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[Old Stuff] Star Wars Trilogy VHS Box Sets

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About a day ago, I got a pretty good deal on Ebay. I happened to have some 5 dollar off coupon that ebay gave me to go "hey man you should BUY some shit", and someone was selling a somewhat messed up VHS box set of the Star Wars Trilogy for 10 dollars. So, using my $5 dollar coupon, I bought it, for only $5! This is it. See, it's somewhat messed up. It doesn't seem to come with the slipcover it's supposed to, and it's clear that copy of Return of the Jedi is one of the original, individual releases. Actually, hold that thought. You're looking at me funny. You're going "why the hell would you, in nearly the year of our lord anno domini two-thousand and nineteen, buy VHS tapes?". Well first off, I like VHS tapes. Certainly, for some movies I really do want them on blu-ray, as the cinematography, use of color, overall seriousness, or perhaps just quality of the film says to me "I need to see this in high definition", and

[Review] Movie: Sinister

So, I just got back from this movie. It was pretty good. Scariest horror movie I've seen in a while, but that's not saying much. It had a few too many jump scares especially(SPOILER) at the very end, right before the credits, where ol' Sinister himself's face pops up right into the frame. I guess it was trying to be all "OH SHIT, HE'S COMIN' FER YOU NEXT!", but I think it would have been a lot better and more subtle if the left that out. Without going into too much detail about what happened, the very end is showing an 8mm video like the others, only this one is new and it slowly pans back to see some stuff happen(to tell you what it is would REALLY spoil it), and it makes it seem as if was trying to say, because you watched the movie it affects you, like at the end of The Ring. You know, like "you gotta pass it on" sort of thing only you're fucked no matter what you do. If they had left it at that it would have felt like t