10:25 (at least that's what you said)

Heyall

I hate this thing. Everytime I am damn near finishing, I hit some small, little, irrelevant button and bam! the page quits/freezes/shits and I've gone and lost all my data. Myspace: you suck. They should the bad-ass gmail thing and auto-save this, so that I don't have to go on a rant and annoy you. I'm hungry. I'm gonna go eat a baby.

mmm, yum:

5x2: is 10!

Bewitched: Samantha would have benefited from using her spells and turning this into some hug success, but alas she did not. I'm saying it's a huge pile of crap, that's for you to decide (remember everybody loves Will), but the nose wiggle belongs to the one and only Elizabeth Montgomery.

Last Days: Winner of the 1998 Oscar for Best...No! not that "Last Days!" This one is Gus Van Sant's take on the now-mythological death of Kurt D. Cobain. Michael W. Pitt stars as Blake, the junkie rocker with everything to lose. Once, a chemistry teacher told me: Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Why the hell she told me I don't know, but damn it's stuck since then. (Recommended)

House of Wax: The waxy Hilton stars alongside my secret crush Elisha Cuthbert in this updated horror flick. The original sticks smokes, but if you fancy Ms. Hilton with a big rod, this will do you perv.

Melinda and Melinda: I must admit that Woody will never let me down. Yes, I know his last haven't been his best, but he's Woody! The neurotic, intelligent, New York beast! Witness a comedy conundrum of Will Ferrell starring in this picture about a woman who's off her rocker and woman who's a little confused. (ssh, they're the same woman).

Rize: Do you clown? Well you should. David LaChappelle thinks he can. And those in this picture certainly can. Don't you struggle.

Mysterious Skin: (whoops! out of order) The long absent Greg Araki returns true to form with this pic about those crazy adolescent youths, sex, and subculture. Relive those long, youthful days.
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I think that'll do, but here's a list of other items worth noting (if you care):

Alias Season 4
The L Word Season 2
King of the Corner
Leolo

Happy Halloween!!

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Alfred Hitchcock's MARNIE (1964) - Screening TOMORROW NIGHT!

Behold, movie misfits! The time is upon us! You are hereby doomed to a night of bone-chilling, spiked cinema as Videothèque and Huron SubStation present the next (quite deadly) installment of Cinema at the Station... the "movie and drinks" nights all the ghouls and beasts have been raving about. This one happens TOMORROW NIGHT, Thursday, October 20th. (Don't forget the recent schedule changes, noted below!)

Halloween has nearly arisen, and to commemorate this festive occasion we have selected the spooktacular 1964 Alfred Hitchcock thriller Marnie as this installment's film.

This thriller, based on a best-selling novel by Winston Graham, revolves around a pathological liar and compulsive thief (Tippi Hedren) who is befriended by her latest victim, Mark Rutland (Sean Connery). The core of the story concerns a wealthy man who marries a beautiful woman who steals from his business. Despite his sincere love, dashing looks, and wealth, some deep-seated neurosis makes her emotionally inaccessible, causing him to search her past for an explanation. This is Connery's American film debut, and he portrays his character's fascination with Marnie with a conviction that allows the psychological turmoil of the young woman to emerge. Hedren's performance as the deeply conflicted and emotionally scarred woman walks the fine line favored by Hitchcock, balanced between an icy sexuality and emotional fragility. The director wants to show the audience Marnie's world and fears, so he uses a range of innovative visual techniques--including awkward rear projections, flashes of color, and a menacing atmosphere of storms--to convey her troubled state of mind. MARNIE is one of Hitchcock's most underrated and underappreciated films. In terms of psychological power and innovative visual techniques, MARNIE ranks alongside Vertigo (1958) and Psycho (1960) as one of Hitchcock's most exceptional films, though it is less well known than these classics.

Only a real monster would miss our presentation of Marnie tomorrow night, projected in large-scale, full digital quality. Spirits (beer and wine) will be served at our donation-based bar (with ID), or BYOB! (B= booze, blood, bats, etc.) Come early and socialize over drinks to the sounds of our mutant DJ. Here's where it all takes place:

Huron SubStation
2640 Huron St.
Los Angeles (Highland Park), CA 90065
And here's a map!

OF GRAVE IMPORTANCE: To make things a little easier on moviegoers, start times have been moved up slightly, and the cover charge somewhat reduced. These changes will affect this, and all future screenings in this film series.

Music & drinks start at 7:00 pm.
The movie begins at 8:30 pm.
$5 entry cover keeps these events happening. (Free admission for disembodied heads, headless bodies and the undead.)

For more information, please visit the Videotheque website or the Huron SubStation website.

10:18 (time regained)

Sup yo!
Arr!! oh, wait, that was last month.
With the recent onslaught of rain and eggshells, we have been floated back into this myspace thingy. Seeing as a lot of you depend on our witty banter for your latest news, we know you have been craving some atencione. My morale ain't low, cuz I'm riding high on these waves of rain, but lord help me--if this compy doesn't wig out on me--we are all doomed.

therapy: priceless:

Batman Begins: Well, I still must be the only person on this planet to have yet see this picture. Batman flew the coop for me when I saw nipples on the suit. Nothin against our trusty areolas, but I'm just sayin, leather doesn't lactate. Who's idea was that? I blame the only and only Joel Schumacher. So for that, I've shyed away from the bat. However, I've been informed that this one is by Chris Nolan, best known for Memento and a lack of nipples. I just hope he doesn't go for the camel toe. (ooh, maybe I shouldn't of said that...)

