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Dave Wain

10 days

Exciting news. 'We Must Shoot! The Life and Art of Gary Graver' by Andrew J. Rausch, Dave Wain, and Matty Budrewicz is done! It's in the publishers hands now, and should be available at all good book retailers in the coming months.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

3 years

This is comedian Michael McDonald, who thanks to his appearances in both AUSTIN POWERS (1997) and HALLOWEEN KILLS (2021), is the only person to have been killed on-screen by both Mike Myers and Michael Myers.

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6 years

I'm going to tackle one a day. They're about a two hour read, and while some days I might not finish, I feel that by spending time engaging in something she clearly enjoyed will be a unique way to remember her over the coming weeks 💗

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6 years

#mumskindleodyssey Day One: BAD BOY DADDY by Chance Carter. Strapline: 'He wanted a baby. I needed a man' Synopsis highlight: "I took her womb. I never suspected she'd take my heart."

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Dave Wain

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9 months

Your Saturday morning video store thirst trap.

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6 years

The past few days I've been wondering what to do with these, and the simple answer is to read them! I've been lucky enough to inherit her passion for trashy books, films and TV, and besides, she'd get a kick out of her youngest son filling his mind with such impropriety. So...

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

9 months

Saturday at the video store.

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@thedavewain

5 months

Broke out my Tales From The Darkside series sets. Cherry picking, so has anyone got any must-see episodes?

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

10 months

If you owned a movie rental store in 2024, what would be at the top of your agenda to lure people away from popular streaming platforms? For me, I like to place an emphasis on my range of boutique Blu's and films made prior to 1990, but I'm interested to hear your opinions.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

5 years

This is my friend Gaz, and he'll be standing by my counter, holding this sign 'til Thursday.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

3 months

Just hit 13,000 DVDs. Still love that format, despite it being sneered at in many collectors circles today. Hundreds of my favourite films won't ever graduate to Blu, so if I have to treasure the DVD, then that's what I'll do.

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@thedavewain

5 months

I said to The Guardian when they visited, that watching movies has become an elitist past- time. The broadest choice is available to those with the most money who can subscribe to the largest number of streaming services. 30 years ago, everyone had a video store in their town >>>

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2 years

My Dad died shortly before Christmas, and we had a funeral service for him this morning. Without him, my love for film would never have been so strong - despite him never caring for the medium! I know a few of you here met him, so here's an anecdote which explains a bit more!

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@thedavewain

8 months

It's 2024, you're in your forties, and your 25 years of paid employment to date has been spent working in a video store. I may well have found the cheat code.

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@FunWithHorror

8 months

Who else had fond memories of working in a video store? 📼 📀

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2 years

Seeing Arrow getting trashed for a announcing a lighter month of releases leaves a bad taste in the mouth. Not sure I'm a fan of the entitled nature of today's physical media collectors. You have it better than at any time since the dawn of home entertainment, but nooooooo...

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@thedavewain

6 years

Just reading the half-witted comments below the HMV story I can take the DVD disdain, but it's the music one that really gets my goat, with everyone gloating over their Spotify subs For 150,000 Spotify streams, an artist gets $100 Buy. Physical. Media Support the creators

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@thedavewain

3 years

I wonder if people in their 30s and 40s who collect Blu-ray also collected DVD? Or was Blu-ray the moment where the lightbulb went ping, and they became a collector. Just curious. I see A LOT of Blu's in picture backdrops, but so few DVDs.

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@thedavewain

1 year

Idea: Been mulling this over for ages, but I'd love to do a series of videos riffing on the Criterion Closet, whereby regular people walk around my movie rental store, picking and talking about films that mean a lot to them. Would anyone watch that?

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@thedavewain

1 month

Made the papers. Good for the shop, and a little bonus publicity for @bobfreelander 's fine t-shirts! Full article: (And don't get me started on the misquotations)

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3 years

Ok, I know a few of you like some video store porn from time to time, so here's my horror section, split across four areas. 1) Brit Horror 2) Boutique Horror 3) Bulk of the Horror A>Z 4) Bubble Over Horror -those that won't fit out!

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

1 year

Heh. Flashback to 12 years ago. No 88 Films. No Indicator. Early days of Arrow, vying for shelf space with boutique DVD trailblazers, Shameless Screen Entertainment.

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@thedavewain

2 years

Just sent some pics over to Sight & Sound for their forthcoming article on movie rental stores. Really pleased with a couple. Here's a few examples.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

6 years

Ok, so my followers kinda doubled today. Half might follow me for sarcastic tweets about running a video store, while half may follow me for reviews on throbbing members and heaving bosoms. Hopefully I can strike a balance, but regardless of any clash, you're all welcome!

