Great News
1x03 Chuck Pierce Is Blind
1x04 War Is Hell
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
Tuesday, 6 November 2018
Films
Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)
[#228 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]
+ the 46 minutes of deleted scenes included on the Blu-ray. Some were interesting and could've been kept in the film. Others... less so.
[#228 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]
+ the 46 minutes of deleted scenes included on the Blu-ray. Some were interesting and could've been kept in the film. Others... less so.
Monday, 5 November 2018
TV
Batman: The Animated Series
1x14 Heart of Ice
2x19 Deep Freeze
The complete series was released on Blu-ray in the UK today, and now I own it -- hurrah! So why am I starting with this random selection of episodes? Well, the box set also includes the two films that are canon with the TV series, Mask of the Phantasm (which I watched relatively recently*) and SubZero (which I've never seen). The SubZero disc also includes four TV episodes to present the whole story of Mr Freeze in chronological order. I decided to inaugurate my set by watching SubZero, because I've been meaning to get round to it for years, but it seemed to make sense to watch all the lead-up episodes first. As well as these two, there's the New Batman Adventures one and the Batman Beyond one (see below!), which are both set after SubZero. I'll watch all of these again when I reach their respective places in the series proper... whenever I get round to watching that (goodness knows when that'll be!)
Batman Beyond (aka Batman of the Future)
1x05 Meltdown
I've arranged everything in alphabetical order here as normal, and SubZero is of course in a separate post, so here's the order they actually go in (and the order I watched them in): Heart of Ice, Deep Freeze, SubZero, Cold Comfort, Meltdown. Sorted.
Great News
1x01 Pilot
1x02 Bear Attack
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The New Batman Adventures
1x03 Cold Comfort
This is counted as season three of B:TAS by the box set, but everywhere online (well, Wikipedia and IMDb, at least) count it as a separate series, for various reasons I won't go into here. On the evidence of this episode, it's not as good as the prior series.
* It turns out "relatively recently" here means "a whole year ago this week"! Where does time go?!
1x14 Heart of Ice
2x19 Deep Freeze
The complete series was released on Blu-ray in the UK today, and now I own it -- hurrah! So why am I starting with this random selection of episodes? Well, the box set also includes the two films that are canon with the TV series, Mask of the Phantasm (which I watched relatively recently*) and SubZero (which I've never seen). The SubZero disc also includes four TV episodes to present the whole story of Mr Freeze in chronological order. I decided to inaugurate my set by watching SubZero, because I've been meaning to get round to it for years, but it seemed to make sense to watch all the lead-up episodes first. As well as these two, there's the New Batman Adventures one and the Batman Beyond one (see below!), which are both set after SubZero. I'll watch all of these again when I reach their respective places in the series proper... whenever I get round to watching that (goodness knows when that'll be!)
Batman Beyond (aka Batman of the Future)
1x05 Meltdown
I've arranged everything in alphabetical order here as normal, and SubZero is of course in a separate post, so here's the order they actually go in (and the order I watched them in): Heart of Ice, Deep Freeze, SubZero, Cold Comfort, Meltdown. Sorted.
Great News
1x01 Pilot
1x02 Bear Attack
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The New Batman Adventures
1x03 Cold Comfort
This is counted as season three of B:TAS by the box set, but everywhere online (well, Wikipedia and IMDb, at least) count it as a separate series, for various reasons I won't go into here. On the evidence of this episode, it's not as good as the prior series.
* It turns out "relatively recently" here means "a whole year ago this week"! Where does time go?!
Films
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero (1998)
[#227 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
[#226 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]
+ a 40-minute documentary about how The Other Side of the Wind was finally put together, A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making, which is hidden under the "trailers" tab on Netflix and is definitely worth a look.
[#227 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
[#226 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]
+ a 40-minute documentary about how The Other Side of the Wind was finally put together, A Final Cut for Orson: 40 Years in the Making, which is hidden under the "trailers" tab on Netflix and is definitely worth a look.
Sunday, 4 November 2018
TV
Doctor Who
37x05 The Tsuranga Conundrum
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
37x05 The Tsuranga Conundrum
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
this week on 100 Films
This week, 100 Films in a Year looked back at October...
...and there was 1 brand-new review too...
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
More next Sunday.
...and there was 1 brand-new review too...
