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NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: SOCIAL NETWORK NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD AT THE RX!

January 11, 2011 - DVD and Blu Ray , On Sale , Recommended , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

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They all laughed at college nerd Mark Zuckerberg, whose idea for a social-networking site made him a billionaire. And they all laughed at the idea of a Facebook movie — except writer Aaron Sorkin and director David Fincher, merely two of the more extravagantly talented filmmakers around.

Sorkin and Fincher’s breathless picture, The Social Network, is a fast and witty creation myth about how Facebook grew from Zuckerberg’s insecure geek-at-Harvard days into a phenomenon with 500 million users. Sorkin frames the movie around two lawsuits aimed at the lofty but brilliant Zuckerberg (deftly played by Adventureland‘s Jesse Eisenberg): a claim that he stole the idea from Ivy League classmates, and a suit by his original, now slighted, business partner (Andrew Garfield).

The movie follows a familiar rise-and-fall pattern, with temptation in the form of a sunny California Beelzebub (an expert Justin Timberlake as former Napster founder Sean Parker) and an increasingly tangled legal mess. Emphasizing the legal morass gives Sorkin and Fincher a chance to explore how unsocial this social-networking business can be, although the irony seems a little facile.

More damagingly, the film steers away from the prickly figure of Zuckerberg in the latter stages — and yet Zuckerberg presents the most intriguing personality in the movie, even if the movie takes pains to make us understand his shortcomings. Fincher’s command of pacing and his eye for the clean spaces of Aughts-era America are bracing, and he can’t resist the technical trickery involved in turning actor Armie Hammer into privileged Harvard twins (Hammer is letter-perfect). Even with its flaws, The Social Network is a galloping piece of entertainment, a smart ride with smart people … who sometimes do dumb things.

MORE NEW DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASES:

Black Metal: The Music of Satan DVD
Goth Vampire Nation DVD
Louis C.K.: Hilarious DVD
Powwow Highway DVD
48 Hours/Another 48 Hours DVD
Greg Osby and John Abercrombie Solos: The Jazz Sessions DVD
Punk Attitude DVD
Army of Shadows Blu-ray

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RECORD EXCHANGE: YOUR LAST-MINUTE DESTINATION FOR DELICIOUS GIFTAGE AND A WARM SLICE OF HOLIDAY SANITY

December 24, 2010 - DVD and Blu Ray , Gift Shop , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

Ah, the holidays. When they hit, they hit fast and hard. WHAM!

Suddenly, it’s time to start shopping before it’s too late.

Maybe you’ve avoided going to the mall (thank you), maybe you’re a procrastinator, maybe you’re picky … whatever the case, when it comes to last-minute shopping, The Record Exchange is the convenient, stress-free Christmas miracle you’ve been seeking.

The Record Exchange is downtown. It’s unique. It’s funky. And it’s full of more gift ideas than we should be able to cram into our square footage, but we manage to do it anyway.

And we’re more than a music store — one look inside Downtown Boise’s Biggest and Best Gift Shop and that’s easy to see. Whether it’s a gag White Elephant or office gift, a stocking stuffer or two to top off the sock, a $10 CD for your weird uncle, whatever — chances are The Record Exchange has it, and we’ll have it right up to the zero hour on Christmas Eve.

We also have a full espresso and soda bar, breakfast burritos, sushi and other snacks to keep you upright and energized. In short, The Record Exchange is exactly what Kenny G blows his horn about this time of year.

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RECORD EXCHANGE NEW RELEASES

December 21, 2010 - DVD and Blu Ray , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

It’s the first day of winter, four days before Christmas and the last New Release Tuesday before Santa comes to town. The list is more of a “quality-not-quantity” deal this week, but who’s complaining about two new Family Guy DVDs, four Tom Waits vinyl reissues and a new Ghostface album? We aren’t.

