Captain Marvel (2019)
[#66 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Wednesday, 24 April 2019
Monday, 22 April 2019
TV
Game of Thrones
8x02 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Thronecast
8x01 Winterfell
8x02 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Eesh, both episodes of this post-GoT show were pretty terrible, just in different ways -- the first with guests going off on their own barely-relevant tangents, the second like getting blood from a stone. Based on the Twitter reaction it's not normally this awkward, so maybe I'll stick with future episodes nonetheless.
Travel Man
8x02 48 Hours in Porto
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
University Challenge
2018/19 Episode 37 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
8x02 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Thronecast
8x01 Winterfell
8x02 A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Eesh, both episodes of this post-GoT show were pretty terrible, just in different ways -- the first with guests going off on their own barely-relevant tangents, the second like getting blood from a stone. Based on the Twitter reaction it's not normally this awkward, so maybe I'll stick with future episodes nonetheless.
Travel Man
8x02 48 Hours in Porto
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
University Challenge
2018/19 Episode 37 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 21 April 2019
this week on 100 Films
Just 1 short new review was published to 100 Films in a Year this week...
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)
More next Sunday.
Teen Titans Go! To the Movies (2018)
Although ostensibly a children’s series, and therefore presumably a children’s movie, this is actually full of gags and references aimed at older viewers, without resorting to cheap double entendres or the like designed to fly over kids’ heads, but instead focusing on the wider universe of superhero moviesRead more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 20 April 2019
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
In the polar opposite of last week's busy-ness, this week has precisely nothing to report. Next week might be the same, though will at least have the monthly running time update.
Number of titles in collection: 2,212 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,131 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,081 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 24 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,728 [no change]
Number of films: 2,533 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,427 [no change]
Number of short films: 656 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
In the polar opposite of last week's busy-ness, this week has precisely nothing to report. Next week might be the same, though will at least have the monthly running time update.
Number of titles in collection: 2,212 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,131 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,081 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 24 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,728 [no change]
Number of films: 2,533 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,427 [no change]
Number of short films: 656 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 19 April 2019
Thursday, 18 April 2019
Wednesday, 17 April 2019
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Monday, 15 April 2019
Sunday, 14 April 2019
TV
Game of Thrones: The Story So Far
With the eighth and final season starting later tonight, some two years on from the last season, I thought Sky's 90-minute recap of seasons one to seven might be useful.
With the eighth and final season starting later tonight, some two years on from the last season, I thought Sky's 90-minute recap of seasons one to seven might be useful.
this week on 100 Films
3 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
It Comes at Night (2017)
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
The Silence (2019)
More next Sunday.
It Comes at Night (2017)
Described by Kim Newman in his Empire review as “existing between a Sundance and a FrightFest film”, which is a neat way of putting “arthouse horror”, this went down very poorly with many viewers, seemingly because it was mis-sold by its trailers. As someone who went in pretty much cold, however, I thought it was very good.Read more here.
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
if you don’t worry about logical character behaviour too much, there’s an awful lot to enjoy in Samaritan Zatoichi. Such niggles hold it back from being amongst the series’ very best instalments, but there’s much else to recommend it, including likeable supporting characters, great fight scenes, and various other memorable set pieces.Read more here.
The Silence (2019)
A horror movie in which the world is under attack from creatures who hunt and kill via sound, and we follow a family who attempts to survive by hiding in a remote farmhouse, aided by the fact they’ve all learnt sign language to communicate with their deaf teenage daughter. If you’re thinking “wait a minute, that’s a description of A Quiet Place,” you’re right. It’s also a wholly accurate summary of this new Netflix film. [In fact,] The Silence is based on a novel published in 2015, and filming began in September 2017... But while it’s not The Silence’s fault that A Quiet Place beat it to the punch, it is the film’s own fault that it’s not very good.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 13 April 2019
TV
Deadwood
3x12 Tell Him Something Pretty [series finale]
Is it still a "series finale" if they make another instalment 13 years later? (Deep philosophical question, that.)
