Films

Zorro (1975)
[#186 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

Hang Ups
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Magic for Humans
1x03 Terrifying Tech
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

The Most Unknown (2018)
[#185 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

Disenchantment
1x08 The Limits of Immortality
1x09 To Thine Own Elf Be True
1x10 Dreamland Falls [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

The Hunt for Red October (1990)
[2nd watch]
+ the Blu-ray's special features; primarily, a decent half-hour making-of.

Seoul Station (2016)
[#184 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

Films

Ready Player One 3D (2018)
[#183 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

Disenchantment
1x07 Love's Tender Rampage
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Magic for Humans
1x02 Express Yourself
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

this week on 100 Films

Just 2 brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year again this week, and they were...


Kidnapped (1917)

Kidnapped may not be an unheralded classic begging for rediscovery, but it’s a fun jaunt nonetheless. Proof, if it were needed, that there’s often worth to be discovered by digging into the more forgotten and esoteric corners of film history.

Read more here.


Conquest Program No.9

For her DVD release of the 1917 feature Kidnapped, Fritzi Kramer of Movies Silently was able to source the four short films that were bundled with it as part of “Conquest Program No.9”. The Conquest Programs were the idea of distributor George Kleine and created by Thomas Edison’s film company. Eleven were created in all, each one bundling together a feature film and a mix of shorts to create a complete bill of wholesome entertainment. By specifically recreating Program No.9, the Kidnapped DVD doesn’t just offer an approximation of what a night at the movies in 1917 might’ve been a bit like, but rather a genuine was-definitely-shown-in-theatres programme from the time.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Films

Darkest Hour (2017)
[#182 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

Collection Count

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

There were a total of 9 new additions to my collection this week... but one of those was a 2D-to-3D Blu-ray upgrade, adding a single disc, and three more were DVD-to-BD upgrades, with one of those alone replacing three former titles and reducing five discs to three. And if that wasn't enough, a further two were Blu-ray upgrades of films I own on DVD but I can't ditch the DVD copies because they're in box sets with other stuff!

Anyhow, you can see the fallout of all that below. You can also see what effect all those upgrading shenanigans had on the monthly running time update...

Number of titles in collection: 2,140 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,153 [down 5]
Of which Blu-rays: 987 [up 8]

Number of discs in collection: 5,447 [up 3]
Number of films: 2,388 [up 5]
Number of TV episodes: 8,105 [up 1]
Number of short films: 624 [up 5]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
401 days and 29 minutes.
(Up 18 hours and 8 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Comedy Lineup
1x08 Tim Dillon [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Disenchantment
1x05 Faster, Princess! Kill! Kill!
1x06 Swamp and Circumstance
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Edinburgh Nights
2018 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
[#181 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

The Comedy Lineup
1x02 Ian Karmel
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

TV

I've got a miserable cold, so all this comedy seemed like a good way to while away some time...

The Comedy Lineup
1x05 Phil Wang
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Disenchantment
1x04 Castle Party Massacre
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Friends
1x20 The One with the Evil Orthodontist [goodness-knows-what-th watch]
A random episode courtesy of Comedy Central.

Jimmy Carr: Funny Business
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Magic for Humans
1x01 Self-Control
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

TV

Disenchantment
1x01 A Princess, an Elf, and a Demon Walk Into a Bar
1x02 For Whom the Pig Oinks
1x03 The Princess of Darkness
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

TV

Hang Ups
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

this week on 100 Films

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


Christopher Robin (2018)

There have been many Winnie the Pooh adaptations down the years, as well as original movies and TV series featuring the same characters, so rather than remake any of those, here Disney have set about telling another brand-new story (although it begins with an adaptation of one of A.A. Milne’s very best Pooh stories, which is nice). This new tale justifies its live-action form by moving beyond the confines of the Hundred Acre Wood; and it also, smartly, trades on our own childhood nostalgia for the silly old bear.

Read more here.


A Quiet Place (2018)

Its USP is the “must stay quiet” aspect, which reportedly led to less chatter and popcorn-munching during cinema screenings. If only all moviegoing experiences were so blessed. Of course, a similar conceit was only recently deployed in Don’t Breathe, but here the threat level is upped by the almost supernatural enemy. The film’s PG-13 rating in the US means it occasionally pulls its punches on going all-out terrifying, but, as the UK 15 certificate may indicate, it’s still loaded with sequences of tension and suspense.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Podcasts

The Empire Film Podcast
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Spoiler Special
Part 1 ft. Christopher McQuarrie
Part 2 ft. Team Empire

If you thought Empire's Rogue Nation podcast was long, well, Chrises Hewitt and McQuarrie have really outdone themselves here: Part One alone beats it, and Part Three (which I've barely started) is even longer again. In between, Part Two sees the Empire team chat about the film for a brief 48 minutes.

TV

Edinburgh Nights
2018 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience
8x03 Airline Cabin Crew
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Live Comedy

Hal Cruttenden: Chubster
at Pleasance Courtyard

Mark Simmons: One-Linererer
at The Banshee Labyrinth