{"id":3248,"date":"2008-10-09T01:00:35","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T00:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=3248"},"modified":"2008-10-09T02:28:28","modified_gmt":"2008-10-09T01:28:28","slug":"the-dvd-pile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2008\/10\/09\/the-dvd-pile\/","title":{"rendered":"The DVD pile"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One question I get asked a lot is:<\/p>\n

How many DVDs do you have?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

To which I usually reply: ‘not as many as you might think’.<\/p>\n

The truth is that although I have a reasonable collection<\/a>, most of the DVDs I watch in a week are screeners of forthcoming releases that I have to review.<\/p>\n

Most of the new films I see are screenings of upcoming cinema releases and when I check out DVDs it is often to review regular releases or re-issues of notable films. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Above is my current backlog of DVDs I have to check out for review.<\/p>\n

As you can see they don’t look like regular discs in that they come in sleeves or basic plastic cases without the full retail packaging.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite that, they nearly always have the full set of features although occasionally smaller film companies send you a basic screener of a limited theatrical release.<\/p>\n

(For anti-piracy reasons they are usually timecoded or watermarked in someway).<\/p>\n

The current crop of DVDs I’m getting through include the following titles:<\/p>\n