Considering the amount of movies stored on Netflix, Amazon and the TV on both as well as Now TV, I shouldn't need to buy anymore. But as they aren't on there forever, I do sometimes feel the urge to buy a bunch of movies. Plus I'm a sucker for a 'special edition' with extras.
As the Criterion Collection becomes bigger and better with even more releases in the UK, its really putting a strain on my bank account. But I just can't resist and until the day they let me in their closet to take what I want, I have sparingly purchased their releases.
Just out of frame is my growing pile of films for my #AroundtheWorldin80Films posts. Its been slow but its also been unexpectedly busy. Actually, there are a couple of my Blind Spot picks in this pile too. I'm already behind two months...
Some various new-ish releases and some old No Angels boxsets. Couldn't find the show anywhere to watch, at least not season 2 and 3 so had to find the rare DVDs. Damn good show (could have gone another series).
Tanna, my newest arrival, actually part of the Around the World group. Its a Romeo and Juliet type story, based a real marriage dispute filmed in Vanuatu.
The top film there is of course High-Rise BUT its a special Plain Archive limited edition which is a thing of beauty. As these blu-rays are from Korea, I only have three and am careful when choosing the film.
Also in this bunch is the one and only (I hope) Amazing Mr Blunden, which was a film my sister and I used to watch when we were young. I remember the story being amazing...but as with most beloved childhood things, you see the flaws. I actually wrote it about for The Afternoon Movie section.
I'm hoping this will be my last haul for a while...trying to resist the urge to go to Fopp (a film shop that has a constant sale), we'll see.