RavenGlamDVDCollector's Acquisitions Chart (2) Available

Currently my #1 target, and on order since 5 October. Magical, it has been said. Intrigued, I am. Hoping it lives up to its legend.

The despicably-priced 1983 TV movie. With Pamela Bellwood and Phoebe Cates.

{back on this List after having been deleted when it went Out Of Stock last month, 2017/02/21} {ranked no. 2 because of the hopelessly high price, the likable box... but I know nothing about film itself, 2017/02/21, 6:14:49 PM}

However high on the list, it is just too pricey!

DO NOT DELETE IF IT GOES OUT OF STOCK AGAIN

Price: R1566, disastrous, 2017/02/21 {R2008, clinching it as totally unlikely, 2017/02/28, 6:04:06 PM} {it is now over R8000, really, no kidding, over R8000, so... bye-bye, 2017/03/02, 6:45:40 PM} {now R1724, almost a bargain, no, I didn't dream the other bit, it happened, 2017/03/06, 8:07:48 PM} {tonight, TBC again, 2017/06/09, 9:42:01 PM}

Saw the actress in REVENGE #1 ep. 08 this afternoon, and led to this. Reviewers on IMDb consider first stretch of movie to be like a blue movie. It is generally loathed. Item price is very favorable.

{more expensive options are Out Of Stock, there is actually now a RavenGlam embargo on local product after the DARK COUNTRY fiasco which caused lingering suspicion regarding shoddy reproduction, and this local option is a risk, but at a mere R41, a low risk, and it's the only way, 2017/03/01, 7:55:12 PM}

Haven't even begun watching REVENGE, but Emily VanCamp, don't think I can go wrong...

{only R70 at Raru, while initially found at Loot on their list of specials recently, 2017/01/05, 7:33:54 PM} {went on the Action List, 2017/01/09, 6:34:19 PM} {started watching REVENGE today, Emily VanCamp will be big with me, 2017/02/07, 6:09:15 PM}

Cathy Podewell, Cally of DALLAS. No other reason. Shucks, I'd have stayed clear, but it is Cathy, from the same era. Hafta!

Actually, research needed to establish if it is still Available. Gave up for the time being on this one when I was sent the new version instead of what I had originally ordered. Gee, at that giveaway price, hell, I shoulda known it was some kinda mistake! Currently watching NIGHT OF THE DEMONS (2009) but longing to see Cathy Podewell.

{research seems not promising, 2016/07/25, 12:21:04 PM} {R1642, that is exorbitant, preposterous, damned! 2016/07/25, 2:14:50 PM} {price has dropped to somewhat below R1000, but that is still way too much, wake me up when less than R400, never gonna happen, 2016/10/15, 8:02:56 AM} {unnoticed, price has dropped to R659, 2017/02/02, 8:40:10 PM}

Season 5. But this HAS been going on for quite some time. It is unwatched, yet here I wanna go with #5?

{perhaps this month? 2017/02/02} {PRETTY LITTLE LIARS will now stand back for COVERT AFFAIRS, 2017/03/06, 8:13:29 PM}

Long-considered TV series, with quite unimpressive downloads available. It was popular with many, so dismissing it is not a good idea. Pricey item, but complete, five seasons.

{long-neglected daunting objective, belated check shows it's currently R2112, 2017/02/05, 6:36:45 AM}

Season 10, for Deborah Shelton as Mandy Winger, although the best of Mandy Winger would be in #9?

#10, 1986 - 1987, 29 ep. Deborah Shelton, as Mandy Winger, in 15 of them. Also: Jennilee Harrison.

Also known as FACE VALUE.

A Google search today brought to an end yet another unsolved Vague Memory. The unfortunate model's name is Marla Hanson, it's THE MARLA HANSON STORY. Not sure if it was FACE VALUE at the time I saw it. Point is, this one stars MELROSE PLACE favorite Cheryl Pollak, yeah, Susan Madsen who really drew my attention during her 8 episode story arc. Now, this is from way before that time, and the theme is absolutely not all-the-way-glam, it goes horrific, but for a while there, a very nice-looking Cheryl Pollak will be on the screen.

{no downloads available when tried evening of 9 Nov. 2016}

Price: R750, Raru US Import. The price makes it unacceptable. Not for this kind of story. Even with Cheryl Pollak. To be monitored.

Only learnt about this yesterday morning on my POPULAR #1 disc. Well, it's thunder is stolen by having its trailer on disc already, but wow, gee, blond squirrel Hilary...

