The British Academy Film Awards 2019
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 10 February 2019
this week on 100 Films
6 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
High Flying Bird (2019)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
The Ragtag Review Roundup
More next Sunday.
High Flying Bird (2019)
it took less than two minutes for High Flying Bird to leave me feeling lost and confused, as it dives into an “inside baseball” (as the saying goes) depiction of basketball right from the off. It felt like watching a French movie without subtitles, except here the language isn’t French, it’s basketball.Read more here.
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Despite being adapted from a kids’ picture book, and resolutely rated PG, it didn’t strike me as a kids’ movie at all. It’s glum, depressing, and surely only understandable when filtered through an adult perspective.Read more here.
The Ragtag Review Roundup
A real mixed back of films that have basically nothing in common. In today’s roundup:Read more here.
- American Psycho (2000)
- Logan Lucky (2017)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 9 February 2019
Films
Memories of Murder (2003)
[#15 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2019 #2
[#15 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2019 #2
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Having last week promised more 4K UHD discs soon, that's all I have to add this week! There were six of them, almost all upgrades: two from other Blu-rays, two from DVDs (now that's a quality jump!), and one where I'm also keeping the previous edition (for now, at least); plus one brand-new title, too.
All of which works out like this:
Number of titles in collection: 2,186 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,140 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,046 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 16 [up 6]
Number of discs in collection: 5,657 [up 11]
Number of films: 2,499 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,426 [up 1]
Number of short films: 652 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Having last week promised more 4K UHD discs soon, that's all I have to add this week! There were six of them, almost all upgrades: two from other Blu-rays, two from DVDs (now that's a quality jump!), and one where I'm also keeping the previous edition (for now, at least); plus one brand-new title, too.
All of which works out like this:
Number of titles in collection: 2,186 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,140 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,046 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 16 [up 6]
Number of discs in collection: 5,657 [up 11]
Number of films: 2,499 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,426 [up 1]
Number of short films: 652 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 8 February 2019
Thursday, 7 February 2019
TV
Russian Doll
1x05 Superiority Complex
1x06 Reflection
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x08 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x05 Superiority Complex
1x06 Reflection
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x08 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 6 February 2019
TV
The Punisher
2x04 Scar Tissue
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Russian Doll
1x03 A Warm Body
1x04 Alan's Routine
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
2x04 Scar Tissue
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Russian Doll
1x03 A Warm Body
1x04 Alan's Routine
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Tuesday, 5 February 2019
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.
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.
Monday, 4 February 2019
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.]
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.]
Sunday, 3 February 2019
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)
Zatoichi the Outlaw (1967)
More next Sunday.
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.
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.
Saturday, 2 February 2019
TV
Russian Doll
1x01 Nothing in This World Is Easy
1x02 The Great Escape
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
1x01 Nothing in This World Is Easy
1x02 The Great Escape
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Friday, 1 February 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.]
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.]
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