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

6 months

Always up to something! Today I'm removing a quarter of the new release wall so I can install a custom made bookcase style unit which increases the stores capacity. The shelving that you can see behind the DVD wall plates, is the original VHS shelving from the '90s!

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

3 months

This eBay seller certainly has a unique definition of 'very good condition'

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

5 months

Imagine having a local movie rental store and all these came in on the same day. Imagine.

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@thedavewain

3 months

Stumbled into a FB group this week, and posted about the store. The internet can be a grim hive of nefarious characters at times, but weirdly anything video store related seems to be greeted with overwhelming love and positivity. Got a few new customers out of it too...

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

1 year

Jesus, man. It's a Blu-ray, not weapons-grade plutonium.

Arrow Video

@ArrowFilmsVideo

1 year

🇺🇸: What could make @Texasfrightmare even better? An exclusive Blu-ray launch! 😱 Head to Booth 137 to get ENTER THE VIDEO STORE - EMPIRE OF SCREAMS a month early, followed by our panel with special guests Jeffrey Byron and Dennis Paoli at 6PM (CT)! Don't be shy, Come say hi! 🤗

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@thedavewain

4 years

One more sleep...

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

1 year

Birthday today. Getting old. So old, in fact, that I remember the days when people had to leave the house when they wanted to see a movie. We should do that again. Anyway, back to work...

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

9 months

The "No 4K? No sale!" folk would do well to understand basic economics.

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@thedavewain

6 months

Don't mind me. I'm just working that pretend job in that pretend row of shops, and pretending to rent films to pretend people. As ruses go, this would be an epic undertaking! I'm quite thrilled that people are skeptical!

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@thedavewain

1 year

Bought a video off a guy on eBay fifteen years ago, and ever since, I've had an unwanted one-way penpal. Gifted me an uncut copy of A Serbian Film today. Who does that?

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

8 months

Just had ambitious Welsh filmmaker Ben Stevens here pitching his ideas for a documentary on the store. With The Guardian yesterday, radio next week, then shooting YouTube promos at the end of the month, hopefully I'll prove bricks + mortar movie rental can work - even in 2024.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

1 year

Passed 2500 Blu-ray's today. 175 titles away from 15,000 films. And yet, every day, people walk past and comment on how they can't believe that people would actually rent films from a shop. Tax avoiding, movie dumping, faceless corporation with a fifth of the selection FTW.

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@thedavewain

1 year

Every time Vinegar Syndrome have a sale, I always notice an increase in the use of trash. "It's trash cinema, but I'll buy it..." Could do with cutting this out of our vocab. Like what you like. No need to belittle something to justify your enjoyment.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

2 years

YES! Coming in June from Arrow Video is this EMPIRE OF SCREAMS set, for which we were humbled to be hired as consultants, and to have contributed three audio commentaries w/ special guests, and a video essay on the legendary John Carl Buechler.

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@thedavewain

1 year

Sometimes one Alan Smithee just isn't enough.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

12 days

We can debate the content for sure, but for me the key takeaway is that you can come into my rental store today and have your pick of all 100. Stick that in your streaming platform pipe!

Variety

@Variety

13 days

Variety presents... The 100 Greatest Horror Movies of All Time

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

6 years

@iTishda @Hemmo Thanks so much! I did hope it would raise a smile with folks. That's great to hear.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

3 months

My lesser seen VHS collection. I decided to break them out of storage and donate them to my local video store... The rule I had for these was predominantly '90s, and - most importantly - no UK release since VHS. Even now, most of these tapes still fall under that bracket.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

6 years

I've just finished my first book! BAD BOY DADDY was gripping to say the least, as we swing between the lives of Jackson, a member of the The Brotherhood gang, and Faith, who's just escaped the evil clutches of her possessive boyfriend Wolf!

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@thedavewain

8 months

What a beast... In more ways than one.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

4 months

How cool is that?! Someone just donated the perfect foundation for a Bollywood section.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

7 months

Episode one of Inside The Video Store debuts tomorrow, complete with a dodgy microphone. Forgive the few minor audio glitches, and just enjoy the pretty colours...

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@thedavewain

6 years

@persontypething That's absolutely wonderful! Thank you so, so much.

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@thedavewain

7 months

Here's the first episode of INSIDE THE VIDEO STORE. If they're popular, and if I don't bore you to tears, then hopefully I can turn this into a regular thing. It was fun to do! Nod of appreciation to @JJShaw139 for filming it.

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@thedavewain

1 year

Love the organised chaos of this angle.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

8 months

One of the most important aspects of my video store is having films like this available. Never graduating beyond VHS in the UK, it's also unavailable for streaming. I really get a kick out of cheating the system and giving my customers the opportunity to see stuff like this.

