Quickie update... brought to you by Sunkist (the best soda in the universe)!

Breaking away from movie reviews for a spell, I thought I'd update my faithful readers on a recent trip made to The Time Capsule in Seekonk, Massachusetts, and Cranston, Rhode Island. But first, here's a cheap plug for my favorite soda: Sunkist! With a crisp, orangey taste, it beats the pants off all its competition (Fanta, Crush, and all supermarket knockoffs). Although not necessarily a retro thing, a bottle of Sunkist always goes good with a '50s drive-in monster movie or an '80s sex comedy. Here's a vintage ad from 1978 that uses a modified version of The Beach Boys' Good Vibrations and a beach setting. Check out all these beautiful women in the commercial, long before plastic surgery, overdone makeup, and boob jobs became "prerequisites for beauty".

Anyway, here's the low-down on The Time Capsule. Both stores are well-sized and offer tons of comic books, DVDs/videotapes, video games (going all the way back to the Atari days), magazines, and more. They also sell an assortment of paperback novels (some of which are movie novelizations), records, CDs, 8-tracks (ask your parents, if you're around my age), trading cards, and lots of other cool stuff.

For variety and selection, the Cranston, RI store gets my choice as the best of the two. As you walk in, your eyes dart in all directions at the boxes of comic books and magazines sitting on floors and tables. Want old Famous Monsters of Filmland issues? They've got those. How about DC and Marvel comics from all eras? They're here too. If you look hard enough, you'll even discover more mainstream stuff like issues of People and TIME.

Not satisfied yet? Then take a left into the next room. It's cramped, but the space is used perfectly. This is where the videotapes, records, CDs, and music memorabilia take precedence.

Lastly, there's the third room on the far left. Here you'll find DVDs, 45s/78s, and video games. All the movies are organized by genre and alphabetically.

So what did I find? About 20 vintage wrestling magazines spanning the years of 1978 to 1986. There's tons of great photos (both black-and-white and color), fan letters, interviews, and other pieces in these mags. I'll have a more comprehensive post on them, along with scans. Stay tuned!