QI
7x01 Gardens (extended repeat)
Much-belated first-showing for this extended repeat of an edition that first went out way back in November 2009.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Sport Relief 2010
[2nd half]
This is where recording it pays off, as the later-hours' schedule gradually fills up with repeats of sketches and appeal films, not to mention the inane babble of Fearne Cotton and Patrick Kielty.
[Watch the it (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 21 March 2010
this week on 100 Films
Just 2 new reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
What About Bob? (1991)
More next Sunday.
Lesbian Vampire Killers (2009)
the film fails to deliver on is its twin promises of raunch and horror. Aside from a couple of brief surgically-enhanced medieval boobs, a flash of knickers and the odd girl-on-girl kiss, the film’s sexy content is non-existent... The horror, meanwhile, is reduced to well-signposted jump scares and the odd bit of comical decapitation/melting
What About Bob? (1991)
The film hinges entirely on Murray and Dreyfuss, and both are excellent in their respective roles. Murray portrays Bob’s mental health struggles early on in a way that would garner wider praise for accuracy if this were a drama, showing the potential he’s only unleashed in more recent years to play straight roles
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 20 March 2010
TV
Sport Relief 2010
[1st half + BBC Two segment]
I recorded it so I could fastforward the dull bits (by which I mean rubbish singers, etc, not the appeal films), but was surprised to find I barely skipped anything. I expect it'll pay dividends come the later hours though -- these charity telethons always wind up repeating the best sketches by midnight.
[Watch the first half and BBC Two half-hour (again) on iPlayer.]
[1st half + BBC Two segment]
I recorded it so I could fastforward the dull bits (by which I mean rubbish singers, etc, not the appeal films), but was surprised to find I barely skipped anything. I expect it'll pay dividends come the later hours though -- these charity telethons always wind up repeating the best sketches by midnight.
[Watch the first half and BBC Two half-hour (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
Saw V (2008)
[#34 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Regular readers may remember that the first four films in the series were 2009's numbers 59, 60, 61 and 62.
Titanic (1997)
[#35 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Having avoided this box office behemoth for 12 years, it seems appropriate to finally see it now it's been toppled from its highest-grossing perch. Plus, it was on in HD.
[#34 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Regular readers may remember that the first four films in the series were 2009's numbers 59, 60, 61 and 62.
Titanic (1997)
[#35 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Having avoided this box office behemoth for 12 years, it seems appropriate to finally see it now it's been toppled from its highest-grossing perch. Plus, it was on in HD.
Games
The Secret of Monkey Island: The Flash Movie
The whole plot of The Secret of Monkey Island, re-told at speed by a German bloke (in English) with cartoony illustrations. Kinda fun.
The whole plot of The Secret of Monkey Island, re-told at speed by a German bloke (in English) with cartoony illustrations. Kinda fun.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Just one new Blu-ray this week, despite the Saturday delay in posting. It's the rather-good Seraphim Falls, which I watched earlier this week. It should look rather lovely on BD and it was going dirt cheap (£4.99! for a Blu-ray!) at several retailers.
Number of titles in collection: 1,154 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,079 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 75 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 2,809 [up 1]
Number of films in collection: 1,219 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,874 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of titles rated 15:
395
(34% of the total)
Following in the footsteps of titles rated U and titles rated 18, those rated 15 are the largest group in my collection -- almost double the next closest!
What's next closest? That's for another time...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Just one new Blu-ray this week, despite the Saturday delay in posting. It's the rather-good Seraphim Falls, which I watched earlier this week. It should look rather lovely on BD and it was going dirt cheap (£4.99! for a Blu-ray!) at several retailers.
Number of titles in collection: 1,154 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,079 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 75 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 2,809 [up 1]
Number of films in collection: 1,219 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,874 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of titles rated 15:
395
(34% of the total)
Following in the footsteps of titles rated U and titles rated 18, those rated 15 are the largest group in my collection -- almost double the next closest!
