The Collegian Wednesday, October 18, 1989
Entertainment.
Videotape rental outlets offer
diverse selections at low cost
Convenient availability provides inexpensive entertainment
by Michael Gettleman
Collegian Staff Writer
So you've seen the mall and
now realize that there isn't too
much to do there. Presque Isle
days are all but over-now unless
the Indian Summer can make a
comeback. With these dwindling
prospects, it's now time to turn
our attention to an alternate
form of entertainment, home
video.
An increase in the demand for
videotapes has greatly expanded
the availability of rental
opportunities. Stores which have
been designed exclusively for
renting of videotapes have been
challenged and pressured by
convenience stores and
supermarkets for business. The
result is a wider selection, and
inexpensive prices.
There are several stores in
the Behrend area which rent
movies and VCR's and do so at
relatively reasonable prices.
Basically, these businesses have
similar selections from , which
ta
chose, but prices do vary
slightly.
The newest facility is the
Country Fair which just opened
up on Station Road by Interstate
90. They have some very good
prices, starting at .49 cents per
night for older films. Other
tapes in their 314 volume
collection are rented for either
.99 cents or $1.99 per night.
New releases from Country
Fair are listed at $2.99 per
night. "We get new releases
quicker (than some other stores),
but they are more expensive,"
Tom Selleck proves his innocence
"An Innocent Man" exposes world of police corruption
by Christi Luden
Collegian : Staff ,Writer
Drug dealing, police; brutality,
inhumane prison conditions, and
the pressures placed upon. a love
relationship forced into- a•
disheartening
disheartening and unfair fiasco set
the scenario for Peter Yates' new
release ; An Innocent Man.
Tom Selleck and Laila Robins
play Jimmy and Kate Rainwood,
a middle-class, lovesrmck couple
who are planning an exotic trip
before they start a family. Jimmy '
is an excellent airplane mechanic,
while Kate both works and goes
tolichool. They lead the perfect
life until, one evening, two
cocky and crooked police officers
make a huge mistake and frame
Jirrimy for their crime. .
From then on, Jimmy and
Kate discover it's almost
said Assistant Manager Melissa
Blair. Usually these films will
remain at .the higher price for
about six months before being
reduced to the lower rates.
Also in stock are five VCR's
which can be rented for $4.00
per night.
Mother convenience store
offering video rentals is the
Dairy Mart located on Shannon
and 29th Street. Their pricing
policy is a bit more cut and dry
There are several
stores in the Behrend
which rent
movies and VCR's
area..
and do so at
reasonable prices
throughout the stock of 154
movies. All weekday rentals are
$1.99 per night, and overnight
rentals on weekends are $2.99.
These prices are constant
throughout Dairy Mart's
inventory. Video recorders are
also available for an overnight
fee of $3.99
The Giant Eagle Plaza on
Buffalo Road contains two more
movie rental locations. Video
USA, which boasts weekly
additions to its video library,
offers a stock of 2500 movies to
chose from. A rental fee of
$2.00 is required for these newer
films, and the price increases to,
$2.50 per night for every night
beyond the first three. After a
impossible to touch the police
with the law. Mr. Rainwood goes
through his trial, is found guilty,
and is sentenced to years in
prison.
Life in prison proves to be
very sickening and utterly
horrible. The first man Jimmy
meets is stabbed and set afire by
other inmates. Jimmy is then
forced to fend for himself until
another man befriends him and
informs him the only way to live
through prison is to - learn how to
kill.
In the meantime, Kate
remains her husband's only
connection to the outside world
and desperately tries to get her
husband freed. Faced with life
alone, the daunting of the two
police officers who framed her
husband, and the pain of knowing
what her beloved Jimmy is going
60-day period, the price of new
releases drops to $l.OO.
Video USA also has VCR's
which can be rented for a price
slightly higher than that of
most other stores. Weekday
rentals are $5.00 per night, and
weekend nights go for $7.50.
An additional opportunity here
is the availability of video
camcorders. For a security
deposit and $19.95, these can be
rented overnight. This was the
only store which had this
option.
The final store in the
Behrend area was Giant Eagle.
They contain over 4200 films,
and they do rent out at minimun
prices. For one night, a film
rental costs .89 cents, three
rentals cost. only $2.00, and the
combination of a VCR and one
movie costs $4.99.
"New releases arrive about
three or four times a week,"
says Assistant Manager Rita
Canavan. "Our prices are the
lowest around. They can't be
beaten."
Giant 'Eagle — also "has a
variety of Nintendo game
cartridges in stock for sale or
rent, for those who are
interested.
These are just a few of the
places accessible from Behrend
be whatever means of
transportation available. These
stores offer an inexpensive
alternative to high theater
prices, and the convenient
locations and wide variety of
selections give students
unlimited opportunities for
visual entertainment.
through, Laila Robins depicts her
role superbly.
This movie is full of suspense
and horrifying — truths. • Tom
Scileck does an excellent job
playing a supposed criminal
opposed to his traditional role as
Magnum P.!. The film touches
on the serious subjects of drugs,
law' enforcers being above the
law, and how a happy life can be
turned upside down by one
dreadful night. Although the film
is over two hours long, the
excitement is constant, and
Jimmy's hopelessness is
successfully transferred to the
audience.
An Innocent Man stands
above the other recent film
offerings, and it leaves viewers
questioning the degree of power
delegated to the police.
Entertainment Briefs
Poliee members take to stage
Members of the dibanded Police have turned their musical
talents toward the theater in recent months. Boatman Sting has
taken a role in The Threepenney Opera, and drummer Stewart
Copeland has just released his own opera, Holy Blood and
Crescent Moon. Said Cleveland critic Robert Finn of the
performance's debut "We are left here with a well-intentioned
but essentially amaturish wort."
Hurt removes tooth for role
Actor John Hurt, who starred in the movie The Elephant Man,
had a front tooth extracted so he could be more realistic for his
latest role in the upcoming film The Field.
CNN discontinties commentaries
CNN has terminated individual commentaries after weatherman
Flip Spiceland made a remark which network executives
determined offensive to women. "Women's logic is one of those
contradictory terms- like military intelligence," Spiceland said.
Commentators affected will include Linda Ellethee, who spoke at
Behrend last year, but not Larry King, whose live show allows for
rebuttals.
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