A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.
Richard (Michael C. Hall) er en stille og rolig familiefar, der bor i lille by i Texas. En tidlig morgen opdager han, at en fremmed er trængt ind i hans hus. Richard skyder og dræber manden og bliver efterfølgende forsikret om, at han gjorde det rigtige af den lokale sherif. Mandens far (Sam Shepard) er dog ikke så overbevist og ankommer for at true Richards familie. Samtidigt begynder han at mistænke, at skyderiet ikke var helt så rent, som han gik og troede.
Den alt andet end atletiske trio beslutter sig for at lægge barndommens ydmygelser fra idrætstimerne bag sig en gang for alle og udfordre sportsidioterne. Med hjælp fra træneren Mel gør de sig klar til at møde de hårdeste hold i lilleputligaen. Nørderne er trætte af at sidde på udskiftningsbænken – nu tager de revanche!
Mel er lejemorder. Han har nakket hundreder af klienter gennem tiden, og for ham er det bare et job som han tilfældigvis er rigtig god til! Men hvis du tror, han er en af de der ensomme dræbere, man altid ser på film, kan du godt tro om igen. Der er fuld knald på Mels liv og denne weekend er det værre end det plejer: Mel har netop fundet ud af, at han er kommet til at kidnappe sin chefs guddatter, hans elskerinde er lige stukket af med god klat af hans penge - og hans smukke forlovede har inviteret sine forældre til kaffe.
På et hjørne i Passaic, New Jersey, ligger Mikes hyggelige, omend noget museale videobutik, der udelukkende fører gamle VHS-kassetter. Ved et syret uheld forvandles Mikes ven Jerry til et omvandrende magnetfelt, hvorved han sletter samtlige bånd på reolerne! For ikke at skuffe deres mest trofaste kunde, den senile Miss Falewicz, genindspiller parret filmene i kreative amatørudgaver med sig selv som stjerner.
Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
An architect becomes a voyeur when he spies upon his female neighbor.
Marty is the ideal fifth grader—he gets good grades, listens to his teachers and doesn't start trouble in class. But a darkness is beginning to fall over Marty's life, the kids at school won't stop picking on him, his parents just don't seem to understand him, and now Marty must grapple with a terrible secret that threatens to destroy life as he knows it—his big brother is a serial killer.
After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
De to brødre Gordon og John genforenes for at lukke for deres fars videobutik. Han har været forsvundet i månedsvis, og nu skal alt sælges. Da brødrene gennemgår butikken, opdager de et mystisk spil kaldet "Beyond the Gates". Det tilhørerende videobånd guider dem igennem spillets regler, men snart går det op for Gordon og John, at dette spil måske er grunden til deres fars forsvinden! Tør de spille spillet?
Tony, the owner of a small fantastic film video shop, has found out that at times reality can defy science-fiction. The time has come to embark on a trip to a place nobody has ever been to before.
3 Wayward youths wallow aimlessly in a video store.
Home video changed the world. The cultural and historical impact of the VHS tape was enormous. This film traces the ripples of that impact by examining the myriad aspects of society that were altered by the creation of videotape.
Mike's obsession with horror movies means he can't help but expect to find a monster lurking around every corner. When he joins his friends for a weekend away at a remote lodge, Mike instantly senses that something isn't right. Can Mike use his movie knowledge to save his pals from a bloody end?
Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
A love letter to the video store.
Flo und sein Kumpel Hotte arbeiten in der mies gehenden Neuköllner Videothek Video König. Kein Wunder, denn Hotte glänzt mit null Filmwissen, und Flo muss mit damit fertig werden, von seiner Freundin verlassen worden zu sein. Die beiden Unglücksvögel lassen sich vom Kiez-Gauner Bernhardt abzocken, von Schlägern die Fresse polieren und Inkasso-Unternehmen drangsalieren. Ein Glück, dass für Flo wenigstens wieder die Liebe in Form von Nachbarin Ramona lacht, auch wenn diese möglicherweise eine Prostituierte ist.
Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of the American Video Store while it searches for the missing human element in today's digital landscape.
Celluloid Cortex is your normal, everyday video store in 1999. The owner stays in back, the general manager gives no shits, the clerks are sometimes friendly and occasionally helpful, the local FCC has a fit... oh, and the ghost of a porn star lives in the basement.