This is a rental store that reminds me of what Videomatica used to be. Not that I was even there…read moreto rent vids - I was there to buy. And it's a barrage of amazing titles new and old. Plus they have DVD, Blu-ray and even laserdisc. Counter gent was an old school movie geek like myself and was super fun to chat movies and the like with. I even headed off to the new sales Videomatica store afterwards and since I bought very little, went back to purchase more including a lessor-seen but reasonably priced Atom Egoyan collection of early films. (They covet the greats!) This store has it all in both rentals and sales - both of which are reasonable. LOVE THIS STORE!!!!!

AKA Video Cat. This is effectively the last video rental outlet in the Lower Mainland, but should…read moreendure for years as local leases are stagnant while landlords can't grasp the cool they're sitting on. On-street parking is always available for a quarter, with grocery and liquor store on same block plus quick eats across the street. Browsing with friends is priceless. There is no icebreaker like proposing and then having to defend the potential awesomeness of "Krull" from 1983. Staff are fittingly knowledgeable and casually geek about the films. Price is high. Late charge (over 7 days for regular titles) is just 50¢/day.

I've been to this place a couple times. While I do support local businesses but I just don't see…read morehow this business is still running after all this time. The last time I've been here, I went there to see what kind of stuffs they have. Unsurprisingly, I kind of sensed that this place was not a good store to visit. Their prices are kind of expensive. They sell / rent movies, games, and pornography. I mean, they do have many of the videos you would normally expect to see. But unfortunately with the prices they charge, I don't think I would want to do business with them. I remembered their prices for renting was like $8 or more for a couple day rental or something like that. Also if you wanted to buy a movie, I remembered their prices being as high as $15 or more for a single or 2 copies. With the way that the online streaming are going and how inexpensive DVD's are nowadays, like $5 at Walmart and sometimes even cheaper prices at large chain stores, no one's gonna bother going to this place to rent movies from them except for those who doesn't know how to use the internet for online streaming videos or just wanted to watch a movie on the big screen but only has a DVD player hooked up and didn't want to keep a overstacked amounts of movies cluttering up their place. Also the other problem was the last time I was there, the clerk that was working there at the time didn't even bothered to greet me, if I noticed correctly, he didn't even bother to look up at me to acknowledge me. I was there for like nearly 10 minutes and he didn't even bother to see if I needed help with anything and there wasn't even anyone else in the store the entire time I was there either. THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE!!!! So despite how I don't like seeing a local business going down the drain because many people's dreams was to have their businesses but I can definitely see how this place is going to go down into the ground with the way they provide their services before the decade is over.

Kinda hard to rate since I've rarely rented a movie ever since Blockbuster went out of business;…read moreppl now just online lol. So have to give credit to the owner for still sticking this through, who knows how long... maybe his Mobilicity cell phone sales may help lol. 2 days rentals on new movies, $5.25, within a year release. Over that, it's same price for 7 days. free parking in the westview plaza.

Walk briskly through the narrow one-aisle store to the barricaded back wall, touching absolutely…read morenothing, where you will find an alcohol based sanitizer dispenser duct-taped to the smeared plexiglass. Use it! You may riffle the various categories for something. I tried "Musicals" and found seven. Seven I'd never heard of...

Tom's Video advertises itself as an adult/family video store. I don't know what kind of family you…read morehave, but both the store and website lean heavily towards the adult end of the spectrum. The adult section is blocked off, of course, but you still probably wouldn't want to take kids here. Curious little buggers. On the regular movie side of the store, they have every movie imaginable, and it's up to date too - with stuff I didn't even know had been released on video. The staff are extremely knowledgeable - movie geeks in the best sense of the word. And unlike those other big-chain stores, Tom's is open 24 hours a day. It's a pretty interesting place to go in the middle of the night.

This place is pretty good for Gundam and Gunpla. They have a huge selection of HGs and a solid…read moreamount of RG and MG. The prices are pretty fair for Gunpla. They also have tools and paint so highly recommend. I was visiting from America and this place is a good place to check out for gunpla. Highly recommend

This place is tucked in the back near an arcade on the 2nd level. If you are a Funko Pop fan, stop…read morehere. They have a wide variety of pops, and even some vaulted ones, like Dobby from Harry Potter. Many of the Pops are on sale, and they're in excellent condition. Thumbs up and highly recommended.

If you're truly interested in spending upwards of $2000 on a retro pinball machine, you're probably…read moretoo busy partying it up in your mansion to spend time on the internet looking through business directories for personal testimonies. But if you've made it this far, let me tell you about the magical and prehistoric collector's items available at John's Jukes. First and foremost are the Jukeboxes, old delightful automated DJ machines that take everything from loonies to nickels. One of the Jukeboxes is fashioned to look like the back of a hot pink convertible, perfect for making your living room look like Pop Tate's Soda Shop in Archie Comics. Most of the other ones can be summed up by referencing the opening montage for Happy Days. There is also a wide variety of pinball machines, with every co-opted franchise from Star Wars to Kiss, and a few video game consoles that have been manhandled by fastidious fingers for over 40 years. But it's a high price to pay for nostalgia, with items ranging from several hundred dollars to several thousand. If you do miss Frogger that much though, it's the right place to go, just make sure that you have a truck nearby so you don't have to maneuver the console through traffic.

I've never been in a jukebox store or a pinball machine store before, so I had to go in here when I…read moresaw it. Now, I am not a pinball game player, nor am I a jukebox expert, but I love the way they look in a large living room or a retro restaurant. And this place has some of the more unique items. From brightly decorated machines that play music the old-world ways (with coins) to pinball machines that cost a few thousand dollars, this travel time back to more beautiful days gone by is worth a visit.

First rate video selection ( if he does not have it he will get it) along with exceptional service…read morefrom Joey and his staff makes this store worth the drive for me. I would rather take the time to drive to his shop than to order from Shaw on Demand. Also he has many videos that Shaw does not carry, like The Gods Must Be Crazy 1 an 2 and the Danish version of the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo trilogy. Even if his videos were more expensive that Shaw I would still go there but they are not. The store also has a heart! When my redneck brother had a heart attack and was recovering from surgery I knew that a few seasons of Trailer Park Boys would cheer him up and Joey gave me 3 seasons for a week for just $3! Unheard of in this capitalist world.

McNews site has been sold. 12 May 2020 Globe and Mail notice…read morein the Altus Group advert. 15 million for the whole corner block. Probably yet another tower. :( End of the flourishing arts and culture part of the North Shore. SOLD: 1452-1460 Lonsdale Avenue, North Vancouver, BC Central office/retail building on Lonsdale and East 15th Street. 13,000 Sq. Ft. on a 9,000 Sq. Ft. lot

In addition to the British moto mags that I love, the place has the sort of ambience I look for in…read morea magazine store. A little worn around the edges, not so brightly lit as one of the big chain book stores. In short, it feels local and comfortable and has a ton of obscure and imported magazines.