Hey #Seattle, Scarecrow Video is trying to raise 1.8 million dollars to stay open. I'd been meaning to visit, and they're amazing! Consider supporting them with a membership if you like physical media. (They also rent by mail.)
if you enjoyed 'Shōgun' the 1st 3 'Shinobi' films may be of interest as they effectively function as a prequel + lots of ninja trickery: walking on water, flaming shuriken, climbing claws, sleeping gases, poisons, flash bombs, tatami mats...
my #film#review of the new Radiance #Bluray box set of 'Shinobi parts 1, 2, & 3' (1962–63) is published in Frame Rated:
‘One day you’ll barter bread for our DVDs’. J Oliver Conroy's insightful article about the counterrevolution - the comeback of physical films, many good reasons why people go back to physical discs and why people regret decluttering their DVDs. 246 comments already, most agree.
@chris Chris, thank you for thinking of me and pointing this article out. Very interesting and, of course, I'm one of them.
I've still got my original 400+ DVD collection, but it's housed in two gigantic CD wallets. I had to lose the cases to makes space as we moved to a smaller house.
Streaming services are getting more expensive, cracking down on password sharing, pulling content for tax write offs, and pushing people onto ad tiers.
But if you were hoping to go back to physical media, good luck! It’s almost impossible to find anymore.
i was one of the first subscribers to streaming. be it music, movies, games whatever. Today i would need 6(!) subscriptions just to have all the series available i want to keep up with. Totaling at a whooping 90 Euros if i want decent quality so i can actually see dark parts.
Then i need 3 music subscriptions, 4 Gamepasses and still lacking content.
My premium tracker is 6,90 $ per month. Sadly there is only linux ISOs 😉
📽️ A region-free Blu-ray box set for the #HellHouseLLC franchise will be released in October and you can preorder the Special Edition now, which will only be available through the Umbrella Home Entertainment website.
Got my Special Edition Blu-ray of THE BORDERLANDS (AKA FINAL PRAYER in the U.S.) from Second Sight Films and it is GORGEOUS. It comes with 6 art cards and a 70 page book with a bunch of essays about the film. 😍