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Video Americain Newsletter Jan 2, 2012
Baltimore's Independent Video Store since 1989!
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Happy New Year and welcome to another issue of the Video Americain
Newsletter. As usual, we'll provide you with information regarding
upcoming new releases, a coupon, a movie recommendation, events and
more.
If you like the Newsletter, let us know by email @
VideoAmeric...@gmail.com -- (and if you don't want to receive it,
please let us know ASAP!) Please pass this on to a friend, and
subscribe by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/video-americain-newsletter
or by emailing video-america...@googlegroups.com.
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Contents
* Recommendation * This Week's New Releases
* Coming Attractions * Free Rental Coupon * Friendly Internerd
Information
* Film Events around Town * Where in the world is Video
Americain?
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Recommendation
2012 (2009) – Directed by Roland Emmerich with John Cusack
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New This Week on DVD
January 3, 2012
- Contagion (2011) – Director Steven Soderbergh's (Traffic, Che)
pandemic thriller with Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Matt Damon, and Gwyneth
Paltrow
- Don't be Afraid of the Dark (2010) – Director Guillermo del Toro's
(Pan's Labyrinth, Cronos) new fantasy-horror film with Guy Pierce and
Katie Holmes
- The Guard (2011) – Drug smuggling comedy with Don Cheadle.
- Puncture (2011) – Drug addict lawyer drama
- I Don't Know How She Does It (2011) – Comedy with Sarah Jessica
Parker and Pierce Brosnan
- I'm Glad My Mother is Alive (2011) – French drama
- The Last Lions (2011) – Documentary about a family of lions
- Mildred Pierce (2011) – Director Todd Haynes' (Far From Heaven, I'm
Not There) HBO adaptation of the 1941 novel with Kate Winslet and Guy
Pierce
- Justified Season 2 (2011)
- Superheroes (2011) – Documentary about real life superheroes
- Shark Night (2011) – Horror
- Fernando Di Leo's Milieu Trilogy (1972-73) – Italian crime films
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Coming Attractions on DVD
January 10, 2012
- Moneyball (2011) – Brad Pitt and Robin Wright star in this baseball
biopic
- Killer Elite (2011) – Thriller with Robert De Niro, Jason Statham
and Clive Owen
- Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012) – Ron Perlman! and
Billy Zane.
- There Be Dragons (2011) – Spanish Civil War film
- Film Socialisme (2011) – Former French New Wave director Jean Luc-
Goddard shows you the kind of movies he is still making!
- 1911: Fall of the Last Empire (2011) Jackie Chan and Li Zhang direct
Jackie Chan in a historical drama depicting the establishment of the
Republic of China
- Aurora (2011) – Romanian drama
- Protektor (2009) – Czech drama
- Nova: Finding Life Beyond Earth
- Boardwalk Empire Season 1
- Australia After Dark (1975) – Documentary
- Talking Heads: Chronology
- What's Your Number? (2011) – Romantic comedy with Anna Faris
January 17, 2012
- Ides of March (2011) – George Clooney directs himself and Ryan
Gosling in his most recent political thriller
- Age of Heroes (2011) – War movie
- Thurgood (2011) – HBO
- Eclipse Series 31 – Criterion releases Jean-Pierre Gorin's films
Poto and Cabengo, Routine Pleasures, and My Crasy Life
- Belle De Jour (1967) – Criterion Collection release
- The Man from London (2012) – Director Bela Tarr's recent film with
Tilda Swinton
- Caterpillar (2010) – Japanese horror
- Romeos (2012) – German
- United Red Army (2007) – Japan
- Bombay Beach (2011) – Documentary directed by Alma Har'el with a
soundtrack by Bob Dylan
January 24, 2012
- 50/50 (2011) – Director Jonathan Levine's dark comedy with Joseph
Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen
- Real Steel (2011) – SciFi with Hugh Jackman
- Dream House (2012) – Horror
- Restless (2011) – Director Gus Van Sant's (Milk, Elephant) new drama
- Beware the Gonzo (2010) – Comedy
- Essential Killing (2010) – Political prisoner thriller with Vincent
Gallo
- Beginning of the Great Revival (2011) – Chinese Communist Party
documentary
- The Moment of Truth (1965) – Criterion Collection release of Italian
director Francesco Rosi's film
- Godzilla (1954) – Criterion Collection release
- Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)
- Nude Vampire (1970) – Erotic horror with Jean Rollin
- Fascination (1979) – Erotic horror with Jean Rollin
January 31, 2012
- The Double (2011) – CIA thriller with Richard Gere and Topher Grace
- Drive (2011) – Director Nicolas Winding Refn's action drama with
Ryan Gosling
- Janie Jones (2010) - Drama
- Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011) –
Documentary
- Outrage: Way of the Yakuza (2011) – Director Takeshi Kitano crime
drama
-Night Train Murders (1975) – Horror
- Into the Universe with Stephen Hawkings
- Treasure Buddies (2011) – Puppies
- The Thing (2011) – Horror remake/sequel of the John Carpenter
version
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Free Rental!
