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.]
Thursday, 18 March 2010
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.
Saturday, 13 March 2010
TV
The Bubble
1x04 (12/3/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Dexter
3x01 Our Father [2nd watch]
I started watching the third season of Dexter way back in June 2009 and for reasons I can't even remember faltered after just one episode. So, after such a long gap -- nine months! In which the US have had season four and we've had the news that ITV won't even be showing season three -- I'm re-starting with episode one. Hopefully I'll get further this time...
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
Episode 4 (of 4)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins
3x02 (13/3/10 edition)
According to this, the CIA think the United Kingdom is in Asia. Allow me to say... what?!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x04 (12/3/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Dexter
3x01 Our Father [2nd watch]
I started watching the third season of Dexter way back in June 2009 and for reasons I can't even remember faltered after just one episode. So, after such a long gap -- nine months! In which the US have had season four and we've had the news that ITV won't even be showing season three -- I'm re-starting with episode one. Hopefully I'll get further this time...
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
Episode 4 (of 4)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins
3x02 (13/3/10 edition)
According to this, the CIA think the United Kingdom is in Asia. Allow me to say... what?!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Articles
No Beatles Outside Europe by Marcus
(from Doctor Who News Page)
(from Doctor Who News Page)
the short clip of The Beatles, featured in episode one of [classic Doctor Who story] The Chase, will only be included on the Region 2 DVDs and will be removed from the masters of the discs produced for regions outside Europe..."Oops."
It may have been possible for the same masters to have been used for the international copies, as there is nothing in the BBC paperwork to indicate that the clip of the Beatles exists in the story. However the distributors have received so many queries about the inclusion of the clip that it became impossible to ignore its presence, so it has been removed
Friday, 12 March 2010
TV
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
18x08 (5/3/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
The Mentalist
2x04 Red Menace
I actually watched something when it was on! Ad breaks and everything! Not entirely sure of the last time that happened (well, there was definitely Christmas... but, I mean, in the normal regular course of things.)
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
18x08 (5/3/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
The Mentalist
2x04 Red Menace
I actually watched something when it was on! Ad breaks and everything! Not entirely sure of the last time that happened (well, there was definitely Christmas... but, I mean, in the normal regular course of things.)
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Three new Blu-rays this week, which makes for a slightly bigger update than the last couple... slightly. It also means it's by the far the smallest monthly running time increase so far.
Number of titles in collection: 1,153 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,079 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 74 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 2,808 [up 3]
Number of films in collection: 1,218 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,874 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Total running time of collection (approx.):
194 days, 20 hours, and 38 minutes.
(Up 15 hours and 55 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Three new Blu-rays this week, which makes for a slightly bigger update than the last couple... slightly. It also means it's by the far the smallest monthly running time increase so far.
Number of titles in collection: 1,153 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,079 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 74 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 2,808 [up 3]
Number of films in collection: 1,218 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,874 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Total running time of collection (approx.):
194 days, 20 hours, and 38 minutes.
(Up 15 hours and 55 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
TV
Archer
1x04 Killing Utne
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Argumental
3x06 (9/3/10 edition) [mid-season finale]
Season finale? Mid-season finale? Who bloody knows. Who, indeed, cares.
House
6x11 The Down Low
Yay, House is back! And very funny it was too. Hurrah!
1x04 Killing Utne
[Watch it (again) on Demand Five.]
Argumental
3x06 (9/3/10 edition) [mid-season finale]
Season finale? Mid-season finale? Who bloody knows. Who, indeed, cares.
House
6x11 The Down Low
Yay, House is back! And very funny it was too. Hurrah!
Films
Clue (1985)
[#28 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
This is brilliant. Why isn't it more widely known/loved?
[#28 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
This is brilliant. Why isn't it more widely known/loved?
Articles
Do We Know What a Best Picture Winner Looks Like Anymore? by Kyle Buchanan
(from Movie|Line)
Six Best Picture winners out of the last 10 that are Rather Unusual. But best of all is this quote right at the end:
LucasArts confirms MI2 special edition by Mark Langshaw
(from Digital Spy)
No, not that M:I-2, but the inestimably better Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.
Following in the footsteps of last year's The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition, the sequel "will be available for PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and iPhone in the summer." Hurrah!
And in related good news, "LucasArts also revealed that The Secret Of Monkey Island Special Edition is bound for PSN and Mac OS". Couldn't give a monkeys about PSN (in fact, I'd not even heard of it before -- fyi, it's a PS3 thing), but Mac OS is good -- no need to run a bloody PC emulator or try to play it on my iPhone. Double yay! It can be pre-ordered (exclusively -- and, irritatingly, only in the US) here.
(from Movie|Line)
Six Best Picture winners out of the last 10 that are Rather Unusual. But best of all is this quote right at the end:
[Hurt Locker vs. Avatar] isn’t David vs. Goliath — it’s Baby David vs. a Goliath who comes riding a dragon, armed with two bazookas.
LucasArts confirms MI2 special edition by Mark Langshaw
(from Digital Spy)
No, not that M:I-2, but the inestimably better Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge.
Following in the footsteps of last year's The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition, the sequel "will be available for PC, Xbox 360, PS3 and iPhone in the summer." Hurrah!
And in related good news, "LucasArts also revealed that The Secret Of Monkey Island Special Edition is bound for PSN and Mac OS". Couldn't give a monkeys about PSN (in fact, I'd not even heard of it before -- fyi, it's a PS3 thing), but Mac OS is good -- no need to run a bloody PC emulator or try to play it on my iPhone. Double yay! It can be pre-ordered (exclusively -- and, irritatingly, only in the US) here.
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