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Tag Archives: DVD
Christmas Disks
I regret to report that streaming has metastasized into the thing it was meant to replace. It IS cable television only with a LOT more commercials! Continue reading
Posted in Weird World of the Roku, What's on TV?
Tagged Christmas, commercials, DVD, physical media, streaming
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Carnival of Souls in COLOR!
I recently did an article about my thoughts on the once controversial subject of colorizing old black and white films. I never knew what all the fuss was about because it wasn’t like the original was destroyed in favor of … Continue reading
Relics of the Recent Past
It’s weird to think that Blockbuster is gone. I wasn’t a regular customer because there was another chain closer to home, but they were everywhere. At the height of the popularity of video rentals, I always felt that large urban … Continue reading
Posted in Blast from the Past, What's on TV?
Tagged 1980s, Betamax, Blockbuster, DVD, rental, VCR, VHS
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Desert Island Cinema – The Thing
Another movie that I couldn’t live without is Howard Hawks’ 1951 production of The Thing or more specifically The Thing From Another World. It’s based on the short story “Who Goes There?” by John W. Campbell, Jr. The bare bones … Continue reading
Desert Island Cinema — Laura
This is a new category I’m creating at Willceau Illo News to share the movies I can’t live without. These are the movies I would hope to have with me if I were trapped on a desert island. They are … Continue reading
Posted in Desert Island Cinema
Tagged 1944, classic, DVD, Laura, movie, physical media, used
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Why I Stick With Physical Media
Pepe Le Pew — that’s why! Having heard that maladjusted moralists with way too much time on their hands have targeted the beloved cartoon character and are trying to ban him from future appearances as well as streaming platforms, I … Continue reading
Posted in Curious Clutter, News, Stuff Joe Likes, Weird World of the Roku
Tagged Chuck Jones, disk, DVD, freaks, Moral Majority, Neo-Puritans, Pepe Le Pew
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In Praise of Physical Media
I’ve been kicking around ideas for this article for a while. Originally it was going to be one of my frugal/cheapskate posts, but recent events have changed it into something else. A friend of mine has done the unthinkable and … Continue reading
Posted in Weird World of the Roku
Tagged censor, cheapskate, Disney, DVD, frugal, Gone with the Wind, internet, movie, Neo-Puritan, property rights, Splash
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