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I've lusted after it for years, and I finally found it at the local store for $5 on Black Friday. (Yes, I'm aware this set would USUALLY be $5 at Wal Mart or something, but since I live about 40 minutes from the closest one, I like the fact that I could buy this for $2 less than the usual price of $7 locally.)
I've already watched Child Bride, The Marijuana Menace (originally titled Assassin Of Youth), and Marihuana and I must say, this may turn out to be one of my best Mill Creek purchases to date.
Also, am I the only one who's gotten a Mill Creek set with logos during the movies that isn't really bothered by them? The only show up a few times, never for more than maybe three seconds, and are rarely, if ever, very intrusive. Crap, I see more intrusive logos and such on TV anymore, especially with this new trend of "Now you're watching [insert title here]. Up next, [insert title here]." |
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In case any of you folks haven't had your fill of black-and-white public domain horror movies ("Little Shop of Horrors," "The Brain That Wouldn't Die," "Lady Frankenstein," etc. et al.), then dorky mail order catalog Harriet Carter has such a deal for you!
They are selling the 4-DVD "50 Horror Classics" for only $9.99 plus shipping. This is the package that used to have its own TV commercial and sold for $20.00, so you're getting quite a deal here. I'm sure these are lousy full-frame prints with scratches galore, but you're only spending about 20 cents per movie on a real pressed DVD. Okay, I'm sure they are on a low bitrate because they need to squeeze 50 movies on to 8 sides of 4 flipper discs, (they might even be single-sided, who knows, but they look like flipper discs in the picture) and I'm sure the movies look VHS quality. But you can't beat this price without shoplifting.
A good bet for somebody just starting out in their movie collection, maybe a good Xmas gift for a teenager who likes horror movies.
Harriet Carter is also selling "50 Fright Classics" for $12.98. Not sure about the titles on that one, but I'm sure it is similar. They are also selling some cheap World War II documentary box sets to service their base audience of rapidly dwindling Depression survivors.
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I found the following at Big!Lots for $3 or less. I was surprised at the quality which included many Oscar winners and genuine classics. Of course they also had stuff like Hudson Hawk and Gigli.
King Kong (1933)
Dames
Golddiggers of 1933
Mighty Joe Young
The Band Wagon
Pride of the Yankees
The Petrified Forest
Gigi
Network
Adaptation
Bowling For Colombine
Kung-Fu Hustle
Moulin Rogue
Fahrenheit 911
Alexander (director's cut)
North Country
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Hey friends,
I haven't posted here in awhile (looks like nobody has), but I felt I had to share a deal I came across in my local Wal-Mart a couple days ago.
Next to the "Iron Man" display they had a bunch of two-disc, four-movie sets for $9.99. I picked up all four Christopher Reeve "Superman" movies in widescreen, including the DVD extras like cut scenes and commentary.
They also had all the "Matrix" movies, all the "Nightmare on Elm Street" movies (eight of those, in two sets), four Clint Eastwood comedies, and one, for some reason, of all horse movies ("National Velvet," "International Velvet," "The Story of Seabiscuit" and "Black Beauty").
Just a heads-up. Wal-mart usually ditches these after Christmas.
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Just like a few months ago, my local Big Lots! location (downtown Los Angeles in the basement of a 100 year old former department store...yeah, it is pretty cool) got in a huge shipment of DVDs from Sony/Tri-Star, which they are selling for 3 bucks each.
Like the last load, there was a large number of garbage titles, but a few real treats that were well worth 3 measly bucks once you dug through the stacks for a few minutes.
Here's what I picked up:
Johnny Mnemonic - Superbit Edition
Gattaca - Superbit Edition
XXX - Superbit Edition
The Dark Crystal - Special Collector's Edition
Labyrinth - Special Collector's Edition
The Cavern - (looks like a rip-off of "The Cave.")
