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• The Videodrome

  Review from Garry H.

  

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  • Garry H.

  Edmonton, AB

  

  5/28/2010

  Comprehensive selection of titles combined with knowledgeable staff make this the only movie rental store I need.
  I love browsing as I always find an unexpected gem of a movie.
  I recently discovered and highly recommend their podcast "DVD Afternoon".

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• The Videodrome

  Review from Nicole B.

  

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  • Nicole B.

  Edmonton, AB

  

  Updated - 3/15/2010 2 photos

  So, I decided to give Videodrome another chance (after being insulted by David).
  
  We went in again, this time on a weekend, and it was much busier.  
  
  We ended up buying 4 previously viewed movies for $15 which was a great deal!  It was buy 3, get 1 free.
  
  The staff wasn't really any different than the first time I went into Videodrome.  When we went to pay for our movies, they were all busy laughing and talking with each other.  They didn't seem to mind keeping me waiting for a few minutes.  When someone did help me, she was pretty nice.
  
  I took the time to go through their movies a lot more thoroughly this time and they do have a lot of older ones.  In fact, if I'm ever looking for an old movie in the future, this is where I will go.  
  
  They don't have a lot of new releases though.  So if you're looking for a selection of popular, new movies, this probably isn't the place for you.  They do have your typical new releases, just not a lot of them.  But they do have some unique foreign films and, like I said, a lot of older, classic movies.
  
  They sell kettle corn here (and it's cheap) so I was really excited to get home, eat some delicious kettle corn while we watched one of our new movies.  Unfortunately the kettle corn was not good.  Our movies were though!  We didn't have any problems with any of them - which is rare when you buy previously viewed movies.
  
  Again, Videodrome is a local place so I like it.  It's not my favorite place, I'll be honest, but it's a pretty good little store.

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  Comment from Heather N. of The Videodrome 9/21/2010    « Hide

  

  Thanks for giving the store a second look, Nicole!  We… More »

  Thanks for giving the store a second look, Nicole!  We really appreciate the 3 stars.
  
  I just wanted to clarify one small comment. You mentioned that we "don't have a lot of new releases". This is a common misconception because we do not arrange our films in the traditional video store fashion. We carry the same depth and variety of most video stores, but our section is compressed (many copies behind a cover), to allow more space for our extensive back catalogue. Sometimes we even keep extra copies behind the counter until they are needed!

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