A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.
While investigating noises in his house one balmy Texas night in 1989, Richard Dane puts a bullet in the brain of a low-life burglar. Although he’s hailed as a small-town hero, Dane soon finds himself fearing for his family’s safety when Freddy’s ex-con father rolls into town, hell-bent on revenge.
Lors des matchs de baseball de leur enfance, Gus, Richie et Clark jouaient plus souvent qu'autrement sur le banc, étant jugés trop chétifs et pas assez doués par leur entraîneur. Un jour, sur un terrain de jeu, Gus et Clark se portent à la défense du petit Nelson, pris pour cible par une bande de durs. Reconnaissant, le père milliardaire de l'enfant propose aux trois potes de financer un tournoi au cours duquel ils affronteront, en trio, des équipes formées de jeunes fiers-à-bras, histoire de redonner espoir à Nelson et à tous les enfants peu athlétiques condamnés à moisir sur le banc. Et pour entraîner ses trois poulains, Mel engage nul autre que Reggie Jackson, l'ex-star des Yankees de New York.
Affable hit man Melvin Smiley is constantly being scammed by his cutthroat colleagues in the life-ending business. So, when he and his fellow assassins kidnap the daughter of an electronics mogul, it's naturally Melvin who takes the fall when their prime score turns sour. That's because the girl is the goddaughter of the gang's ruthless crime boss. But, even while dodging bullets, Melvin has to keep his real job secret from his unsuspecting fiancée, Pam.
A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films.
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.
Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game titled 'Beyond the Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.
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?
Lawrence Kweller, un cinéphile socialement maladroit de 17 ans, prend un emploi à temps partiel au magasin de vidéos Sequels, où il noue une amitié compliquée avec son aînée, Alana. Lawrence espère gagner assez d'argent pour fréquenter une école de cinéma à New York.
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.