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
for all the terribleness, I sort of feel I can’t hate it, because the rubbish bits are too funny, and the mad bits too bonkers (for a movie that is primarily aimed at romantically-inclined teenage girls, at least). While I wouldn’t say I enjoyed it, it was entertaining to sit through — kind of like The Room, for example, only still not quite as transcendently appalling.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 3 November 2018
Films
Going for Golden Eye (2017)
[#224 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]
Jurassic World 3D (2015)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2018 #42
[#224 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]
Jurassic World 3D (2015)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2018 #42
Articles
Nudity on screen matters, so why are we afraid of it?
by Abby Robinson (from Digital Spy)
Shockingly, it turns out Digital Spy is still capable of decent writing sometimes, with this article presenting an interesting discussion of the topic.
by Abby Robinson (from Digital Spy)
Shockingly, it turns out Digital Spy is still capable of decent writing sometimes, with this article presenting an interesting discussion of the topic.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Two new titles this week. Should've been more, but something seems to have been lost in the post.
Number of titles in collection: 2,165 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,153 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,012 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 4 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,545 [up 4]
Number of films: 2,418 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,294 [no change]
Number of short films: 639 [up 3]
Next week: a big box set turns up... but it's a Blu-ray upgrade from DVD, so it might actually push some numbers down. See you then, faithful reader.
Two new titles this week. Should've been more, but something seems to have been lost in the post.
Number of titles in collection: 2,165 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,153 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,012 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 4 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,545 [up 4]
Number of films: 2,418 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,294 [no change]
Number of short films: 639 [up 3]
Next week: a big box set turns up... but it's a Blu-ray upgrade from DVD, so it might actually push some numbers down. See you then, faithful reader.
Friday, 2 November 2018
Thursday, 1 November 2018
TV
Doctor Who
37x02 The Ghost Monument [2nd watch]
37x03 Rosa [2nd watch]
[Watch The Ghost Monument and Rosa (again) on iPlayer.]
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
7x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
37x02 The Ghost Monument [2nd watch]
37x03 Rosa [2nd watch]
[Watch The Ghost Monument and Rosa (again) on iPlayer.]
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
7x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
TV
Doctor Who
37x01 The Woman Who Fell to Earth [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x03 Episode 3 [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
37x01 The Woman Who Fell to Earth [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x03 Episode 3 [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 30 October 2018
TV
The Great Model Railway Challenge
1x03 Heat Three: Globetrotting
[Watch it (again) on My5.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x03 Heat Three: Globetrotting
[Watch it (again) on My5.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 29 October 2018
Sunday, 28 October 2018
TV
Doctor Who
37x04 Arachnids in the UK
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Inside No. 9
5x00 Dead Line [live Halloween special]
Never watched Inside No. 9 before, but always meant to catch up. As this episode was going out live, though, it seemed a good idea to watch it when it was on... and, for all the tomfoolery and playing with form, I think it was. Nonetheless, you can still:
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Strictly Come Dancing
16x12 Week 6 Results (aka Halloween)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
37x04 Arachnids in the UK
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Inside No. 9
5x00 Dead Line [live Halloween special]
Never watched Inside No. 9 before, but always meant to catch up. As this episode was going out live, though, it seemed a good idea to watch it when it was on... and, for all the tomfoolery and playing with form, I think it was. Nonetheless, you can still:
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Strictly Come Dancing
16x12 Week 6 Results (aka Halloween)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
this week on 100 Films
4 brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Batman Ninja (2018)
Hitchcock (2012)
Phantom Thread (2017)
The Purge (2013)
More next Sunday.
Batman Ninja (2018)
“This is madness,” exclaims Batman at one point relatively early on in this anime interpretation of the DC superhero. He could be speaking on behalf of us viewers... although, at that point, he — and we — don’t even know the half of it…Read more here.
Hitchcock (2012)
I’ve no idea how true it is, but the setup — the acclaimed Master of Suspense who’s so established that people are judging him over the hill, determined to do a striking new project no one else believes in to prove he’s still got it — is a good’un. It’s especially effective precisely because it’s about Hitchcock and Psycho: it’s the film that defines him for many people now; so, yes, we know the ending, but that lends dramatic irony — how do we get from that starting point to the acclaimed classic we all know?Read more here.
Phantom Thread (2017)
if there’s one thing writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s film is not, it’s histrionic. It’s plot may be that of a Gothic melodrama, and if it were a novel perhaps we’d class it as one, but Anderson hasn’t taken on the skin of a Tim Burton or Guillermo del Toro here — in the quiet but forceful and precise way it plays out, Phantom Thread is as stringently produced as one of Reynolds’ gowns.Read more here.
The Purge (2013)
When this first came out, I ignored it because its premise was inherently daft. Then they made some sequels, which I ignored because the premise was still inherently daft. Then two things happened: one, some people who I think are worth listening to said some decent things about it; and two, Trump came to power, and suddenly that daft premise doesn’t feel so far outside the confines of what’s possible.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)