There was a bunch of heinous junk too: the final episode of Dawson's Creek, Married With Children "Best of" discs, The New Guy, Edison Force, plenty of Jean-Claude Van Damme, some movie with Paris Hilton and a ton of other chaff. But a few notable items to make it worth looking. |
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Several of Mill Creek's smaller combinations have been showing up at Big Lots
(Best of Jack Benny, Best of Cisco Kid) for $6 and WalMart (Robin Hood Season one -- Richard Greene) for $5.
Yesterday, I picked up "The Legend of Rin Tin Tin" at WalMart for $5, expecting it to be 48 episodes from the TV series. A quick look at the back cover told me different. This is 4 movie serials:
Included
1. Adventures of Rex and Rinty, The
2. Law of the Wild, The
3. Lightning Warrior, The
4. Lone Defender, The
I probably would have gotten it, even if it were the TV series (I was a big fan once) but I definitely got it when I realized what it was -- I mean, I think these are all available elsewhere for, at best, $9 each. Have not looked at them to assess picture quality yet.
Greg
Apr. 2nd, 2008 @ 10:11 am
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I just got three DVDs from Ebay put out by Digiview that feature Bullwinkle material. Of course, these were taken from the old TV syndication prints that I used to see as a kid in the Seventies. Anyhow, I was googling around for more info, and I discovered a thread on the GAC forum. That's Golden Age cartoons. I dunno if any of you are part of that forum, but since I could not register because they have that graphic you need to copy which my screen reader cannot read, I thought I'd post a quick note here and hopefully one of you can pass it along for what it's worth. A few posters on that thread indicated that when they went to play these Digiview DVDs, there was no audio. I got audio on my DVDs, but my DVD player is part of a combo with a TV and it has stereo speakers. By using headphones, I discovered that for some reason, the cartoon audio has been recorded out-of-phase. So depending on how your DVD player is set up and how you actually hear the audio, if you have, for example, a mono TV, if you mix down out-of-phase audio to mono, it just cancels out, so you get either no sound or very faint sound. I've noticed out-of-phase audio on a few isolated cartoons on other Digiview DVDs, but not throughout the whole DVD. One poster to the forum wrote to Digiview and was told they'd replace his DVDs when he explained the problem to them. I hope this means they ran a new batch with the sound in actual mono and not out of phase.
Just for those of you who are curious, I don't know which volume is which, but one volume, which I assume is the first one, involves a storyline concerning a newspaper's publicity stunt for a treasure hunt. You only get three episodes, which contain six Bullwinkle episodes and other elements but do not complete the full storyline. Another DVD contains mostly the other stuff outside of Bullwinkle stories, such as "Aesop and Son," "Fractured Fairy Tales" and a "Dudley Doorite" episode and two or three "Mr. Peabody" episodes. The third DVD seems to be the expanded version of the first one, as you get all the episodes encompassing the newspaper treasure hunt storyline.
Feb. 17th, 2008 @ 02:11 am
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I stumbled over this when I was looking at the Suncoast website for a cheap copy of Three Musketeers with Douglas Fairbanks, Senior.
Classic Tales of Adventure is supposed to retail for $10. Suncoast online had it on sale for $6 at the time. Best Buy online had it for $9. Tried to pick it up locally, but finally ordered it from Suncoast online (postage was $3). Took a week to reach me.
It contains (on 3 DVDs)
Three Musketeers (Fairbanks)
Iron Mask (Fairbanks)
Robin Hood (Fairbanks)
Thief of Bagdad (Fairbanks)
Beloved Rogue (John Barrymore)
Son of Monte Christo (Louis Hayward)
East of Borneo (appears to be the runt of the litter)
Scarlett Pimpernel (few of the reviews even mentioned this was there)
-- the box claimed this starred Marius Goring (he was in a TV series)
-- It's the Leslie Howard version.
For some reason, my wife found it hilarious that 5 of these movies were silent. "You can watch them while I take a nap!"
