Doctor Who
4x11 The Power of the Daleks Episode Three
4x12 The Power of the Daleks Episode Four
The Twilight Zone
1x26 Execution
3x12 The Jungle
So far I've been watching episodes judged to be the best of The Twilight Zone, but now I'm switching it up and watching some of those considered to be the worst. (I didn't want to have these be the last ones I viewed if I kept going in order of quality, so I decided to 'jump ahead' to them now.)
Would I Lie To You?
13x11 The Unseen Bits
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 10 March 2020
Films
The Lego Movie 3D (2014)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #9. It really doesn't feel like over 5 years since I last watched this (where does time go?!) First time in 3D, though, and (as I expected, given how good other LEGO movies looked in 3D), the visuals were superb.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 3D (2019)
[#33 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #9. It really doesn't feel like over 5 years since I last watched this (where does time go?!) First time in 3D, though, and (as I expected, given how good other LEGO movies looked in 3D), the visuals were superb.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part 3D (2019)
[#33 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Monday, 9 March 2020
Articles
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie is an unappreciated masterpiece
by Karen Han (from Polygon)
I liked LXG (as it was marketed at the time) when it came out. The other people I saw it with agreed with the critics, i.e. that it wasn't very good. I think I rewatched it on DVD at some point and came around a bit to that way of thinking. But I still have kinda-fond memories of it, and this piece (and some of the reaction to it on Twitter) suggests I'm not wholly alone. It also prompted me to the order the Blu-ray (it's going cheap nowadays, of course) to reassess.
by Karen Han (from Polygon)
I liked LXG (as it was marketed at the time) when it came out. The other people I saw it with agreed with the critics, i.e. that it wasn't very good. I think I rewatched it on DVD at some point and came around a bit to that way of thinking. But I still have kinda-fond memories of it, and this piece (and some of the reaction to it on Twitter) suggests I'm not wholly alone. It also prompted me to the order the Blu-ray (it's going cheap nowadays, of course) to reassess.
Sunday, 8 March 2020
TV
Doctor Who
4x09 The Power of the Daleks Episode One
4x10 The Power of the Daleks Episode Two
Halfway through the recent series of Doctor Who, I realised it had been several years (five years and four months, to be precise) since I last watched any of the classic show. I decided I needed to fix that as soon as the season finished. Plus, with new animations of The Faceless Ones and Fury from the Deep imminent, I was reminded that I hadn't actually got round to watching the other animations of missing serials they've done in the past few years. So now I'm righting both those wrongs, starting with the oldest of those new animations (which came out at the end of 2016, so that's taken me three-and-a-bit years 'n' all).
Would I Lie To You?
13x10 Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
4x09 The Power of the Daleks Episode One
4x10 The Power of the Daleks Episode Two
Halfway through the recent series of Doctor Who, I realised it had been several years (five years and four months, to be precise) since I last watched any of the classic show. I decided I needed to fix that as soon as the season finished. Plus, with new animations of The Faceless Ones and Fury from the Deep imminent, I was reminded that I hadn't actually got round to watching the other animations of missing serials they've done in the past few years. So now I'm righting both those wrongs, starting with the oldest of those new animations (which came out at the end of 2016, so that's taken me three-and-a-bit years 'n' all).
Would I Lie To You?
13x10 Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
this week on 100 Films
Just my (slightly later than anticipated) monthly TV column over at 100 Films in a Year this week...
More next Sunday.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 7 March 2020
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
After hitting 6,000 discs last week, this week I've hit the nice round number of 1,200 Blu-rays. Okay, not quite as nice or round as last time, but still. That's thanks to 13 new additions this week (two of them DVD-to-BD upgrades).
That, in case you weren't aware, is a lot of new additions -- the most in one week since July 2011, when I added 8 DVDs and 6 BDs for a total of 14. Of course, the overall net change is 11 additions, but you still have to go back almost as far, to August 2011, to find another week with as big a tally. In the entire history of this count, only one further week has seen a net increase as large as 11 (it was in December 2009), so this is a pretty remarkable week all round.
(None of those is the biggest ever change, though, which was a decrease. When I bought the Bond 50 Blu-ray box set, it replaced my individual DVD copies of all the films, and the overall number of titles dropped by 18.)
Number of titles in collection: 2,312 [up 11]
Of which DVDs: 1,112 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,200 [up 13]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 45 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,021 [up 21]
Number of films: 2,706 [up 13]
Number of TV episodes: 8,784 [up 15]
Number of short films: 689 [up 1]
And I've still got plenty more on order, too! Looks like it's going to be another big running time update in a few weeks' time...
See you next week, faithful reader.
After hitting 6,000 discs last week, this week I've hit the nice round number of 1,200 Blu-rays. Okay, not quite as nice or round as last time, but still. That's thanks to 13 new additions this week (two of them DVD-to-BD upgrades).
That, in case you weren't aware, is a lot of new additions -- the most in one week since July 2011, when I added 8 DVDs and 6 BDs for a total of 14. Of course, the overall net change is 11 additions, but you still have to go back almost as far, to August 2011, to find another week with as big a tally. In the entire history of this count, only one further week has seen a net increase as large as 11 (it was in December 2009), so this is a pretty remarkable week all round.
(None of those is the biggest ever change, though, which was a decrease. When I bought the Bond 50 Blu-ray box set, it replaced my individual DVD copies of all the films, and the overall number of titles dropped by 18.)
