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and welcome to That's Rentertainment
-- the last locally owned and operated video store in the Champaign-Urbana
/ University of Illinois area. That's Rentertainment caters to film
fans (and fanatics) who have grown tired of the typical
Blockbuster fare. We specialize in international, independent, classic
American and Art House films on DVD (with a handful of VHS tapes
left over that have never been released on DVD). With over 30,000 DVDs, That’s Rentertainment has the largest selection
of movies in the entire Champaign-Urbana area -- if not all of Illinois.
We get new movies every week -- if you want to be kept up to date
about them sign up for our weekly e-mail
update or check out our New Arrivals
page. Membership is free (requiring
only 2 photo IDs, or an ID and credit card) and rentals can
be as cheap as $1.00 per disc, so come
on down and check out what you've been missing! |
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Commuting or just riding around... Cycling is fun!!!
Get your calendars out and write this down, in pen -- May is Bike Month. Within Bike Month we have:
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May 4th -- ChampaignCountyBikes.org is holding the 2nd annual BikeFest at Hessel Park from 11 to 4. Among other things, there will be a bike auction, continuous bike film screenings, and lots of fun stuff for kids. There will also be folks on hand from The Bike Project to give you tune up tips. Check out their websites for more information.
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May 12-16 -- Bike-to-Work Week
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May 16th -- Bike-to-Work Day
4) May 23rd -- the Illini 4000 for Cancer kick off their cross country bike trek in New York. Look for them 4000 miles later in Seattle on August 3rd. Check out their web site ( www.illini4000.org) for more information and to make a donation.
5) May 27th -- Ride of Silence (7:00pm, starts at the parking lot at the corner of First Street and St. Mary's in Champaign, IL). Click for more info.
6) Also, check out our list of Cycling in Film and here's a bunch of links to other cycling related stuff.
Don't forget, the Tour de France is right around around the corner and if you're going to keep up with the peloton you'd better bank some miles! Lastly, May also marks my one year anniversary as an all but exclusive bicycle commuter... way to go, me. |
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The 10th Annual Ebertfest is over! I made it to just over half the films and enjoyed every one of them . We'll leave our Ebertfest section up in the store for another week or so (it's where the employee picks usually are). It includes all the films ever shown at Ebertfest. Have a look at previous films and at this year's crop: |
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High Definition has come to Rentertainment!
As always, That's Rentertainment is an early adopter -- even when it comes to format wars that can't be won. We started buying HD and BluRay discs when they came out and combined now have over 500 available to rent. That's more than anyone else in Urbana-Champaign -- in fact, it's probably more than everyone else combined! And we get more every week... how many do we have? HD - 242,
BR - 307 (as of April 22)
(link to catalog of HD-DVD films and BluRay films) |
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Essential
Art House Films: 50 Years of Janus Films
Last year (2007) I decided to watch the entire Essential
Art House box set -- one film per week in the order presented
in the box, alphabetical chronological order. I wrote
one paragraph reviews of each film as I watched them. If you want, you can read the reviews here. |
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International
Video Transfers: That's Rentertainment can transfer your
PAL VHS tapes and DVDs to NTSC video and DVD. Click here
for more information. |
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CERTIFICATES: Give the gift that shows you don't care enough
to give it a whole lot of thought -- Gift certificates are NOW
AVAILABLE! Buy one for a friend, send one to your kid or be
selfish and just get it for yourself. |
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That's
Rentertainment used to be the proud sponsor of...
we've stopped but you can still watch the Red Green Show on WILL-TV |
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