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Blu-ray/DVD Column: The House on Sorority Row, Dead & Buried, Midnight Diner, Incarnation, Midnight in the Switchgrass By While streaming continues to cut a swath through the modern-day entertainment landscape, there’s a whole generation of cinephiles who remember and understand that an integral part of any true weekend movie binge-fest once involved a trip to the video store, one hour minimum, where lurid cover box art competed more naturally for one’s attention and dollars, instead of some algorithm. And if the persistent collector’s appeal of vinyl is any indication, there still is and will be, for the foreseeable future a physical media market for highly consumable genre fare, particularly from a certain era, and when given an attentive presentation and dressed up with attractive extras. ....
The Unending Production of Life Even when my father was unemployed, he was always working. In August 2012, I received a call from my father. We spoke about the Dodgers, the coming election and the Los Angeles heat wave when he casually said, “I’m going to Ghana tomorrow.” “Uh, what?” “I’m meeting with an investor for our movie. He owns a gold mine and wants to get in the film business.” I was accustomed to my father meeting with strange people all over the world in his never-ending search for film funding. But Ghana? “Who are you traveling with?” ....