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Silent Rage arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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I Still See You (2018) is based on the novel Break My Heart 1,000 Times by author Daniel Waters. Is is any good? Read on to find out...

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Happy Birthday To Me arrives on Blu-ray as part of Mill Creek Entertainment's Retro VHS Look Series, part of a growing trend of physical media releases with packaging designed to look like the VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s. I have reviewed several other titles in the series here on The Corner Penthouse.

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A new trend has emerged among physical Blu-ray media releases: retro VHS-style packaging. Blu-ray discs of movies and TV shows from the 1980s, or that take place in the 1980s, are being released in packaging designed to look - and in some cases, feel - like the VHS videocassettes of the era. As a collector of physical media, going all the way back to the original VHS videocassettes of the 1980s and 1990s, I thought it would be fun to take a look at this growing trend.

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This is the first in a series of articles exposing eBay's shady business practices.

I have a love/hate relationship with eBay. I like the virtual yard sale aspect of buying from different sellers in one place, but I hate selling there because eBay does everything and anything to inhibit sales from small-time sellers (who used to be the heart and soul of the site). For starters, they limit us to 50 free listings per month. Why is this still a thing? Doesn't the eBay braintrust realize that if you allow people to list UNLIMITED FOR FREE, then more items will be listed on the site, and thus they have a higher chance of making profits when those items eventually sell?!? They misuse categories for things that aren't about organization, such as charging a higher final value fee (12% instead of 10%) in the Books, Blu-rays/DVDs, and Music categories; capping how much you can charge for shipping in certain categories; or removing certain features from certain categories. They hide listings by rigging the site's search engine. If you search for "Ghostbusters DVD" in "All Categories", the site will show results for the "DVDs & Blu-ray Discs" category, even though the user did a search for listings in ALL categories. That hides any listings that may exist in other categories.

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You know what they say about Smallfoot-ed guys? If you don't, read on to find out...

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The Happytime Murders was just released on Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack (reviewed here), so it's an appropriate time to take a quick look at some of the California filming locations from the movie. I'm going to do this "movie rundown" style, pointing out some of the major locations as shown from start to finish in the movie. I'm only focusing on exterior locations, as I can't guarantee that interiors were filmed at the same locations, though I suspect that some were. All locations were identified by me, Paul Rudoff, here first. Then I gave the addresses to the Internet Movie Database. I take 100% credit for all of this. Finally, I'll keep spoilers to a minimum, but I can't guarantee this will be spoiler-free, so... SPOILER ALERT! With that out of the way, let's look at our first location...

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What do you get when Jim Henson's son, Brian Henson, directs and produces an R-rated puppet movie? The Happytime Murders, of course. Is it any good? Read on to find out...

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There are many classic films that, for one reason or another, I have never seen before. The Princess Bride is one, and Some Like It Hot is another. Due to the recent Criterion Collection release, I finally sat down and watched it. Is Some Like It Hot as good as everyone says it is? Read on to find out...

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Is Crazy Rich Asians a movie about Asians who are crazy rich, or a movie about rich Asians who are crazy? Read on to find out...

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