Five years after closing, Midtown movie-rental store Black Lodge is reborn, reinvented
Matt Martin "the movie guy" at the newly reopened Black Lodge, where a "wall of shame" (left) features what he considers to be the worst films ever made. Martin's eclectic and expansive collection sets it apart other stores of its kind that were put out of business by Netflix and other streaming services. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
By surrounding its 20,000-title DVD collection with screenings, concerts, gaming and more, Memphis video store Black Lodge returns from the dead with an expanded mission.
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Chris Herrington has covered the Memphis Grizzlies, in one way or another, since the franchise’s second season in Memphis, while also writing about music, movies, food and civic life. As far as he knows, he’s the only member of the Professional Basketball Writers Association who is also a member of a film critics group and has also voted in national music critic polls for Rolling Stone and the Village Voice (RIP). He and his wife have two kids and, for reasons that sometimes elude him, three dogs.
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