Latest DVD Pick Ups

Absolutely loads of purchases today, and that's why there is multiple photos, and here are some of my choice purchases of the day

Ran is Akira Kurosawa's 1985 movie. Macaulay Culkin is Getting Even With Dad. Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett star in beautiful Lesbian drama Carol. Mississippi Burning is a film I always remember seeing trailers for as a youngster. In The Mood For Love is another good buy. Chloé as a steamy scene with Julianne Moore and Amanda Seyfried. There's newer stuff like Bridget Jones's Baby and the Disney film that annoyed a million parents - Frozen.

Here's an whole bunch of classics including The Third Man (Special Edition) for my money the best Orson Welles film. Classic British movies Ice Cold In Alex and The Lavender Hill Mob. I also picked up Midnight Express and A Touch Of Zen (which I haven't seen yet). Lastly for this section is the classic Dog Day Afternoon.

Bare with me, here's some more DVDs including Best Show, as well as 4 Judy Garland DVDs from the USA, which where in a tatty box that was unsavable hence I've decided to have them separate.

Some Blu Ray's firstly 5 WWE ones, over the last few weeks I've picked up some other wrestling Blu Rays and these are exactly the least exciting of the bunch but hey I hadn't decided to this before then. I picked up another 3 Blu Rays besides that the US edition of Bourne Legacy in a steelbook, Straight Outta Compton and lastly Toy Story 2.

Okay not DVD or Blu Ray related but I picked up my first CDs for god knows how long, only 19p each (that's 25c each to those fictional American readers here) I got Aerosmith - Greatest Hits, The Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour (never thought I'd ever buy a Beatles CD that cheap), The Stone Roses - The Second Coming and finally U2 - Rattle and Hum.

Sorry the long update, but was excited about today's purchases.

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