Number of titles in collection: 2,312 [up 11]
Of which DVDs: 1,112 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,200 [up 13]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 45 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,021 [up 21]
Number of films: 2,706 [up 13]
Number of TV episodes: 8,784 [up 15]
Number of short films: 689 [up 1]
And I've still got plenty more on order, too! Looks like it's going to be another big running time update in a few weeks' time...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 6 March 2020
TV
Death in Paradise
9x08 Episode 8 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Good Place
3x11 Chidi Sees the Time-Knife
3x12 Pandemonium [season finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
Lucifer
3x24 A Devil of My Word [season finale]
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
The Rookie
1x06 The Hawke
9x08 Episode 8 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Good Place
3x11 Chidi Sees the Time-Knife
3x12 Pandemonium [season finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
Lucifer
3x24 A Devil of My Word [season finale]
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
The Rookie
1x06 The Hawke
Articles
Candyman Director Bernard Rose Details His Unmade Sequel in More Depth Than Ever Before
by Jason Jenkins (from Bloody Disgusting)
The headline sums up the basis of this article pretty well, but it's worth a read for all the fascinating details. It sounds like a film with a lot of promise -- shame we'll never get to see it.
by Jason Jenkins (from Bloody Disgusting)
The headline sums up the basis of this article pretty well, but it's worth a read for all the fascinating details. It sounds like a film with a lot of promise -- shame we'll never get to see it.
Thursday, 5 March 2020
TV
Death in Paradise
9x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Flesh and Blood
1x04 Episode 4 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Friday Night Dinner
5x06 Wilson [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Good Place
3x10 The Book of Dougs
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
Lucifer
3x23 Quintessential Deckerstar
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
9x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Flesh and Blood
1x04 Episode 4 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Friday Night Dinner
5x06 Wilson [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Good Place
3x10 The Book of Dougs
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
Lucifer
3x23 Quintessential Deckerstar
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
Wednesday, 4 March 2020
TV
Death in Paradise
9x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Flesh and Blood
1x02 Episode 2
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch episodes two and three (again) on the ITV Hub.]
The Good Place
3x08 Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By
3x09 Janet(s)
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
Lucifer
3x21 Anything Pierce Can Do I Can Do Better
3x22 All Hands on Decker
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
9x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Flesh and Blood
1x02 Episode 2
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch episodes two and three (again) on the ITV Hub.]
The Good Place
3x08 Don't Let the Good Life Pass You By
3x09 Janet(s)
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
Lucifer
3x21 Anything Pierce Can Do I Can Do Better
3x22 All Hands on Decker
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
Tuesday, 3 March 2020
TV
Death in Paradise
9x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Flesh and Blood
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
The Good Place
3x06 A Fractured Inheritance
3x07 The Worst Possible Use of Free Will
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
Lucifer
3x20 The Angel of San Bernardino
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
9x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Flesh and Blood
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
The Good Place
3x06 A Fractured Inheritance
3x07 The Worst Possible Use of Free Will
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
Lucifer
3x20 The Angel of San Bernardino
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]
Monday, 2 March 2020
TV
The Good Place
3x04 Jeremy Bearimy
3x05 The Ballad of Donkey Doug
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
McDonald & Dodds
1x01 The Fall of the House of Crockett
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
3x04 Jeremy Bearimy
3x05 The Ballad of Donkey Doug
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]
McDonald & Dodds
1x01 The Fall of the House of Crockett
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
this week on 100 Films
A new month began yesterday, which meant it was time to once again look the last one over at 100 Films in a Year...
Also this past week, 1 new review...
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
More next Sunday.
Also this past week, 1 new review...
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Now, here’s a film I really need to see again. Not to affirm whether I liked it or not — in fact, I loved it; enough to rank it the #1 film I saw in 2019 — but to fully assess and analyse and process it. This admission is not the best way to begin a review — reviews are meant to be assessment and/or analysis, after all — but, nonetheless, it indicates the kind of effect I felt from the film. What is that effect? In my best-of-year piece I said it was “the kind of film that casts a spell”, by which I’m referring to how it sweeps you in; how it engages you in such a way that you’re just experiencing itRead more here.
More next Sunday.
Sunday, 1 March 2020
TV
Doctor Who
38x08 The Haunting of Villa Diodati [2nd watch]
38x09 Ascension of the Cybermen [2nd watch]
38x10 The Timeless Children [season finale]
[Watch season 38, aka series 12, (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
1x05 The Roundup
38x08 The Haunting of Villa Diodati [2nd watch]
38x09 Ascension of the Cybermen [2nd watch]
38x10 The Timeless Children [season finale]
[Watch season 38, aka series 12, (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
1x05 The Roundup
Saturday, 29 February 2020
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
It's a little late this week (only a few hours, not that anyone'd care whatever) because it's time for the monthly running time update, and I've been buying so much stuff recently that there was a lot I hadn't yet added. As for this week itself, there are only three new additions, which normally would be a kinda average number, but for recent times is on the low end. (Never fear, I've got loads on order.)
One other observation this week: I've landed on exactly 6,000 discs. 6,000! Crikey.
Number of titles in collection: 2,301 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,114 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,187 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 45 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 6,000 [up 5]
Number of films: 2,693 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,769 [no change]
Number of short films: 688 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
439 days, 7 hours, and 9 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 1 hour, and 15 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
It's a little late this week (only a few hours, not that anyone'd care whatever) because it's time for the monthly running time update, and I've been buying so much stuff recently that there was a lot I hadn't yet added. As for this week itself, there are only three new additions, which normally would be a kinda average number, but for recent times is on the low end. (Never fear, I've got loads on order.)
One other observation this week: I've landed on exactly 6,000 discs. 6,000! Crikey.
Number of titles in collection: 2,301 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,114 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,187 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 45 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 6,000 [up 5]
Number of films: 2,693 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,769 [no change]
Number of short films: 688 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
439 days, 7 hours, and 9 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 1 hour, and 15 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
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