All Is True (2018)
[#199 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Music
Battle Born by the Killers
So, the Killers recently released their sixth studio album, which made me realise I'd never got round to listening to their fourth (from 2012) or even bought their fifth (from 2017). Now I have all three and am catching up. Sadly, I didn't think a great deal of this one on my first listen — I didn't feel like I'd missed out by not listening to it for eight years. I liked a couple of tracks, though (mainly The Rising Tide and Battle Born); and I listened to it again and felt less ambivalent. I'm not sure it's going to be a favourite, but maybe it improves with repeat listens.
So, the Killers recently released their sixth studio album, which made me realise I'd never got round to listening to their fourth (from 2012) or even bought their fifth (from 2017). Now I have all three and am catching up. Sadly, I didn't think a great deal of this one on my first listen — I didn't feel like I'd missed out by not listening to it for eight years. I liked a couple of tracks, though (mainly The Rising Tide and Battle Born); and I listened to it again and felt less ambivalent. I'm not sure it's going to be a favourite, but maybe it improves with repeat listens.
Monday, 31 August 2020
TV
Agatha Raisin
3x04 As the Pig Turns [season finale]
Friday Night Dinner
6x04 Dad's Birthday
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off
10x10 The Final [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x10 Episode 10 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
5x08 Spoiler Alert
And that's it for now -- this is a "mid-season finale", because Netflix have decided to split the fifth run in two.
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
3x04 As the Pig Turns [season finale]
Friday Night Dinner
6x04 Dad's Birthday
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off
10x10 The Final [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x10 Episode 10 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
5x08 Spoiler Alert
And that's it for now -- this is a "mid-season finale", because Netflix have decided to split the fifth run in two.
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Films
Dressed to Kill (1946)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #37. That completes my rewatch of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films. The first time it took me eight years; this time it's taken eight months.
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #37. That completes my rewatch of the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films. The first time it took me eight years; this time it's taken eight months.
Sunday, 30 August 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off
10x09 Pâtisserie Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x09 Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
5x00a The Grinning Man [Christmas special]
There was a five-year gap between the last series of Creek and this one-off special, which led to it doing big numbers in the ratings, and then more specials being commissioned. iPlayer and stuff like that list those specials as part of series 4, which is daft given that big gap; but they're also not part of series 5, which came several years later. Numbering systems for TV series aren't really built for shows that pop back and forth between one-offs and full series... Anyway, for now I'm going to number all those specials as "5x00" because I don't have a better answer.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x06 BlueBallz
5x07 Our Mojo
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x17 Control
10x09 Pâtisserie Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x09 Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
5x00a The Grinning Man [Christmas special]
There was a five-year gap between the last series of Creek and this one-off special, which led to it doing big numbers in the ratings, and then more specials being commissioned. iPlayer and stuff like that list those specials as part of series 4, which is daft given that big gap; but they're also not part of series 5, which came several years later. Numbering systems for TV series aren't really built for shows that pop back and forth between one-offs and full series... Anyway, for now I'm going to number all those specials as "5x00" because I don't have a better answer.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x06 BlueBallz
5x07 Our Mojo
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x17 Control
this week on 100 Films
2 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week...
Ready or Not (2019)
Venom (2018)
More next Sunday.
Ready or Not (2019)
definitely a comedy-horror, with more laughs than scares and an appropriate amount of gore. It obviously owes a debt to other movies, or at least has points of similarity (You’re Next particularly comes to mind), but it also has a few nice subversions and doesn’t always go the way you’d thinkRead more here.
Venom (2018)
I wasn’t sure what I thought of Venom. It’s kind of fun, in a juvenile way (juvenile like teenagers who think violence and edgy dialogue is “grown up”). But it’s also kind of rubbish in places, in part because it can be so juvenile (juvenile like… yeah, same again).Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 29 August 2020
TV
Jonathan Creek
4x06 Gorgons Wood [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x05 Detective Amenadiel
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x16 The Overnight
4x06 Gorgons Wood [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x05 Detective Amenadiel
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x16 The Overnight
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Even as I try to cut back, I can't help buying more! This week's lot includes three titles from Masters of Cinema (one new release, two from a sale), with 6 films between them.
I also bought Arrow's new edition of The Game, which duplicates most (but not quite all) of the special features from the Criterion edition I already own. So I ought to sell that, probably, but haven't made up my mind entirely, so it remains for now.
Number of titles in collection: 2,441 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,089 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,352 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 71 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,276 [up 9]
Number of films: 2,758 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 185 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 8,958 [no change]
Number of short films: 762 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Even as I try to cut back, I can't help buying more! This week's lot includes three titles from Masters of Cinema (one new release, two from a sale), with 6 films between them.
I also bought Arrow's new edition of The Game, which duplicates most (but not quite all) of the special features from the Criterion edition I already own. So I ought to sell that, probably, but haven't made up my mind entirely, so it remains for now.
Number of titles in collection: 2,441 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,089 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,352 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 71 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,276 [up 9]
Number of films: 2,758 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 185 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 8,958 [no change]
Number of short films: 762 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 28 August 2020
TV
Friday Night Dinner
6x03 The Au Pair
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x08 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x05 The Chequered Box
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x04 It Never Ends Well for the Chicken
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x15 Hand-Off
6x03 The Au Pair
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x08 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x05 The Chequered Box
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x04 It Never Ends Well for the Chicken
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x15 Hand-Off
Films
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story (2019)
[#197 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
This documentary was originally produced for US TV, but it's now being pitched as a film by Netflix, so I'm counting it.
[#197 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
This documentary was originally produced for US TV, but it's now being pitched as a film by Netflix, so I'm counting it.
