Here at Seattlest HQ, also known as "Library Dorks R Us," we've laid bare our woes of overburdened library hold queues (and overdue quotas) in the past. When 5 books, many over 300 pages, come due at the same time, what is an SPL whore to do? Well, it looks like we're in for another beating; here's what is in our queue, in order of likelihood to arrive: HOLLOW EARTH, by David Standish This non-fiction......

No, the Other Theater: The new movies out this weekend are shite, so this is your chance to catch up on the wealth of quality films already in theaters. Babel, Borat, Casino Royale, For Your Consideration, The Fountain, Little Children, Marie Antoinette, The Queen, Stranger Than Fiction, and Volver are all continuing their Seattle runs. Go now before you get back-logged further with the scads of Oscar contenders released later this month. Movie time......

Jagshemash! Borat is a hit. It's getting rave reviews, grossing millions, and definitely the most quotable thing we've seen in ages. But Borat seems to have missed most of the -ist cities, and we were all wondering how the film would have been different if he'd made his way around the world on the -ist tour. In Shanghai, Borat would be observing Inane Learnings of Penis Photos for Make Benefit Glorious Flat World of......

Watching The Grand Illusion is screening a film on Japanese architecture tonight called Kochuu. "Kochuu, which translates as “in the jar,” refers to the Japanese tradition of constructing small, enclosed physical spaces, which create the impression of a separate universe." Plays at 7:30 and 9pm. Broadway Performance Hall has some showings of Crispin Glover's "What Is It" this weekend. What is "What Is It?" Hard to say, really. IMDb says, "Being the adventures of a......

Hollywood babbles on: Babel [info and showtimes] Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan [info and showtimes] Flushed Away [info and showtimes] The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause [info and showtimes] Indy films and the temple of the marketplace: Central Cinema Dr. Strangelove (Stanley Kubrick): 7 and 9:30pm Fri-Sun The Harder They Fall (Bogart!): 3pm Sunday The Egyptian The Monster Squad ("Wolfman's got nards!"): midnight Fri and Sat Grand......

***SPOILER ALERT***** Read no further if you dont want special Borat surprises betrayed. Okay, you've been warned. Seattlest caught the sneak preview screening of Borat last week at Pacific Place, and we have only just now stopped laughing long enough to post the required blog endorsement: Five stars, two thumbs up, a hundred Oscars (TM), etc. You will laugh until you shit yourself. Go put on your day-glo speedo contraption and camp out ahead......

As fall settles in and another calendar page gets turned, thoughts turn from bbq's and vacations to holidays and the realization that '06 is coming to an end. With all that going on, with change in the air, we wonder what is it that made that makes the -ists ponder? Phillyist is concerned that the war on Trans fats could affect it's beloved cheese steak sandwiches, something for which we should all be concerned.......

Seattlest hit the first local showing of Snakes on a Plane last night at Cinerama. It was Seattlest, our friends, and about 1,000 high-school kids. The ticket-holders line was a few hundred strong, stretching nearly the entire block betweeen Lenora and Blanchard. We slowly got drunk on clandestine vodka, and yelled at passing cars. The theater itself (doors opened at 9) was raucous. Previews were welcomed with enthusiasm--it helped that they were for the new......