Video rentals offer alternative to theater prices
By Neil Wahlert
tw aid Contributor
Now that it costs about t>t< a
pop to see first-run movies in .1
movie theater, or rather in the
cineplex at the mall, video
rentals seem even more attrai
live to students on ,1 tight budg
et
You and <1 friend or three can
pool your resourr es (take hack
those bottle returns) and rent
an evening's worth of enter
tainment lor about the cost of
one fuil-prii e movie admission
.1 large popcorn and a pat kage
of Red Whips at concession
stand prices
Mam video stores will rent
Y( iRs to those who huveil't
managed to late h on to some
one with his or her own Con
sider the process of hooking up
t he mat h i lie to vou r I V a
tonredii prelude to the feature
attraction, serving much the
same purpose as the old car
toon reels
I'n get you started on your
cinematic explorations, here is
a guide to area video stores
rill hs & ills r i n • r 1111 \
,H ! 40(12 .mil Mil ks X l’ii s II
fill V\ i'sl I 1th Ave . Suite A 1
tifi 1 iO lti. I up null h in every
wa\ and vei \ neatly cl Iv ided
up into categories comedies,
d ra mas. i I ass h s. musicals,
children's movies, foreign
films, cult flu hs (at the store on
friendly onlvl. adult movies.
TV favorites, turkevs (here's
where you i .m indulge your
passion for those hilariously
hideous lullii Waters Divine
pics) and more I heir "adult
ani mat ion” sei t ion is worth
checking out A very courteous
and helpful staff is on hand to
help you find what you're look
ini* for
Silver Si reen \ iiieo I
Hilyard. t4"> 115.1 .. 2 101
Hailey I till Road. 145 ■ Hil
They don't have I In ks'
liean omplete selection, hut of
ter an exceptional listing none
theiess One big plus: lliey
will reserve movies for you
whereas Idii ks will not sdyei
Screen offers anothet attraction
for Beta holdouts they slot k
the format A you might guess
by their name, they have a fine
selei turn of ( lassie s films and
many titles are available ill
both dubbed and subtitled ver
sions (At I'lii ks dubbed ver
sums are often the only notion l
Premiere Video 149 4 i as!
19th Ave 442-4972 A com
pressed, tint very reasonable <11
ternalive to the .ihove They
have an esc eptional library of
tantasy sci I i t itlt-s. ami a ( las
sics department to rei kon w ith
Kmerald City domic s 770
Hast lUth Ave . I4A-250H. For
all the t ultists out there
They’ve got a wall full ot si i ti
and super hero serials, along
with movies and other oddities
devoted to the same. The
store's major business is comic
books, but film buffs will find
it worth their while One of
their newer offerings is the
complete series of Max Fleis
cher Superman cartoons
There are also several chain
stores that are decidedly more
commercial in their selection,
often w ith spiffy-clean climates
and aimed more toward the
families. Chief among these arc*
Cianci’s Videoland. 477 Co
burg Road. 342-4129; West
11th Ave., 485-6520. and in
Springfield at 544 7 Main.
726-2445 and at 1871 Pioneer
Parkway. 747-8941; and also,
what I believe is the one re
maining store1 in the American
Family Video i liain .it I('>()() (!o
burg Komi. ,il the Sheldon I’l.i
za. t.H t 1477
So vvh.it about the .ill impor
t.iul matter of pric es, you ask ■’
Well, l in ks Silver Srreen and
I’remiere all have 'dollar
days’' on Mondays and lues
days (excluding new releases
,nul adult movies); other than
that it's S.' per mm je S t lot
lieu releases links also offers
main tn minute videos tor $1
and you can rent the complete
Ho Derek for absolutely noth
n>K
Kmerald t !it\ has a fantasia
deal SI for two days, any day
nt thi' uri'k r\i t*pt fur Sunii.ivs
u lii'ii tlit*v if i lust'd Videol.im
is .1 Ini stifti't S ' lur Mondays
although tli<>\ Irv tu makr ii|
fur it with tlii'ir "(It) i iiut Tucs
days' (olilt'r viili'us milvl Am
Amcrit an I .1 idi 1 v has ,i i uiupli
i .ili'il color i tiding system Tin
videos m tin' I>11it■ boxes .irr .
1111 It• mure expensive to rent
than ihe videos in tlm brown
buses lor more information,
c untart the stores
I lere are nn rev lew s ot sever
al snnnner v ideos
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