TV

Elementary
5x07 Bang Bang Shoot Chute

Who Dares Wins
9x06 (28/1/17 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Arrow
5x10 Who Are You?

Death in Paradise
6x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

The Flash
3x10 Borrowing Problems From the Future

Pointless
16x36 1,000th Episode
Turns out the last time I watched regular Pointless was 3½ years ago -- for the 500th episode.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Hell or High Water (2016)
[#19 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

Elementary
5x06 Ill Tidings

The Missing
2x08 The Mountain [season finale]

Articles

Exclusive insights into The Missing series 2: What was cut, and one huge twist that almost didn't happen
by Morgan Jeffery (from Digital Spy)
As I finished the series tonight, I was able to read this piece I'd had saved for nearly two months. Very interesting.

TV

The Missing
2x07 1991

Films

Elstree 1976 (2015)
[#18 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

The Missing
2x06 Saint John

Films

It Follows (2014)
[#17 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

+ the Blu-ray's very meagre special features, and, in a spectacularly rare occurrence, the audio commentary. Sadly, it wasn't a good one.

this week on 100 Films

A new month started this week, so it was time to look back at the old one over on 100 Films in a Year...





Plus, there were 3 brand-new reviews...


London Has Fallen (2016)

It does just about pass muster as a brains-off actioner, in the truest sense of the term: you’ll need to switch your brain off to endure the rampant xenophobia and American flag-waving. God, I bet Trump loves this movie.

Read more here.


Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

Miss Peregrine seems to have received a rather muted response, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It might be best to qualify that by reiterating that it’s playing with a lot of things I enjoy — “X-Men by way of Tim Burton” sounds fantastic to me, and that’s not a bad definition of this movie.

Read more here.


The Tale of Zatoichi Continues (1962)

The consensus seems to be that The Tale of Zatoichi Continues is a faster-paced and more action-packed movie than its predecessor, which is obviously to some viewers’ taste... However, I thought it lacked the artistry of the first film. It’s very focused on plot rather than digging into character, which is especially problematic when it comes to a subplot about a rogue who turns out to be Ichi’s brother.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Let It Shine
1x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Collection Count

Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.

Number of titles in collection: 1,931 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,193 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 738 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 4,975 [up 3]
Number of films: 2,134 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 7,622 [no change]
Number of short films: 508 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Missing
2x05 Das Vergessen

The National Lottery: Who Dares Wins
9x05 (21/1/17 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)
[#16 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

+ some of the Blu-ray's special features.

TV

The Missing
2x04 Statice

Not Going Out
8x02 Babysitting
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Elementary
5x05 To Catch a Predator Predator

Insert Name Here
2x05 Charlie
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Another Earth (2011)
[#15 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

Death in Paradise
6x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Missing
2x03 A Prison Without Walls

Films

London Has Fallen (2016)
[#14 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]