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 I'hr U nr ol Ihr Kusis * * I I hav e iittle to sav about this Turn to VIDEO, Page 11 Buying an IBM PS/2 before December 31 can help you go places. 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