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I got the urge to watch Total Recall, the original version. (Please don't judge me!) Is it available on Netflix where I am? Nope. HBO? No. Amazon Prime video? No! Now, Amazon does offer a digital rental - for 8 bucks!

I never thought I'd say this, but I'm starting to miss video rental shops.

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Try your local library! Free rental plus a large catalog is pretty hard to beat.

Good idea, I'm embarrassed I didn't think of that... Only problem is, I just remembered I no longer have an optical drive!

What about iTunes? [1]

[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/total-recall/id1040020260

It seems I have to install their software on my computer to see what the price is. I'm being curmudgeonly here, I know, but I'm not keen on installing iTunes, my previous experiences with that and other software on Windows were not that great.

While it is a bit of time invested initially it can be very handy to keep a Windows VM around for this purpose. Make sure to keep a baseline snapshot after patching. This way you can install questionable software with full confidence it won't impact your main system. You can simply revert to the baseline snapshot at any time to uninstall the software.

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