TV

The Crown
1x03 Windsor

Room 101
6x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Black Dynamite (2009)
[#47 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

Ghost in the Shell (2017)
[#48 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

Broadchurch
3x03 Episode 3
3x04 Episode 4
Catching up.
[Watch episodes three and four (again) on the ITV Hub.]

The Crown
1x02 Hyde Park Corner

TV

The Crown
1x01 Wolferton Splash

Films

Young Frankenstein (1974)
[#46 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

Articles

The Disc at 20: Packaged Media Resonates in a Digital Age
by Stephanie Prange & Erik Gruenwedel (from Home Media Magazine)

"a staggering 93 percent of movie buyers are still active in the disc format today" ... "For the last 10 years, people have been saying there are two years left in DVD and it’s going to drop off a cliff. Here we are 10 years later and it is still going strong" ... "The DVD business is going to be around a lot longer than people think. It’s still a massive business for us. It’s not going away" ...

"The desire for ownership is strong, and many consumers who value ownership — those who are collectors of movies, television shows, and special-edition packages — and gift-givers prefer the disc format. We anticipate that will continue to be the case for the foreseeable future, meaning the future of the disc remains shiny."

TV

24: Legacy
1x06 5:00PM - 6:00PM

The Flash
3x15 The Wrath of Savitar

Films

Big Game (2014)
[#45 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

Line of Duty
2x06 Episode 6 [season finale]

Who Dares Wins
9x11 (25/3/17 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

this week on 100 Films

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


Cold in July (2014)

People often call for more originality in their stories, then criticise a film like this for jumping around in genre and tone. Personally, I didn’t think it changed much in either. The plot is far from straightforward — twists take the story in unexpected directions with each act (if not even more often) — but as a whole it remains a neo-noir crime thriller.

Read more here.


Demolition (2015)

Jake Gyllenhaal is a high-flying banker struggling with the grief of his wife’s death by taking his life apart — literally — in this slightly strange drama

Read more here.


Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)

Master movie spoofer Mel Brooks’ penultimate work as director was this riff on the Robin Hood legend... Although generally regarded as one of Brooks’ lesser movies, its deeply silly style tickles

Read more here.


Finally, my second 100 Favourites series came to an end with both my top 10...





...and, of course, some statistics:





That's it for 100 Favourites, but there'll be more reviews next Sunday.

TV

Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
Episode 4 (of 4)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Line of Duty
2x05 Episode 5

Films

Ghost in the Shell (1995)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2017 #6

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
[#44 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

Collection Count

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

As promised, a whole bunch of new additions this week -- new films, new TV series, DVD-to-Blu-ray upgrades, and even a couple of Blu-rays of things which I also own on DVD but that won't be replacing the DVD for one reason or another (mostly to do with booklets and/or other special features). Which is actually kind of annoying, but there you go. I'll just sell them later if I ever change my mind.

Number of titles in collection: 1,951 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,190 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 761 [up 9]

Number of discs in collection: 5,010 [up 10]
Number of films: 2,155 [up 5]
Number of TV episodes: 7,687 [up 26]
Number of short films: 530 [no change]

And all of that just in time for the monthly running time update...

Total running time of collection (approx.):
371 days, 6 hours, and 35 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 16 hours, and 52 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Duck Quacks Don't Echo
4x01 Episode 1
Managed to record a repeat run of the series I missed.

Iron Fist
1x12 Bar the Big Boss
1x13 Dragon Plays with Fire [season finale]

Line of Duty
2x04 Episode 4

TV

Elementary
5x15 Wrong Side of the Road

Line of Duty
2x03 Episode 3

TV

Iron Fist
1x10 Black Tiger Steals Heart
1x11 Lead Horse Back to Stable

Line of Duty
2x02 Episode 2

Room 101
6x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Iron Fist
1x07 Felling Tree with Roots
1x08 The Blessing of Many Fractures
1x09 The Mistress of All Agonies

Line of Duty
2x01 Episode 1

Not Going Out
8x07 Enough [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Elementary
5x14 Rekt in Real Life

TV

Arrow
5x15 Fighting Fire with Fire

Iron Fist
1x04 Eight Diagram Dragon Palm
1x05 Under Leaf Pluck Lotus
1x06 Immortal Emerges from Cave

Who Dares Wins
9x10 (18/3/17 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

this week on 100 Films

A busy TV review this month on 100 Films in a Year...





Also, 3 brand-new reviews were published this week...


Ghostbusters (2016)

while parts are pretty funny, others are just as lazy as the trailer implied. Considering the volume of alternate lines included in the film’s special features, you have to wonder how some glaring duds, overfamiliar ‘jokes’, and flat-out clichés were left in. Of the lead cast, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, and Leslie Jones are all equally affected by this sometimes good / sometimes bad oscillation, though Chris Hemsworth as their pretty-but-dim receptionist manages to escape unscathed in a bubble of, if not hilarity, then definite amusement.

Read more here.


The Nice Guys (2016)

Writer-director Shane Black has been doing this kind of action-thriller buddy comedy for decades now, but he’s still got it where it counts — there are quotable lines galore, and visual gags that would be just as quotable if you could quote a visual.

Read more here.


San Andreas (2015)

San Andreas is a most amusing movie. It’s not a comedy, just a generic effects-driven disaster movie in exactly the same style Hollywood has been producing for about 20 years.

Read more here.


Finally, the penultimate part of my new 100 Favourites series counted down #30 to #11...





More next Sunday.