Greg
Feb. 15th, 2008 @ 12:13 pm
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Here is a list of movies I picked up in the last 3 months from Big Lots, Walmart , and Dollar Tree
All Discs were priced at $1 except 2 which are noted as $2.
Adventures of Skippy - The Vandals 1992 (TV)
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: TV4015-17
Watch Mr Wizard - 1951 (TV)
Eps:
Everyday Illusions
Musical Instruments
Puzzles in Geometry
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: TV4003-17
Watch Mr Wizard - 1951 (TV)
Eps:
Six Kinds of Electricity
How Animals Move
Sticks and Stones
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: TV4002-17
Note: had in another dual movie disc
Attack of the Monsters - 1969
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV2009-17
Dragon - 2006
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV2022-17
The greatest thing that almost happened - 1977 (TV)
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV2016-17
This is the Army - 1943
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV-585
Note: had in a 9 black action movie set
Mean Johnny Barrows - 1976
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: TEX61M
Anna Karenina - 1948 / Hell's House - 1932
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV2001-17
Note: Animated
The fabulous adventures of Baron Munchausen - 1979
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID:CC5021-17
Note: Animated
Burbank Films Australia - Kidnapped
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: CC5020-17
Note: Have also Mr Know-It all from digiview
Toon Facory - Rocky And Bullwinkle "Peabody"
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: CC5017-17
Studio One - 1952 (TV) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - 1955 (TV)
Supplier: Digiview
Source: Walmart
ID:MV58E
Charade - 1963
Sorce: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID:FA3008-17
Climax! - 1954 (TV)
Eps: Casino Royale
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV2007-17
Death Valley: The Revenge of Bloody Bill
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV2021-17
When The Bough Breaks - 1986 (TV) / Congratulations It's a boy - 1971 (TV)
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV 2011-17
Ski Troop Attack - 1960 / The Conquest of Everest
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID:MV 2027-17
Hood Angels - 2003
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: TEX54M
Legend of Cougar Canyon - 1976 / Toby McTeague - 1986
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID:MV50E
Bay of Love and Sorrows - 2002
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV 2017 - 17
The Brave Lion - 1977
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID:MV 2003-17
On Fire - 1989 (TV) AKA Ballbuster
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV 2015-17
Phra-Apai-Mani aka The prince, The Witch, and The Mermaid - 2002
Thailand
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: MV2005-17
Note: Animated
Kimba The Lion - Vol 3 - 1994
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: CC5014-17
Note: Animated
Captain Nemo - Vol 3 The Coral Maze
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: CC5019-17
Note: Animated
Captain Nemo - Vol 4 The Coral Maze
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: Digiview
ID: CC5018-17
Note: Animated
Panda and The magic Serpent (Animated) - 1958
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: digiview
ID: CC54E
Note: Animated
Raggedy Ann - Suddenly it's Spring
Eps:
Suddenly It's Spring
The Enchanted Square
Freedom River
Old Macdonald Had A Farm
Naughty But Mice
Sport Chumpions
Big Man From The North
Ups and Down Derby
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: digiview
ID: CC54E
Note: Animated
Hunky & Spunky and friends - You Cant Shoe a Horsefly
Eps:
You Can't Shoe a Horsefly
Land of the Lost Jewels
Boy Meets Dog
Goal Rush
Once Upon a Time
Invisible Moustache of Raoul
Tender Game
Freedom River
Source: Wal-mart
Supplier: digiview
ID: CC54E
Against All Hope - 1982
Source: Dollar Tree
Supplier: digiview
ID: MV9-A
At war with the army - 1950
Source: Dollar Tree
