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Old 15-08-2016, 17:02
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Been buying a lot of older and obscure movies lately, often ones I have not see for years...can usually be had quite cheap online -

The Deadly Affair - 60's John Le Carre spy drama with James Mason, Harry Andrews, Simone Signoret, Maximillian Schell. Directed by Sidney Lumet, with a great non-touristy looking London, a very realistic, grimy look and interesting use of hand-held camera.

Otley - Tom Courtenay. Not seen this for a while, Courtenay's petty thief gets mistaken for a murderer, and he goes on the run. A comedy, if I remember right. But not received it yet.

Box set of the Man From Uncle Movies - ok, they were 2 tv episodes stuck together with newly filmed bits. Quality ranges from good to pretty dire, but they are ok for a bit of sixties spy nostalgia.

The Accused - Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis. Some of it looks a bit clunky now, the legal jargon does not always hold up...but its still a very powerful movie, and the rape scene (for a mainstream movie) is truly disturbing.

A Sense of Freedom - actually a Scottish TV play from 1979 about notorious Glasgow hard man Jimmy Boyle. Uncompromising stuff for the time. I vividly remember Boyle being in solitary and regularly being beaten up in the cell by the wardens...so he covers himself and his cell in his own faeces, and when the wardens come in he looks at them and says 'Whassamarrer boys? Mah blood turns ye on, but mah shite makes ye cringe, eh?'

Rosemary's Baby - only ever saw this once, after I had seen the Exorcist. And I hated it. But I know it was because I had been told it was also supposed to be the scariest film ever etc...and I really didn't get it at that age. Due for a re-watch very soon.
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Old 15-08-2016, 18:37
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Bought a few the other day

DeadPool
Dads army the movie
Grimsby
The hateful 8
Straight outta Compton


The only one I've seen so far is deadpool and I found it horrendously overrated
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Old 15-08-2016, 18:48
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Supergirl....
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Old 15-08-2016, 22:04
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Seven brides for seven brothers
Pre ordered Finding Dory
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Old 16-08-2016, 14:58
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Received from Amazon on sunday

Eye in the Sky, shouldnt have been released until yesterday
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Old 16-08-2016, 18:12
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Just bought eighteen DVDs from Age UK, for 29p each. Only watched two of them before

Any Given Sunday
The Butterfly Effect
Chronicle
Contagion
Deep Blue Sea
Hard Candy
Kill List
Kissing Jessica Stein (Have seen before)
L.A. Confidential (Have seen before. Sealed)
Layer Cake
Madison County (Sealed)
Mrs Brown
Next
Night at the Museum
The Terminal
The Wolfman
Wrong Turn

On TV: Shirley Bassey (Tried this one already. 145 minutes of her peformances on tv shows, ranging from 1971 to 2005. A keeper.)

At that price I don't mind 'taking a risk' on a film that I haven't even heard of before. The ones I like I'll keep, and any I don't like will probably go back to a charity shop, because CeX trade-in values are mostly 1p now for mainstream films.
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Old 18-08-2016, 08:18
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Bought a few more. Might as well list them for posterity.


From (doomed) BHS, £1.99 each:-

Sin City + Sin City 2: A Dame To Kill For (2 movie set)
Force Majeure


From CeX:-

Life in the Undergrowth (David Attenborough tv series), £1.50
Sherlock series 1 (Never actually seen any of these), £1
Terry and June series 2, £1
Open Range, 50p
SAW 2 (Director's Cut), 50p
The Secret Lives of Dentists, 50p
Wonder Boys (Only seen this once before, at the cinema), 50p
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Old 19-08-2016, 15:56
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MORE 3 for £1 buys.......

Dr. Mabuse, Der Spieler (2 disc Blu-ray)
Dumbo
Gone Baby Gone
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
Rear Window (1954)
Romper Stomper


Maybe I'd better stop buying them for a while. Got a lot to get through.
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Old 20-08-2016, 09:39
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BLU RAYS

Rashomon
The Day The Earth Caught Fire
Bande A Part
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Old 20-08-2016, 19:46
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The other day I bought Push, The Iceman and Playing It Cool on Blu-ray. Last night I bought Sunshine and The Crow, again on Blu-ray.
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Old 22-08-2016, 16:19
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The Incredible Hulk (season 2), £2, CeX - Haven't seen any of this series since the early '80s. Looking forward to re-visiting it. I'll probably recognise some scenes.
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Old 23-08-2016, 20:10
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Good Kill - recommended to me as I liked Eye in the Sky so much.

Road to Perdition bought for 99p at charity shop

I don't tend to buy current movies as I have a Cineworld Unlimted card & see most of the releases when they come out.
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Old 25-08-2016, 20:38
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The Jungle Book (2016) on DVD.
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Old 26-08-2016, 09:23
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I did end up buying Big bang theory Season 9 for me on blu-ray and DVD for the other half. Wasn't supposed to get them to Monday but arrived today (well my blu-ray version did)
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Old 26-08-2016, 10:13
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I picked up another 4 for £1..........

The Eagle (2011)

G.I. Jane (1997)

Robin Hood (2010) - Director's Cut, 16 minutes longer than the theatrical release. Seems the longer version is the only one available here on DVD, anyway.

Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)


Only one of those I've seen before is Robin Hood, and that was at the cinema.
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Old 29-08-2016, 22:32
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I got some Blu-rays from HMV in Dublin last week.

The Amazing Spiderman 2.
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. (This was bought at €1.50. It included a Blu-ray, DVD & Soundtrack CD)
The Green Hornet.
Hotel Transylvania 2.
Saving Mr. Banks.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
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Old 30-08-2016, 22:06
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Clash of the Titans Blu-Ray (2010).
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Old 01-09-2016, 09:16
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Midsomer Murders - A Collection of Ten Investigations
Midsomer Murders - A Further Ten Investigations (The Second Collection)

£2.99 each, Age UK charity shop.


Also, from CeX.......

Along Came A Spider - 50p. Sequel to Kiss the Girls
Jesus of Nazareth - 50p, 1977 miniseries. Disappointed to find that this is a cut version, though. It has a runtime of 270 minutes, but apparently the uncut version is much longer. Oh well..........
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Old 01-09-2016, 23:05
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The Jungle Book DVD (2016)
Bridget Jones's Diary DVD (2001)
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Old 02-09-2016, 13:55
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A load more 29p discs, bit of a mixed bag.......

The Big White (2005)
Enter The Dragon (1973)
E.T. The Extra-Terrstrial (1982, 2-disc)
Hard Eight (1996)
High Crimes (2002)
H.M.S. Defiant (1962)
The Infiltrator (1995)
Kenny Rogers: The Gambler: The Legend Continues (says 1977 on the box, but apparently it's from 1987)
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
No Way Back (1995)
On The Beach (1959)
Porridge series 2
Shrek (2001)

EDIT I was just looking back through the posts in this topic and I realised I've bought stuff that I've forgotten about.
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Old 02-09-2016, 15:47
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A Dozen Summers on DVD
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Old 03-09-2016, 01:20
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The Violent Playground. Watched it tonight and was worth it for the Liverpool locations alone. David McCallum was pretty good in it though! As was Stanley Baker.
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Old 03-09-2016, 10:36
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My copies of Captain America: Civil War arrived today.
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Old 03-09-2016, 11:04
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

It is actually very decent. Check it out.

Jordana Brewster in a horror movie.. what more could you want!?

I'm also loving watching some obscure older movies. Modern movies this year have been poor.
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Old 05-09-2016, 20:08
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Catch Me If You Can DVD (2002)
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