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Art and life imitate one another in this freely confessional interview with aspiring film-maker Kenneth Chapman who confesses his doomed crush on a former AroVideo staff-member, and his more appropriate obsession with the romantic comedy genre, especially his two adopted movies starring Julia Roberts.

Film student Jack McGee talks about his mini-documentary about a prolific user-reviewer on the Arovideo website and challenges some of the choices made on the 100 Films in 30 Years of Arovideo List.  A playful yet insightful conversation about a wide range of movies loathed and loved, including his two Adopt-a-Movie choices.

AroVideo celebrates its 30th year as a video store with a special episode featuring personal messages from an array of customers who have adopted movies in the library, followed by a group discussion with staff, mostly about the vagaries of putting together a list of 100 extraordinary films that best represent AroVideo over the 30 years.

Mary Fawcett from the soon-to-be-opened Schrödinger's Books talks about her new business venture in retail, thought experiments, her passion for running, and her adopt-a-movie choice of a 1980's classic from illustrious Spanish director, Pedro Almodóvar.

Arts Laureate Ross Harris talks about his many years as a composer, lecturer and performer of music, and his approach to composing his many symphonies and chamber works. He's also ventured into electronic experimentation and Klezmer folk music, and gives sound reasons for adopting Nikita Mikhalkov's 1994 Oscar Winner for Best Foreign Language Film, "Burnt By the Sun", in the AroVideo library.

Pinball collector and entrepreneur Simon Haxton talks all things pinball as well as his career from greenhorn insurance clerk (in the same office as our host) to Mental Health professional, following his own personal trauma. Simon is also the proud adopter of the pinball documentaries, "Special When Lit" and "Wizard Mode".

Voracious movie buff and stunt professional Peter Hassall talks up the Disaster Film genre including his adopted movies, When Worlds Collide (1951) and Miracle Mile (1989), as well as the not-so-guilty pleasure of 'Bad' movies.

Funeral Director Fiona King talks about her late entry and contemporary approach to running a funeral business and the inspiration behind adopting 10 funeral-themed films in the AroVideo library.

Film scribe and former AroVideo staff-member Ian Pryor talks about writing his Peter Jackson biography, working for NZ On Screen, bingeing on Eric Rohmer, and his affection for his disparate adopt-a-movie choices, Walter Salles' The Motorcycle Diaries and Joe Dante's Gremlins II.

A conversation with another stalwart of the local film industry, Hugh Macdonald, best known for directing "This is New Zealand" (1970) and “No Ordinary Sheila” (2017), who talks about his career in documentaries, his tenure with the National Film Unit and his experience on the set of his chosen Adopt-a-Movie made by British cult film production house, Amicus.

A "feature length" discussion with Graeme Cowley, who talks about his adventures in the New Zealand screen trade that spans six decades, including his key roles at the epicentre of our most iconic films, as well as his adopted movie in the AroVideo library: Apocalypse Now.

Wellington Film Society President Chris Hormann talks about films in the 2019 programme and three films he's adopted at AroVideo starring Catherine Deneuve.