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Join us for VHS Fest, a special three night film festival celebrating films that represent the classic era of VHS video.  Each night you can take a stroll through our life size VHS rental store, indulge in some retro gaming, and then enjoy a cult classic film from the era on the big screen. Tickets for individual nights are available as well as a discounted festival ticket for all three nights.

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Kathryn Bigelow, the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director, and the first woman to direct a film that won Best Picture (for 2009’s The Hurt Locker), first rose to prominence with a string of action-packed thrillers. Among them was this beloved 1991 cult classic starring Keanu Reeves (The Matrix) and Patrick Swayze (Road House).

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In this delightfully camp and dynamically paced action classic, a gang of bank robbers known as the Ex-Presidents  (thanks to their creative rubber mask disguises of Reagan, Nixon, Carter and LBJ) are running riot across the banks of Southern California. FBI agent Johnny Utah (Reeves), working alongside veteran agent Angelo Pappas (Gary Busey, Lethal Weapon), is tasked with infiltrating the local surfing community to gather intelligence on the gang. There, he encounters charismatic and enigmatic surf guru Bodhi (Swayze), whom he begins to suspect may be involved. But as Johnny gets closer to cracking the case, his growing feelings for Tyler (Lori Petty, Tank Girl), a free-spirited surfer who may herself be connected to the gang, threaten to complicate his mission.

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Packed with brilliantly choreographed action sequences, gloriously outrageous dialogue and an unmistakable early-'90s zeitgeist, Point Break is a heady cocktail of high-octane set pieces, simmering homoeroticism, and effortlessly cool bravado.

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Recently featured in a special season at the British Film Institute, Point Break remains a superlative example of its genre. Not only has it increasingly gathered an audience over the decades, it has also earned something relatively rare for an action film: genuine critical acclaim. A recent review in The Times described it as "near perfect", while Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian hailed it as "an enduring cult gem".

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This newly restored 4K version at VHS Fest provides an unmissable opportunity to experience this iconic adrenaline-fuelled bromance crime thriller as it surfs its way back onto the big screen.