Thursday, 27 August 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off
10x08 Pastry
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x04 The Seer of the Sands
Kinda far-fetched, even by Creek's standards, though I liked how important punctuation was!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x03 ¡Diablo!
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x14 Casualties
10x08 Pastry
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x04 The Seer of the Sands
Kinda far-fetched, even by Creek's standards, though I liked how important punctuation was!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x03 ¡Diablo!
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x14 Casualties
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x03 The Tailor's Dummy [2nd watch]
As I noted on its first episode, series 4 is when I fell irreparably behind watching Jonathan Creek, but I can’t remember exactly how far I got. I’m sure I watched some of the series, but I haven’t remembered any specifics from any of these first three episodes. At this point there was a year-long gap (effectively splitting it into two three-episode series, not that they get labelled like that, obviously), and I’m fairly certain I never watched any of the second half, so I’ll just leave this as the final “2nd watch” episode.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x02 Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x13 Follow-Up Day
6x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x03 The Tailor's Dummy [2nd watch]
As I noted on its first episode, series 4 is when I fell irreparably behind watching Jonathan Creek, but I can’t remember exactly how far I got. I’m sure I watched some of the series, but I haven’t remembered any specifics from any of these first three episodes. At this point there was a year-long gap (effectively splitting it into two three-episode series, not that they get labelled like that, obviously), and I’m fairly certain I never watched any of the second half, so I’ll just leave this as the final “2nd watch” episode.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x02 Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x13 Follow-Up Day
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off
10x07 Festival Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x02 Angel Hair [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
2x12 Now and Then
10x07 Festival Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x02 Angel Hair [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
2x12 Now and Then
Monday, 24 August 2020
TV
Friday Night Dinner
6x02 The Plastic Bag
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
5x01 Really Sad Devil Guy
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x10 The Dark Side
2x11 Day of Death
6x02 The Plastic Bag
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
5x01 Really Sad Devil Guy
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x10 The Dark Side
2x11 Day of Death
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
It's much later than usual this week thanks to several big additions to factor in, and just in time for the monthly running time update, making it that much more thorough.
So, this week's biggest addition is Arrow's complete Gamera box set -- big physically (it's an over-sized box set including two big books) and in terms of content (8 discs with 12 films and 4 alternate cuts, plus bags of extras, including an audio commentary on every film). It's going to take me a while to get through that! Well, I'm still working my way through the Criterion Zatoichi set I bought years ago, and I haven't started their Godzilla set I got for Christmas, so... yeah.
Also from Arrow this week is a 4K release of Pitch Black, which I thought upgraded my DVD copy, but I own the Riddick Collection Blu-ray and, of course, got rid of the DVD when I bought that (why I thought I'd kept the DVD, I don't know). The Riddick Collection also includes short film Dark Fury in SD, which the new Pitch Black includes in HD, and The Chronicles of Riddick film, which means I still need to hang onto it for now.
I also bought another new DVD set this week (silent films again)... but then I upgraded an old DVD set to Blu-ray copies, so they cancel each other out.
Number of titles in collection: 2,436 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,089 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,347 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 71 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 6,267 [up 13]
Number of films: 2,750 [up 16]
Number of additional cuts: 184 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 8,958 [no change]
Number of short films: 760 [up 1]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
456 days, 4 hours, and 43 minutes.
(Up 3 days, 9 hours, and 38 minutes from last month.)
It's a year of big increases, because that's second place for the year (behind March) and the fourth to have an increase over 3 days (that means 50% of months this year have seen increases that large). The final tally for 2020 might be a huge one...
See you next week, faithful reader.
It's much later than usual this week thanks to several big additions to factor in, and just in time for the monthly running time update, making it that much more thorough.
So, this week's biggest addition is Arrow's complete Gamera box set -- big physically (it's an over-sized box set including two big books) and in terms of content (8 discs with 12 films and 4 alternate cuts, plus bags of extras, including an audio commentary on every film). It's going to take me a while to get through that! Well, I'm still working my way through the Criterion Zatoichi set I bought years ago, and I haven't started their Godzilla set I got for Christmas, so... yeah.
Also from Arrow this week is a 4K release of Pitch Black, which I thought upgraded my DVD copy, but I own the Riddick Collection Blu-ray and, of course, got rid of the DVD when I bought that (why I thought I'd kept the DVD, I don't know). The Riddick Collection also includes short film Dark Fury in SD, which the new Pitch Black includes in HD, and The Chronicles of Riddick film, which means I still need to hang onto it for now.
I also bought another new DVD set this week (silent films again)... but then I upgraded an old DVD set to Blu-ray copies, so they cancel each other out.
Number of titles in collection: 2,436 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,089 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,347 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 71 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 6,267 [up 13]
Number of films: 2,750 [up 16]
Number of additional cuts: 184 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 8,958 [no change]
Number of short films: 760 [up 1]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
456 days, 4 hours, and 43 minutes.
(Up 3 days, 9 hours, and 38 minutes from last month.)
It's a year of big increases, because that's second place for the year (behind March) and the fourth to have an increase over 3 days (that means 50% of months this year have seen increases that large). The final tally for 2020 might be a huge one...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Sunday, 23 August 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off
10x06 Dessert Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x01 The Coonskin Cap [2nd watch]
We're getting into the era of Jonathan Creek where I accidentally stopped watching, so I can't remember for certain which of these episodes I've seen; but I'm pretty sure I at least started series 4. (I appreciate this matters to no one but me.)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
2x09 Breaking Point
10x06 Dessert Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x01 The Coonskin Cap [2nd watch]
We're getting into the era of Jonathan Creek where I accidentally stopped watching, so I can't remember for certain which of these episodes I've seen; but I'm pretty sure I at least started series 4. (I appreciate this matters to no one but me.)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
2x09 Breaking Point
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