What have you pre-ordered/planning to buy in the next few months?

[ravenus]

From the Eureka 25% off Horror Sale (some of these titles are OOS at other outlets):




Fingers crossed I don't get burned by customs duty

[ravenus]

Small order from Amz UK to a friend scheduled to come to India next month:

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by ravenus

From the Eureka 25% off Horror Sale (some of these titles are OOS at other outlets):

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Fingers crossed I don't get burned by customs duty

Tracking says that these are with customs in Delhi. Hope I get them without having to pay an arm and leg in duties.

[ravenus]

Encouraged by the safe delivery and no customs duties for my previous order off Eureka, I ordered these for 50 quid, plus shipping:

[ravenus]

Guess what, some more blu-ray ordering happened. Sailor Suit and Machine Gun worked really well for me, so I went on a Shinji Somai splurge with these TWF titles from Terracotta. Ordered direct to India, so fingers tightly crossed about duty

[ravenus]

Emboldened by the duty-free arrival of my recent orders, I have become totally reckless and ordered a huge haul from Eureka...well, most of that haul is their massive Louis Feuillade box-set containing 4 of his crime serials. But yeah, this is my biggest ever direct delivery order yet

[ravenus]

Rarewaves reminded me that I had sufficient reward points for a 10 quid voucher, which would expire next month, so I used it for an item that had been long pending on my wishlist - The Agnes Varda Collection (Artificial Eye). It's not as exhaustive as the Criterion set (more of a Greatest Hits, I imagine), but I am okay with that since this is entirely a blind-buy that sounds interesting.

Hope there are no big issues with the encodes/authoring.

[ravenus]

Made another order of wishlisted items at Rarewaves for their 10% off everything sale. Not much of a bargain, but hey, I'm just happy to be able to order stuff direct and not wait several months for it to reach me.

[ravenus]

There's a 20% off sale on Vintage classics at Rarewaves. Lots of BD's for less than 10 quid.
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I ordered for these, all blind-buys:

[ravenus]

Ordered a bunch of stuff to my own address in India from...

Eureka:
I haven't seen any of the Wallace Krimi (crime films inspired by the novels of Edgar Wallace and his son Bryan), but the trailer provided by Eureka for their 5-film boxset promises some pulpy fun with striking chiaroscuro B&W visuals. I generally like Johnnie To films (Mad Detective and Breaking News are my favs), and PTU (Police Tactical Unit) seems like an intriguing take on Kurosawa's Stray Dog.



Rarewaves:
Naya Nosferatu was the first Robert Eggers movie I enjoyed as much as I admired, a virile old-skool horror melodrama - yes a little too talky, but fabulous lead performances and some amazing visuals and sound.
I had a good time with Avatar 2 when I saw it at the cinema (in Dec 2022) and it's definitely a technical achievement (water being one of the most notoriously difficult CGI elements). I don't have 4K at the moment, but this was the only way to get the "bonus" extras disc that came with the CE (who knows if I am even going to watch it through? ). I will keep my Criterion BD of High & Low for the fantastic Stephen Prince commentary, but the new 4K resto blows away the 2011 Criterion disc which now looks like it came from a VHS of a 16mm print. Pretty sure the wacky C will do a 4K soon, but since they will in all probability still bundle the same aged BD, I'll pass on that.

[ravenus]

From Cauldron Films shop, ordered to a relative in the US, God knows when I'll get it in hand. Not my most economical purchase, but Cries and Shadows was a guilty pleasure from my boyhood, watching this sleazy Italian Exorcist ripoff on VHS when the folks were not around. I have hazy recollection of parts of it are genuinely gonzo, looking like they were captures from a real asylum. American Rickshaw is a blind buy that also sounds pleasantly crazy.

[ravenus]

From the Criterion 50% off sale, all 1080p:

[ravenus]

Ordered these off Eureka. The first runs are a little expensive for my wallet, but if it sends a message to Eureka to do more non-HK stuff, well.

[ravenus]

Went on an absolute bender at Rarewaves using their 10% Easter coupon. That's not a great discount, especially considering RW have significantly higher prices than some other sites for specific titles, but at least I don't have any credit card issues, and they usually ship items separately so there's a better chance of not getting whacked by the customs. I do hope things come in smoothly cuz if I have to pay duties, I will be fakked!

[ravenus]

From Rarewaves' 2 for 16 GBP sale on selected 88Films titles:

[Harvey Dent]

Originally Posted by ravenus

From Rarewaves' 2 for 16 GBP sale on selected 88Films titles:

I hope you get your rarewaves orders. My last few orders have gone missing

[ravenus]

Originally Posted by Harvey Dent

I hope you get your rarewaves orders. My last few orders have gone missing

[ravenus]

Continuing my faith in Rarewaves, I've ordered the Tavernier set off them. It's a big set (8-BD), fingers crossed.

[ravenus]

Luckily in all these months only one of my Rarewaves discs has gone lost in transit, so I ordered some more stuff, this time off their running Arrow sale:
https://www.rarewaves.com/collection...r=type_Blu-ray

[ravenus]

And then I went on a complete retail therapy bender ordering these to be delivered to a US based relative who might turn up only sometime early next year. Gawd knows when I'll actually get to see these.