Another weekend, another month. Another quarter-year. It’s early afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Saturday, April 1, 2023 – another warm, humid, and sunny day in the Tampa Bay area. And as I sit here in what, for now, is my bedroom/writing room/mancave, I am, for once, not thinking about my new story (or, atContinue reading “Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, April 1, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First”
Category Archives: Blu-ray Collection
On Movies & Movie Collections: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season One’ Warps into My Blu-ray Collection
Yesterday I received Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season One in a three-disc Limited Edition steelbook case. It’s my penultimate pre-order from Amazon – Paramount’s Black Sunday (1977) on Blu-ray arrives next week – since I’m trying to cut back on non-essential purchases till I move to Brandon. It was originally scheduled to arriveContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Collections: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Season One’ Warps into My Blu-ray Collection”
On Movies & Movie Watching: Making Progress with My TBW List for March
This afternoon I decided to shake things up a bit, so instead of cloistering myself in my bedroom all day, I did something I rarely do: I turned off my desktop PC, grabbed a Blu-ray of a movie that was, incidentally, one of the titles on my most recent To Be Watched (TBW) list. ThatContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Watching: Making Progress with My TBW List for March”
On Movies & Movie Watching: My Sunday Afternoon Movie Selection – ‘Romeo and Juliet’
It’s late afternoon here in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, March 12, 2023. I’m off to a late start with this post because I decided to change things up and watch a movie in the early afternoon rather than wait till nighttime. A few days ago – before I went down the rabbit hole of revisingContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Watching: My Sunday Afternoon Movie Selection – ‘Romeo and Juliet’”
On Movies & Movie Watching: My (Aspirational) To Be Watched List for the Weekend
So, it’s already Thursday, March 9, 2023? Wow. Tempus fugit indeed. Well, with the weekend looming on the horizon, it’s probably time to revisit the To Be Watched (TBW) list, since weekends are supposed to be the “prime time” for movie watching – even though I often don’t watch anything because I am too distractedContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Watching: My (Aspirational) To Be Watched List for the Weekend”
On Movies & Movie Watching: ‘Devotion’ – If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again
Last night, I attempted to watch Devotion by playing the 4K UHD Blu-ray disc; I have the option of choosing either the physical disc or the digital copy I redeemed on Vudu on Wednesday, but I prefer the former playback method. Streaming is fine most times, but it does have limitations and is highly dependentContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Watching: ‘Devotion’ – If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again”
On Movies & Movie Watching: Amazon Delivers ‘Devotion’ – and I Also Get a Small Refund!
One of the many reasons why I love shopping on Amazon and pre-ordering items – especially movies or books – is that the “world’s biggest e-retailer” offers a Pre-Order Price Guarantee, by which consumers get a refund or are charged a lower price on their payment method – usually a credit/debit card – if theContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Watching: Amazon Delivers ‘Devotion’ – and I Also Get a Small Refund!”
On Movies & Movie Collecting (Countdown to the Big Six-Oh Edition): I’m Getting Older…and So Are the Movies I Watch
In 10 days, give or take several hours, I will be 60 years old. And as if I didn’t need any reminders of the passage of time, some of my favorite movies (made during my lifetime) are also getting their 60th, 50th, 40th, 30th, and 20th Anniversaries. Here are some of the most prominent ones,Continue reading “On Movies & Movie Collecting (Countdown to the Big Six-Oh Edition): I’m Getting Older…and So Are the Movies I Watch”
On Movies & Movie Watching: My To Be Watched (TBW) List for the Rest of February (and Early March)
Well, it’s been 24 hours since the package with my order of the 4K UHD Blu-ray/2K HD Blu-ray/Digital Copy set of Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans arrived – and I have not watched it yet. I was busy with some housekeeping chores in my room for a huge chunk of the afternoon, and by the timeContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Watching: My To Be Watched (TBW) List for the Rest of February (and Early March)”
On Movies & Movie Collecting (Closely Watched Packages Edition): Amazon – and UPS – Deliver ‘The Fabelmans’
Well, Dear Reader, it’s Monday, February 20, 2023 – President’s Day here in the United States – and in my little corner of the Tampa Bay area in Florida, it is late morning. It’s not a shabby late winter day – the sun is out and the temperature is mild (74°F/24°C) – and if myContinue reading “On Movies & Movie Collecting (Closely Watched Packages Edition): Amazon – and UPS – Deliver ‘The Fabelmans’”
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