Box cover rating: ****** (same image as pictured here)

Price: R217, Raru US Import, with UK Import unchecked, 2016/09/11, 8:50:14 AM

Could be sickeningly sweet or too sickeningly sweet, either one of those two, but Ashley Tisdale is in it.

Season 6. But would this one still hold its flavor this deep in?

Unfortunately the original poster (currently shown here, the tied hands holding the flower) is very weakly reproduced, relegated to occupying only a small space on the box cover. What a pity! The whole magic lies in the original marketing campaign. Will it be worth it? I fear not...

Price: R391, 2016/08/07, 6:04:29 PM, really holding it back, way back {R377, 2017/02/24, 5:15:06 PM}

Not this image, a fiery bra image. 17 video tracks + several remixes + an entire live-performance concert. Said to be "3-DVD" at Raru, but number of disks listed as only one???

{thought I cleared it up by the research done on its site here at IMDb, but the entry only refers to the concert itself, so this will still have to be further researched re original music videos, 2016/12/11, 10:33:59 PM}

CURRENTLY RANKED AT NO. 46 WHILE BEING RESEARCHED

This stands in for the DVD, Jessica Simpson “Dream Chaser” which might not necessarily include the original DVDs but concert versions thereof, and is therefore still subject to research before being officially placed on this list.

{beginning to doubt that there are any original music videos on this, it will only be a concert performance, as such still worth attention, but not immediate, as it would have been with Hard-to-Find item IRRESISTIBLE, 2016/12/11, 9:24:45 AM} {the evidence is clear as day that what is listed here on IMDb is the same item available at Raru as Jessica Simpson “Dream Chaser”, same image, but my assumption that it was original music videos fitted in with the interviews as described on Raru site, is obviously wrong, IMDb keyword includes 'concert performance', so this item is both no longer no. 3 and no longer immediate, 2016/12/11, 9:37:37 AM :(}

Price: R326, 2016/12/11, 9:22:07 AM

Because a very young Rhona Mitra is in it. For no other reason. Problem is, research draws little more than a blank. It's basically a dud of an entry here on IMDb, all I could glean was that Rhona appears in all three parts, so her role must be significant.

Price went down magnificently, something like almost 75%, it begs to be bought, it's been on the Wish List for a long time, but it is something that actually belongs in the Research File. Yet, this appearance of Rhona predates her PARTY OF FIVE part, and I'd really like to see. A gamble, as it is still lotsa bucks.

Price: R448, 2016/08/14, 7:34:01 AM. {price sky-rocketed again to something over R1100, noticed this morning, 2016/08/17}

Britt Robertson of THE SECRET CIRCLE. Brought to my attention by the trailer on THE PET. Has impeccable credentials, though roughly-filmed kinda movie.

Price: R290, Raru local, 2016/10/15, 6:55:17 PM

Season 3. But what with #2 underperforming after Amber Skye Noyes was written out of the cast, this has a snowball's chance at the Cannes film festival. Guest star includes Natasha Hendtridge, just after THE SECRET CIRCLE, but that's about all there is to serve as kindling.

Generally depends on current #4 to determine whether #3 will be needed. But Wikipedia research shows #4 seems to be going through the doldrums again as well.

(Yeah well, as for the high score in my rating: Back when I was watching the first episodes, I kinda liked the show. And Kristin. That's when I did my review. Then came Brigette Regan, and I liked her more. Lots more. Then went Brigitte Regan, because the dumber-than-dumb fans of this show went boo-hiss and wanted her out, how pathetically stupid, no, I'm talking about the producers who gave in to this inane... Okay, skip it. Bottom line, when Brigitte Regan was written out, as Kirstin was lying there in the hospital recovering from a gunshot wound... I just realized the whole thing had fizzled out. Went on watching, but :( sums it up. I put Season 2 on the back-burner, but not enough to discard it completely, me being me, I still thought about the show's presumed potential the moment I first heard about it. Researching, found out about Amber Skye Noyes, and signed up for Season 2. The show became very watchable again while Amber Skye lit up the screen. Then, when yet another redhead left... It's glaringly obvious that Kristin Kreuk, while still something to look at, is not A+ anymore, rather sorta B-. While both her rivals underscored just how inadequate she was to be the Beauty of the title. Call me a louse, call me shallow, but, hey, many times she's kinda not really 100% likeable and she's the heroine! Gee, lemme just add: Sandhile Ramamurthy, oh bugger off! A very efficient one-man wrecking crew! In closing, me, I am still me, I started out on this road, I have two seasons, a faction in my mind still thinks about this... but this is a cookie-cutter show, it's plain even with pretentions of being bigger than it actually is, it had tremendous potential, but it's kinda dreary even when it's better than usual. In short, no magic.)

