Films

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
[#86 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

The Americans
5x06 Crossbreed

Films

Moana 3D (2016)
[#85 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

The Americans
5x05 Lotus 1-2-3

The Persuaders!
1x09 Someone Like Me

Films

John Wick (2014)
[2nd watch]

Rewatchathon 2017 #17

TV

The Americans
5x04 What's the Matter with Kansas?

Twin Peaks
3x07 The Return Part 7

TV

The Americans
5x03 The Midges

The Persuaders!
1x08 Take Seven

Films

The LEGO Batman Movie 3D (2017)
[#84 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

this week on 100 Films

This week it was time for 100 Films in a Year to review the past month's TV, including the first third of the new Twin Peaks, four new episodes of Doctor Who, and much more...





In regular business, there were 2 brand-new reviews...


New Tale of Zatoichi (1963)

With studio Daiei apparently realising they had a potential long-running series on their hands, blind masseur cum roving wrong-righter Ichi makes his colour debut in this third film. Despite the obvious visual change, New Tale picks up on plot threads from the previous film, concluding a trilogy of sorts that spans the series’ first three instalments.

Read more here.


Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (2016)

It’s a great tale, but unfortunately it’s told in a really sloppily made documentary. The narrative is a complete jumble — it jumps in and out of stories all over the place, getting distracted by something else before looping back around. Exposition and setup are bungled, leaving the viewer constantly playing catch-up and trying to piece things together.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Doctor Who
36x10 The Eaters of Light
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Persuaders!
1x07 The Old, the New and the Deadly

Pitch Battle
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Mamma Mia! (2008)
[3rd watch]
Well, I half watched it. Pretty sure I've half-watched it before too, but I obviously didn't bother to log that.

Moonlight (2016)
[#83 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
+ all the Blu-ray's featurettes

Collection Count

Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.

Including one thing that was supposedly dispatched at 6AM this morning and arrived here at 10AM (yeah, right), and not including one thing that was dispatched days ago and was due to arrive today but hasn't (weird).

Number of titles in collection: 1,987 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,181 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 806 [up 4]

Number of discs in collection: 5,086 [up 8]
Number of films: 2,191 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes: 7,784 [no change]
Number of short films: 566 [up 5]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Americans
5x02 Pests

The Kettering Incident
1x07 Madness
1x08 The Homecoming [season finale]

The Persuaders!
1x06 The Gold Napoleon

TV

The Americans
5x01 Amber Waves

The Persuaders!
1x05 Powerswitch

TV

Doctor Who
36x09 Empress of Mars
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Kettering Incident
1x05 The Forest
1x06 Roy

Who Dares Wins
10x07 (10/6/17 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Mummy (2017)
[#82 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

Twin Peaks
3x06 The Return Part 6

Articles

The Netflix TV boom is over – here's why that's good news for everyone
by Morgan Jeffery (from Digital Spy)

He's got a point...

TV

The Late Late Show with James Corden in London
2x182 (6/6/17 edition)
2x183 (7/6/17 edition)
2x184 (8/6/17 edition)

this week on 100 Films

3 brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...


Mr. Nobody (2009)

Jared Leto stars in this sci-fi drama about the last mortal on Earth reflecting on his life… or is it lives? Essentially, the film is an explanation or exploration of scientific theories realised as a character drama, using a nonlinear narrative to mix and contrast different timelines and realities. For some, this makes it a very confusing movie. That said, if you get the theories behind it, I don’t think it’s an especially complex film at all.

Read more here.


The Saint's Return (1953)

Although this was made years after the RKO films and by a different studio, it’s not a reboot or remake. Even allowing for those terms having become more applicable recently than they probably were in the ’50s, The Saint’s Return actually seems to be making a concerted effort to appear connected to the earlier series... It's even shot in a way that's reminiscent of the older films

Read more here.


Split (2016)

the really exceptional part of the movie is McAvoy’s performance. I don’t know how accurately or sympathetically the film handles the science of his character’s condition, but his embodiment of the role — of all the roles — is superb. The multiple distinct personalities aren’t created just by putting on a silly voice or funny costume; McAvoy changes the way he holds himself, the way he stands and moves, the way his face expresses. It’s the kind of performance that in a different kind of film would’ve been all over awards season.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.