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.
A trio of guys try and make up for missed opportunities in childhood by forming a three-player baseball team to compete against standard little league squads.
Melvin Smiley er en ung, suksessrik leiemorder som jobber for Paris, lederen for en stor internasjonal forbryterorganisasjon. Melvin og tre av hans kollegaer, Cisco, Crunch og Vince, bestemmer seg én dag for å gjøre en "jobb" på egenhånd. De kidnapper datteren til den superrike forretningsmannen Jiro Nishi. Det skal derimot vise seg å bli vanskelig å lure forsikringsselskapet fra pengene. Da et brutalt mord blir begått i byen, og Paul snubler over det navnløse liket finner han derimot løsningen. Med iskald presisjon setter Paul i scene et falskt åsted, og forteller politiet at den døde mannen er den bortkomne broren. Politiet går rett på limpinnen, men vil forsikringsselskapet bli like lett å lure? Og hva med de to leiemorderne som er på jakt etter den døde mannens virkelige identitet?
To bestevenner, et elektromagnetisk felt og enhver film du noensinne har elsket er utgangspunktet for denne elleville historien. Når Jerry blir magnetisert mens han prøver å sabotere kraftverket han tror smelter hjernen hans, kommer han uheldigvis til å slette alle filmene i videobutikken der bestevennen Mike jobber. For å beholde de få kundene de har og hindre at Mike får sparken, bestemmer Jerry og Mike seg for å gjenskape en av de ødelagte filmene. Til deres store overraskelse blir deres unike versjon av filmen en knallsuksess. Snart er hele nabolaget i gang med produksjonen av filmklassikere, og videobutikken får nytt liv. Men så får Hollywood nyss om saken og myndighetene truer med å fjerne hele butikken…
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?
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.