What Have You Bought Recently?

[pedromonkey]

finally picked up my pre-order of Jurassic Park on Blu today, also spent some dough on amazon. got these...

SILENT RUNNING - BLU (non steelbook)
Race with The Devil
Beast In space - Shameless
The Cheerleaders - Arrowdrome

[Gojirosan]

I am only really familiar with Almodovar up to around the under-rated Kika. Lost track of his later work (though have a fair bit of it waiting to be watched). So those sets cover my faves!

Dark Habits and Matador are truly wonderful films.

Enjoy!

[Phurious]

Originally Posted by Gojirosan

I am only really familiar with Almodovar up to around the under-rated Kika. Lost track of his later work (though have a fair bit of it waiting to be watched). So those sets cover my faves!

Dark Habits and Matador are truly wonderful films.

Enjoy!

Thanks, I will.

Yeh, I'm all post Kika really, although I have seen Matador, which really surprised as it was very different to anything else I'd seen by him.

Also they're what I consider wife-friendly, which means I'll get to watch some films with her over the hols

[keirarts]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Finished work early and had a mooch around nearby Staines (s'alright, better than Slough!) - found a CEX and got the copy of Halloween 2 that has the Newman/Jones commentary - one of the few purchases where I've been more interested to hear the commentary than watch the film . . .

The print of halloween 2 leaves something to be desired, very pale and faded and not a patch on either the universal r1 dvd or the phenomenal region free universal blu-ray.
That said the commentary is excellent, I own the disc just for that.

[Cap. Vic RobotPants M.D.]

Originally Posted by bdc

The boxsets are really nice,I played around with the Royal Tramp one for about 10 minutes before I found the "secret compartment"!

Once A Thief contains a dvd sized cardboard replica of the painting!
It's (together with the dvd) inside a partly see-through plastic box,fun edition.

Awesome haul there. I have that Once A Thief DVD with the painting. Very cool.

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by keirarts

The print of halloween 2 leaves something to be desired, very pale and faded and not a patch on either the universal r1 dvd or the phenomenal region free universal blu-ray.
That said the commentary is excellent, I own the disc just for that.

yeah... Halloween 2 is a film I can totally live with having a weak transfer (I won't be upgrading), as I say I pretty much bought it for the commentary . . .

[Cap. Vic RobotPants M.D.]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

Yeah I thought that with the Teshigahara Criterion boxset I ordered - lovely matte white card packaging, but so easily marked/dented !

Just pre-ordered Kill List, released (annoyingly) on boxing day . . .

I know how you feel about that Teshigahara box set. I got it from the wife last year for my birthday and it had a medium sized smudge on the front. I tried to live with it and not nitpick, I couldn't do it, I had to return it. The second one I got was perfect. Just got to always wash hands prior to touching it, even if you thought that you just washed them.

[Slippery Jack]

Originally Posted by Cap. Vic RobotPants M.D.

I know how you feel about that Teshigahara box set. I got it from the wife last year for my birthday and it had a medium sized smudge on the front. I tried to live with it and not nitpick, I couldn't do it, I had to return it. The second one I got was perfect. Just got to always wash hands prior to touching it, even if you thought that you just washed them.

...I wonder if it's an intentional sick joke by Criterion's design team that the cover art is one big fingerprint mark . . .

[pedromonkey]

damn it, working in a shop that sells dvds and blu rays is so annoying, just finished work and came home with....

SCREAM TRILOGY - BLU
Tucker & Dale Vs Evil - DVD
This Is England - DVD

only came to 26.00 with me discount...

[Slippery Jack]

Ah cool, where do you work in Cardiff ? ... Actually, isn't it only hmv there that sells dvds now? When I was at Uni I had Fopp, Virgin Megastore, and more . . .