Supplier: digiview
ID: MV58-B
An american summer - 1991
Source: Dollar Tree
Supplier: Tango
ID: C56182
Note: Had Katherine on Digiview disc
Ginger in the morning - 1974 / Katerine - 1975 (TV)
Source: Dollar Tree
Supplier:Movie Classics
ID: 69749
Note: Had Seven Alone on Treasure Box Dual Movie disc
A Sensitive passionate Man - 1977 (TV) / Seven Alone - 1974
Source: Dollar Tree
Supplier:Movie Classics
ID:69859
Coach of the Year - 1980 (TV)
Source: Dollar Tree
Supplier:Digiview
ID: FA1-A
Note Had Moon of the Wolf on treasure box dual movie disc
Moon of the wolf - 1972 (TV) / Prisoner in the Middle - 1977 aka Warhead
Source: Dollar Tree
Supplier: Movie Classics
ID: 69869
Note: $2
Silver City - 2004
Source: Big Lots
Supplier: Columbia TriStar
ID: 09321
Note:$2
Don't Do It - 1994
Source: Big Lots
Supplier: Blast Films
ID: 7002
Note: Had Gold on mill creek 10 disc set, Had Born to Win on Movie Classics and Digiview Dual movie discs
Gold - 1974 / Born to win - 1971 / Death Sentance - 1974 (TV)
Source: Big Lots
Supplier:Double D
ID: 0002
Note: Have Escape from Sobibor on digiview dual movie disc
Escape from Sobibor - 1987 (TV) / Beyond Justice - 1992 / The Inside Man - 1984
Source: Big Lots
Supplier:Double D
ID: 0004
Note: Have Guilty Conscience on Digiview and Treasure Box disc, Killing Affair is on Digiview
BMX bandits - 1983 / Guilty Conscience -1985 (TV) / A Killing Affair - 1986
Source: Big Lots
Supplier:Double D
ID:0006
Jan. 7th, 2008 @ 11:55 pm
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I know this sounds like a bad Christmas present to some people, but considering the income of the person who gave it to me and my love for these cheap ass sets, I'm actually happy to have it, especially since it's one I've been wanting for a while now.
The set, released by our old friends Mill Creek, contains four dual-layer single-sided DVDs with five titles on each one. Disc four also contains several trailers for Hitchcock's films, including Psycho, Vertigo, and The Birds, among others. The set contains several silent films as well as two episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. These discs come packed in a double alpha case.
I've previewed the films, and most of the transfers are at least watchable, with a few fairly nice ones that are below studio quality, but above typical public domain DVD fare. The only unwatchable one, in my opinion, was Secret Agent...at least I think that was it. The image had a shaky effect like a videotape with bad tracking, which is what I imagine the source to be.
More info on this set can be found here. It doesn't list the two episodes of AHP separately - it lists them as just AHP, so there's only 19 listings on there. The two included episodes are The Chaney Vase and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Dec. 26th, 2007 @ 12:44 am
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| » Belleville, Ontario Giant Tiger/Liquidation World Roundup, Starring the Great Negroe Actors |
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Really uninspiring selection of closeout DVDs at this point in time. It's usually either typical Hollywood fare, the odd Anchor Bay title or stuff I've seen before (hello, Jimmy MacDonald's Canada and Atomic Betty!) There's also the odd anime (Robotech and Dragonball GT, essentially.) Giant Tiger had some box sets on for $29.99 or $39.99, and I don't feel like paying that much for The Outer Limits Season 4 or any season of Beastmaster. Dollar DVDs? What they?
GT
Bamboozled (2000) $3.99
This is Wonderland: The Complete First Season (2005) $19.99
Overnight (2003) $3.99
Late Night with Conan O'Brien: 10th Anniversary Special (2003) $3.99
"The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin" (1987) $3.99 - Volume 1: The Journey Begins
Thunderstruck $4.99
For the Felix fans, First National Pictures also released a few volumes of "Baby Felix" (2000) and Felix the Cat Saves Christmas (2004), both of which were $3.99. I only saw the first volume of Baby Felix and Friends (American title), but the Felix and Teddy Ruxpin DVDs veered close to bootleg-quality box art. I'm amazed Baby Felix is even on DVD in this continent.
