Espressa

Espressa makes me feel like I’m in the future! What a bizarre way of renting a movie, I had never seen anything like this coming from a place that only had the large Blockbuster stores where you could wander the aisles and pick up DVD sleeves and read the backs…
Espressa is a DVD rental service that operates via these odd cash machine-​looking devices… you pop your membership card in, and you can search their library by genre, title, new release, etc… and scroll through the movie titles. Once you find something you like, you can touch the title to bring up information, even watch the trailer (!!), and then if you like it, click add to order and then pop your membership card in the distributor machine and it’ll spit out the movies you’ve selected! They charge by hourly at first, then day I think… so if you live closeby and only keep it for say. 3 – 6 hours, you can bring it back as soon as you’re done and pay a discounted rental fee than you would pay if you had it overnight!
There’s a vending machine that will serve up your favorite movie accoutrements and the best part is that they’re open 24 hours!!! If it’s late-​night and the attendant isn’t in, you have to use your membership card to unlock the door, but the door will lock behind you so any non-​members can’t just wander in, which makes it feel pretty safe if you’re one of those people that would worry about being by yourself at night (though it’s Kensington, it’s a nice area…).
I love Espressa, I think every neighborhood should have one!