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Book: I Lost It at the Video Store: A Filmmaker’s Oral History of a Vanished Era (2015)

Book: I Lost It at the Video Store: A Filmmaker’s Oral History of a Vanished Era (2015)

May 12, 2016 | By

The current state of the classic home video store as an endangered species has inspired a variety of authors to pen curated histories of an era that’s either vanished wholeheartedly in towns and cities, or still survives as feisty mom & pop, bricks and mortar shops…

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Elvis Goes Straight, Part 1: Flaming Star (1960)

Elvis Goes Straight, Part 1: Flaming Star (1960)

April 2, 2015 | By

Review of a rare western starring Elvis Presley and directed by Don Siegel: Flaming Star (1960), new on Blu from Twilight Time + some Editorial Blather on home video.

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Sage Stallone’s Vic (2006) + a Home Video Check-In, Part 1: Special Editions

Sage Stallone’s Vic (2006) + a Home Video Check-In, Part 1: Special Editions

July 11, 2014 | By

Review of Sage Stallone’s short film Vic (2006) + an Editor’s Blog on Special Editions (or lack of).

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Video Tales II: Video Nasties – The Definitive Edition

Video Tales II: Video Nasties – The Definitive Edition

June 6, 2014 | By

Part 2 of Video Tales includes a review of Jake West’s excellent 2010 doc Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship and Videotape (Severin / Nucleus) + scans of another 1980s video store catalogue!

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New Production Diaries at Big Head Amusements / Thoughts on International Independent Videostore Day

New Production Diaries at Big Head Amusements / Thoughts on International Independent Videostore Day

October 22, 2012 | By

In the latest Editor’s Blog: some compact thoughts & digressions about International Independent Videostore Day, which marked its second year this past Saturday October 2th. Yes Virginia, video stores still exist. Quite a few of them, really.

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