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So What’s Your Excuse For Avoiding the Multiplex?

Happy Friday! Everything’s terrible: “Perhaps, then, people are staying away from movie theaters not because the economy’s bad, but because movies cost too damn much. And because the movies being shown aren’t particularly good. And because paying an extra $5 for a mediocre film in 3D is a rip-off. And because most households are already paying around $100 a month for cable and movie channels at home, as well as another $9 or more for Netflix or some other service. And because a DVD rental at Redbox costs just a bit over $1. And… well, you get the picture.” And let’s not forget that scourge known as other moviegoers . [ Time ] [Photo: Shutterstock ]

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This Weekend on Cable: 4 Movies Worth Adding to Your Permanent Collection

And now, Movieline’s home-viewing guru Michael Atkinson introduces a new feature dedicated to this weekend’s most recordable films on a movie channel near you. I don’t much trust the “cloud” — what if a comet hit the Earth and took out all of those data-center servers? Then where’d your “copy” of Radiohead’s full catalog be? I like to have copies I can hold, and I say, movie channels are rewarding sources of movies for when that comet hits. Then, all you’d need is a generator, a DVD player and your DVD -R rip of Children of Men to have a Saturday night.*

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This Weekend on Cable: 4 Movies Worth Adding to Your Permanent Collection