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@thedavewain

6 years

@msbathrooms @scouserachel Amen to that! I shall endeavour to plough though some low-brow erotica! Haha

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

2 years

43 pornos just landed from Vinegar Syndrome. Excessive, yes. However, David DeCoteau got in touch recently and asked to collaborate on something related to a couple of things in this box, so that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it.

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@thedavewain

3 months

Heh... As if a 'video store' has been voted the Best Independent Business by the local paper. In 2024! Madness...

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

5 months

Another day at the coalface 😏

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@thedavewain

1 year

People who aren't close by always regularly ask what they can do to support my movie rental store. To be honest, things are pretty good, but if you want to do something, then liking the shops Instagram page is a big help in boosting its profile.

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@thedavewain

7 months

The last week of every month is becoming relentless as a boutique bottleneck. April 22nd is the same. I didn't even get them all! Did anyone get EVERYTHING this week? Is it becoming impossible to keep up? Thoughts below if possible for a thing on Inside The Video Store 003.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

9 months

Absolutely made up with my new eight foot beast of a shelving unit that I built to house my boxsets. I wasn't getting the potential out of this behind the counter space, but now it's a real eye-catcher and talking point when I serve my customers.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

4 months

Shout-out to the customer who's gone for this double-bill.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

24 days

Have you been yearning for the day when you can hear Dave Wain and Matty Budrewicz talk about the CRITTERS franchise for six hours? Well, your wait is over! Thanks to Arrow Video for letting us loose on FOUR commentaries, and ta to @ShaneBitterling for joining us for the first.

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@thedavewain

2 months

What a week.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

6 months

Had a fab new customer in just before I closed tonight. She'd read The Guardian article in work, and had hand-written a list of her first fifteen rentals! Top of the list was Tombs of the Blind Dead: "When I saw you had that, I knew I had to make coming here a priority!"

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@thedavewain

2 years

Fin.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

7 months

Episode 2 of Inside The Video Store is in the can, and it's out on Friday! Thanks for watching the first ep. Overwhelmed with nice comments. Grateful for your time!

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@thedavewain

1 year

In a desperate desire to stay relevant, I've decided to remove all the Takashi Miike films from my platform, aka Video Store, because... Yeah. That shit doesn't happen with physical media does it?! #buyphysicalmedia

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@thedavewain

4 months

Nice! Not quite ready to get rid of my coffin box just yet though...

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@thedavewain

1 year

First Father's Day without my Dad, so where better to spend it than in the building he stumbled across in 1978, and decided to take a punt at running a business. He loved a gamble, and forty-five years later, this one has certainly paid off.

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@thedavewain

6 years

Wolf is a member of Los Lobos - not the chart topping La Bamba singers, but an evil group of gang members who treat their women like dirt. Jackson on the other hand is a pussycat, remarking on Faith about her "light brown hair, big blue eyes, and mouth made for pleasure" 🙄

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@thedavewain

6 years

Some of the dialogue was also a little awkward, especially talk of breeding and owning, athough Faith did prove to be a satisfyingly strong woman. Recommended? With caution. And only if you can handle the ego that is Jackson Jones!

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@thedavewain

2 years

BEATRICE CENCI arrived, so for the first time in about two years, my @88_Films Italian Collection is fully up to date... until Monday when BLOOD & DIAMONDS comes out.

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@thedavewain

3 months

New article in the local paper!

Wirral Globe

@WIRRALGLOBENEWS

3 months

Snips Movies has one of the largest rentable movie libraries in the world with more than 16,000 films!

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@thedavewain

4 months

This week's problematic new arrival.

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

7 months

Finally managed to collate the 78 movies that will form my disgracefully indulgent new section.

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@thedavewain

6 months

So much for the decline of physical media. Just had to have an emergency photocopying session to print up some more inserts for my take home boxes as I'd run out. Ridiculous amount of films out on loan right now.

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@thedavewain

7 months

First half of my MovieZyng Warner Archive haul arrived. Went in for seconds on the final day.

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@thedavewain

9 months

Finally finished setting up my auxiliary boutique shelving, which frees up a load of space in a few other areas of the store.

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@thedavewain

6 months

Fred Olen Ray gets the treasured accolade of becoming the first director in the video store with two separate sections. One for the classics that have come to Blu, and one for Millennium Era DTV action.

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@thedavewain

6 years

This innocuous tweet yesterday seems to have taken on a life of its own! However, I can't express just how touching it's been to receive so many messages from people who have shared stories or just expressed condolence. My Mum was wonderful. Glad to share a little.

