Always fun videos, and nice pickups. You’re lucky to have a lot more interesting films in your CEX than my local one and I’ll be avoiding HMV for a while since being hit with a £650 optician fee. It might have to be a charity shop run, but they’re not usually that great these days. Oh well, luckily the backlog is HUGE at the moment.
Our city only had an HMV (music) store in a local mall for less than 2 years in the mid 1990s and it was quite a place with a great selection. It lent such an international cachet to have such a tiffany company in our medium-sized city. Really was sad when it closed.
Great to see you blu ray hunting in the wild and I enjoyed your pronunciation of 'CEX'. Doesn't 'Kecks' mean trousers? We say 'see eee ex' down south but I'll be sure to say kecks when I visit Manchester. 👍
I've had some nice finds at CEX, best to buy in the shop than online as they charge p&p £2.50 per item which really put me off. Nice change from the standard video. 👌
Excellent video Elliot; would love to see you do more of these Blu-Ray hunting videos in the future’; ‘Inside Man’ is a really solid Spike Lee film; I need to grab the Blu-Ray of it aswell 😀👍
I was in CEX the other day. They seem to have gone the way of charity shops and are charging a ridiculous amount for second hand movies and some with just photocopied covers.
I’m recommending Gran Turismo to everyone. It’s a fantastic throwback to 80s feel-good cinema, exciting, emotional, and expertly edited and directed. I’ve seen it four times and haven’t tired of it yet.
Shopping online might be convenient but it's nothing like going to the video store in person wish we had this store in the US 2nd video i saw going here
I definitely enjoy this sort of thing but what would make it better is if we see more of you out and about walking round etc…maybe grabbing lunch or something too. This way we can pretend that we’re out with you on a nice day out. I don’t have a life or friends of my own so that would be fantastic for me. 😉
CEX can be good for bargains but i always make sure to check the discs - as they’re 2nd hand I’ve avoided some scratched discs by checking before buying
Lion King 3 AKA 'The Lion King 1 1/2' is possibly worth a look, so titled because it's about the events of the original film but from Timon's and Pumbaa's perspectives. I seem to recall some interesting interweaving around the original story, a la Back to the Future Part II (but nowhere near as good). I don't think it quite pulled it off but an interesting concept.
@@ElliotCoen Bear in mind I watched it with my young kids so adjust expectations accordingly 🤣 Good, Bad and Weird is an interesting watch also, enjoy! Great vid. I love browsing HMV, but rarely fork out :(
The Good, The Bad, The Weird is an excellent movie that I'm actually doing a podcast episode on next week. Lucky that you have picked up the bluray, I've watched it via MUBI
Great Picks! The Versus with the slipcover i got last year from wob for 10€ and it even was still sealed :D The Good, the Bad and the Weird is also a great movie, there are 5 seconds missing in the UK release, but i would not consider that all that bad if you can find it for a good price
I tell ya, you don’t need Katy Perry’s Part of Me on blu ray but if you ever see her Prismatic World Tour blu ray in the wild you’ll be in for a great time - looks and sounds beautiful!
Nice video thank you.Not sure how HMV still keep going with those prices ! And CEX there seems to be a lot of variance on individual store prices compared to their online where you can pick up real bargains sometimes on for example World Cinema and OOP products.Its amazing sometimes what people sell.😮
I’ve bought pretty much all my physical media from CEX I’ve not got much mostly DVDs such as the criterion version of the Irishman, the only blu ray I got was the Warner steelbook of the jazz singer
I was going to buy Django recently but the UK release is missing hdr and Dolby vision, so had to import it from the USA which is annoying as I prefer the uk packaging.
Do more of this, it’s very cool to see what they sell in the UK, and your very lucky to still have store that sells Blu-ray because where I live, Montréal Canada, there’s nothing like that anymore 😢 No HMV or pawnshop that sells rare movies, most of the pawnshop here sells only cheap movies that are not the one that we like 👎🏻
Bought in hmv the Rock Hudson Doris Day trilogy £9.99 blu ray. Brilliant value. And criterion collection Magnificent Obsession starring Rock Hudson and Jayne Wyman £23. Bit pricy the latter.
