Category: Movie / Television

062423 • Thrift Store Finds

Three solid books, and on totally different topics!

Most of these movies are just something to watch, and some are Blu-ray replacements for DVDs that I already have, like Cinderella Man and Sicario (which has both of the Sicario movies in one package, nice).

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, these two seasons along with the third season that I found the following week, means I have all of the first six seasons, and this might be all that they ever put to DVD. Not sure.

The Forsaken, I watched last year, and it was actually a really good western, and to top it off, it starred Kiefer Sutherland and his dad. This was a real find, for a buck-fifty, and in brand-new shape.

Surrogates and The Revenant are just movies I liked and didn’t have.

Tears of the Sun, I’ve seen, but don’t remember anything about. But it has Bruce Willis, so I’ll give it another go.

Simone was a movie I saw years ago on cable, and it wasn’t bad. This one was only a dollar, and I watched it right away, still not a bad movie. It is a sort of parody of how people fall for celebrities. And it has Al Pacino starring in it, so that is a good selling point as well. I wouldn’t recommend it though, I am not sure anybody else would like it.

Most of what is left, I bought just to watch, and wasn’t something I would pay much to see, but could still be good. Like I’ve said previously, physical media like this is cheaper and gives more options than digital, which can disappear if you don’t have a connection, or don’t play your bill, or some license runs out.

John Wick: Chapter 4

So, I was in King Soopers on Friday night, right before they closed. I did a double-take when I passed the small display for the new John Wick movie… there were only three copies left! I bought it, went home, and watched it immediately. It is uncanny how Keanu Reeves fights exactly as I would, in the same situations.

061023 • Thrift Store Finds

The Anne-Sophie Mutter four-disc set was a great deal, and I found it at a thrift that usually doesn’t have much. I had to wait for one guy who was taking forever, looking at every disc that there was, as if each one could be possibly worth a fortune. Just forever, in thrift-store time. Boy, did I want to give him a harsh stare! That would have make him think twice before being so self-absorbed!

Anyway, when I recovered from that trauma, we went to a different ARC, and I found a batch of discs that aren’t common to find anymore, discs from the early 2000’s. One was still in it’s wrapper… I have to wonder if these are the leftovers of a big haul of discs, but in any case, I was lucky to find these, and have been listening to most of them all week.

This Lincoln book, a re-print, I paid full price for because there is no way that it would have lasted a week. Fortunately, the price tag, which was applied to the spine in the worst place, didn’t ruin the book title when peeled off, which has happened before.

This book on Tanks was a great find, too!

All of these are just things to watch, except Enemy at the Gates, which will replace my DVD. All were under two bucks!

052723 • Thrift Store Finds

Most of these are just something to watch, and if I don’t like one, it’s not a big deal, it can go to the charity thrift (Global Thrift). Much cheaper than renting, or having a streaming subscription. It really gets old to go to my massive amount of choices on Comcast, that I pay a lot for, and find that most of what they have is on a service I don’t have, or it is crippled with commercials or limits to how much I can jump around. It’s a joke.

The rest of these are Blu-ray replacements for DVDs that I already own.

The big finds though, were Season 1 of House, something I’d purchased all (except Season 8) of for a buck-fifty apiece, so now all I have to find is that last season. I have seen so many clips of this on YouTube Shorts that I’m sold. Same thing for Suits and Peaky Blinders, both of which I’ll have to buy new at some point off of Amazon. I’ve got plenty to watch, so that can wait.

Then, there is The Rookie, something I’ve been waiting a very long time to find. The last copy of this that I have owned was VHS, and it is a favorite of mine. I saw it in the theatre back in the day. Like Black Rain, for some reason, it just never makes it to the thrifts.

Also taking a long time to find is the Blu-ray of Kill Bill: Volume 2. I’ve had Volume 1 on Blu-ray for a while, and the DVD of this is everywhere, so finding this was a good thing.

All of these were either a buck ninety-nine, or two dollars!