The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
[#127 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
North West Frontier (1959)
[#126 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
Known in the US as Flame Over India and in Australia as Empress of India.
Saturday, 12 September 2015
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A couple of movies this week. Next week, a big whole-TV-series box set -- should make the next running time update (in a few weeks) a big'un.
Number of titles in collection: 1,795 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,208 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 587 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 4,463 [up 6]
Number of films in collection: 1,944 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,634 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 454 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
A couple of movies this week. Next week, a big whole-TV-series box set -- should make the next running time update (in a few weeks) a big'un.
Number of titles in collection: 1,795 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,208 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 587 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 4,463 [up 6]
Number of films in collection: 1,944 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,634 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 454 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 11 September 2015
Films
'80s Day! (Not deliberately.)
The Dark Crystal (1982)
[#124 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
[#125 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
They Live (1988)
[#123 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
The Dark Crystal (1982)
[#124 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
[#125 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
They Live (1988)
[#123 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
Thursday, 10 September 2015
Wednesday, 9 September 2015
TV
Cowboy Bebop
1x16 Black Dog Serenade
An episode or two once a month may not be "a reasonable timeframe", but at least it's better than it was before!
The Great British Bake Off
6x06 Pastry
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x16 Black Dog Serenade
An episode or two once a month may not be "a reasonable timeframe", but at least it's better than it was before!
The Great British Bake Off
6x06 Pastry
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
Sunday, 6 September 2015
this week on 100 Films
It's so long ago you may've forgotten it happened, but September began this week. That means it was time for 100 Films in a Year to look back at August:
Relatedly, this week I launched a poetical new feature. Learn more about it in the...
Aright, back to business as normal: two brand-new reviews were published this week...
Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)
Salvation Boulevard (2011)
Plus five archive posts were reposted on the new blog...
Alien vs Predator – Part 3
And the Oscar for Best Picture... of 2007...
The ‘Best Pictures’ of the Noughties
Do You Wanna Date James Cameron’s Avatar?
Wallander 2 (or 6) and 3 (or 13)
More next Sunday.
Relatedly, this week I launched a poetical new feature. Learn more about it in the...
Aright, back to business as normal: two brand-new reviews were published this week...
Monsters: Dark Continent (2014)
this sequel to Gareth Edwards’ low-budget sci-fi indie-romance takes things in a completely different direction: we follow a troop of soldier mates as they’re shipped off for their first tour in Nonspecificstan... The guys’ macho posturing is soon undercut by the realities of a combat zone, especially when they’re dispatched to rescue four soldiers left behind deep in the infected zoneRead more here.
Salvation Boulevard (2011)
A soft-toothed satire of America’s fundamentalist mega-churches, Salvation Boulevard trailed very well, but they must’ve stuffed all the funny bits in, because in the final film such moments of hilarity are few and far between.Read more here.
Plus five archive posts were reposted on the new blog...
Alien vs Predator – Part 3
Having already published my thoughts on the two franchise starters and the remaining films in the Alien series, this is the concluding entry in my coverage of the Alien, Predator and Alien vs Predator franchises.Read more here.
And the Oscar for Best Picture... of 2007...
It seems appropriate timing to finally publish this group of reviews for (most of) 2007's Best Picture nominees (a 'feature' I've had in the planning for well over a year -- oops). Yes, it's two ceremonies ago, but it's the best I've got.Read more here.
The ‘Best Pictures’ of the Noughties
With 2010’s Oscar nominees due to be announced tomorrow sometime, I thought I’d have a look back at how I’ve done seeing the Best Picture nominees from the noughties. Feel free to play along.Read more here.
Do You Wanna Date James Cameron’s Avatar?
when I heard, on the same day, of the expected success of the trailer for James Cameron’s Avatar... and the surprising success of The Guild’s music video for (Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar… well, I couldn’t help seeing what would happen were the two to collide…Read more here.
Wallander 2 (or 6) and 3 (or 13)
There are multiple TV/movie series based on Henning Mankell’s detective Kurt Wallander. This particular one, begun in 2005, features an adaptation of one novel followed by twelve original stories. Of these thirteen feature-length episodes, three were released theatrically — episodes one, six and thirteen — and, because of their initial cinema release, I’ve reviewed those three as part of my objective.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 5 September 2015
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Just one new title this week, but it's also the running time update, so there's that.
Number of titles in collection: 1,792 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,208 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 584 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 4,457 [up 1]
Number of films in collection: 1,940 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,634 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 454 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
321 days, 2 hours, and 51 minutes.
(Up 15 hours and 54 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Just one new title this week, but it's also the running time update, so there's that.
Number of titles in collection: 1,792 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,208 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 584 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 4,457 [up 1]
Number of films in collection: 1,940 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,634 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 454 [no change]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
321 days, 2 hours, and 51 minutes.
(Up 15 hours and 54 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 4 September 2015
Films
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
[#112 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
Part 15 Cinema Today and the Future
The end!
[#112 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
Part 15 Cinema Today and the Future
The end!
Thursday, 3 September 2015
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
TV
The Great British Bake Off
6x05 Alternative Ingredients
That's one name for it...
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
6x05 Alternative Ingredients
That's one name for it...
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 1 September 2015
TV
The Americans
3x12 I Am Abassin Zadran
3x13 March 8, 1983 [season finale]
As great as The Americans is (and it is), that wasn't much of a finale. A very good episode in and of itself, but it feels like we're right in the middle of a story rather than at the end of one.
3x12 I Am Abassin Zadran
3x13 March 8, 1983 [season finale]
As great as The Americans is (and it is), that wasn't much of a finale. A very good episode in and of itself, but it feels like we're right in the middle of a story rather than at the end of one.
Films
The Story of Film: An Odyssey (2011)
[#112 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
Part 12 Fight the Power: Protest in Film
[#112 in 100 Films in a Year 2015]
Part 12 Fight the Power: Protest in Film
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