Designated Survivor
1x16 Party Lines
1x17 The Ninth Seat
Who Dares Wins
10x09 (26/8/17 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Saturday, 26 August 2017
Non-Fiction
Bringing Down the House by Ben Mezrich
Chapters 1-7
The book that inspired the film 21, which I watched the other day. Apparently the film was heavily fictionalised, so I was curious to read the real story. What's kind of interesting is that the book apparently takes quite a few liberties with the truth as well. It also reads more like a novel than a work of non-fiction. Thus far, it's actually fairly similar to the film; as similar as most fiction-to-movie adaptations are, at least. Presumably it deviates more later.
Chapters 1-7
The book that inspired the film 21, which I watched the other day. Apparently the film was heavily fictionalised, so I was curious to read the real story. What's kind of interesting is that the book apparently takes quite a few liberties with the truth as well. It also reads more like a novel than a work of non-fiction. Thus far, it's actually fairly similar to the film; as similar as most fiction-to-movie adaptations are, at least. Presumably it deviates more later.
Articles
Interview: Steven Soderbergh
by Amy Taubin (from Film Comment)
An interesting interview, primarily about Soderbergh's new film, Logan Lucky, but, him being him, there are lots of interesting tangents too.
Netflix is Using The Defenders to Understand Its Audience
by Angela Watercutter (from Wired)
Another interesting piece (hence why I'm sharing them both!), this one about both how Netflix compiles data on what it's users watch, and how The Defenders provides a unique opportunity in that regard.
by Amy Taubin (from Film Comment)
An interesting interview, primarily about Soderbergh's new film, Logan Lucky, but, him being him, there are lots of interesting tangents too.
Netflix is Using The Defenders to Understand Its Audience
by Angela Watercutter (from Wired)
Another interesting piece (hence why I'm sharing them both!), this one about both how Netflix compiles data on what it's users watch, and how The Defenders provides a unique opportunity in that regard.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A couple of late arrivals to add this week ("late" as in "part of an order that mostly arrived last week"). Next week: looking like nothing. Gasp!
Number of titles in collection: 2,019 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,173 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 846 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 5,187 [up 2]
Number of films: 2,249 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 7,910 [no change]
Number of short films: 584 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
A couple of late arrivals to add this week ("late" as in "part of an order that mostly arrived last week"). Next week: looking like nothing. Gasp!
Number of titles in collection: 2,019 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,173 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 846 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 5,187 [up 2]
Number of films: 2,249 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 7,910 [no change]
Number of short films: 584 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 25 August 2017
Thursday, 24 August 2017
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
TV
The Defenders
1x07 Fish in the Jailhouse
1x08 The Defenders [season finale]
Designated Survivor
1x10 The Oath
1x11 Warriors
1x12 The End of the Beginning
1x07 Fish in the Jailhouse
1x08 The Defenders [season finale]
Designated Survivor
1x10 The Oath
1x11 Warriors
1x12 The End of the Beginning
Tuesday, 22 August 2017
TV
The Defenders
1x05 Take Shelter
1x06 Ashes, Ashes
Designated Survivor
1x07 The Traitor
1x08 The Results
1x09 The Blueprint
Rick and Morty
1x01 Pilot
People keep going on about this so I've decided to try at least a couple of episodes. This one isn't that promising, but we'll see.
1x05 Take Shelter
1x06 Ashes, Ashes
Designated Survivor
1x07 The Traitor
1x08 The Results
1x09 The Blueprint
Rick and Morty
1x01 Pilot
People keep going on about this so I've decided to try at least a couple of episodes. This one isn't that promising, but we'll see.
Monday, 21 August 2017
Sunday, 20 August 2017
TV
The Defenders
1x03 Worst Behavior
1x04 Royal Dragon
Designated Survivor
1x05 The Mission
1x06 The Interrogation
1x03 Worst Behavior
1x04 Royal Dragon
Designated Survivor
1x05 The Mission
1x06 The Interrogation
this week on 100 Films
Not that much to report this week from 100 Films in a Year, though the two things I did post were quite lengthy.
First, my latest TV review roundup, including Game of Thrones, Line of Duty, Peaky Blinders, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Twin Peaks, and more...
Secondly (and finally), another film review roundup, including quick thoughts on Headshot, Money Monster, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Big Screen Edition...
More next Sunday.
First, my latest TV review roundup, including Game of Thrones, Line of Duty, Peaky Blinders, Top of the Lake: China Girl, Twin Peaks, and more...
Secondly (and finally), another film review roundup, including quick thoughts on Headshot, Money Monster, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - Big Screen Edition...
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 19 August 2017
TV
The Defenders
1x01 The H Word
1x02 Mean Right Hook
Designated Survivor
1x03 The Confession
1x04 The Enemy
1x01 The H Word
1x02 Mean Right Hook
Designated Survivor
1x03 The Confession
1x04 The Enemy
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
There wasn't much to say this week, but then a bunch of stuff turned up surprisingly early on Saturday, and instead of one title with one film there was... well, all of this...
Number of titles in collection: 2,017 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,173 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 844 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 5,185 [up 9]
Number of films: 2,247 [up 5]
Number of TV episodes: 7,910 [no change]
Number of short films: 584 [up 1]
Also, it's time for another running time update! Hurrah!
Total running time of collection (approx.):
386 days, 4 hours, and 16 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 13 hours, and 38 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
There wasn't much to say this week, but then a bunch of stuff turned up surprisingly early on Saturday, and instead of one title with one film there was... well, all of this...
Number of titles in collection: 2,017 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,173 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 844 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 5,185 [up 9]
Number of films: 2,247 [up 5]
Number of TV episodes: 7,910 [no change]
Number of short films: 584 [up 1]
Also, it's time for another running time update! Hurrah!
Total running time of collection (approx.):
386 days, 4 hours, and 16 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 13 hours, and 38 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 18 August 2017
Thursday, 17 August 2017
Wednesday, 16 August 2017
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Monday, 14 August 2017
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