Talking Movies with Rob's Dad (Part 2)

by Rob DiCristino

An oral history of E-Z Video, the Blockbuster that should have been.

Riske Business: 10 Ways We Can Get Blockbuster Video Back

by Adam Riske

“Every great achievement starts as an idea because if you don’t have an idea it would be a non-starter entirely.” – Adam Riske, F This Movie!

Riske Business: Blockbuster After Dark (The Final Chapter)

by Adam Riske

10 more tales. No late fees.

Riske Business: Blockbuster After Dark (Part One)

by Adam Riske

Ten stories from my time at Blockbuster they might not want you to know!

Three Decades Under the Influence

by Rob DiCristino

I owe my life to movies.

F This Movie! Episode 16

Patrick and Doug sort-of mourn the demise of America's largest video rental chain.

Riske Business: Going Back to the Video Store for 30 Days

Like most of my friends and colleagues in the F This Movie! community, I’m prone to bouts of nostalgia when it comes to the way I used to watch movies. It’s hard not to romanticize experiences from the past because you came to them with a lot less baggage as a young person. I would also venture to guess that people like me, who are nostalgic, don’t like change very much. With nostalgia very much in mind, I tried an experiment over the last 30 days: I only rented movies from Family Video (AMERICA!), a local video store chain that acts as the last man standing in the brick and mortar home video market around where I live. No Redbox, YouTube, Netflix or Video On Demand. Was going back a video store a magical trip down memory lane?