An update
Updates have been a bit sporadic lately, given that quite a few things have been going on. Top of the list, unsurprisingly, as been my dissertation. As I've mentioned before, the final draft has to be submitted by September 4th, and I've agreed on a deadline of August 15th for me to send my first draft to my supervisor, which should hopefully leave ample time for her to read it, get back to me and let me make all the millions of changes that will no doubt be required in order to prevent it from being a complete wreck. Unfortunately, the heat, while better than it was at around this time last week, hasn't exactly been ideal for writing. As a result, my DVD Times review schedule has gone a bit belly-up - I need to do write-ups of the following: Constantine, The Bourne Supremacy, Casualty: Series 2, The Hills Have Eyes and The Collected Adventures of Asterix... and Lyris as the HD DVD of Tomb Raider on its way, which I'll no doubt feel obliged to cover as the only reviewer in the UK currently covering the format.Major Concern Number 2 is the disappearance of four DVDs I foolishly sent out via Second Class mail to lend to one of my online buddies. Seriously, I sent them out on July 4th, and some clown at Royal Mail lost them. They're gone. Unfortunately, the titles in question - Death Laid an Egg, What Have They Done to Your Daughters?, Don't Torture a Duckling and The New York Ripper - weren't exactly the cheapest of easiest to source, but the good news is that I can apply for up to £32 compensation. That, coupled with a generous donation from said buddy (despite it being my fault, not his), should go some way towards recouping the cost of replacing the DVDs. And replace them I did - three of them arrived this morning, with only Don't Torture a Duckling still being MIA. At the moment, it's sitting in the "Pending" section at DVD Import despite them claiming that it's in stock. Grrr.
In somewhat better news, if you live in the UK, you may be aware that Film Four, Channel 4's dedicated film service, recently became free. Not only is it the UK's first non-subscription-based movie channel, it's also a very good one. Last night, for example, I experienced the eclectic mix of the Marx Brothers comedy Duck Soup, Baz "Moulin Rouge!" Luhrmann's directorial debut Strictly Ballroom, Luc Besson's bizarre futuristic wankfest The Fifth Element and the bitingly funny Ghost World, featuring Thora Birch, star of such classics as American Beauty, and Scarlett Johansson, star of such classics as Home Alone 3. Four films, all extremely enjoyable in their own way, in the space of one evening - and I didn't have to pay a penny for them. (Although the fact that I'm going to end up buying DVDs of at least a couple of them sort of puts paid to that.)
Anyway, more posts soon, and hopefully I'll have something to show for all my toiling before too long, whether it's a chapter of my dissertation or a hastily-penned review. Adios, suckers!
2 Comments:
DVD Import is DVDSoon operating under an alias. Don't expect Duckling to show up, even if they do charge your credit card. They've got loads of stuff that's out of print as 'in stock' - bunch of frauds. More info here : http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/creative/reviews/dvdsoon.php
By tolpol, at 08:32
Bastards! I should have known. I recognised the interface from somewhere. I'll cancel, I think. I suspect I'll have more luck finding it on eBay.
By Whiggles, at 09:49
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