NAKED FEAR 2 MATCH.DEAD, which, on closer examination on IMDb, is revealed as a total stinker. No nudity, and the girl gets part of her finger shot off. This should have gone to Research File, but the naked, kneeling figure zoomed it through. It has now just not fully dawned on me that it has thudded into the Reject Bin.

Brought to my attention by TJDR666999 here on IMDb.

{no trailer found, but watched a song on Tubidy, 'What I Did For Love' and if that was any indication, this will not be bothered with, 2016/08/13, 9:01:19 PM} {from no. 18 down to no. 25, 2016/08/14, 8:38:36 AM} {Out Of Stock, 2017/02/24, 5:18:45 PM}

Price: R216, 2016/08/13, 8:20:31 PM

Long considered title, kept on back-burner. Then came TJDR666999, and the go-ahead, but then, trailer finally located, and it's a bummer. What to do? It's kinda pricey, not worth it?

Box cover rating: ********+ (its main selling point)

<<This self-same image is the DVD cover.

During 2014 it was officially stated on Wikipedia that no DVD release took place. That's where matter was dropped. During follow-up operation checking up on neglected items on the Hard-to-Find list, this morning around 06h27, it was discovered that this one is available at Raru, R955, and that is was released in 2000, 2017/03/10, 6:45:44 PM}

~unfiled~ {movie is rather still a RESEARCH FILE case, but with Bridget Fonda in it, I do want it, but, the big caveat, her character is pregnant, and this is a superlatively pricey item}

Years ago, a catalogue inside a DVD box listed this title. It was scribbled down in indecipherable style, it was just remembered as sounding Norwegian. Today, TOKYO DECADENCE had the same (I figure) catalogue, and the riddle is solved.

Movie also known (dubbed into English) as FIRST DESIRES, literal translation from original French.

{available as Czech double bill with inane, useless box, R158, paired with, would you believe, SALON KITTY, but no English soundtrack or subtitles for this half, so useless after all, R549, Wish List, this version at least has a good box cover, + English, 2017/03/15, 5:45:04 PM}

~unfiled~ as this is more a RESEARCH FILE case

Evidence: IMDb reviewers agree the girls are cute, they include pre-fame Emmanuelle Beart. They think nothing of it as a movie, but this is sought after for the sake of the beauty. It's basically already Approved therefore, but research will have to be done, for it's expensive.

Watch out, US Import very expensive, and don't land in the Czech version trap!

Price: R549, Raru UK Import, 2017/03/15, 5:50:29 PM

Price: Raru, local, R126, on WishList, 2017/03/28, 19:58:44

{watched first episode of TV series today, yes, want original, price will of course be at least 10% higher, 2017/04/08, 4:40:33 PM}

~unfiled~

Season 2. A major oversight caused it not to have been bought, and now it's way expensive. So much that it could only be much, much later this year, perhaps after Winter 2017.

{watched #1's first episode today, yes, want this, 2017/04/08, 4:42:59 PM}

Price: Raru, local, R800, on WishList, 2017/03/28, 19:57:04

~unfiled~

Simone Griffeth, after I saw HOT TARGET, big interest. This movie is gonna be junk, though, and only available in a box-set with unnecessary other title. Simone's much younger here, in leggy catfight scene, think Kelly from MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, that's the buzz, the driving force. Still gonna be junk, though.

Finally, earmarked for November 2017.

On order at a rock-bottom price. It has the kind of trailer that promises something while backing it up with very little evidence that it's really gonna be worthwhile. I mean, it's all kinda enigmatic. Ah well, but the proof of the pudding lies only in the ordering thereof.

The complete series. I've been playing around with the idea for years. Placed order today. Next week, paying for it. Grossly expensive. But I've never seen Suzanne Somers on my big screen.

The "Dangerous Babes" box-set strikes again! Bought for NIGHT CLUB, I encountered FRENCH QUARTER as well. Alisha got a new fan! Ah, I'm a poor lost little mook, and for those of you who don't know what that is, a stupid male led by his nose.

The basic theme sounds kinda too yucky, though. But for Alisha, I'd go there.

Earmarked for November 2017.