s Christmas Eve in a small town, but the local children aren’t dreaming of sugarplum fairies in Silent Night, Bloody Night, on DVD Dec. 17, from Film Chest and Canada’s Video Services Corp.
A ’70s drive-in, B-movie flick, Silent Night, Bloody Night gained notoriety in the mid-1980s when it was featured on Elvira’s Movie Macabre, gaining a dedicated cult following. Now don’t miss a bloody drop … Enjoy this thriller in HD for the first time ever!
In Silent Night, Bloody Night, a young man inherits a mansion once used as an insane asylum … and in which his grandfather died in a fire. When he puts it up for sale, an axe-wielding madman – who has been hiding in the residence – threatens anyone who comes near. Who is this deranged murderer … And why are the local townspeople acting so strange?
Starring John Carradine (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach), Patrick O’Neal (Under Siege, The Way We Were) and Walter Abel (Island in the Sky, Mr. Skeffington, Holiday Inn, Fury). Directed by Theodore Gershuny (TV’s Tales From the Darkside).
Silent Night, Bloody Night is presented in widescreen with an aspect ratio of 16×9 and mono sound.
More info HERE!
“It’s a membership to the Jelly of the Month Club.”
Who can forget Clark Griswold’s most disappointing Christmas gift ever? Who can for get his reaction?
“Hey! If any of you are looking for any last-minute gift ideas for me, I have one. I’d like Frank Shirley, my boss, right here tonight. I want him brought from his happy holiday slumber over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people and I want him brought right here, with a big ribbon on his head, and I want to look him straight in the eye and I want to tell him what a cheap, lying, no-good, rotten, four-flushing, low-life, snake-licking, dirt-eating, inbred, overstuffed, ignorant, blood-sucking, dog-kissing, brainless, dickless, hopeless, heartless, fat-ass, bug-eyed, stiff-legged, spotty-lipped, worm-headed sack of monkey shit he is! Hallelujah! Holy shit! Where’s the Tylenol?”
Now you can share the joy by gifting your own Jelly of the Month Club certificate! More info HERE!
Why not celebrate the big day a few days early with the gift of tickets to a unique and one time only event featuring the films of Studio Ghibli AND commentary from the one and only Guillermo Del Toro!
Here’s some info from TIFF:
Following its spectacularly popular run in the spring of 2012, Spirited Away: The Films of Studio Ghibli returns from December 13, 2013 to January 3, 2014 to delight new and familiar audiences. This dazzling 18-film showcase, including a blend of new 35mm prints and digital presentations in both subtitled and dubbed versions, pays homage to the legendary animation studio whose trademark visual style, deeply felt humanism and powerful storytelling has made them “the Disney of Japan.” TIFF is honoured to finally feature the rarely-screened masterpiece Grave of the Fireflies (1988), one of Ghibli’s supreme accomplishments and regarded by many as the greatest animated film of all time. Other highlights include beloved classics such as My Neighbor Totoro (1988), Princess Mononoke (1997) and Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989); the rarely seen titles Only Yesterday (1991) and The Ocean Waves (1993); and Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award®–winning Spirited Away (2001). To kick off the series, celebrated director Guillermo del Toro leads a Master Class session on December 12 with an extended introduction and post-screening discussion of Castle in the Sky (1986). The Master Class is currently off sale, however a limited number of tickets may be available to the rush line 10 minutes before the start of the screening on a first come first served basis.
More info HERE!
I’m not sure the soundtrack for “Inside Llewyn Davis” is going to do for folk music what “O Brother, Where Art Thou” did for bluegrass, but the tunes are fantastic and the “novelty hit” “Please Mr. Kennedy” (performed by Justin Timberlake, Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac) is a showstopper that’s place Dr. Demento and all other music louvers on your list.
More info HERE!
