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Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: 1990: David, 40, looks after his dementia mom. He uses a video dating service to no avail. He buys a “Rent-A-Pal” video tape and things change. REVIEW: Written and directed by Jon Stevenson (Eat, The Release), who is just so talented. The film opens with a TV that goes to static. This was before digital, before …

Wil Wheaton, Brian Landis Folkins and writer/director Jon Stevenson participated in a zoom meeting, roundtable discussion about Jon’s movie, Rent-A-Pal. Jon wrote and directed the film. “SYNOPSIS:  Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David (Brian Landis Folkins) searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother (Kathleen Brady). While seeking a partner through a video …