In celebration of the month of January we're treating you to one free
rental beginning with the letter J! Print out the following coupon and
present it to a clerk at either our Cold Spring or Charles Village
locations to receive your free rental.
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** Video *
** Americain *
** ONE FREE * *
** RENTAL **
** BEGINNING WITH * **
** THE LETTER ***
** “J” *
** (offer expires 1/31/11, limit ***
** 1 per customer) *
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Friendly Internerd Information
Our borg clerk, Vee Dee O'Americain, has been working hard on
Facebook to keep things fresh and fantastic. If you're not a Facebook
friend already, why not log in and become one today?
Buddy up with Vee Dee here:
https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video.americain.baltimore
Check her status for SPECIALS! We've also expanded our transhuman
existence over the last year, so for those of you tech savvy
customers,
please check out our blog for reviews and weirdness:
http://videoamericain.tumblr.com
and our tweets for more weirdness and SPECIALS!:
http://twitter.com/#!/VideoAmericain
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Film Events around Town
The Charles Theater Revival Series:
- The French Connection (1971 William Friedkin) January 2nd and 5th
- Red Desert (1964 Michelangelo Antonioni) January 7th, 9th, and
12th
The Creative Alliance:
- Charm City LGBT Film Festival: 2 days of the best queer film!
January 20th and 21st
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Where in the world is Video Americain?
Roland Park (410) 243-2231
700 W. Cold Spring Lane
Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat 11am-11pm
Charles Village (410) 889-5266
3100 St. Paul St
Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat 11am-12midnite
Takoma Park (301) 270-4464
6937 Laurel Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912
To purchase DVDS from us online: www.videoamericain.com
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Video Americain Newsletter Jan 2, 2012
Baltimore's Independent Video Store since 1989!
*~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~
Happy New Year and welcome to another issue of the Video Americain
Newsletter. As usual, we'll provide you with information regarding
upcoming new releases, a coupon, a movie recommendation, events and
more.
If you like the Newsletter, let us know by email @
VideoAmeric...@gmail.com -- (and if you don't want to receive it,
please let us know ASAP!) Please pass this on to a friend, and
subscribe by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/video-americain-newsletter
or by emailing video-america...@googlegroups.com.
~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~
Contents
* Recommendation * This Week's New Releases
* Coming Attractions * Free Rental Coupon * Friendly Internerd
Information
* Film Events around Town * Where in the world is Video
Americain?
~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~
Recommendation
2012 (2009) – Directed by Roland Emmerich with John Cusack
~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~
New This Week on DVD
January 3, 2012
- Contagion (2011) – Director Steven Soderbergh's (Traffic, Che)
pandemic thriller with Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Matt Damon, and Gwyneth
Paltrow
- Don't be Afraid of the Dark (2010) – Director Guillermo del Toro's
(Pan's Labyrinth, Cronos) new fantasy-horror film with Guy Pierce and
Katie Holmes
- The Guard (2011) – Drug smuggling comedy with Don Cheadle.
- Puncture (2011) – Drug addict lawyer drama
- I Don't Know How She Does It (2011) – Comedy with Sarah Jessica
Parker and Pierce Brosnan
- I'm Glad My Mother is Alive (2011) – French drama
- The Last Lions (2011) – Documentary about a family of lions
- Mildred Pierce (2011) – Director Todd Haynes' (Far From Heaven, I'm
Not There) HBO adaptation of the 1941 novel with Kate Winslet and Guy
Pierce
- Justified Season 2 (2011)
- Superheroes (2011) – Documentary about real life superheroes
- Shark Night (2011) – Horror
- Fernando Di Leo's Milieu Trilogy (1972-73) – Italian crime films
~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~
Coming Attractions on DVD
January 10, 2012
- Moneyball (2011) – Brad Pitt and Robin Wright star in this baseball
biopic
- Killer Elite (2011) – Thriller with Robert De Niro, Jason Statham
and Clive Owen
- Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012) – Ron Perlman! and
Billy Zane.
