All Star Family Misfortunes
Because funny answers are funny.
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Outnumbered
2x01 The Wedding [3rd watch]
The Voice UK
4x02 The Blind Auditions 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Saturday, 17 January 2015
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week's sole addition is the Die Hard: Legacy Collection Blu-ray, which at £15 for all five films + an exclusive bonus disc was a bargain not to be missed. Unfortunately, the dearth of extras on the first film in this edition, plus the lack of the extended cut of the fourth, means I won't be shifting the trilogy DVD set or original release of the fourth that I already own (at least, not yet). But HD, oo-ooh!
Number of titles in collection: 1,729 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,207 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 522 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 4,324 [up 6]
Number of films in collection: 1,867 [up 5]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,464 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 441 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
This week's sole addition is the Die Hard: Legacy Collection Blu-ray, which at £15 for all five films + an exclusive bonus disc was a bargain not to be missed. Unfortunately, the dearth of extras on the first film in this edition, plus the lack of the extended cut of the fourth, means I won't be shifting the trilogy DVD set or original release of the fourth that I already own (at least, not yet). But HD, oo-ooh!
Number of titles in collection: 1,729 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,207 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 522 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 4,324 [up 6]
Number of films in collection: 1,867 [up 5]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,464 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 441 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 16 January 2015
Thursday, 15 January 2015
TV
Atlantis
2x06 The Grey Sisters
All caught up! Now when's it back?
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Outnumbered
1x06 The Dinner Party [season finale; 3rd watch]
2x06 The Grey Sisters
All caught up! Now when's it back?
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Outnumbered
1x06 The Dinner Party [season finale; 3rd watch]
Wednesday, 14 January 2015
TV
Castle
4x07 Cops & Robbers
Celebrity Mastermind
2014/2015 Episode 9 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Newsroom
3x04 Contempt
4x07 Cops & Robbers
Celebrity Mastermind
2014/2015 Episode 9 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Newsroom
3x04 Contempt
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
TV
Death in Paradise
4x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Last Leg
6x01 (9/1/15 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
4x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Last Leg
6x01 (9/1/15 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Monday, 12 January 2015
TV
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2x01 Simple People Eating Complex Carbohydrates
[Watch it (again) on Dave OD.]
Broadchurch
2x01 Episode 1
Has it really been almost two years? (Yes.) Interesting new direction -- an area rarely (if ever) explored in TV dramas before -- but a bit less of the obvious "we both know secrets about the past, but let's not tell the audience"-type dialogue, please.
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Outnumbered
1x05 The Mystery Illness [3rd watch]
2x01 Simple People Eating Complex Carbohydrates
[Watch it (again) on Dave OD.]
Broadchurch
2x01 Episode 1
Has it really been almost two years? (Yes.) Interesting new direction -- an area rarely (if ever) explored in TV dramas before -- but a bit less of the obvious "we both know secrets about the past, but let's not tell the audience"-type dialogue, please.
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Outnumbered
1x05 The Mystery Illness [3rd watch]
Fiction
The Adventures of Tintin: The Calculus Affair by Hergé
I recently bought a box set of three animated Tintin movies from the '60s and '70s. One of them is an original story and one a faithful adaptation of The Seven Crystal Balls/Prisoners of the Sun, but the first is a version of The Calculus Affair that reportedly bears no resemblance to the book whatsoever... so I thought I ought to read the original first, especially as "some, such as Benoit Peeters in his book Tintin and the World of Hergé, consider this as the greatest and most "detective-like" of the whole series" (so says Wikipedia).
And it is a very good one, actually; a kind of Cold War spy thriller, but through a Tintin filter of course -- there's still plenty of slapstick and so on. Considering the next Spielberg/Jackson film is being scripted by Anthony Horowitz, of Alex Rider and Foyle's War and the next Bond novel, this would seem to be a good candidate to base it around...
I recently bought a box set of three animated Tintin movies from the '60s and '70s. One of them is an original story and one a faithful adaptation of The Seven Crystal Balls/Prisoners of the Sun, but the first is a version of The Calculus Affair that reportedly bears no resemblance to the book whatsoever... so I thought I ought to read the original first, especially as "some, such as Benoit Peeters in his book Tintin and the World of Hergé, consider this as the greatest and most "detective-like" of the whole series" (so says Wikipedia).
And it is a very good one, actually; a kind of Cold War spy thriller, but through a Tintin filter of course -- there's still plenty of slapstick and so on. Considering the next Spielberg/Jackson film is being scripted by Anthony Horowitz, of Alex Rider and Foyle's War and the next Bond novel, this would seem to be a good candidate to base it around...
Sunday, 11 January 2015
TV
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
8x01 (9/1/15 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Castle
4x06 Demons
Room 101
15x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
8x01 (9/1/15 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Castle
4x06 Demons
Room 101
15x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
this week on 100 Films
We're well into the new year now, but back on Monday at 100 Films in a Year I finally wrapped up last year with my Top 10, Bottom 5, and 50 I missed from 2014 (amongst other delights).
Then, to kick off 2015 properly, the selections for my "What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" challenge were announced. Read all about it here.
Additionally, a new review was also published:
Modern Times (1936)
And finally, two archive reviews were brought to the new blog...
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
The Locket (1946)
More next Sunday.
Then, to kick off 2015 properly, the selections for my "What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" challenge were announced. Read all about it here.
Additionally, a new review was also published:
Modern Times (1936)
Charlie Chaplin satirises technology and modernisation in arguably the last film of the silent era. It actually has a synchronised soundtrack, primarily for music and effects, but also dialogue — though “we hear spoken voices only when they come from mechanical devices, a symbol of the film’s theme of technology and dehumanization.”Read more here.
And finally, two archive reviews were brought to the new blog...
C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America (2004)
Mockumentary about the history of America had the South won the civil war. While an intriguing idea, in practice it’s disappointing. Apparently such a victory would have led to everything the nation did since being in order to maintain slavery.Read more here.
The Locket (1946)
a passable melodrama. We're presented with plenty of evidence that Nancy is definitely a tricksy operator, but then is the man telling the tale an unreliable narrator? I don't know if the filmmakers were even aware of such a concept. Maybe that's unkind; maybe they just didn't want him to be one; but the ending we do get is very pat, and I'm not sure it quite makes sense.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 10 January 2015
TV
The Voice UK
4x01 The Blind Auditions 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
8x09 Episode 8
(Those numbers aren't incorrect -- this happened.)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
4x01 The Blind Auditions 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
8x09 Episode 8
(Those numbers aren't incorrect -- this happened.)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
As predicted, loads more stuff this week...
Number of titles in collection: 1,728 [up 7]
Of which DVDs: 1,207 [up 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 521 [up 5]
Number of discs in collection: 4,318 [up 11]
Number of films in collection: 1,862 [up 9]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,464 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 441 [up 3]
See you next week, faithful reader.
As predicted, loads more stuff this week...
Number of titles in collection: 1,728 [up 7]
Of which DVDs: 1,207 [up 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 521 [up 5]
Number of discs in collection: 4,318 [up 11]
Number of films in collection: 1,862 [up 9]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,464 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 441 [up 3]
See you next week, faithful reader.
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