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The weather is getting summery, but if you still want to spend some time indoors, there's plenty of movies for your rental pleasure.  Let's check out this week's new releases on DVD, care of our good friends at Scarecrow Video. 

If you can't wait till Wednesday for your Robert Pattinson fix, there's the romantic drama Remember Me, in which R-Patz falls for Lost's Emilie de Ravin before tragedy strikes in the form of a spoiler you can easily look up all over the internets. A slightly less realistic romance occurs in She's Out of My League, with dweeb of the moment Jay Baruchel. If you're looking for the inner workings of a real relationship, please see The Last Station starring Christopher Plummer and Dame Helen Mirren as Leo Tolstoy and his wife Sofya.

This week also brings Green Zone, in which Matt Damon is a soldier in Iraq. It's directed by Paul Greengrass, which means there's lots of handheld camerawork, translating into action sequences where you can't tell what's occurring or who is chasing whom. We get it already--war is confusing!  Too bad this film culminates in the shocking reveal two-thirds of the way through:  there are no WMD in Iraq.  Do yourself a favor and avoid this Snore Identity....

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The adults might want to hide as well.  If you're not a fan of screaming young girls, disillusioned middle-aged women, and the occasional sad gay, you will want to stay the hell away from the Westin this weekend, as Creation Entertainment's Official Twilight Convention is taking place there starting today.  No, Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner will not be in attendance, so Twi-hards will have to settle for the b-team: Daniel Cudmore, Charlie Bewley, and Peter Facinelli, amongst others, all of whom will assuredly have their shirts off. Tickets are no longer available online, but you should still be able to get them at the door.  If you dare.

The Bella Edward, at the Hunt Club.

All you need to know about New Moon is contained here.  After making approximately a bajillion dollars this weekend--well, $140.7 million here, $258 million globally, but who's counting?--Twilight fever is raging now more than ever. Soon, they will have all the monies.  But whether you are on Team Edward or Team Jacob or some other team, we can all agree that the Twilight series is for fourteen-year-old girls, the occasional gay, and sad middle-aged housewives.  So roll out the terrible themed tie-ins.

There was the Twilight menu at Gold Class Cinemas. And now there's two terrible cocktails at ostensibly classy joints:  the Hunt Club at the Sorrento has the Bella Edward, "a dance of love, evil in a cocktail glass," while Canlis (et tu, Canlis?) has a drink that sounds like a sewage-tini: The Temptation of Edward Cullen.  Head barman James MacWilliams' inspiration:

The Temptation of Edward Cullen. Photo care of Brian Canlis.

 

I was trying to capture some of the essence of the movie with this particularly vampires and the Olympic coast.  Forks is surrounded by the Olympic national park on one side and the pacific ocean on the other.  I was trying to create a biting crisp taste just hinting a forest and visually feeling like vampire.  This drink is not for the feeble of heart.  Strong but strangely keeps pulling you back.  The crushed ice helps chill it and if done right will frost the outside of the glass like the crystal vampire skin of the books and movie.

 

 

 

Nasty-ass recipe and Volvos after the jump.

The Temptation of Edward Cullen:

• 1oz Plymouth gin
• 1/4oz Zirbenz (Austrian Arolla stone pine liqueur)
• 1/8oz Le Tourment Vert Absinthe (A french vert or green absinthe with pronounce crisp eucalyptus notes)
• 2oz Champagne
• 3/4oz Green Walnut Wine (a sweet, homemade, aromatized, fortified wine with a spicy nutty flavor)

In a 10oz long drink glass pour Gin, Zirbenz, and Absinthe.  Fill glass to the top with crushed ice and stir.  Top off the glass with champagne.  Pour green walnut wine over the top so it slowly sinks through the crushed ice. Garnish with lemon fangs and a straw.

Meanwhile, the Volvo dealership on Pike has the below photo in the window.  Now all the fourteen-year-old girls can go out and buy a sensible Swedish sedan.  Edward, drive me away!

We're on the cusp of a New Moon (the film is in theaters next Friday), so that means that adolescent girls everywhere (along with sad, middle-aged housewives) have a bad case of Twilight fever.  And the only cure is more vampires and/or big hair and/or the occasional werewolf.  Or movie tie-ins at the mall!

Tweens should head to the Hot Topic (natch) at Southcenter tomorrow night for the "Twilight Saga: New Moon cast tour," which doesn't involve cast members like Kristen Stewart or Robert Pattinson or Taylor "Dating Someone with the Same First Name" Werewolf.  But it will have Charlie Bewley (Demetri) and Daniel Cudmore (Felix) in appearance, along with Anya Marina, who has a song (above, "Satellite Heart") on the surprisingly moody-awesome indie cred-tastic soundtrack.  Full details here and here.  Basically, if you buy a Twilight t-shirt from Hot Topic in advance, you can get a poster signed. Otherwise, just show up for the singer and the cast Q&A.

Sad, middle-aged housewives should head to the Eastside (double natch) for a Twilight-themed menu at the Redmond Town Center Gold Class Cinemas, starting midnight on the 20th. Keep in mind that these books and movies are MADE FOR CHILDREN, and then try ordering a drink called "Edward's Cold Touch" without skeeving yourself out. Full menu for your perusal below.

"NEW MOON” MENU:

“Vegetarian” Stakes ~ $14  Picatta Seared Chicken Satay over Parmesan Risotto and Sautéed Spinach

Lion’s Love ~ $14  Paprika Seared Lamb Chops with Roasted Vegetable Cous Cous

Bella’s Birthday Cake ~ $9  Red Velvet Cake with Sour Cream Frosting with Dark Chocolate Sauce

“NEW MOON” COCKTAILS:

Bella’s Papercut ~ $9  Absolut Mandarin, Countreau, Grenadine

Edward’s Cold Touch ~ $9  Blueberry Stoli, Poma, Sprite, Blue Curacao

Jacob’s Warmth ~ $9  Clover coffee with Bailey’s, Rumpleminze, and whipped cream