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The Betoota Advocate presents a chat show about the films you love. Join the movie maestro Alexei Toliopoulos in ‘The Last Video Store’ - located in the outback town of Betoota. Its a special hub of culture and memories with every single movie ever made lining its infinite shelves. Alexei talks with a guest about their most cherished cinematic selections, before he sends them of with a bespoke film recommendation based on their taste.

The rental combo is:
1 x New Release
2 x Weeklies
1 x Staff Pick



Follow us on Instagram @lastvideostorebetoota

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The Betoota Advocate presents a chat show about the films you love. Join the movie maestro Alexei Toliopoulos in ‘The Last Video Store’ - located in the outback town of Betoota. Its a special hub of culture and memories with every single movie ever made lining its infinite shelves. Alexei talks with a guest about their most cherished cinematic selections, before he sends them of with a bespoke film recommendation based on their taste.

The rental combo is:
1 x New Release
2 x Weeklies
1 x Staff Pick



Follow us on Instagram @lastvideostorebetoota

    Nina Oyama, Star of Deadloch & Taskmaster Australia

    Nina Oyama, Star of Deadloch & Taskmaster Australia

    Comedian/actor/writer/director/close personal friend Nina Oyama steps into Betoota Video. Fresh off AACTA nominations for her enthusiastic performance of Abby in Deadloch and Taskmaster Australia, Nina is about to embark on her Comedy Festival tour of her new show Nina Oyama is Coming at Melbourne Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival and Perth Comedy Festival.

    A true lover of cinema, Nina’s picks range from a Norwegian body horror comedy, an indie classic in modern monochrome and one of the greatest revenge thrillers that just celebrated its 20th anniversary with a huge cinematic re-release. Somehow, Alexei weaves these together for the rarest staff pick recommendation.

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    Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. Here’s Nina’s combo on LB.

    Music & sounds by Rowan Dix

    Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 

    Art by Hollow Bones Studio 


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    • 48 min
    Tony Armstrong, 2x Logie Award Winning Presenter

    Tony Armstrong, 2x Logie Award Winning Presenter

    A true Renaissance man whose multifaceted career continues to surprise us all. Tony Armstrong kicked things off in AFL playing for the Sydney Swans, then he won 2 Logies back-to-back as a presenter on ABC News Breakfast and now he’s in Betoota for his new foray into story-driven documentary with his upcoming ABC series TONY ARMSTRONG'S EXTRA-ORDINARY THINGS. 

    With picks like one of the great masterpieces of surrealist anime, a grounded gritty crime epic and an inventive heist film that sits somewhere right in the middle… Alexei Toliopoulos has the perfect staff pick to pop into Tony’s combo.

    Watch the full video on YOUTUBEFollow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. Here’s Tony’s picks!

    Music & sounds by Rowan Dix

    Produced & edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 

    Art by Hollow Bones Studio 
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 50 min
    Clancy Overell, The Betoota Advocate Editor

    Clancy Overell, The Betoota Advocate Editor

    The passionate journalist and Betoota local Clancy Overell welcomes Alexei to the desert town he now calls home. Stopping by to pick up a rental combo and settle some overdue late fees from a bygone era. 

    It’s up to Betoota’s registered cinephile to form the perfect staff pick from an Australian classic comedy, one of Scorsese’s grandest crime sagas and a warm melancholic hug from contemporary Irish cinema.

    Watch the full video on YOUTUBE HEREFollow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. Here’s Clancy’s full list! 

    Music & sounds by Rowan Dix

    Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 

    Art by Hollow Bones Studio 
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 55 min
    Angela White, the Meryl Streep of Porn

    Angela White, the Meryl Streep of Porn

    With perhaps more films in Betoota Video than any other performer (all located behind the beaded curtain), who better to stop by the Last Video Store than the legendary adult film superstar Angela White. The AVN Hall of Famer was the first to win Female Performer of the Year 3 times in a row earner her the honorary moniker the Meryl Streep of porn. 

    From modern crime masterpieces, a bonafide video store cult classic and a relationship drama with unsimulated sex Alexei weaves the perfect staff pick for Angela. 

    Watch FULL VIDEOS on YOUTUBE

    Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. 

    Here’s Angela’s full list!

    Music & sounds by Rowan Dix

    Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 

    Art by Hollow Bones Studio 
    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 48 min
    Polly Bennett, SALTBURN choreographer and ELVIS movement coach

    Polly Bennett, SALTBURN choreographer and ELVIS movement coach

    If you need an actor to convincingly play a real-life figure that the whole world is deeply familiar with you get Polly Bennett to teach them exactly how to move like them. Teaching Austin Butler to wiggle his hips like the King in ELVIS, Rami Malek to command the stage like Freddie Mercury in BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY, how to stroll like a royal in THE CROWN and choreographing a murdered dancefloor with Barry Keoghan in SALTBURN - Polly Bennett is the moment. 

    And here on The Last Video Store she talks with Alexei about some classic female lead comedies, musicals and a genre-defining legend from Australia’s indie cinema boom of the 1990s. 

    Watch FULL VIDEOS on YOUTUBE

    Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. Here’s Polly’s list for you, mate! 

    Music & sounds by Rowan Dix

    Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 

    Art by Hollow Bones Studio 


    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 1 hr 9 min
    Luke Bracey, Aussie actor and Hollywood hunk

    Luke Bracey, Aussie actor and Hollywood hunk

    From the trenches of HACKSAW RIDGE, to the sparkling glitz of ELVIS, and the crude humour of HOLIDATE… Working with some of the biggest directors, Luke Bracey is an actor building up a fascinating resume ranging from hardcore action thrills to Netflix romcom and chills. 

    From his cinematic selection, it seems like he has a taste for high-pressure international intrigue, espionage, political thrillers with personal stakes and GREAT acting. So what could Alexei possibly pick for him to leave the Last Video Story with?Follow ALEXEI TOLIOPOULOS on Letterboxd for all the rental combo lists. Here’s Luke Bracey list right here. 

    Music & sounds by Rowan Dix

    Produced & Edited by Alex Jae and Xanon Murphy 

    Art by Hollow Bones Studio 


    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    • 1 hr 11 min

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