Monday, July 2, 2012
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Here are the top rentals for June 25 to July 1 at Video Underground in Hyde Square. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings 1. 21 Jump Street 2. Jeff Who Lives at Home 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 4. The Descendants 5. The Grey 6. Tower Heist 7. Wrath of the Titans 8. 50/50 9. Albert Nobbs 10. The Artist "Bullhead" dir. Michael R. Roskam, 2011 Where to find it: New Release (The trailer is attached to this post if you'd like a preview) The young Limburg cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille is approached by an unscrupulous veterinarian to make a shady deal with a notorious West-Flemish beef trader. But the assassination of a federal policeman, and an unexpected confrontation with a mysterious…
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Every week, Video Underground shares its most popular rentals. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings.
Here are the top rentals for May 21-28 at Video Underground in Hyde Square. For the second week in a row, the Liam Neeson thriller "The Grey" was JP's most rented title. 1. The Grey 2. Haywire 3. Hugo 4. The Muppets (2011) 6. Bridesmaids 7. Chronicle 8. Contraband 9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 10. The Help Josiah's Pick of the Week "Revanche" (Warning: Link is to the YouTube trailer for the movie, which contains nudity) dir. Götz Spielmann , 2008 Where to find it: Chippy Recommends/Criterion Ex-con Alex dreams about starting a new life with the Ukrainian prostitute Tamara. To do so, he wants to rob a bank erasing debts and making the flight towards the South possible. But Tamara is unintentionally shot on the escape by the …
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Every week, Video Underground shares its most popular rentals. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings.
Here are the top rentals for May 7-13 at JP's Video Underground. 1. Contraband 2. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 3. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 4. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 5. Young Adult 6. Game of Thrones Season 1 7. Haywire 8. Hugo 9. Into the Abyss 10. Underworld: Awakening Josiah's Pick of the Week "Cropsey" dir. Barbara Brancaccio, Joshua Zeman, 2009 Where to find it: New Release/Documentary Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true; two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Every week, Video Underground shares its most popular rentals. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings.
"Drive," which topped Video Underground's most-rented lists several weeks in February and March, returned to number one for the period April 23-29. 1. Drive 2. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 3. Midnight in Paris 4. Shame 5. Young Adult 6. Contraband 7. The Guard 8. Moneyball 9. My Week with Marilyn 10. Anonymous Josiah's Pick of the Week "Outland" dir. Peter Hyams, 1981 Where to find it: New TVU/Scifi In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Every week, Video Underground shares its most popular rentals. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings.
The American-style film of the Stieg Larsson besteller "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" tops the list of most-rented movies at JP's Video Underground. Here are the top rentals for April 16-22. 1. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 2. Hugo 3. The Iron Lady 4. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 5. The Muppets (2011) 6. The Sitter 7. My Week with Marilyn 8. Shame 9. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) 10. Bridesmaids Josiah's Pick of the Week "Shame" dir. Steve McQueen, 2011 Where to find it: New Release In New York City, Brandon's carefully cultivated private life -- which allows him to indulge his sexual addiction -- is disrupted when his sister Sissy arrives unannounced for an indefinite stay. ~~~~~ But wait, there's more! Here are the top …
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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Every week, Video Underground shares its most popular rentals. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings.
For the third week in a row, The Muppets tops the list of most-rented movies at JP's Video Underground. Here are the top rentals for April 2-8. 1. The Muppets (2011) 2. My Week With Marilyn 3. Drive 4. The Help 5. Hugo 6. Melancholia 7. Midnight in Paris 8. Moneyball 9. Carnage 10. The Descendants Josiah's Pick of the Week “After Hours” dir. Martin Scorsese, 1985 Where to find it: Scorsese/Chippy Knows An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho whom he met that evening at a coffee shop.
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Every week, Video Underground shares its most popular rentals. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings.
For the second week running, "The Muppets" was the most-rented video from JPs Video Underground. Here are the top rentals for March 26 through April 1: 1. The Muppets (2011) 2. Bridesmaids 3. Drive 4. The Descendants 5. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 6. Hugo 7. J. Edgar 8. Midnight in Paris 9. Puss in Boots 10. The Ides of March Josiah's Pick of the Week “Dirty Pictures” dir. Étienne Sauret, 2010 Where to find it: New Release/Documentary/Drugs&Booze Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin is the scientist behind more than 200 psychedelic compounds including MDMA, more commonly known as Ecstasy. Considered to be one of the the greatest chemists of the twentieth century, Sasha's vast array of discoveries have had a profound impact in the field of…
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Monday, March 26, 2012
Every week, Video Underground shares its most popular rentals. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings.
In the first week of its release as a DVD, the rebooted "Muppets" movie zoomed to the top of the most-rented movies from JP's Video Underground. Last week's champ, The Descendants, descended to third. 1. The Muppets (2011) 2. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 3. The Descendants 4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 5. Hugo 6. Immortals 7. Melancholia 8. Midnight in Paris 9. My Week With Marilyn 10. Drive Josiah's Pick of the Week “Bronson” dir. Nicolas Winding Refn, 2008 Where to find it: Cops & Criminals In 1974, a hot-headed 19 year old named Michael Peterson decided he wanted to make a name for himself and so, with a homemade sawn-off shotgun and a head full of dreams he attempted to rob a post office. Swiftly apprehended and originally …
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Monday, March 19, 2012
Every week, Video Underground shares its most popular rentals. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings.
After five weeks, "Drive" is finally dethroned from not just the number one spot, but out of the top ten entirely. Here's your weekly list of the top rentals at JP's Video Underground. 1. The Descendants 2. Immortals 3. The Adventures of Tintin 4. Bridesmaids 5. Game of Thrones Season 1 6. Hugo 7. J. Edgar 8. Contagion 9. Moneyball 10. My Week With Marilyn Josiah's Pick of the Week “Young Adult” dir. Jason Reitman, 2011 Where to find it: New Release/Comedy Mavis Gary, once the high school 'It Girl', now an alcoholic divorcee who writes a soon-to-be-canceled young adult fiction series, takes the decision to return to her childhood home in Minnesota. There she embarks on a plan to win back her former sweetheart, Buddy. The fact that Buddy is…
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Every week, Video Underground shares its most popular rentals. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings.
For the fifth week, "Drive" remains the top rental at JP's Video Underground: 1. Drive 2. Hugo 3. Immortals 4. Our Idiot Brother 5. The Rum Diary 6. Crazy Stupid Love 7. The Ides of March 8. Midnight in Paris 9. 50/50 10. Game of Thrones Season 1 Josiah's Pick of the Week “Four Lions” dir. Christopher Morris, 2010 Where to find it: New Release/English/Comedy Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce. In a storm of razor-sharp verbal jousting and large-scale set pieces, Four Lions is a comic tour de force; it shows that-while …
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