http://www.blackdogvideo.bc.ca/newsletter The Official Weekly Newsletter of Black Dog Video Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:35:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have noticed that there are quite few Barak Obama inauguration parties around town tomorrow night. Pretty cool, pretty strange. I don't seem to recall the same thing happening when Dubya was "elected" President back in 2000. On the flip side I have also noticed a few "Bushes last day ... http://www.blackdogvideo.bc.ca/newsletter/2009/01/21/january-20-26-2009-newsletter/ Black Dog now has a Twitter (man, what a stupid name) account to go along with the Facebook Black Dog site. I will try to maintain both with the Twitter (I even hate writing it) having little blurbs about films that we recommend -  http://twitter.com/BlackDogVideo. The Facebook site is a ... http://www.blackdogvideo.bc.ca/newsletter/2009/01/16/january-13-1-2009-newsletter/ Ahh, a fresh new year with more fresh snow. As much as I enjoy walking around in the lovely white stuff, I hate driving in it. The side-streets are not/ cannot be plowed and I've shoveled enough snow to last a life time. This is not what I left Ontario ... http://www.blackdogvideo.bc.ca/newsletter/2009/01/05/january-1-6-2009-newsletter/ I guess I could start off this weeks newsletter talking about the weather and all the snow and slush that made it quite difficult driving or walking anywhere. It was and is quite lovely though and I wish I had a toboggan. Or I could mention the guy in Philadelphia ... http://www.blackdogvideo.bc.ca/newsletter/2008/12/31/december-29-31-newsletter/ Since there aren't any New Releases for this Tuesday this weeks column will be devoted to Christmas movies (surprise) and the start of the year end wrap up featuring our picks for the best and the worst of the films of 2008. I hope that everyone has a swell and ... http://www.blackdogvideo.bc.ca/newsletter/2008/12/31/december-22-28-newsletter/ This edition of the newsletter will be somewhat abbreviated as I spent the weekend moving and am still dealing with all that that entails. Missing will be week the witty detailed synopsis of this weeks releases, movie news, clips and the famed celebrity mug shot. Everything will return to normal ... http://www.blackdogvideo.bc.ca/newsletter/2008/12/17/december-15-21-newsletter/ There's something called the Three Days of Shopping in Cambie Village coming this weekend, Friday to Sunday. Apparently it is a promotion targeting people who live in the area to come and check out the stores on Cambie which, I assume will have some fabulous Christmas promotions happening. Come and ... http://www.blackdogvideo.bc.ca/newsletter/2008/12/08/17/ I'm not too sure why but until late last week I had never heard the term Black Friday and when I did I thought that it was in reference to the stock market having a bad day. But since I heard this term used on Wednesday I figured out that ... http://www.blackdogvideo.bc.ca/newsletter/2008/12/03/newsletter-for-week-ending-december-8th/