Tag: video store

The Death of a Bully: Blockbuster Canada

The Death of a Bully: Blockbuster Canada

March 22, 2021 | By

Review of Taylor Morden’s THE LAST BLOCKBUSTER (2020) from Passion River on Blu + seeing the behemoth wither, self-flagellate, and die from the Canadian side.

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BR: Last Blockbuster, The (2020)

BR: Last Blockbuster, The (2020)

March 22, 2021 | By

There’s a tall tale in how a video rental chain that peaked in 2004 with over 9,000 locations and 84,000 staffers globally now exists as one store in Bend, Oregon, run by a family and loyal staffers…

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Tom Roston’s I Lost It at the Video Store

Tom Roston’s I Lost It at the Video Store

May 12, 2016 | By

Book review and podcast interview with author Tom Roston on “I Lost It at the Video Store: A Filmmaker’s Oral History of a Vanished Era” (The Critical Press).

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