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[starman15317]

Originally Posted by thomasomalley

If I'm not mistaken, the 50% off sale should start in about 17 minutes? Whether the B2G1 free sale is still valid is up in the air, right?

Correct, we're all playing the waiting game

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by iScottie

The overlap won't happen until 1 AM EST, I don't think.

That's what I thought

[afvet89]

should we add our movies to the cart or wait until 12am?

[tomahawk]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

That's what I thought

Why is this? I was under the impression it would occur at midnight. Sitting here waiting.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by tomahawk

Why is this? I was under the impression it would occur at midnight. Sitting here waiting.

I just thought I remembered sales starting then in the past. If it's midnight, that's even better.

[The Great Owl]

Some light reading while you wait, because I just finished watching...



Stanley Donen's 1963 comedic suspense film, Charade, is one of the most entertaining and classy films that I've seen in the Criterion queue, and a smile never left my face while I watched the multiple twists unfold during the story. I watched Charade for the first time tonight when I was in a sleepy frame of mind, but the movie quickly captivated me into alert attention.

Charade inevitably invites comparisons to the movies of Alfred Hitchcock, probably because the plight of Reggie Lambert (Audrey Hepburn) as an innocent woman who suddenly finds herself in the middle of a web of murderous deceptions shares quite a few similarities with the plight of a character played by the plight of her co-star, Cary Grant, in Hitchcock's 1959 masterpiece, North by Northwest. Charade excels on its own terms, however, and dodges direct comparison by way of a few joyously macabre quirks and some surprisingly graphic scenes of corpses strewn along the way. From an opening scene, when we see Reggie targeted by a gun that turns out to be something other than what we are expecting to a post-climactic surprise right before the end credits, Charade takes us along a roller coaster that thrills us while making us laugh. The always radiant Audrey Hepburn and the older, but nonetheless magnetic Cary Grant are at their finest here, but Charade benefits just as much from key supporting roles from James Coburn, Walter Matthau, George Kennedy, and several others.

Charade looks marvelous on this Blu-ray, and a few noteworthy moments, such as a boat ride through Paris and a colorful sequence where Hepburn strolls through a park in a yellow coat, made me forget about any limitations with the source material. For a 1963 film, this one is quite splendid in high definition.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by thomasomalley

If I'm not mistaken, the 50% off sale should start in about 17 minutes? Whether the B2G1 free sale is still valid is up in the air, right?

Per the B&N website, the B2G1 sale ends 11:59pm est

[Hawkguy]

Well, the B2G1 is gone....so not happening..

[ChuckNorrisHero]

ugh, very disappointing

[bluesilo]

This makes my purchase significantly less. Probably pick up two titles once the sale actually starts. If nothing else let's home that they accidentally allow pre-orders again.

[Abdrewes]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

Well, the B2G1 is gone....so not happening..

Oh well. Will stop by the B&M tomorrow afternoon.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

Well, the B2G1 is gone....so not happening..

I just saw that a few seconds ago. A shame, but here's looking forward to my visiting a store down the street tomorrow.

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by Abdrewes

Oh well. Will stop by the B&M tomorrow afternoon.

I think I may buy a couple online (because of my horrible impatience) and then save my bigger in-store purchase for next week.

[Scottie]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

I just thought I remembered sales starting then in the past. If it's midnight, that's even better.

Yeah I remember waiting up until 1-2 before everything was updated.

Also, what titles do you plan on picking up this sale?

[tomahawk]

oh well. will drop into the local store tomorrow to grab my modest haul. hope they still have a Shoah on the shelf.

[tomahawk]

Shoah is the main one I want, on my budget I should be able to grab 3-4 other single disc titles. Naked Lunch, High and Low, Harakiri, Heaven's Gate, Safety Last!, Life of Oharu, Ministry of Fear and Two-Lane Blacktop are the ones I hav my eye on.

eta: all blu-ray of course

[Hawkguy]

Originally Posted by iScottie

Yeah I remember waiting up until 1-2 before everything was updated.

Also, what titles do you plan on picking up this sale?

Marketa Lazarova, Life of Oharu, Safety Last, Wild Strawberries, Babette's Feast, The Ice Storm, Things to Come, Days of Heaven and mayyyybe I'll upgrade Band of Outsiders but I don't really like it much.

I can't think of what else I need/want.

[R o d]

Originally Posted by Stud Spider

Get it. It's Nicolas Roeg's most well-rounded and interesting film outside of Eureka.

I guess you've never seen Don't Look Now.

[The Great Owl]

I just reserved the following titles for store pickup tomorrow...

The Gold Rush
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Yojimbo/Sanjuro (box set)
Island of Lost Souls

[hoytereden]

Originally Posted by CoopFilm

Well, the B2G1 is gone....so not happening..

As least now I can take my time deciding.