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Nat says she loves processing the incoming stock to check out what’s new, as well as talking shop with the customers. “I always enjoy chatting to the regulars that come in every week and finding out what people are in to.” The clientele at Chatswood Chase lean towards the older end of the age demographic, says Nat, adding that the youngsters tend to hang out at Westfield Mall. “But we do get a wide variety of people

through the store. “Blockbusters and kids’ movies do well here,” she says of customers’ preferences, “and TV series like Vera and Homeland .” With new release blockbusters now becoming scarce due to the pandemic, Nat says that customers have been gravitating to the classics. “There’s a solid classic catalogue that sells: films like The Wizard of Oz , Singin’ in the Rain , The Sound of Music, and a few Hitchcock titles. Fortunately there’s still a lot of newTV shows coming out – the latest season of Brooklyn Nine-Nine has sold well. And while we haven’t had the big movies, there has been a lot of interest in the smaller, independent ones.” When asked to name her all-time favourite movies, Nat says that Tarantino’s brilliant Pulp Fiction is in her top three, and also confesses to a guilty pleasure. “I’m a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I do love You’ve Got Mail . It’s not the greatest film ever made but it’s one of my favourite films of all time. I’ll watch it at least two or three times a year,” she laughs. Nat is also a bit of a Hitchcock fan, with North by Northwest a much-loved favourite. “I got the Hitchcock

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H aving worked in record stores for some time, Natalie Pease was in tune with the JB turf when she joined the team at the Chatswood Chase store as media advisor in 2018, after moving from London to Sydney.

1 Deep Blue Sea 3 2 His Dark Materials: Season 1 3 Ford v Ferrari 4 1917 5 Midway (2020) 6 Friday the 13th: 9-Movie Collection 7 Clue 8 Terminator: Dark Fate 9 The Stand (1994) 10 Birds of Prey

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Natalie Pease at JB Chatswood Chase, NSW

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