What's next closest? That's for another time...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 19 March 2010
TV
The Bubble
1x05 (18/3/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Queen
Part 2 Us and Them
[Watch it (again) on 4oD or SeeSaw.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
Why Crocodile Has a Bumpy Back
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
1x05 (18/3/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Queen
Part 2 Us and Them
[Watch it (again) on 4oD or SeeSaw.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
Why Crocodile Has a Bumpy Back
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 18 March 2010
TV
Damages
3x03 Flight's at 11:08
Damages in thoroughly-appropriate-episode-title shocker!
The Queen
Part 1 Sisters
Ah, the drama-documentary: not enough documentary to provide proper insight, not enough drama to justify it being, er, a drama. Still, for what it is, this was (er, is?) quite good. I certainly learnt stuff... but then, I didn't know much about it in the first place. And Emilia Fox is worth watching in anything.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD. Or SeeSaw. Or anywhere you bloody like these days.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
Why Tickbird Sits On Hippo's Back
I give up trying to number the episodes, there's no point.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
3x03 Flight's at 11:08
Damages in thoroughly-appropriate-episode-title shocker!
The Queen
Part 1 Sisters
Ah, the drama-documentary: not enough documentary to provide proper insight, not enough drama to justify it being, er, a drama. Still, for what it is, this was (er, is?) quite good. I certainly learnt stuff... but then, I didn't know much about it in the first place. And Emilia Fox is worth watching in anything.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD. Or SeeSaw. Or anywhere you bloody like these days.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
Why Tickbird Sits On Hippo's Back
I give up trying to number the episodes, there's no point.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
I'm writing this post moments before it shall be posted, so I'll be brief:
Google Street View uncovers secret superhero headquarters
(from Sci Fi Wire)
Ha!
Fathers For Justice?
The Hobbit to be in 3D? by Josh Winning
(from Total Film)
No thank you.
Top 25 SFX TV Shows by Dave Golder
(from SFX)
User-voted best-of list. Always funny. Good top three (and higher, probably, but I've not seen all of them / all of the shows (if you see the difference)).
...and that's all for now.
Google Street View uncovers secret superhero headquarters
(from Sci Fi Wire)
Ha!
Fathers For Justice?
The Hobbit to be in 3D? by Josh Winning
(from Total Film)
No thank you.
Top 25 SFX TV Shows by Dave Golder
(from SFX)
User-voted best-of list. Always funny. Good top three (and higher, probably, but I've not seen all of them / all of the shows (if you see the difference)).
...and that's all for now.
Wolverine 2 footage
Just to steal Empire's twitter joke, "Exclusive footage from Wolverine 2 - They're going for a very different tone this time around".
Watch the video here. Oh, go on.
Watch the video here. Oh, go on.
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
TV
Dexter
3x04 All in the Family
Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
Part 1 Speed Limits
In case you forget that this programme uses high-speed cameras (to show things too fast to see with the naked eye), Hammond reminds us about every 137 seconds. It's almost like they're trying to make it a drinking game.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
3x04 All in the Family
Richard Hammond's Invisible Worlds
Part 1 Speed Limits
In case you forget that this programme uses high-speed cameras (to show things too fast to see with the naked eye), Hammond reminds us about every 137 seconds. It's almost like they're trying to make it a drinking game.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 16 March 2010
Articles
Twin Peaks - The Fight For More by Ben Rawson-Jones
(from Digital Spy)
Twin Peaks season two finally hits UK DVD next week, after the best part of a decade waiting (personally, I caved almost a year and a half ago and got the US complete set), which makes it as good a time as any to muse on the missing Peaks (deleted scenes from the film that are just waiting for a DVD release) and the potential (if any) for the story to continue in the future.
(from Digital Spy)
Twin Peaks season two finally hits UK DVD next week, after the best part of a decade waiting (personally, I caved almost a year and a half ago and got the US complete set), which makes it as good a time as any to muse on the missing Peaks (deleted scenes from the film that are just waiting for a DVD release) and the potential (if any) for the story to continue in the future.