LW
King of the Ants (2003/I) $4.89
Delirium (a/k/a Delirio caldo; 1972) $4.89
Spike and Mike's Twisted Festival of Animation: Contagious (2005) $4.89
Er, that's it!
Dec. 23rd, 2007 @ 01:12 pm
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| » The Height of Low |
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I had been meaning to blog about these DVDs for some time, but my internet connection was down for WEEKS, so all 10 of you that read this blog have been deprived of my wry anecdotes. For this I apologize.
I picked these up some months ago, in fact it was so long ago now that I can't remember exactly where, but I think it was at a 99 cent store in (appropriately) a basement in a 100 year old building near Skid Row. Charming, I know, but I don't live too far away from there.
Anyway, these horror/comedies are the lowest of low budget indie movies. So low you've never heard of them, and I've never heard of them, (and I seek out this kind of bargain basement cinema) with one exception. More on that in a minute.
They're on a label that I've never seen before or since, SRS Cinema. The Address given is the unhelpful "New York, NY USA," but based on the typography they look like an offshoot of our old buddy Miracle Pictures. They are "distributed exclusively by Vidtape, Inc."
I should note that these are all still sealed and I have not yet watched them, but here's a quick rundown based on the box descriptions:
BRAIN DRAINER: "Director Mike Legge is back with his funniest movie yet!" WHO?? Anyway, this is a "sci-fi spoof that has to be seen by all true lovers of the high camp movies of the 1950's." No review on Rotten Tomatoes. Sounds like it's right up my alley, though. Imdb rating: 6.3.
WORKING STIFFS: "An unscrupulous temporary employment agency discovers the secret to cheap labor. Through the use of voodoo spells, freshly killed employees are brought back to life to become workaholics from the grave." Funny idea, sounds like THE OFFICE meets NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD. Has one relatively positive review on IMDB. Listed on Rotten Tomatoes, but no reviews.
DOGS IN QUICKSAND: (Picture not shown): "A quirky, offbeat tale of sex and betrayal in a rural farming community" with "the structure of a b movie who-done-it." ImDb rating: 7.0. Could be worth watching.
SHUSTERMAN LEVINE (Picture not shown):A drama about a boxer competing in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. Not listed or reviewed anywhere.
CHEERLEADER AUTOPSY:Another goofy horror comedy. A busload of cheerleaders are wiped out in a freak accident (aren't they always freak accidents? Are there any other kind?). "An Alzheimer's afflicted mortician, his college dropout nephew and a simpering night janitor...soon find themselves pitted against each other" in a race to bring the nubile cheerleaders back to life with a magic potion. Wow. What a plot. Has a 2.6 rating on IMDB.
FART - THE MOVIE: Here's the film I have a familiarity with. Around 1991, this guy was advertising in the Hollywood Reporter soliciting music that he could put in this movie. This is something I had done before (and been paid for), so I sent the guy some music...long story short, I never heard back from him. But who knows, maybe he used my music without telling me. I'll have to watch the movie and find out, as stupid as it sounds. Plot: A guy who loves FARTING falls asleep in front of the TV, and dreams all the TV shows are about FARTING. WOW! I'm speechless at how stupid this idea is (though I would have happily taken $200 from the guy if he used any of my songs...) This "movie" gets a 5.7 rating on IMBD, but I can't help but thinking this rating is skewed by sarcastic wiseasses who are giving it an insincere 10 rating as a great work of art.
Of all of these messes, Working Stiffs has a funny idea. Might watch that. I'll have to watch "FART" also, but only as a homework assignment. The Cheap DVD Hunter must sacrifice his own sanity for the greater good, sometimes.
UPDATE: I watched one of the DVDs, and it does in fact contain the "Passion Productions" logo, part of Miracle Pictures. The movies are also shot on video, and since they date from prior to HD, I mean lousy VHS video. Not even as good quality-wise as the sketches I shot in college.
