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The Video Underground

1. The Video Underground

5 star rating
26 reviews

Category: Videos and Video Game Rental, Music & DVD's

Great Video store!    They take recommendation from others as well as have movie previewing every week, usually Thursdays!  Great choices in movies.  Everyone that works there is really nice and super helpful.   The owner once noticed I had been coming in to look for a specific movie, when in the end, I always settled on something else. When the movie finally came in...  She called me!  She also…

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Great for Gifts

4.5 star rating 111 reviews

1. Brookline Booksmith

Neighborhood: Coolidge Corner

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is even more sparse than the books.  They have a great section for gifts, and fun little toys, and the video section downstairs seems to have some great movies to choose from.  The staff is usually pretty...

4.5 star rating 15 reviews

2. Hope Fairy Shop

Neighborhood: Back Bay

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Champa incense in it at some point?)  This is a great place to go gift shopping, especially if your friends are into Ren Fairs, the SCA, D&D, Harry Potter, or just plain old like fairies or magic...

4 star rating 85 reviews

3. Newbury Comics

Neighborhood: Back Bay

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selection of rare music DVDs.  These are things I usually have to resort to ordering on-line.  This is also a great place to get gifts for your younger relatives.  More random stuff than you can shake...

3 star rating 5 reviews

4. Jamaicaway Books &…

Neighborhood: Jamaica Plain

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had the experience of the other reviewers but  I haven't ever talked here or asked for help really.  I've got some really great gifts from here. The Color of Water: A  Black Man's Tribute to his White...

4 star rating 23 reviews

5. Barnes & Noble…

Neighborhood: Back Bay

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Great bookstores are becoming extinct in Boston and Barnes & Noble is one of the few left standing.  Remember Waterstone's or that great used book store on Newbury?  Already I can't remember...

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4.5 star rating 111 reviews

1. Brookline Booksmith

Neighborhood: Coolidge Corner

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100+ reviews, what else can I say about this place?  I luv it.  They have an awesome selection, a bargain section (where I picked up a $5 book on how to be like a French woman and learned how I need...

4 star rating 85 reviews

2. Newbury Comics

Neighborhood: Back Bay

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the Gamecube selection isn't that great, but they've got a good amount of games for other systems, and on top of that have a large selection of DVDs and CDs spread out across what feels like two...

4.5 star rating 14 reviews

3. New England Comics

Neighborhood: Allston/Brighton

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or music) here.  Every employee there is super nice and super awesome to talk with.    Aside from the people the store has amazing selection of all comics (and they can always order something...

4.5 star rating 7 reviews

4. Lucy Parsons Center

Neighborhood: South End

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The Lucy Parsons Center is a fantastic, collectively run bookstore in the South End...the kind Boston could certainly use a lot more of. Not only do they have a well-rounded selection of radical...

4.5 star rating 31 reviews

5. Rodney's Bookstore

Neighborhood: Central Square

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frequent this store just so I can browse with my eyes and not my hands.   The people who work here are really friendly, and the selection is great! I suggest people go often, for me - germaphobia...

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