What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

@cfx Yeah I won’t be using them again in a hurry for anything fragile. It doesn’t help that Criterion’s digipack releases are flimsy as it is.
 
2025 HAUL - NOVEMBER v3

Yesterday I went to York to check the shops but also watch the new Predator: Badlands film at the cinema (which was great). Got a few things.

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#03 | HMV Haul
In HMV I picked up four more films for the 4K Ultra HD collection, three of which are from the 3 for £50 deal and another just got released at the end of October which I did try to get but they didn't have the 4K version in stock.

James Gunn's Superman is the new release here and I really enjoyed it when I watched it at the cinema last July. It's the start of the new DC Universe but works really well on its own like an episode of the animated series. The film starred David Corenswet (Pearl), Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), and Nicholas Hoult (Nosferatu).

From the deal we have Ridley Scott's 2005 film Kingdom of Heaven. This epic historical film I've heard about over the years recently saw a 4K release earlier in the year for its director's cut (which has a runtime of 193 minutes) which is considered the better version of the film. The film starred Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings), Eva Green (Casino Royale), and Jeremy Irons (Die Hard with a Vengeance).

Next we have Darren Aronofsky's 2000 film Requiem for a Dream. The psychological drama film I've heard bits about though I know more about his other film Black Swan which as you know pretty much is a remake of Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue. In fact there is a scene in this film that's a recreation of one of the scenes in the anime. Either way, outside of that stuff, I have heard the film in general is pretty good so I look forward to checking it out. The film starred Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist), Jared Leto (Tron Ares), and Jennifer Connelly (Phenomena).

And last but not least is David Fincher's 2007 film Zodiac. This mystery thriller film I do actually own on Blu-ray but I never got around to watching my copy. Sadly this UK version of the 4K release doesn't have Dolby Vision which is on the US version, but from what I read as the film is also an upscale from the 2K master. The release includes the theatrical on 4K and the director's cut on Blu-ray. The film starred Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), Mark Ruffalo (Dark Waters), and Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder).

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#04 | Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Next we have Mass Effect Legendary Edition from CeX. This epic space opera Action RPG is a favourite of mine from the Xbox 360 days and a few years back it got remastered for modern platforms. I saw this was in stock last time I went into York but I decided to hold off, but yesterday I wanted to own it so thankfully they had one available still. This collection includes all three games with quality of life improvements (especially for the first game) and a majority of the original game's downloadable content on the disc. I won't be playing this right away but definitely will be before the next instalment is released.
 
I had £20 in my play account I didn't know about, so decided to buy the Bunpo Plus Lifetime subscription for £41. The app seems to offer more helpful stuff than Duolingo while also being less controlling / obsessive

I wasn't really sure to "unlock" the app as I hate app based "subscriptions" where you could loose access just because they decide to discontinue. But at that point might as well call it - Cost me a £25 top up voucher. So I have to use the app for 25 days to justify it lol
 
I received the first anime Steelbook from my 10-steel pre-order from Crunchyroll US yesterday 12/11, and decided to do a little photo spread for it:


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Also, the new Lupin the Third: Castle of Cagliostro Collector's Edition Steebook is on it's way, and the Akiba Maid War Steelbook is In Progress.
 
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A click and collect from HMV.

Roaring Currents. Bought it partly because Choi Min-Sik is in it. I loved Red Cliff so fingers crossed.

Constantine City of Demons.
As a fan of DCs animated output, I can't believe I missed this. I hope!
My memory isn't so great. I recently bought Blood The Last Vampire on Blu-ray and then found my DVD ☹️. When I was looking for my anime DVD version.
 

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Dai said:
"It's time for the one-man army."

I had no idea this existed. Fortunately there seem to be a few places to pre-order the non-Kickstarter version.
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You can get it directly from the Gaime website or from Argos. There are 3 versions,
£99/€99 for Time Crisis and 1 gun,
£149/€149 for Time Crisis, Point Blank, Steel Gunner 1 & 2, 1 gun and a pedal
£199/€199 same as £150 plus another gun, power block and diorama.

The KS cost me about €180 including vat and shipping.
 
Girls with Guns said:
I received the second Steelbook from my 10-steelbook November pre-order from Crunchyroll US today:


Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro Collector's Edition Crunchyroll Exclusive Steelbook

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I need this for all the English dubs (I know you're not a dub fan but it's a big draw for me), however I might wait and see if they do a standard edition that's cheaper, the steelbook is def very cool though, thankyou for sharing some photos of it! I love Castle of Cagliostro, one of the first anime movies I saw as a 15-16 year old and it helped get me hooked, still rly enjoy the film and I imported the previous Discotek Blu-ray with the Manga UK and Streamline dubs on it, the UK Blu-ray only has the Streamline one, which is fab but I want ALL the dubs, darnit! I very much enjoyed Lupin Parts IV and V English dubbed (working my way through Part 6 with my nice quiet autistic friend who is a huge Lupin fan but we kinda got derailed by rewatching Spy X Family Season 1 as he loves that too and I like both shows as well) and am excited to hear the modern Lupin cast in the new dub for this classic movie! :)
 
RadFemHedonist said:
I need this for all the English dubs (I know you're not a dub fan but it's a big draw for me), however I might wait and see if they do a standard edition that's cheaper, the steelbook is def very cool though, thankyou for sharing some photos of it! I love Castle of Cagliostro, one of the first anime movies I saw as a 15-16 year old and it helped get me hooked, still rly enjoy the film and I imported the previous Discotek Blu-ray with the Manga UK and Streamline dubs on it, the UK Blu-ray only has the Streamline one, which is fab but I want ALL the dubs, darnit! I very much enjoyed Lupin Parts IV and V English dubbed (working my way through Part 6 with my nice quiet autistic friend who is a huge Lupin fan but we kinda got derailed by rewatching Spy X Family Season 1 as he loves that too and I like both shows as well) and am excited to hear the modern Lupin cast in the new dub for this classic movie! :)
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Anime Limited now have the rights to Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (with a 4K theatrical screen planned first) so it may be worth holding out to see if they may re-use the new Blu-ray disc for their set.
 
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