Dec. 15th, 2007 @ 05:23 am
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Well, Mill Creek's gotten my money more than once this month. And so have a couple of other companies.
Thanksgiving Thursday, I took advantage of some sales a local store was having. I picked up the new Celine Dion CD for $10, but that's irrelevant. They also had several Mill Creek 20 movie packs on sale for $5. (Whilst their regular price is $7.99 - about $2.50 more than the ones you'll find in Wal Mart's $5.50 bin, but Wal Mart's 35 miles away, so what are ya gonna do?) I picked up the Musicals 20 Movie Pack. I actually watched one of them this morning - Glorifying The American Girl. Interesting little film from the infancy of sound on film. I hear UCLA recently did a restoration restoring the two-strip Technicolor scenes and all the censorship edits, such as some *gasp* nudity. I'd love to see that, especially since this print was pretty nasty. But it was watchable and fairly enjoyable. A bit stagy, but most early sound films are. There were actually two or three films in the set that I was very much impressed with how great the transfers were, but at the moment, I couldn't tell you which ones. I've previewed all the titles, though, and they're all at least watchable.
Today, I was at a store called Mighty Dollar, and among several DVDs, they had the Mill Creek Detectives 10 Movie Pack. Well, a Mill Creek set for $1? You bet I snatched it right up. Having just previewed it, I have to say I'm blown away. This set offers some of the best transfers I've ever seen on budget DVDs of public domain fare. The Dick Tracy and Sherlock Holmes movies, save for the last one in the set (Can't currently remember the title.) are all near the quality of an official studio-released DVD.
I also picked up The World Of Hans Christian Andersen from Digivew and a double "cult classics" feature from Intercontinental featuring D.O.A. and Hell's House. I already had The World Of Hans Christian Andersen on a PC Treasures disc with The Pied Piper Of Hamlin...that's actually the reason I bought that disc, since I have The Pied Piper on DVD from Brentwood already. However, in the time I've been buying $1 DVDs, that may be the one time I've gotten one that was nearly unwatchable due to poor quality. It was obviously taken from a VHS that had been dubbed at least 5 times over in SP mode, with some considerable tape damage in some parts. Digiview's isn't much better, but it's definitely an improvement. As for D.O.A./Hell's House, the video and audio quality on both is quite good for public domain fare. However, this DVD had a price tag on it from Tower Records, where it sold for $4.99, so chances are they may have had access to better source materials. D.O.A. is the better of the transfers. Again, close to legit studio-released DVD quality.
I also bought a CD/DVD set from Starlight Records called The Humphrey Bogart Era. The CD contains popular 40's songs in listenable sound quality intro'd and outro'd with clips of Bogey speaking. The DVD contains the film Beat The Devil and the complete episode of The Jack Benny Show in which he appeared. The transfer of Beat The Devil is very nice. Not quite that of a legit studio-released DVD, but better than most. Wish I could say the same about The Jack Benny Show. The contrast and brightness are turned up so much on this, it's absolutely unwatchable. First $1 DVD purchase I've ever made that has something where the quality is so crappy that it's actually unwatchable. But for the music and the decent transfer of Beat The Devil, it's absolutely worth it.
Nov. 29th, 2007 @ 03:54 pm
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Minor item here, but this is a companion to the Publishers' Clearinghouse post I made about two years ago. This is from the recent Hammacher Schlemmer catalogue of curios (the Canadian version, which means slapping the maple leaf flag on the cover and seemingly little else) and UPPER-CASE CATCHY ITEM DESCRIPTIONS FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD.  It's our old friend* Mill Creek and Hammacher Schlemmer's selling one of its bog-standard repacks for $45! Granted, the thing is supposed to retail for that much, but come on, when does it ever? It'll go great as a Christmas gift with the Marshmallow Shooter™! *billing not contractual
Nov. 18th, 2007 @ 03:16 pm
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Wal-Mart has started carrying a bunch of 20 movie/50 episode Millcreek packs for five dollars. In a quick look, I saw TV Westerns, the Best of Bonanza, Best of Lucy & Friends, The Very Best of One Step Beyond, Mean Guns, Family Pack and Alfred Hitchcock, in addition to the John Wayne
All the films are listed on Mill Creek's website. The suggested price on their website is $15, so this is a pretty decent deal.
