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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...dominant poster is from Blast from the Past, and his stock is just that, since all the films available for rental are videotapes - that obsolescent VHS format, the vinyl of home movie entertainment. DVD, in medium or high definition, is nowhere to be found in his rickety establishment, where Mike (Def) works behind the counter and Jerry (Black) lives in a trailer across the street and spends his time getting in Mr. Fletcher's grayed hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nostalgia Hits the Tracks in Be Kind Rewind | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...When the old man leaves on a trip - he's actually casing the competition to see how they bring in the customers - Mike is left in charge. But Jerry has had a little accident at a local power station: his body has been magnetized, and when he touches the video boxes he instantly erases all the tapes, rendering them useless. The demand by a stern lady of the neighborhood, Miss Falewicz (Mia Farrow, a living connection to the Zelig trope), to watch Ghostbusters sends the guys scurrying to make their own 20-min. version of the old Bill Murray comedy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nostalgia Hits the Tracks in Be Kind Rewind | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...director who worked with Charlie Kaufman on the Jim Carrey time-slip comedy Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, to bang home his point that all moviemaking, whether a tiny indie film or a Michael Bay extravaganza, are communal enterprises. The whole town not only lines up to rent Mike and Jerry's faux films, they join in their production, serving as extras and gofers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nostalgia Hits the Tracks in Be Kind Rewind | 2/22/2008 | See Source »

...surprised to be winning now. We had the talent and the guys to be winning games all along.”Excellent play up and down the roster has been responsible for the recent run, highlighted by some individual exploits.“Doug Rogers and Mike Taylor are really stepping us for us right now,” senior forward Alex Meintel said. “Earlier, everyone was playing well, but we just weren’t getting results. Now we are.”The only problem for the Crimson is that Yale enters tomorrow night?...

Author: By Nick Traverse, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Revenge Up Next For Crimson | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

...campaign manager Rick Davis sent in an email fundraising solicitation. The Republican Party followed suit. "The New York Times has proven once again that the liberal mainstream media will do whatever it takes to put Senator Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama in the White House," wrote the party chairman, Mike Duncan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John McCain's Very Bad Day | 2/21/2008 | See Source »

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