It's depressing seeing how huge that selection is in HMV. It reminds me of old stores like Suncoast. We have nothing like that in the states these days. There are a few FYEs left but their selection is small and basically double the price. Thankfully we have a lot of used media stores at least but hardly anything where you can buy new now. It's become an online world.
@@ElliotCoen Thanks for the heads up Elliot. I used to live in Manchester 94' to 07' and have visited Stockport a couple of times. Still pop down every so often to meet friends. That HMV looks huge and has a great selection. May have to frequent it next time I'm down there. Keep up the great Physical media vids. Love it. Andy H
CeX can be great for bargains but deserve to be shamed for their careless method of applying multiple stickers to packaging which often damages artwork or warps cases.
Let me know if you enjoy this sort of video and I can film another one soon!
I love HMV
You should do more of theses videos
We love all your videos, more please.
I loved this type of video and hope to see more
YES!!!
So glad you're doing these, would love to see more Blu ray hunting videos
Nice work. Fresh air at last, I hope you enjoyed your day out.😆
The sunlight, it burns 😩
Definitely liked this video.
So do more please.
It's really good to see what's out there and what you find.
Elliott, you're driving on the wrong side!😂😂
I was wondering why every other driver honks at me!
The good, the bad & the weird is a great find…love this one, so much fun
Glad to see the hunting was a success, pal! Thanks for sharing the trip 🤘
This was a really fun video! Thank you for doing it.
I love you mixing it up. Also I see you're posting more. Glad to see it.
Oh wow!!! This was great!!! I haven’t seen a store like this in ages on Long Island. I would love to just go and browse again. Well done Eliot!
really enjoyed this format, hope to see more
Thank you Charlie!
I just rewatched Versus after about 20 years. It's got so much "90s cool" although being from 2000. Love it still.
I’m excited to watch it this week. Cheers!
Enjoyed the video! Wish we had that store in the US!
I've always called it C.E.X :o
Refuse to say "sex" which is actually what it is if you watch any adverts 🤦
Same
@@rocktzar it's computer exchange and sex begins with an S... don't believe poor marketing.
Great video, I enjoyed this content thank you, lovely presentation as ever
Thanks for watching!
I believe they are my local HMV and CEXs - didn't realise you were in my neck of the woods! Love blu ray hunting videos!
Great video. Love this. Please do another one. Thoroughly enjoyed. Best. Andy
Thank you Andy, I’ll be making some more soon!
This UA-cam channel that is amazing and am very happy to have discovered. Keep up the great work mate. Andy.
Untold story is a great movie, the picture quality on this one is stunning!
Please do more, really enjoyed this!
Great to see you hunting!!
Thank you! More hunting trips are coming!
Love this video idea, one of the joys of collecting physical media.
Always fun videos, and nice pickups. You’re lucky to have a lot more interesting films in your CEX than my local one and I’ll be avoiding HMV for a while since being hit with a £650 optician fee. It might have to be a charity shop run, but they’re not usually that great these days. Oh well, luckily the backlog is HUGE at the moment.
Really enjoyed your Blu ray hunt Elliot.. hope you do more in the future 😎😎😎
Finally a pickups video very interesting pickups
Versus is an excellent action movie . Definetly worth a watch.
10:44 I felt ancient at that moment haha
Our city only had an HMV (music) store in a local mall for less than 2 years in the mid 1990s and it was quite a place with a great selection. It lent such an international cachet to have such a tiffany company in our medium-sized city. Really was sad when it closed.
Peeping Tom and Mosquito Squadron look really interesting. Btw awesome video mate 👍🔥💿😃
Great titles and selection, so jealous, in colombia weve got nothing like these places, im enjoying it by proxy so thanks elliott
Great to see you blu ray hunting in the wild and I enjoyed your pronunciation of 'CEX'. Doesn't 'Kecks' mean trousers? We say 'see eee ex' down south but I'll be sure to say kecks when I visit Manchester. 👍
I'd call kecks trousers too, and im from the North Midlands, not a million miles from Manc! :D
Yes i enjoyed your bluray hunts and pickups please do more 😅😅😅😅
Loved your Blu-ray hunting video. Glad you picked up Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, the Bad, the Weird. It’s great, I hope you like it.
