TV

Absentia
1x02 Reset

The British Academy Film Awards 2018
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Good Place
2x07 Derek

Films

The Dark Tower (2017)
[#25 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

this week on 100 Films

3 brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...


Black Panther (2018)

Black Panther is once again undoubtedly a superhero movie in more than just the literal sense that it’s adapted from a comic book about a superhero, but this particular mix of varied influences — some familiar (it’s not the first movie to imitate Bond), others less so (African culture in an action-adventure blockbuster) — does make it feel genuinely different to the norm.

Read more here.


Fast & Furious 8 (2017)

You may remember that, once upon a time, these films were about street racers who occasionally carried out on-the-road heists, all the better to keep the focus on the cars. Those days are long gone, despite an opening sequence here that tries to pretend that’s still part of the game. No, nowadays we’re in the “international spy actioner” genre, and our former street racers have somehow become highly capable agents… whose primary tools/weapons are still vehicles. It’s utterly ridiculous… but, thank goodness, everyone involved seems to know that.

Read more here.


Zatoichi on the Road (1963)

“Easily one of the best entries in the series”? Nope. The “action starts red hot and keeps getting hotter”? Don’t be silly... As for the plot… Overdeveloped? Yes. Convoluted? Undoubtedly. And needlessly so

Read more here.


More next Sunday.