Movie Gallery

    By Linda Doell

    | 10:55AM 5/11/2011
    A trustee for the now-bankrupt Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery chains has agreed to repair the credit reports of millions of consumers to settle allegations of misconduct by debt collectors hired to collect on the rental chains' accounts, according to a settlement announced by the attorneys...

    By Dawn Fallik

    | 2:30PM 2/04/2011
    Former Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery customers say they are getting calls from a collection agency demanding payment for unreturned videos and games. The rental company started closing stores nationwide in 2009 and declared bankruptcy in February 2010. Consumers say the agency is charging...

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 8:38AM 9/22/2010
    Blockbuster's long anticipated bankruptcy filing is apparently headed down the final stretch and could come by the end of the week. One of the cost-cutting moves the video chain is teeing up calls for 500 to 800 additional store closures beyond the nearly 1,000 it previously planned.

    By Aaron Crowe

    | 1:00PM 2/26/2010
    Hollywood Video is having a fire sale of used videos at the 805 stores it plans to close after its parent company, Movie Gallery, filed for bankruptcy a few weeks ago. This is great news for consumers looking for deals on big name DVDs at more than half off, but not good news for Blockbuster Inc.,...

    By Bruce Watson

    | 2:53PM 2/03/2010
    On Tuesday, Movie Gallery, America's second-largest video and game rental company, filed for bankruptcy for the second time in 3 years. The Oregon-based chain cited increased competition and a reduced number of blockbuster video game releases as reasons for its current problems.

    By Beth Pinsker

    | 8:00AM 7/16/2008
    This series explores aspects of America that may soon be just a memory -- some to be missed, some gladly left behind. From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America. I've been predicting the death of the movie rental store since 1995, when I was a film critic and...