TV

Russian Doll
1x01 Nothing in This World Is Easy
1x02 The Great Escape
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
[#12 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

TV

The Punisher
2x03 Trouble the Water
Didn't mean to leave it 11 days between episodes of this, but I've been away and busy.
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)
[#11 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Films

Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
[#10 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Films

The Happytime Murders (2018)
[#9 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Films

The Player (1992)
[#8 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Blindspot 2019 #1

TV

Grantchester
4x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Midsomer Murders
19x04 Red in Tooth & Claw
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Poirot
5x05 The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

this week on 100 Films

Just 1 new review was published to 100 Films in a Year this week...


Unsane (2018)

Probably the best-known thing about Unsane is that Steven Soderbergh shot it on an iPhone. Well, he’s not the first person to shoot a feature on a phone, nor will he be the last, but I guess he must’ve been the most high-profile. It’s a shame that’s all people seemed to talk about, though, because the content of the film is worth a look too.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Death in Paradise
8x03 Caught Off Camera
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Poirot
5x04 The Case of the Missing Will
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

TV

Death in Paradise
8x02 The Poison Dart Gun
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Poirot
5x03 The Yellow Iris
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

TV

Nailed It!
2x01 High Society
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

Les Misérables (2012)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2019 #5. Next to the current BBC adaptation, this just feels like one massive abridged montage. Not to mention the new one is relatively subtle, whereas here everyone sings all the subtext out loud.

TV

Death in Paradise
8x01 Murder on the Honore Express
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Doctor Who
37x11 Resolution [New Year's Day special; 2nd watch]
Here's the review I wrote on my other blog, FYI.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Poirot
3x10 The Affair at the Victory Ball [season finale]
5x01 The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb
[Watch The Affair at the Victory Ball and The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb (again) on the ITV Hub.]

TV

The Punisher
2x02 Fight or Flight
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Articles

Glass Was Always Building Toward This Ending
by Richard Newby (from The Hollywood Reporter)
An interesting (but super spoilery) reading of Glass and the Eastrail 177 trilogy.

this week on 100 Films

It was time for the monthly sidestep into the world of TV this week on 100 Films in a Year...





As well as which, 5 new reviews were published...


Glass (2019)

Want to see Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson face off again in a film that’s fundamentally Unbreakable 2? That’s not an unreasonable hope, but Glass is as much a sequel to Split as it is to Unbreakable, perhaps even more so. Certainly in tone, Glass has more in common with the slightly-pulpy, almost-B-movie style of Split than it does with the quiet, characterful mode Unbreakable operated in. That first film was a Drama, all about believable people coping with their personal issues, whereas the two follow-ups are much more genre movies. That said, they’re still genre movies that have been filtered through the unique mindset of this particular writer-director — don’t expect a great deal of easy satisfaction here.

Read more here.


Godzilla: The Planet Eater (2018)

There have been some interesting ideas tucked away in this trilogy, both in how it reimagined the kaiju and their mythologies, and in the brand-new stuff it attempted to introduce with the alien races and their beliefs. Unfortunately, that promise has been lost under unengaging characters, poorly defined relationships, and the kind of philosophising you might expect from a Sixth Form student.

Read more here.


Blindspot Review Roundup

Quick review of:
- The 400 Blows
- Big Fish
- Strangers on a Train

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Great News
2x08 Sensitivity Training
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Collection Count

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

Two new purchases this week, both Blu-ray-to-Blu-ray upgrades, which results in a cumulative total of one new disc.

Number of titles in collection: 2,179 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,142 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,037 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 9 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 5,630 [up 1]
Number of films: 2,491 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,378 [no change]
Number of short films: 651 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.