Thanks Mark!
cool to see my local HMV. Great store!
I've had some nice finds at CEX, best to buy in the shop than online as they charge p&p £2.50 per item which really put me off.
Nice change from the standard video. 👌
Excellent video Elliot; would love to see you do more of these Blu-Ray hunting videos in the future’; ‘Inside Man’ is a really solid Spike Lee film; I need to grab the Blu-Ray of it aswell 😀👍
Cheers Sammy, I’ll have to do more soon!
I was in CEX the other day. They seem to have gone the way of charity shops and are charging a ridiculous amount for second hand movies and some with just photocopied covers.
I’m recommending Gran Turismo to everyone. It’s a fantastic throwback to 80s feel-good cinema, exciting, emotional, and expertly edited and directed. I’ve seen it four times and haven’t tired of it yet.
Shopping online might be convenient but it's nothing like going to the video store in person wish we had this store in the US 2nd video i saw going here
I definitely enjoy this sort of thing but what would make it better is if we see more of you out and about walking round etc…maybe grabbing lunch or something too. This way we can pretend that we’re out with you on a nice day out. I don’t have a life or friends of my own so that would be fantastic for me. 😉
CEX can be good for bargains but i always make sure to check the discs - as they’re 2nd hand I’ve avoided some scratched discs by checking before buying
Great video. More please.
Thanks Lee, they’ll be coming!
Lion King 3 AKA 'The Lion King 1 1/2' is possibly worth a look, so titled because it's about the events of the original film but from Timon's and Pumbaa's perspectives. I seem to recall some interesting interweaving around the original story, a la Back to the Future Part II (but nowhere near as good). I don't think it quite pulled it off but an interesting concept.
Well, you certainly intrigued me more! Maybe I’ll have to go back and get it… thanks for watching!
@@ElliotCoen Bear in mind I watched it with my young kids so adjust expectations accordingly 🤣
Good, Bad and Weird is an interesting watch also, enjoy!
Great vid. I love browsing HMV, but rarely fork out :(
So lucky, we had a HMV re-open here in Dublin last year but they don't sell Blu Ray 4K or DVD unfortunately.
There is not a single store in Mexico carying physical media anymore. I watch these videos with envy.
I’m sorry to hear that Joey :(
From what I understand there’s actually CEX stores in Mexico too
More of this please. 😊
THE GOOD THE BAD THE WEIRD is one of my favorite movies
The Good, The Bad, The Weird is an excellent movie that I'm actually doing a podcast episode on next week. Lucky that you have picked up the bluray, I've watched it via MUBI
Great Picks! The Versus with the slipcover i got last year from wob for 10€ and it even was still sealed :D The Good, the Bad and the Weird is also a great movie, there are 5 seconds missing in the UK release, but i would not consider that all that bad if you can find it for a good price
I miss walking into a physical media shop like HMV...None of these stores near me,closest one is a 2 hour drive away😮
Ah I’m sorry to hear that Marty! I’ve been loving your reviews lately
@ElliotCoen Thanks Elliot,been watching your channel for ages,I'm slowly getting used to filming myself 🙂
Now i feel stupid for not popping into CEX yesterday after visiting HMV. It was literally the shop opposite!
I tell ya, you don’t need Katy Perry’s Part of Me on blu ray but if you ever see her Prismatic World Tour blu ray in the wild you’ll be in for a great time - looks and sounds beautiful!
Lucky to still have an HMV. Mines now a Tesco mini
I love Ark of the Sun God purely because it executes its car chases like an old episode or Thunderbirds
About time we got a Criterion sale
Indeed, feels like the last one was 2 years ago maybe? They did a 3 for £30 once, that was amazing
The good the bad and the weird is so good and so much fun
Cex can have some great finds.
