In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past.
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.
Για τρεις άντρες που ξέρουν πολύ καλά, από μικροί, πως είναι να σου πουλάνε νταηλίκι, ήρθε η στιγμή να αλλάξουν τα πράγματα. Αποφασίζουν να συγκροτήσουν τριμελής ομάδα μπέιζμπολ που θα προκαλέσει σε αγώνα την καλύτερη παιδική ομάδα της πολιτείας. Οπαδοί αυτής της περίεργης ομάδας είναι όλοι οι "σπασίκλες" και "απροσάρμοστοι" της πόλης που φιλοδοξούν να πάρουν κι αυτοί από τη μεριά τους την εκδίκησή τους...
Μια νύχτα στο Τέξας του 1989, ο Ρίτσαρντ Ντέιν πυροβολεί και σκοτώνει τον Φρέντι Ράσελ, τον παρακατιανό διαρρήκτη που μπήκε στο σπίτι του. Παρότι η μικρή πόλη τον θεωρεί ήρωα, ο Ρίτσαρντ αρχίζει σύντομα να ανησυχεί για την ασφάλεια της οικογένειας του, όταν ο πρώην κατάδικος και πατέρας του νεκρού, ο Μπεν, καταφτάνει στην πόλη με πάθος για εκδίκηση.
A documentary on the last remaining Blockbuster Video in Bend, Oregon.
Ένας άντρας καταστρέφει άθελά του κάθε ταινία στο βίντεο κλαμπ του φίλου του όταν ο εγκέφαλός του μαγνητίζεται. Για να ικανοποιήσουν τον πιο πιστό πελάτη του καταστήματος, μια ηλικιωμένη γυναίκα με άνοια, οι δύο άντρες προτίθενται να ξαναγυρίσουν τις κατεστραμμένες ταινίες.
Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.
Μερικούς μήνες μετα την εξαφάνιση του πατέρα τους, δυο αποξενωμένα αδέρφια συναντούνται με σκοπό να πουλήσουν το videoclub του και να ρευστοποιήσουν όλη την περιουσία. Ανακαλύπτουν όμως ένα video - παιχνίδι με τίτλο 'Beyond The Gates' που σχετίζεται με την εξαφάνιση του πατέρα τους και κρύβει θανάσιμους κινδύνους γι' αυτός που τολμούν να το παίξουν.
Η ταινία παρακολουθεί ένα νεαρό αγόρι που εθίζεται σε μια βίαιη μαγνητοσκοπημένη σκηνή μιας βιντεοκασέτας.
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.
Μετά την αποφοίτησή τους από το κολέγιο, τέσσερις συγκάτοικοι, τρομοκρατημένοι στην ιδέα της "ζωής", κάνουν δειλά βήματα προς την ενηλικίωση μέσα από αυτήν την κωμωδία.
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.
A compilation of scenes from various horror/exploitation films released on Continental Video.
When it comes to odd jobs, Paul F. Tompkins has experienced them all, stand-up comedian included. In this extended and uncensored stand-up special, Paul (supported by his impressive mustache) takes us on a hilarious tour of his varied career. Relive his glory days as an employee at a Beta-only video store, a hat shop salesman catering to tourists looking for "king hats," an actor with an improbable cameo in an epic film, and an anxious host of Best Week Ever.
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?
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.
Rod O'Hara bought Bellingen Video Connection in 2018 when video stores were already considered to be on the way out – if not already dead. Now, years later, against all the odds, and after facing many personal setbacks, Rod and the local community have kept this iconic local business and bastion for lovers of television, film and screen culture alive - but for how long?
Two newly hired video store clerks are asked by their new boss to deliver a package to a theater across town. Unbeknownst to them, the package is truly a shipment of cocaine for a local drug kingpin.
In this romantic comedy, a lonely man meets a lonely woman after they each post ads in the lonely-hearts section of the classified ads. Unfortunately, neither one is totally honest about themselves and merry mix-ups ensue until a romance finally blossoms.
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.