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Say goodbye to your precious video rental shops. "More than 300 movie rental stores, including a Hollywood Video store in Brooklyn, will be on the block at a New York City bankruptcy auction next month. Hollywood Video's parent company, Movie Gallery, is selling assignments of leases at the March 7 auction. The 327 stores include a Park Slope store as well as 17 fee-owned properties. Movie Gallery is closing 'underperforming and unprofitable' video stores, a company press release said. A Movie Gallery spokesperson, who asked not to be named, said the closures are being done 'in an effort to continue to position the company to re-emerge from bankruptcy.'" [The Real Deal]