Empire Records (DVD)

Released in 1995, "Empire Records" remains a rather underrated yet classic teen flick. Whereas Kevin Smith's "Clerks" focused on a day in the life of two convenience store clerks, "Empire Records" centres on a day in the life of a music store and it's troubled employees. After Lucas (Rory Cochrane), one of the employees finds out that the store is failing and is to be sold to a leading music store chain "Music Town" he takes the days intake of the store and heads for Atlantic City in order to win the money which will save the store. Inevitably this idea fails, and the store is in even deeper trouble, as is Lucas ...  Read the complete review

Empire Records was released in 1995 to not much acclaim at all. Infact, it was a total flop. However, it has since become a cult classic and is easily my personal favourite film from the whole of the 90s. The movie begins with an employee of small record shop, names Empire Records, cashing up for the day and suddenly deciding that rather than bank the days takings it would be a much better idea to take the money to Atlantic City and gamble it all away. The following morning is Rex Manning day, the day when has been pop star Rex is coming to sign autographs, and the staff turn up somewhat more excited than they would be on their usual work day. The movie is ...  Read the complete review

Empire Records is a great movie and definitely one of the most under-rated compared to some other movies of the same likes, e.g. Mallrats, Dazed & Confused, Hackers and the more recent Go. Well, now that I think of it, none of those other movies really hit it in the box office big time either. Hmm. But they are certainly ones that you can call as cult classics. Empire Records is a music store and the movie centers around a day in the life of the employees; their troubles, romances, ideals and dreams. The biggest trouble faced by the store is that as the movie opens we are introduced to Lucas (Rory Cochrane), who has just been given the responsibility of ...  Read the complete review

Y'know m'great mate the Hairy Hobnob told me a funny tale the other day.He says that you ordinary folks have to go to a 'record shop' in order to buy the latest 45's!.Outragous or what? - here at Radio Radio we're snowed under with the latest discs supplied for free by eagar record industry supremos keen for it to be my 'Hit of tomorrow today' which is right up after this biggie by 'The Reynolds Girls'. Anywayhow I thought I'd research this retail phenonemon and where else would I find an accurate representation than in a Hollywood movie?.This goodie opens with a young biker dude hotrodding it to Atlantic City where he ...  Read the complete review

Empire Records was released in 1995 and is a teen comedy drama. The original release was 90 minutes long but the 2003 edition is 107 minutes long. Even though the film has some major names in the cast, they weren't so big at the time and the film was pretty much a flop at the box office. PLOT Empire Records follows the lives of the employees and the manager of the shop of the same name. The best way to describe what the film is about is to tell you a bit about the characters. This way it wont give away too much of the plot. Joe - Joe is the owner of Empire records. He seems to trust most of his staff and tries to help them out whenever he ...  Read the complete review