Nice video thank you.Not sure how HMV still keep going with those prices ! And CEX there seems to be a lot of variance on individual store prices compared to their online where you can pick up real bargains sometimes on for example World Cinema and OOP products.Its amazing sometimes what people sell.😮
I’ve bought pretty much all my physical media from CEX I’ve not got much mostly DVDs such as the criterion version of the Irishman, the only blu ray I got was the Warner steelbook of the jazz singer
The last time I was in CEX I bought THE LONG GOODBYE £5, FOOTBALL FACTORY £2 & THE HANGOVER 50p 😊
I was going to buy Django recently but the UK release is missing hdr and Dolby vision, so had to import it from the USA which is annoying as I prefer the uk packaging.
Wow! Your HMV and CEX have a way bigger selection than mine. Very jealous.
I like this kind of video... Get to know a lot of titles....
I’m glad you liked! There’s more coming
May I recommend cex and second hand stores. Picked up some real bargains.
Asteroid city now 6.99 at hmv
I am jealouis when i see such a store.. 10 years orso here in holland the last moviestore closed doors... we can only buy nowadays online abroad 😢
Do more of this, it’s very cool to see what they sell in the UK, and your very lucky to still have store that sells Blu-ray because where I live, Montréal Canada, there’s nothing like that anymore 😢 No HMV or pawnshop that sells rare movies, most of the pawnshop here sells only cheap movies that are not the one that we like 👎🏻
Bought in hmv the Rock Hudson Doris Day trilogy £9.99 blu ray. Brilliant value. And criterion collection Magnificent Obsession starring Rock Hudson and Jayne Wyman £23. Bit pricy the latter.
Enjoy The Good, The Bad, The Weird. Entertaining film!🙌
More of these please 😊 Which town did you visit Elliott?
This is the beautiful scenic town of Stockport
Excellent. I'm in Lymm. Looks like a quality CEX. May have to fight you for some of those titles 😁
It's depressing seeing how huge that selection is in HMV. It reminds me of old stores like Suncoast. We have nothing like that in the states these days. There are a few FYEs left but their selection is small and basically double the price. Thankfully we have a lot of used media stores at least but hardly anything where you can buy new now. It's become an online world.
Would have been popping down to Stockport myself in the morning if you hadn't have bought that copy of Versus. Bargain.
The oxford street hmv in London re-opened a while ago, didn‘t it?
Yes I believe so! I need to make the trip to London sometime soon
The one in Doncaster is still around and the cex store here has one of the biggest selection of blu rays I've seen
Simply excellent Elliot, love the Blu Ray hunting. Was this in Manchester city centre??
Andy H ☮
Hey Andy, no this was Stockport, just south of Manchester city centre. Cheers!
@@ElliotCoen Thanks for the heads up Elliot. I used to live in Manchester 94' to 07' and have visited Stockport a couple of times. Still pop down every so often to meet friends. That HMV looks huge and has a great selection. May have to frequent it next time I'm down there. Keep up the great Physical media vids. Love it.
Andy H
So many 4k disc's that I never have seen. I only buy my movies on Amazon and there isn't such a big choice.
Dont buy rumble in the bronx as its the cut US version
Ah I did not know that, cheers Steve.
Please do more
I thought brits mostly just used the tube, no cars :P
Do those CEX stickers leave any traces?
No none at all for me. Some stickers come off more easily than others but nothing a bit of heat can’t solve.
Is that CEX in Stockport?
It is!
Kex ftw 😂
Just so you know, cex is pronounced sex. 😉
I know I know but it’s always gonna be Kex for me. I can’t be telling my wife I’m nipping out for a trip to Sex now can I? 🤓
We call it 'see eee ex' down south. Problem solved
@@ElliotCoen 😂😂😂 I'm the same, I just say the letters C....E....X instead
@@ckybloodyalliance me too
I find HMV to be pretty overpriced. CEX can be good for finding hidden gems.
Peeping Tom in 4k???? 🔥
It’s amazing!
CeX can be great for bargains but deserve to be shamed for their careless method of applying multiple stickers to packaging which often damages artwork or warps cases.
Who’s calling In The Line of Fire underrated?
I am
It’s a 7.2 on IMDb. I’ve never seen a comment that said it’s bad. Done great money at the box office upon release.
its C E X
Kex
@@ElliotCoen cex computer exchange Google it
I've been pronouncing cex wrong :(
One word: demonetization 😂
extremely jealous of that hmv selection. usa retail is so bad compared to this.