I recently completed a dissertation on the subject of class in mid-century British cinema. The dissertation was tedious in the extreme, but now I have letters after my name, so it was worth it in the end, I suppose. I’m throwing in this seeming non sequitor as a way of illustrating the range of films that…
Xtra-vision used to be the god of dvds and before that video rentals! once there was nothing like getting the lastest movie out, with bags of tesco popcorn and maybe a few bottles of smirnoff ice or budweiser, a few friends or family and the night of entertainment was sorted!but now its all about the sell of…
This Chartbusters is good for DVD rental etc, but what is better is that it has internet facilities and you can surf the net for € 1 per hour, which is very reasonable compared to many other internet outlets. In fact many of the internet ‘cafes’ in town (that sometimes don’t even serve teas and coffees) are a…
Upon entering Xtra-vision Fairview, you will start to sweat almost immediately and not because you’re looking at their «arty» section. The thermostat seems to be permanently set at somewhere around the 30 degrees mark — the staff members behind the counter say that they are used to it, but many of the…
I can imagine in the mid-90’s, Sound Cellar was a mecca of sorts for metallers. The place is covered in gig posters and is as the title suggests, down a tiny stairs to an underground cellar. It’s the kind of place that really should have been rendered obsolete by downloading, but hasn’t. Fair dues to it for…
GameStop is in harsh terms a poor man’s GAME. It does video game trade in and the usual console malarkey but hasn’t got much of an edge in the ever running war between the two video game giants. It generally is a bit more pricey than GAME and doesn;t have great offers. The stock is categorised pretty shoddily…
This large XtraVision stock, for rental and sale, all the newly released blockbuster dvds, video games and chart topping albums. There’s a reasonable classics/not newly released section in the back and a small world/arty cinema section too. Another addition to the line up is DVD box sets of all the big TV…
