Here's an incomplete list, in no particular order, of DVDs, books, graphic novels, and CDs I've acquired (or occasionally borrowed) over the last several months.
An asterisk indicates I've reviewed it on Amazon UK.
DVDs.
Dr. Who seasons 1-3 box sets. Torchwood season 1. The L Word season 5*. Battlestar Galactica season 4. The Comic Strip Presents box set. The Invaders season 1. Babylon 5 the complete box set -5 seasons plus all spin-offs. Doomsday*. Kill Bill 1 &2. Female Prisoner 701 box set. Hatchet. Prom Night 3/Prom Night 4. The Dark Knight. Wall-E. Planet Terror. Beowulf. Stardust. Son of Frankenstein/Ghost of Frankenstein. Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman/House of Frankenstein. 10 Things I Hate About You*. Black Sheep.
(This space is to break up the text, as are the others below.)
Hancock. Iron Man. The Incredible Hulk. Justice League: The New Frontier. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues box set. Juno. Hollywoodland. Bladerunner 5-disc tin box set. Star Trek DS9 seasons 1-5. My Name Is Bruce*. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time*. Triangle*. Strait Jacket*. Icons of Adventure. Icons of Horror. The Notorious Bettie Page. American Splendor. The Mist. Feast. Forbidden Planet. Rodan/War of the Gargantuas. Wanted. Feast 2. Amrican Splendor. Dark City (director's cut). Skins Seasons 1, 2, 3*. Crank. Lost in Austen. Borat. Sunshine. Slumdog Millionaire.
I confess I am somewhat behind in watching many of these titles.
BOOKS.
Harkaway: The Gone-away World*. Obama: Dreams from my Father. Pratchett: Nation*. Penner: Horror Cinema. Richardson: Poltergeist. Fingeroth: Rough Guide to Graphic Novels*. Kannenberg: 500 Essential Graphic Novels*. Lovecraft: Necronomicon. Howard: Complete Chronicles of Conan*. Rankin: Rebus (the first 3 novels). Crais: several. Coben: several. Hall: The Coroner*. Sayles: Thinking in Pictures. Bell: Stranger & Stranger -The World of Steve Ditko. McLeod: Scent of Blood. Wilce: Flora Segunda (books 1 & 2)*. John Meaney: Bone Song.
And many more, but they aren't all to hand to jog my memory.
GRAPHIC NOVELS.
Robinson: Box Office Poison. Robinson: Tricked. McCloud: Zot the complete black and white collection*. Medley: Castle Waiting. Yang: American-born Chinese. Cruse: Stuck Rubber Baby. Simone: Wonder Woman -The Circle/Birds of Prey -Dead of Winter.* Rucka: The Question -the Books of Blood*. (A different) Robinson: Starman Omnibus vol.1, vol.2. Sheldon: The Complete Furry Freak Brothers*. Smith: Rasl. Whedon: Runaways -Dead End Kids*. Morrison: All-Star Superman/Batman -The Black Glove, Batman R.I.P. Miller: All-Star Batman. Whedon et al: Buffy Season 8 vols 1-4. Hill: Locke & Key.
Cooke: The New Frontier (Absolute edition). Way: The Umbrella Academy. Willingham: Fables 11/ Jack of Fables 5. Vaughan: Y the Last Man 10. Bendis: Ultimate Spiderman 19 & 20. Kirkman: Invincible 9 &10. Miller: Absolute Ronin. Moore: Swamp Thing vol.1* (hardback)/ League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910. Gaiman: Absolute Sandman vol.4. Plus various superhero titles such as Teen Titans, Blue Beetle (3rd version), The Atom* (3rd version), Legion of Superheroes,* Superman & the Legion of Superheroes, Booster Gold, Noble Causes Archives vols 1 & 2.
Again, there are more but enough is enough and I've still got to list the-
CDs.
U2: Best of 1980-90/How to dismantle an atomic bomb/All that you can't leave behind/No line on the horizon/The Joshua Tree (extended 2-disc set)/ remastered 2-disc editions of War, Boy October. Mahavishnu Orchestra: Original album classics. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes. Lou Reed: NYC Man (the ultimate collection)/Rock n Roll Animal. Girls Aloud: The Sound of Girls Aloud. The Grateful Dead: Egypt 78. Dylan: Tell Tale Signs. Fotheringay:2*. R.E.M: Live. Fela: Live in Amsterdam/Open & Close + Afrodisiac/The Underground Spiritual Game. Luther Allison: Live in Paris. BB King: Live at the BBC.
Zappa: Strictly Commercial. Various Artists: Red Hot & Riot (Tribute to Fela). Various Artists: Nigeria Rock Special/Nigeria Special -Modern highlife, Afro-sounds & Nigeria Blues (yes, that is the title)/Cries from the Midnight Circus -Ladbroke Grove 1967-78/Best of Ska (3-disc set). Lady Gaga: The Fame. Steely Dan: Showbiz Kids the steely dan Story 1972-80. Bat for Lashes: Two Suns. Bob Dylan: Dylan (3-cd best of). Jonathan Richman: Roadrunner Roadrunner -the Beserkley Collection. Johnny Clegg & Savuka: Best of. Joy Division: Best of. Bruce Springsteen: The Essential.
MP3s (full albums).
Leona Lewis: Spirit, the Deluxe Edition. Katie Perry: One of the Boys. The Simpsons: Sing the Blues. Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico. Barry Myers Presents Scratchy Sounds (ska, dub, roots & reggae nuggets) -(again, full title). U2: Under a Blood Red Sky. Prefab Sprout: A Life of Surprises. Amadou & Mariam: Welcome to Mali. Bat for Lashes: Fur & Gold.