- There Be Dragons (2011) – Spanish Civil War film
- Film Socialisme (2011) – Former French New Wave director Jean Luc-
Goddard shows you the kind of movies he is still making!
- 1911: Fall of the Last Empire (2011) Jackie Chan and Li Zhang direct
Jackie Chan in a historical drama depicting the establishment of the
Republic of China
- Aurora (2011) – Romanian drama
- Protektor (2009) – Czech drama
- Nova: Finding Life Beyond Earth
- Boardwalk Empire Season 1
- Australia After Dark (1975) – Documentary
- Talking Heads: Chronology
- What's Your Number? (2011) – Romantic comedy with Anna Faris
January 17, 2012
- Ides of March (2011) – George Clooney directs himself and Ryan
Gosling in his most recent political thriller
- Age of Heroes (2011) – War movie
- Thurgood (2011) – HBO
- Eclipse Series 31 – Criterion releases Jean-Pierre Gorin's films
Poto and Cabengo, Routine Pleasures, and My Crasy Life
- Belle De Jour (1967) – Criterion Collection release
- The Man from London (2012) – Director Bela Tarr's recent film with
Tilda Swinton
- Caterpillar (2010) – Japanese horror
- Romeos (2012) – German
- United Red Army (2007) – Japan
- Bombay Beach (2011) – Documentary directed by Alma Har'el with a
soundtrack by Bob Dylan
January 24, 2012
- 50/50 (2011) – Director Jonathan Levine's dark comedy with Joseph
Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen
- Real Steel (2011) – SciFi with Hugh Jackman
- Dream House (2012) – Horror
- Restless (2011) – Director Gus Van Sant's (Milk, Elephant) new drama
- Beware the Gonzo (2010) – Comedy
- Essential Killing (2010) – Political prisoner thriller with Vincent
Gallo
- Beginning of the Great Revival (2011) – Chinese Communist Party
documentary
- The Moment of Truth (1965) – Criterion Collection release of Italian
director Francesco Rosi's film
- Godzilla (1954) – Criterion Collection release
- Revenge of the Electric Car (2011)
- Nude Vampire (1970) – Erotic horror with Jean Rollin
- Fascination (1979) – Erotic horror with Jean Rollin
January 31, 2012
- The Double (2011) – CIA thriller with Richard Gere and Topher Grace
- Drive (2011) – Director Nicolas Winding Refn's action drama with
Ryan Gosling
- Janie Jones (2010) - Drama
- Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011) –
Documentary
- Outrage: Way of the Yakuza (2011) – Director Takeshi Kitano crime
drama
-Night Train Murders (1975) – Horror
- Into the Universe with Stephen Hawkings
- Treasure Buddies (2011) – Puppies
- The Thing (2011) – Horror remake/sequel of the John Carpenter
version
~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~
Free Rental!
In celebration of the month of January we're treating you to one free
rental beginning with the letter J! Print out the following coupon and
present it to a clerk at either our Cold Spring or Charles Village
locations to receive your free rental.
******************************************
** Video *
** Americain *
** ONE FREE * *
** RENTAL **
** BEGINNING WITH * **
** THE LETTER ***
** “J” *
** (offer expires 1/31/11, limit ***
** 1 per customer) *
******************************************
~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~
Friendly Internerd Information
Our borg clerk, Vee Dee O'Americain, has been working hard on
Facebook to keep things fresh and fantastic. If you're not a Facebook
friend already, why not log in and become one today?
Buddy up with Vee Dee here:
https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/video.americain.baltimore
Check her status for SPECIALS! We've also expanded our transhuman
existence over the last year, so for those of you tech savvy
customers,
please check out our blog for reviews and weirdness:
http://videoamericain.tumblr.com
and our tweets for more weirdness and SPECIALS!:
http://twitter.com/#!/VideoAmericain
~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~
Film Events around Town
The Charles Theater Revival Series:
- The French Connection (1971 William Friedkin) January 2nd and 5th
- Red Desert (1964 Michelangelo Antonioni) January 7th, 9th, and
12th
The Creative Alliance:
- Charm City LGBT Film Festival: 2 days of the best queer film!
January 20th and 21st
~::~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~::~
Where in the world is Video Americain?
Roland Park (410) 243-2231
700 W. Cold Spring Lane
Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat 11am-11pm
Charles Village (410) 889-5266
3100 St. Paul St
Sun-Thurs 11am-10pm
Fri-Sat 11am-12midnite
Takoma Park (301) 270-4464
6937 Laurel Ave, Takoma Park MD 20912
To purchase DVDS from us online: www.videoamericain.com
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