Mean Guns is a mix of fairly recent Westerns with a few old PD films tossed in. The website reveals a few films that aren't available in the other Western sets (except the 250 movie boxed set.)
The Family Pack looks like a pretty decent collection of old family films. If many of them are those we've seen time and time again (Gulliver's Travels, The Inspector General, The Little Princess), they're still good for the more general audience, and some of these are, according to Mill Creek's website, aren't on any other collection, including Father's Little Dividend (which looks like a fairly high-budget movie) and The Magic Sword (from Bert I. Gordon=not so high budget).
I've grabbed my copy of Alfred Hitchcock's films. It doesn't look like Mill Creek has taken much advantage of Hitchcock before, but I've seen Thirty-Nine Steps and a few of the others several places. I haven't seen the silents elsewhere, though--though I have a hard time imagining how these British movies are legitimately in the public domain.
The John Wayne 20 pack copies a lot from the other Mill Creek packs, but it's a cheap copy of McClintock and Angel and the Badman, plus a bunch of lousy B&W Westerns from the 30s.
They're missing quite a few I'd like; in particular, I'll have to get Cult Classics from Amazon sometime. Do other stores have a different or broader collection?
Nov. 10th, 2007 @ 10:38 pm
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Just noticed that the Mill Creek site has added a 250 movie pack category.
So far there are only two: Family and Horror.
Haven't delved deeply into the contents of either (the Horror contents list isn't complete yet) but they appear to be consolidations of previous packs.
List price is $100 each for 60 discs.
Greg
Nov. 1st, 2007 @ 11:08 am
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Just a brief note to tell you that at a nearby Dollar Tree I found a number of movies for 50 cents each. These all are Digiview and the copyright is 2004. I'm not going to list titles just because these are the usual public-domain suspects, with an emphasis on general drama titles with some family-friendly stuff and a little action thrown in. Didn't see any cartoons or horror or sci-fi unless they were in a different section and we just didn't find them. So if you don't already have some of the usual movies like "Penny Serenade" or "The Fast and the Furious" at least at my nearby Dollar Tree they're two for a buck!
Sep. 13th, 2007 @ 01:39 pm
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Got a few new titles from Big Lots today at $2 a pop.
Passed on several previously viewed recent titles at $5 each.
Hollywood Palms - 2001
Source: Big Lots
Supplier: Blue Laser
ID: 8-2725-06036-2-7
Dust to Dust - 1994
Source: Big Lots
Supplier: Blue Laser
ID: 8-2725-06006-2-6
Hard Bounty - 1995
Source: Big Lots
Supplier: Blue Laser
ID: 8-2725-07005-2
BAADASSSSS! - 2003
Source: Big Lots
Supplier: Sony
ID: 04368
Sep. 1st, 2007 @ 02:58 am
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Finally some new discs arrived at my local dollar tree store:
Last movies there were VHS titles.
Then old books on tape from cassettes.
Cartoon titles are from East West.
First time to my knowledge that they have carried this companies discs.
Here is what I was able to get.
Once Upon a Time : Vol 1
Tobor The 8th Man & Friends : Vol 1
Clutch Cargo: Vol 5
Junior and Friends: Vol 1
Casper and Friends: Vol 3
Mutt and Jeff: Vol 1
Popeye and Friends : Vol 1
Talking Magpies and Friends: Vol 1
Diver Dan: Vol 2
Little rascals Vol 4 - 1955 (TV)
Sep. 1st, 2007 @ 02:53 am
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