Here’s a quick look at today’s new releases:

CD

Avant – Letter
David Banner – Death of a Pop Star
Alice Cooper – Along Came a Spider
Jamie Foxx – Best Night of My Life
Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids
Keri Hilson – No Boys Allowed
Monster Magnet – Mastermind
One of Us – Blow Your Speakers Out
Scala and Kolacny Brothers – Dawn

VINYL

Boston – Boston
Electric Wizard – Black Masses
Loreena McKennitt – The Wind that Shakes the Barley
Ride – Nowhere
Thou – Summit
Tom Waits -Closing Time
Tom Waits – The Heart of Saturday Night
Tom Waits – Nighthawks at the Diner
Tom Waits – Small Change
XTC – Skylarking

DVD/BLU-RAY

Andy Griffith Show 50th Anniversary
Depeche Mode: Tour of the Universe
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Family Guy: It’s a Trap
Family Guy Star Wars Trilogy
Futurama Vol. 5 (DVD and Blu-ray available)
Salt
Devil
Easy A

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NOONTUNES HOLIDAY FLASH SALE: 20% OFF NEW DVD/BLU-RAY AND JEWELRY FROM NOON TO 2 P.M. TODAY ONLY!

December 20, 2010 - DVD and Blu Ray , Gift Shop , On Sale , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

We’re officially in last-minute shopping mode, folks, and The Record Exchange wants to make it easy on you this week. Starting today and running through Thursday, we’re holding special NoonTunes Holiday Flash Sales from noon to 2 p.m.!

Today’s NoonTunes Holiday Flash Sale: 20% off new DVD/Blu-ray and jewelry in The Record Exchange Gift Shop!*

* Excludes sale and clearance items.

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NEW DVD/BLU-RAY: DESPICABLE ME IN LIKE A GAZILLION DIFFERENT FORMATS

December 15, 2010 - DVD and Blu Ray , On Sale , Recommended , The Record Exchange Blog - by - No Comments

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BUY DOUBLE PACK (WITH MINION MADNESS) HERE

Despicable Me is a compelling animated comedy about an aging supervillain’s falling popularity at the hands of a younger supervillain and three young orphan girls. Gru is a true, bad-to-the-core evildoer who’s earned the title of the world’s No. 1 supervillain. But when young upstart Vector steals the Pyramid of Giza, Gru’s status suddenly sinks to No. 2.

Gru counters his fall by speeding up his plan to shrink and steal the moon, enlisting the help of his army of minions and the elderly Dr. Nefario, but a lack of funding and the difficulties involved in stealing the needed shrink-ray gun threaten to derail everything. Adopting three young orphan girls is an unlikely, but seemingly effective means to further Gru’s evil mission, but Gru quickly discovers that caring for three young girls is more work, and distraction, than he could ever have anticipated.

What unfolds is an unexpected shift in attitude that will forever change the lives of Gru, Vector, and all three young girls. A visually appealing film produced by Chris Meledandri (Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, Horton Hears a Who), Despicable Me is full of weirdly shaped characters and settings that are somehow a perfect fit for Sergio Pablos’s story.

What’s especially refreshing is that in this film, 3-D effects are used skillfully and effectively: even when the effects are exploited for comic reasons, they don’t become a distraction, as is all too common in many recent movies. The film is full of corny banter and silly antics that inspire plenty of spontaneous laughter, and the minions, while not the best-developed characters, sure are comical. Ultimately, there’s also a wholesome message about following one’s heart.

Steve Carell is the perfect villain-gone-soft in his role as Gru, Jason Segal is quite funny as Vector, and Julie Andrews makes a surprising appearance as Gru’s very un-motherly mom. Despicable Me celebrates silliness in a way that’s satisfying and highly entertaining.

OTHER NEW DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASES:

The Other Guys DVD and Blu-ray
Cyrus DVD
Micmacs DVD
Exit Through the Gift Shop DVD
Frank Sinatra Concert for the Americas DVD
Nanny McPhee Returns DVD
The A-Team DVD
The Nature of Existence DVD

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