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Monday, July 2, 2012

JP's Most Rented

'21 Jump Street' Takes Top Spot

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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…

Monday, June 25, 2012

JP's Most Rented

"Sherlock" Takes Top Spot

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Here are the top rentals for June 18-24 at Video Underground in Hyde Square. Plus, owner Josiah Simmons shares a "Pick of the Week" from the store's extensive holdings. 1. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows 2. My Week With Marilyn 3. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 4. Breaking Bad Season 4 5. The Guard 6. The Iron Lady 7. Jeff Who Lives at Home 8. Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 9.  Safe House 10. Wanderlust Josiah's Pick of the Week "Killer Elite" dir. Gary McKendry, 2011 Where to find it: New Release/Cops & Criminals When his mentor is taken captive, a retired member of Britain's Elite Special Air Service is forced into action. His mission: kill three assassins dispatched by their cunning leader. Based on a true story. The trailer for this…

Monday, May 21, 2012

JP's Most Rented

"The Grey" Tops Local Rental List

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 13 to 20 at JP's Video Underground. 1. The Grey 2. Contraband 3. The Descendants 4. Captain America: The First Avenger 6. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) 7. Immortals 8. Shame 9. Super 8 10. Young Adult Josiah's Pick of the Week "Fish Tank" dir. Andrea Arnold, 2009 Where to find it: Chippy Recommends/Criterion Everything changes for 15-year-old Mia when her mother brings home a new boyfriend. Thrown out of school and awaiting admission to a school for behavioral difficulties, she befriends Conner, who encourages her interest in dancing. The trailer is attached to this post if you'd like a preview before picking it up.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

JP's Most Rented

"Contraband" Tops List

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.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

JP's Most Rented

"Dragon Tattoo" Takes Top Spot

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 …

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

JP's Most Rented

Muppet Domination Continues

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.

Monday, April 2, 2012

JP's Most Rented

The Muppets Stays Atop List of Jamaica Plain's Most-Watched Movies

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…

Monday, March 26, 2012

JP's Most Rented

"The Muppets" Becomes Most-Rented Video in Jamaica Plain (For March 19-25)

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 …

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

JP's Most Rented

Most-rented Movies in Jamaica Plain for March 5-11

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 …

Monday, March 5, 2012

JP's Most Rented

Most-rented Movies in Jamaica Plain for Feb. 20-March 4

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 two week's worth of the neighborhood's top rentals from Video Underground in Hyde Square. In parenthesis is the movie's postition in the previous week's rankings. "Drive" has been in the pole position for four weeks running. Top rentals, Feb. 27-March 4 1. Drive [1] 2. Hugo 3. The Help [10] 4. Moneyball 5. The Debt (2011) 6. The Ides of March [2] 7. 50/50 8. Apollo 18 9. Bridesmaids 10. Contagion Top rentals, Feb. 20-26 1. Drive [1] 2. The Ides of March [4] 3. J. Edgar 5. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 6. Midnight in Paris [5] 7. Rise of the Planet of the Apes 8. Boardwalk Empire Season 1 9. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 10. The Help [3] Josiah's Picks of the Week “Martha Marcy May Marlene” dir. Sean …

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