Dr. Who seasons 1-3 box sets. Torchwood season 1. The L Word season 5*. Battlestar Galactica season 4. The Comic Strip Presents box set. The Invaders season 1. Babylon 5 the complete box set -5 seasons plus all spin-offs. Doomsday*. Kill Bill 1 &2. Female Prisoner 701 box set. Hatchet. Prom Night 3/Prom Night 4. The Dark Knight. Wall-E. Planet Terror. Beowulf. Stardust. Son of Frankenstein/Ghost of Frankenstein. Frankenstein Meets the Wolfman/House of Frankenstein. 10 Things I Hate About You*. Black Sheep.
(This space is to break up the text, as are the others below.)
Hancock. Iron Man. The Incredible Hulk. Justice League: The New Frontier. Martin Scorsese Presents The Blues box set. Juno. Hollywoodland. Bladerunner 5-disc tin box set. Star Trek DS9 seasons 1-5. My Name Is Bruce*. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time*. Triangle*. Strait Jacket*. Icons of Adventure. Icons of Horror. The Notorious Bettie Page. American Splendor. The Mist. Feast. Forbidden Planet. Rodan/War of the Gargantuas. Wanted. Feast 2. Amrican Splendor. Dark City (director's cut). Skins Seasons 1, 2, 3*. Crank. Lost in Austen. Borat. Sunshine. Slumdog Millionaire.
I confess I am somewhat behind in watching many of these titles.
BOOKS.
Harkaway: The Gone-away World*. Obama: Dreams from my Father. Pratchett: Nation*. Penner: Horror Cinema. Richardson: Poltergeist. Fingeroth: Rough Guide to Graphic Novels*. Kannenberg: 500 Essential Graphic Novels*. Lovecraft: Necronomicon. Howard: Complete Chronicles of Conan*. Rankin: Rebus (the first 3 novels). Crais: several. Coben: several. Hall: The Coroner*. Sayles: Thinking in Pictures. Bell: Stranger & Stranger -The World of Steve Ditko. McLeod: Scent of Blood. Wilce: Flora Segunda (books 1 & 2)*. John Meaney: Bone Song.
And many more, but they aren't all to hand to jog my memory.
GRAPHIC NOVELS.
Robinson: Box Office Poison. Robinson: Tricked. McCloud: Zot the complete black and white collection*. Medley: Castle Waiting. Yang: American-born Chinese. Cruse: Stuck Rubber Baby. Simone: Wonder Woman -The Circle/Birds of Prey -Dead of Winter.* Rucka: The Question -the Books of Blood*. (A different) Robinson: Starman Omnibus vol.1, vol.2. Sheldon: The Complete Furry Freak Brothers*. Smith: Rasl. Whedon: Runaways -Dead End Kids*. Morrison: All-Star Superman/Batman -The Black Glove, Batman R.I.P. Miller: All-Star Batman. Whedon et al: Buffy Season 8 vols 1-4. Hill: Locke & Key.
Cooke: The New Frontier (Absolute edition). Way: The Umbrella Academy. Willingham: Fables 11/ Jack of Fables 5. Vaughan: Y the Last Man 10. Bendis: Ultimate Spiderman 19 & 20. Kirkman: Invincible 9 &10. Miller: Absolute Ronin. Moore: Swamp Thing vol.1* (hardback)/ League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1910. Gaiman: Absolute Sandman vol.4. Plus various superhero titles such as Teen Titans, Blue Beetle (3rd version), The Atom* (3rd version), Legion of Superheroes,* Superman & the Legion of Superheroes, Booster Gold, Noble Causes Archives vols 1 & 2.
Again, there are more but enough is enough and I've still got to list the-
CDs.
U2: Best of 1980-90/How to dismantle an atomic bomb/All that you can't leave behind/No line on the horizon/The Joshua Tree (extended 2-disc set)/ remastered 2-disc editions of War, Boy October. Mahavishnu Orchestra: Original album classics. Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes. Lou Reed: NYC Man (the ultimate collection)/Rock n Roll Animal. Girls Aloud: The Sound of Girls Aloud. The Grateful Dead: Egypt 78. Dylan: Tell Tale Signs. Fotheringay:2*. R.E.M: Live. Fela: Live in Amsterdam/Open & Close + Afrodisiac/The Underground Spiritual Game. Luther Allison: Live in Paris. BB King: Live at the BBC.
Zappa: Strictly Commercial. Various Artists: Red Hot & Riot (Tribute to Fela). Various Artists: Nigeria Rock Special/Nigeria Special -Modern highlife, Afro-sounds & Nigeria Blues (yes, that is the title)/Cries from the Midnight Circus -Ladbroke Grove 1967-78/Best of Ska (3-disc set). Lady Gaga: The Fame. Steely Dan: Showbiz Kids the steely dan Story 1972-80. Bat for Lashes: Two Suns. Bob Dylan: Dylan (3-cd best of). Jonathan Richman: Roadrunner Roadrunner -the Beserkley Collection. Johnny Clegg & Savuka: Best of. Joy Division: Best of. Bruce Springsteen: The Essential.
MP3s (full albums).
Leona Lewis: Spirit, the Deluxe Edition. Katie Perry: One of the Boys. The Simpsons: Sing the Blues. Velvet Underground: The Velvet Underground & Nico. Barry Myers Presents Scratchy Sounds (ska, dub, roots & reggae nuggets) -(again, full title). U2: Under a Blood Red Sky. Prefab Sprout: A Life of Surprises. Amadou & Mariam: Welcome to Mali. Bat for Lashes: Fur & Gold.
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