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This Week In Film (3/29/2021 - 4/4/2021)

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March 29, 2021 - April 4, 2021 Hello readers. Born in 1982, I was a 90’s teen. For me, my sacred ritual was the weekly rotation of video stores. There was no Blockbuster, but there was Box TV, LTD, Spotlight, Music Unlimited, and one other I always forget the name of. From junior high on, I’d walk the rotation of stores. On Tuesdays I rented new releases from Box TV, LTD, and Music Unlimited. For the weekend I’d rent the 4 X 4 from Spotlight which was four movies, four days, and four dollars. It’s not an exaggeration that I usually had up to 10 tapes rented at any given time. And I recently mapped out the walk on Google Maps, it was 2 miles to hit all the stores. But that was a small price for my passion. Freshman year of High School was 1996 for me. It was the same year Scream came out. I was 14 and I was livid. I didn't have a certain clique at school, so I floated from table to table during lunch. I kept hearing 'experts' talking about slasher movie rules. They had a...