The Latest Breaking News from Blockbuster

LOS ANGELES — Everyone who grew up in the "be kind, rewind" era and attended the film school of the masses — their neighborhood Blockbuster — has a story about roaming the store in search of the titles that left a lasting impression on their cinematic development: "Raging Bull," "E.T.,"…

Four years ago, a Blockbuster video rental store in the town of Bend, Oregon, became the last one still in business. That’s the surface-level inspiration for the new Netflix sitcom called, simply enough, “Blockbuster,” starring Randall Park and Melissa Fumero.

Likable cast can’t save bland series set at the video chain’s last shop.

This timid sitcom set in the last ever video rental store has such a dated feel. In the age of streaming services, this isn’t good enough