Monday, 15 March 2010
Articles
Film 4 HD, E4 HD coming to Virgin Media
and
ITV1 HD to launch in April
by Andrew Laughlin (from Digital Spy)
If that's true, it means Virgin will soon be making some changes to the way they offer HD -- currently it's only available with a V+ HD box, which costs an extra £5 per month on most packages. More likely, I suspect, she's talking rubbish and the current system will continue.
So long as Virgin stick to their thus-far method of offering HD (if you get the SD channel you get the HD channel) and don't switch to making HD channels higher-package-only (a constant threat, I feel, as they always refer to their most-expensive XL package when discussing new HD channels), then I won't complain.
and
ITV1 HD to launch in April
by Andrew Laughlin (from Digital Spy)
Virgin Media director of digital entertainment Cindy Rose [said] "we're... making HD available to all of our customers for no extra fee."
If that's true, it means Virgin will soon be making some changes to the way they offer HD -- currently it's only available with a V+ HD box, which costs an extra £5 per month on most packages. More likely, I suspect, she's talking rubbish and the current system will continue.
So long as Virgin stick to their thus-far method of offering HD (if you get the SD channel you get the HD channel) and don't switch to making HD channels higher-package-only (a constant threat, I feel, as they always refer to their most-expensive XL package when discussing new HD channels), then I won't complain.
Sunday, 14 March 2010
TV
Damages
3x01 Your Secrets Are Safe
Another promising start to a season of Damages -- hopefully this one will improve over the variable second. Distinctly odd recap at the start though; what with Dexter's four-minute epic at the start of its third season, it's beginning to feel like A Thing.
Dexter
3x02 Finding Freebo
3x01 Your Secrets Are Safe
Another promising start to a season of Damages -- hopefully this one will improve over the variable second. Distinctly odd recap at the start though; what with Dexter's four-minute epic at the start of its third season, it's beginning to feel like A Thing.
Dexter
3x02 Finding Freebo
Films
Seraphim Falls (2006)
[#30 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Waitress (2007)
[#31 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
[#30 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Waitress (2007)
[#31 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
this week on 100 Films
3 new reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, though I've been up to something else too...
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Rock n Roll Nerd (2008)
Son of Rambow (2007)
Also this week, I've begun to include pictures in some reviews, to help break up the blocks of text and make the blog an easier/prettier site to read. The first new review to include images was Anatomy of a Murder (though I belatedly added some to Rock n Roll Nerd) and a few older posts have been updated to include them -- so far, these are my review of M and my summary of 2007's Best Picture nominees (plus posters on each review from the latter). I don't intend to give all archive reviews a similar treatment (at least, not any time soon), but this will be the new standard for future reviews and the occasional archive update.
More next Sunday.
Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
It’s so thorough, accurate and real that it is (reportedly) still used as a working example in law education. The complete lack of flashbacks or definitive truth is a perfectly judged part of this: we only know what Biegler would; only hear what would come up in trial; can only be as certain as he and the jury are of the motives and testimonies of all involved.
Rock n Roll Nerd (2008)
What this tale creates is an unusual rockumentary. It’s obviously not a concert film, nor a tour film, nor a retrospective on someone’s career; instead, it’s the chronicle of someone’s relatively meteoric rise to fame, from two unique perspectives
Son of Rambow (2007)
Hilarious and touching in equal measure, you’d need a heart of stone to remain unmoved. A triumph.
Also this week, I've begun to include pictures in some reviews, to help break up the blocks of text and make the blog an easier/prettier site to read. The first new review to include images was Anatomy of a Murder (though I belatedly added some to Rock n Roll Nerd) and a few older posts have been updated to include them -- so far, these are my review of M and my summary of 2007's Best Picture nominees (plus posters on each review from the latter). I don't intend to give all archive reviews a similar treatment (at least, not any time soon), but this will be the new standard for future reviews and the occasional archive update.
More next Sunday.
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