Game of Thrones
7x03 The Queen's Justice
Top of the Lake: China Girl
Part 5 Who's Your Daddy?
Part 6 The Battle of the Mothers [season finale]
[Watch Who's Your Daddy? and The Battle of the Mothers (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 31 July 2017
Sunday, 30 July 2017
this week on 100 Films
3 brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Finding Nemo (2003)
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
Moana (2016)
More next Sunday.
Finding Nemo (2003)
it’s packed to the gills with engaging characters, memorable lines, funny ideas, colourful designs, and a couple of strong moral messages. It’s a true family movie.Read more here.
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
a monster B-movie realised with a modern blockbuster budget and a dose of class from director Jordan Vogt-Roberts. Its major thrills come from the dust-ups between humans and giant beasties, or giant beasties and other giant beasties, but these are executed with a verve and enthusiasm that renders them a constant delight. Vogt-Roberts unleashes his skill with a palpable sense of excitement for the material, never seeming to hold back as he fills the entire movie with cool imagery and vibrant colours.Read more here.
Moana (2016)
The songs are a toe-tapping treat too, with Moana’s big number, How Far I’ll Go, a more likeable earworm than certain other Disney songs about going; a David Bowie-inspired villain’s song, Shiny; and, my personal favourite, a comedy number sung by the Rock called You’re Welcome (with some 2D-that-looks-fab-in-3D animation).Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 29 July 2017
Films
Drive (2011)
[#106 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2017 #7
+ the UK Blu-ray's special features
[#106 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2017 #7
+ the UK Blu-ray's special features
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Number of titles in collection: 2,005 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,178 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 827 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 5,161 [up 5]
Number of films: 2,230 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 7,910 [no change]
Number of short films: 582 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Number of titles in collection: 2,005 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,178 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 827 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 5,161 [up 5]
Number of films: 2,230 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 7,910 [no change]
Number of short films: 582 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 28 July 2017
TV
The Musketeers
3x01 Spoils of War
Top of the Lake: China Girl
Part 1 China Girl
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
3x01 Spoils of War
Top of the Lake: China Girl
Part 1 China Girl
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
Free Fire (2016)
[#105 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
+ the Blu-ray's special feature (a short but interesting making-of) and the first half-hour of the audio commentary
[#105 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
+ the Blu-ray's special feature (a short but interesting making-of) and the first half-hour of the audio commentary
Thursday, 27 July 2017
TV
Sherlock
1x00 A Study in Pink [unaired pilot]
Finally got round to watching this, after having it on Blu-ray for years (it's included as a special feature on series one). It's not actually all that bad -- I'd always assumed that it must look terribly cheap or something, but while it's undoubtedly not as slick as the finished version, it's perfectly fine. And the acting, dialogue, pace, etc, was all there right from the get-go -- that survived pretty much intact.
1x00 A Study in Pink [unaired pilot]
Finally got round to watching this, after having it on Blu-ray for years (it's included as a special feature on series one). It's not actually all that bad -- I'd always assumed that it must look terribly cheap or something, but while it's undoubtedly not as slick as the finished version, it's perfectly fine. And the acting, dialogue, pace, etc, was all there right from the get-go -- that survived pretty much intact.
Wednesday, 26 July 2017
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
Monday, 24 July 2017
Sunday, 23 July 2017
TV
The Persuaders!
1x16 Anyone Can Play
Pitch Battle
1x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x16 Anyone Can Play
Pitch Battle
1x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
this week on 100 Films
This week on 100 Films in a Year, this month's second 'monthly' TV review...
Also, 2 brand-new reviews...
Dunkirk (2017)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
More next Sunday.
Also, 2 brand-new reviews...
Dunkirk (2017)
the main effect Nolan was aiming for is intensity. Not of war, so much, but of survival. That this is a PG-13 war movie caused some to balk — how can you depict war nowadays without blood and gore? But this isn’t a war movie per se, it’s an escape movie. It’s not about the reality of someone getting their arm or head blown off, it’s about escaping a sinking ship, or running out of fuel, or keeping going when the odds are against you. Couple this with the aforementioned visual spectacle, and a thunderous sound mix, and Dunkirk is definitely an Experience.Read more here.
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Apparently Soderbergh said that he saw this as an opportunity to give audiences “pleasure from beginning to end… a movie that you just surrender to, without embarrassment and without regret.” Well, he nailed it. It’s a film packed with likeable characters, memorable lines, snazzy direction, cool music cues, and the raison d’être of a heist movie: a final act that pulls the wool over the audience’s eyes.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 22 July 2017
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Number of titles in collection: 2,002 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,178 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 824 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 5,156 [up 24]
Number of films: 2,227 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 7,910 [up 111]
Number of short films: 582 [up 1]
Since the last running time update I've added 34 films and 126 episodes of TV, which means quite a bump this month...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
384 days, 14 hours, and 38 minutes.
(Up 6 days, 20 hours, and 28 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Number of titles in collection: 2,002 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,178 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 824 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 5,156 [up 24]
Number of films: 2,227 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 7,910 [up 111]
Number of short films: 582 [up 1]
Since the last running time update I've added 34 films and 126 episodes of TV, which means quite a bump this month...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
384 days, 14 hours, and 38 minutes.
(Up 6 days, 20 hours, and 28 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
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