Land of the Dead: The ubiquitous George Romero is back with yet another love story. Only this time, it concerns...oh come on! you know I'm joking! It is nothing less than another zombie movie!! With Halloween just around the corner, it makes me wonder if this is just another creepy coincidence, or what I like to call "smartketing!" Well, whatever. But hailed as a better update on his latest zombies. Oh excuse me, living impaired.

Mad Hot Ballroom: (insert dirty joke here). Kids don't dance like this anymore. Or at least not where I went to school. All I know how to do was the Roger Rabbit and the worm. The good lookin chaps where bumpin and grinding to Jodeci while I was off in the corner impressing my techies with my smooth moves. Can't say, I wooed my fellow ladies (or even gentlemen for that matter), but boy could I serve you.

Ma Mere: Isablle Huppert stars in this creepy, somthing-isn't-so-right-kinda-incestuous-way picture. Ewww, but I guess even France has a Kentucky-like region (no offense Kentuckians) where they like to keep the blood lines pure. Again, ewwww.

Tell Them Who You Are: I'm Haskell Wexler and this is my doc.
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New Holiday Related Staff Recs!!

Stop Motion: A giant section featuring a slew of films that feature the amazing, exhausting technique of claymation and stop motion animation.

Mark: Ain't nothin like the real thing (baby): Well, this isn't exactly halloween related but hell, I'll give him the ups anyways. Featuring a slew of classics that have been chewed and spit out by it's (ugh) remake.
Andy: How do you say..ah yes...boo!: Halloween in countries that don't even celebrate halloween!! Featuring a plethora of films that sink on the horror side of things, just with a little english words at the bottm.
Megs: You wanna suck WHAT?! ewww. You have a dirty mind. It's only about vampires. From Bela is Chris lee and even David Bowie(?) Yup, the thin white duke only charged five dollar.
Gracie: Uprisings: We are still waiting.
Paul: Vacant, with a hint of sadness: Yee must be privy to Shaun of the Dead to understand that, but if you ain't, take a gander at his section and I'm sure you figure that out. Calling George Romero....
Josh: What's eating you: Don't do a double take, you have seen this section before (and not at Video Paradiso) but Josh is too damn busy to think of another one, so to return in all it's glory: Cannibalism.
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Ok, so I will return next week, for the most ghoulish announcements you've ever hear!! (ok that was lame.)

ciao!

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Jim Jarmusch's "Down By Law" - TOMORROW! @ Cinema at the Station

Greetings, film freaks! It's time for another installment of alcohol-infused cinema as Videothèque and Huron SubStation present Cinema at the Station... the "movie and drinks" nights everyone's been talking about. This one happens TOMORROW NIGHT, Thursday, October 6th. (Note the important schedule changes mentioned below!)

This time we present Down By Law, the 1986 dark comedy written and directed by acclaimed American filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. Jarmusch -- also responsible for such provocative films as Stranger Than Paradise (1984), Dead Man (1995), Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) and the current theatrical sleeper Broken Flowers -- has been mesmerizing audiences with his astute talent for breathing life into the mundane.

Down By Law is a comic fable about finding the American dream in the most unlikely of places. After being thrown out of the house by his girlfriend, Zack (Tom Waits), an out-of-work DJ, takes a job driving a stolen car with a body in the trunk across the state line. He is arrested and put into a cell with Jack (John Lurie), a pimp who's been busted for recruiting a minor. The trio is completed when Roberto (Roberto Benigni), a boisterous Italian tourist who is arrested for killing a man while playing cards, joins them in their cell. Eventually, Roberto succeeds in convincing Zack and Jack to break out of jail with him. But when they do, the escapees find themselves lost in the bayou with no salvation in sight. It isn’t until they land at the small home of an Italian immigrant (Nicoletta Braschi) that Zack, Jack, and Roberto learn to appreciate the beauty the world has to offer. Robby Muller’s gorgeously contrasted black-and-white photography adds a beautifully stark artistic dimension to Jarmusch's film, which only heightens the performances by the three leads.

Don't miss our presentation of Down By Law tomorrow night, projected in large-scale, full digital quality. Beer and wine will be served at our donation-based bar (with ID), or BYOB! Come early and socialize over drinks to the sounds of our lounge DJ. Here's where it all takes place:

Huron SubStation
2640 Huron St.
Los Angeles (Highland Park), CA 90065
And here's a map!

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: To make things a little easier on moviegoers, start times have been moved up slightly, and the cover charge somewhat reduced. These changes will affect this, and all future screenings in this film series.

Music & drinks start at 7:00 pm.
The movie begins at 8:30 pm.
$5 entry cover keeps these events happening.

For more information, please visit the Videotheque website or the Huron SubStation website.