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“Hi, I’m David, I’m forty years’ young” (FILM REVIEW)

"Rent-a-Pal" serves up a bachelor's descent into hell story with brutal realism
Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins and Amy Rutledge
Directed by Jon Stevenson

The video dating era of the late eighties and early nineties; pre-dating apps, pre-Match.com, and long before the phrase “swipe right” became an easy way to find a companion. It was a time when companies would hire a cameraman to record your video profile and you would go home and wait in the hope that the agency would find you a proper match. Those were the days. Or were they? In ... more >