Category: Blu-ray Collection
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Musings & Thoughts for Monday, April 3, 2023, or: A Little Bit of This, and a Little Bit of That
“Monday is for people with a mission. Those who favor vacations, not weekends.” ― Cristina Imre Well, it’s just past midday here in Lithia, Florida, on Monday, April 3, 2023. I’m off to a later-than-usual start because I woke up much too early this morning. As is too common for me, I had to answer…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, April 2, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the Second
Hi, there, Dear Reader. It’s early afternoon in Lithia, Florida, on Sunday, April 2, 2023. I’m off to a late start because Windows 11 tried to update itself this morning, but it didn’t complete the process because my hard drive didn’t have enough storage space. So, I spent some time looking at apps that I…
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Musings & Thoughts for Saturday, April 1, 2023, or: Weekend Update, Part the First
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, at…
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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 arrive…
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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. That…
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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 revising…
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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 distracted…
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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 dependent…
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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 the…
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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,…
A Certain Point of View, Too 