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 ...

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 ...

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 ...