{"id":314883,"date":"2026-10-26T23:18:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314883\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T23:18:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T23:18:11","slug":"nostalgia-sparks-new-movie-store-opening-in-south-philadelphia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/314883\/","title":{"rendered":"Nostalgia sparks new movie store opening in South Philadelphia"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brian<\/a>\"Lori<\/a>PHILADELPHIA \u2014<\/p>\n

The Little Movie Store in South Philadelphia is reviving the tradition of browsing physical movie aisles with thousands of DVDs and VHS tapes.<\/p>\n

\"\"\"\"Rediscovering the joy of browsing<\/p>\n

“The coolest thing that happens is people walking through here and going, ‘Oh, I did miss this. This is kind of what I’ve been missing. I’ve been scrolling for many years. I sort of miss strolling,'” said Dylan Wise, owner of The Little Movie Store. <\/p>\n

Located at 10th and McKean streets, the store aims to recreate the experience of holding and sharing physical movies, a tradition once common for families. <\/p>\n

“Walking through the aisles of a place, feeling a physical movie, holding it up, showing it to a friend of yours,” Wise said. <\/p>\n

Wise has compiled thousands of DVDs and VHS tapes, including titles like “Batman” and “Scooby-Doo,” as well as rare finds unavailable on streaming platforms. <\/p>\n

“We have movies that maybe people didn’t know existed. Wu-Tang Clan put out a series of kung fu movies,” Wise said. <\/p>\n

An alternative to streaming<\/p>\n

The store offers annual memberships for $160, which allow customers to rent movies and access other perks. Wise said nearly 200 people have already signed up. Non-members can purchase movies, and the store also rents VCRs and DVD players for those who need them. <\/p>\n

Wise said the interest in physical media reflects a growing demand for alternatives to streaming. <\/p>\n

“I think people miss the ability to walk through and not be directly targeted by an algorithm,” Wise said. <\/p>\n

While VHS and DVD formats may seem outdated, Wise believes they still have a place in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHILADELPHIA \u2014 The Little Movie Store in South Philadelphia is reviving the tradition of browsing physical movie aisles…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314884,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[128441,128446,9338,128448,128442,128439,128452,128453,128445,128444,22840,69,71,70,116646,128450,645,128449,128440,128447,128443,128451],"class_list":["post-314883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-10th-and-mckean","tag-annual-memberships","tag-batman","tag-dvd-players","tag-dvds","tag-dylan-wise","tag-kung-fu-movies","tag-movie-aisles","tag-movie-rentals","tag-movie-store","tag-nostalgia","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-physical-media","tag-scooby-doo","tag-south-philadelphia","tag-streaming-alternatives","tag-the-little-movie-store","tag-vcrs","tag-vhs-tapes","tag-wu-tang-clan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}