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@thedavewain

1 year

Just doing my accounting for October, and while every month in 2023 has been up around 10 - 15% vs. 2022, October's rental revenue clocked in with a freakish comp of +53.5% against the same month last year. A bad weather anomaly, or the sign of a streaming rebellion? Stay tuned.

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@thedavewain

2 months

Six months ago, one of my customers, Aaron - who's nineteen I might add - asked if he could design a new rental case insert for the store. Obviously I said he's welcome to, and he's just dropped by with this! A stunning piece of work.

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@thedavewain

3 months

I mean, there's probably a foot and a half of ceiling space above these tiles...

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Dave Wain

@thedavewain

5 years

Yeah, so I went and did this for The Telegraph...

Telegraph Books

@TelegraphBooks

5 years

How can you deal with the death of a parent? For @thedavewain , the unlikely answer came from his mum's collection of 3,000 raunchy novels. #mumskindleodyssey

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@thedavewain

11 months

Resorting to extreme measures to keep my OOP copy of 88's BLOODSUCKING PHARAOHS IN PITTSBURGH secure by installing galvanised steel security shutters. It's the only way!

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@thedavewain

7 months

12.42pm, and I guarantee that nobody will top this rental selection for the rest of the day.

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@thedavewain

8 months

Thanks to Dawn Collinson for the lovely chat this morning, and for writing this very cool article in @TheGuideLpool

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@thedavewain

6 months

If you didn't pick up the print copy of this, it's just gone online. The guy in the main pic is Dave Taylor from the 'other' store in the UK, 20th Century Flicks. In this country, only men in their 40s called Dave are permitted to run video stores.

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@thedavewain

4 years

We got in touch with wri/dir Sheldon Lettich (Bloodsport, Rambo III, Double Impact) a few weeks back to see if he'd be interested in recording an exclusive commentary for @88_Films ' release of LEGIONNAIRE- and he said yes! Got the file this morning and it's just superb! Out soon!

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@thedavewain

5 months

There are some good people about y'know...

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@thedavewain

8 months

Spent my day off in work, as we filmed a series of shorts that are my own spin on the Criterion Closet. Shot the first four today, and though they'll only be of a brief duration initially, hopefully if they're received well we can do more and for longer.

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@thedavewain

2 months

Damn them. They knew my Slasher Classics Collection section only holds 51 titles, but still they insist on releasing spine number 52. The cheek of it @88_Films .

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@thedavewain

8 months

Rentals from the past 90 minutes. A pleasingly eclectic mix of films and formats.

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@thedavewain

1 year

I'm sure there are commercial reasons, but initially, I'm not a fan of this. Obviously, convenience plays a part, but for me, this segregation of XXX from mainstream only serves to relegate them back to obscurity.

Disc-Connected

@disc_connected

1 year

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** More info regarding @vinegarsyndrome separating their adult titles from the regular site: It appears the website will likely be this: As you may know, we’re spinning off our hardcore and sexploitation catalog onto its very own site,

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2 years

I know that physical media is largely passé for the masses, but I still can't get over people walking in with their entire collection to save dumping it in landfill.

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@thedavewain

5 months

Beast.

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@thedavewain

7 months

New section! This isn't a misty-eyed nostalgia fest. I'm doing it because I feel that these films deserve the space, primarily because video stores couldn't have existed without these movies, and these movies couldn't have existed without video stores. They need to be represented

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@thedavewain

9 months

I had the temerity to *ask* my local newspaper if they fancied running something on the store, only to be greeted with a deafening silence. But then The Guardian email out of the blue and want to come over for a guided tour for the Saturday magazine.

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@thedavewain

7 months

Nice thought, but sadly it's highly unlikely.

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@thedavewain

2 years

My Dad had a million enviable attributes, of which one was his woodwork skill. He built EVERY fixture and shelf in the shop, and now I need more... So, it's time to see if carpentry is genetic! Measurements taken, I'll report back in due course - hopefully without injury.

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@thedavewain

2 years

Streaming eradicates the beauty of these bizarre moments of innocence.

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@thedavewain

19 days

Just had to explain the concept of renting to a boisterous Italian man stood by the door, and whose speaking voice seemed to be stuck on 'bellow'. "I BUY SEXY POTATO MEN?! I BUY SEXY POTATO MEN?!" An ominous start to Thursday.

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@thedavewain

5 years

Relaid the store a little bit this week to deal with the Arrow section overflowing, and other genre stuff being too spread out. Created a nice little cult corner now... 👌

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@thedavewain

9 months

Rentals from the past hour. Nobody over the age of 30 yet today. This new generation knows the score.

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