6 • THURSDAY, March 17, 2022
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Cool and Retro Recently, I have made it a point to explore Merritt one place at a time. I started this past weekend and I was really amazed at the IZAIAH REYES shop I walked HERALD into. EDITOR The Merritt Movie Experts is a gem. I initially thought it would just be a shop that sells movies, much like the electronics section at Walmart. Surprisingly, it is an actual movie rental shop where you could get a variety of movies both old and new. Located on Voght Street, right next to Spirit Square, I kept passing by this shop during my commute to work. What drew me to it was their movie posters of The Suicide Squad and Godzilla vs Kong, the latter being a favorite of mine. I was in awe when I saw the inside of the shop, I thought these types of stores went extinct a long time ago. I mentioned this to lady at the counter and she replied, “If we had a dollar for everytime we heard that, we would already be rich.” It felt so surreal, like a blast from the past. As a kid I used to love renting out movies every thursday at the shop we had back in the Philippines. When I moved to Canada, I loved renting out movies from the Red Box, unfortunately they were taken out in 2015. I looked up at the wall and The Movie Experts had a list of their release schedule featuring the latest movies to come out on Blu-ray. Now compare this to the shelf on my left that was filled with VHS tapes! That’s right, apparently there is still a market for these artifacts. Though I didn’t end up renting a movie, I consider my visit time well spent because I had the chance to talk movies with the attendant, I saw titles I didn’t know about, and I was able to see something my friends back in Calgary can’t anymore.
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