Podcasts

David Tennant Does a Podcast with…
1 Olivia Colman
2 Whoopi Goldberg

I don't have a specific category for podcasts -- maybe I should add one? I'm more likely to listen to those than regular radio nowadays.

Anyway, this one does what it says on the tin, and it's a lovely way to spend a bit of time with some friends nattering.

TV

Hanna
1x01 Forest
Amazon's TV adaptation of the 2011 movie is actually released in March, but they made the first episode available for 24 hours following the Super Bowl. If you're quick it might still be there...
[Watch it (again), if you're quick, on Amazon Prime.]

Films

First Reformed (2017)
[#13 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

TV

Les Misérables
Part 4 (of 6)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

this week on 100 Films

It's a new month, which means it was time for 100 Films in a Year's first progress report of 2019...





Also this week, 2 new reviews were published...


Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

The team behind neo-noir modern classic Nightcrawler (writer-director Dan Gilroy, stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Rene Russo, cinematographer Robert Elswit, among others) reunite for this direct-to-Netflix genre mash-up — it’s part art-world satire, part mystery-thriller, part horror. The Verge described it as “Robert Altman’s Final Destination”, and that so succinctly articulates what the film reminded me of that I decided to just lift it. Well, just pilfering someone else’s work is in-keeping with the film’s themes, at least.

Read more here.


Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)

The sixteenth Zatoichi movie begins by boldly declaring it’s “the first feature by Katsu Productions”, the production company of series star Shintaro Katsu. While the change isn’t radical — this is still the Zatoichi we know and love — there does seem to be a different style and tone about this particular instalment.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Collection Count

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

I say "every week" -- I missed last week, for various dull reasons, so this week's count includes a fortnight of updates, plus a "monthly" running time update that actually counts five weeks. Ah well.

Of note: a new 4K UHD title, which turned up just yesterday. There'll be even more of those coming soon...

Number of titles in collection: 2,184 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,142 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,042 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 10 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 5,646 [up 16]
Number of films: 2,497 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 8,425 [up 47]
Number of short films: 653 [up 2]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
417 days, 10 hours, and 28 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 11 hours, and 5 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

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.]