It's the first episode of 2026, and what better way to start the new year than talking about collecting goals for the next 12 months...and beyond!

For this episode, Matt talks about why setting goals for your movie collecting can be interesting and insightful, different ways that you can focus your own physical media collecting goals, and how sometimes those goals don't always have to be about adding things to your collection. Plus, he also shares a few of his own collecting goals for 2026.

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Email: cinemaonashelf@gmail.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinemaonashelf/

Matt's Letterboxd: @Matty236

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Music:

"Vibing Over Venus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

With the recent news in the entertainment industry related to Warner Bros., Matt wanted to take a look into his favourite aspect of the WB physical media landscape: the Warner Archive Collection! This long-running "boutique"-ish label has thousands and thousands of titles spanning the vast catalogue of vintage Hollywood films that comprises the Warner Archive. Matt loves classic films, so it's no surprise that he is a big fan.

Through this episode, he talks about the history of Warner Archive's humble beginnings on DVD and through the some of the most stunning 4K releases available to date. If you are the type of movie lover that loves classic Hollywood and watching TCM, you're going to enjoy this episode!

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Email: cinemaonashelf@gmail.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinemaonashelf/

Matt's Letterboxd: @Matty236

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Music:

"Vibing Over Venus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

With one of the biggest sale seasons, Black Friday, being upon us, Matt wanted to take a bit of time to talk about different physical media sales. While Black Friday is quite a popular time for discounted movies, it is certainly not the only sale that happens; in fact many physical media sales happen on a fairly regular basis! He also looks into a little bit of info about the psychology of these kinds of sales, different ways that collectors can plan and prepare for a sale, and some ways to think about your own budgets for sales.

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Boutique Blu-ray Sales Listing - Reddit

"Why Shopping Makes You Happy" article - DW.com

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Email: cinemaonashelf@gmail.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinemaonashelf/

Matt's Letterboxd: @Matty236

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Music:

"Vibing Over Venus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/