I also listened to the commentary by series creator/mastermind David Milch, which is disappointingly bitty. I guess these were recorded back in the mid ‘00s, when DVDs had been around a while but maybe people still weren’t fully familiar with commentaries... maybe? I dunno. It's just that I’ve not listened to a great many audio commentaries, all told, but the ones on this show are among the weakest I’ve heard. And that’s a shame, because I’m sure these are all intelligent people who could’ve offered some real insight, it just seems they needed better prompting. “You don’t have to talk about just what’s on screen in front of you” would’ve been a good bit of advice for many of them. Also: nearly every fucking track mentions that Richardson was initially an extra who got promoted to an actual character.
One thing, though, that’s both neat and depressing: Milch talks about one or two intentions for future plot lines, but also at one point says, “we’ll get to that in the two-hour films.” I've always heard rumours about Deadwood concluding with two or three feature-length TV movies, but it seems clear they really believed that would happen. Of course, for whatever reason, it didn’t. At least we’ve got the belated movie finally coming next month, which, though ten or more years late, will hopefully be at least somewhat akin to what Milch had planned all along.
I also watched a featurette exclusive to the complete series box set, The Meaning of Endings: David Milch on the Conclusion of Deadwood, in which Milch offers a bit more insight than on his commentary, I guess thanks to it being filmed with a bit more distance. He’s meant to be discussing some of the plot lines he'd intended for the fourth season, but instead winds up musing on the value or otherwise of endings as defining a work of art’s purpose and value. Very Milch.
And outside of the world of Deadwood...
The Twilight Zone
2x28 Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
5x03 Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
3x12 Tell Him Something Pretty [series finale]
Is it still a "series finale" if they make another instalment 13 years later? (Deep philosophical question, that.)
I also listened to the commentary by series creator/mastermind David Milch, which is disappointingly bitty. I guess these were recorded back in the mid ‘00s, when DVDs had been around a while but maybe people still weren’t fully familiar with commentaries... maybe? I dunno. It's just that I’ve not listened to a great many audio commentaries, all told, but the ones on this show are among the weakest I’ve heard. And that’s a shame, because I’m sure these are all intelligent people who could’ve offered some real insight, it just seems they needed better prompting. “You don’t have to talk about just what’s on screen in front of you” would’ve been a good bit of advice for many of them. Also: nearly every fucking track mentions that Richardson was initially an extra who got promoted to an actual character.
One thing, though, that’s both neat and depressing: Milch talks about one or two intentions for future plot lines, but also at one point says, “we’ll get to that in the two-hour films.” I've always heard rumours about Deadwood concluding with two or three feature-length TV movies, but it seems clear they really believed that would happen. Of course, for whatever reason, it didn’t. At least we’ve got the belated movie finally coming next month, which, though ten or more years late, will hopefully be at least somewhat akin to what Milch had planned all along.
I also watched a featurette exclusive to the complete series box set, The Meaning of Endings: David Milch on the Conclusion of Deadwood, in which Milch offers a bit more insight than on his commentary, I guess thanks to it being filmed with a bit more distance. He’s meant to be discussing some of the plot lines he'd intended for the fourth season, but instead winds up musing on the value or otherwise of endings as defining a work of art’s purpose and value. Very Milch.
And outside of the world of Deadwood...
The Twilight Zone
2x28 Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?
5x03 Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Films
Rampage 3D (2018)
[#61 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
[#60 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
[#61 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)
[#60 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Six new additions this week -- it was going to be just two, then a flurry of orders arrived in double-quick time this morning. Half of them imports too, most of those for the sake of 3D. First up, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse from Australia (for 3D); then, The Hunger Games box set from Germany (for #3 and #4 in 3D; also, it contains a bunch of box set-exclusive extras that didn't appear on the UK releases that I already own); and while I was getting the latter, Strange Days (I've had my eye on it for a while, and this saved on postage). The three UK titles are Aquaman (in 3D, of course) and a couple of Masters of Cinema titles thanks to their 2-for-£25 offer.
Number of titles in collection: 2,212 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,131 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,081 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 24 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,728 [up 16]
Number of films: 2,533 [up 9]
Number of TV episodes: 8,427 [no change]
Number of short films: 656 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Six new additions this week -- it was going to be just two, then a flurry of orders arrived in double-quick time this morning. Half of them imports too, most of those for the sake of 3D. First up, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse from Australia (for 3D); then, The Hunger Games box set from Germany (for #3 and #4 in 3D; also, it contains a bunch of box set-exclusive extras that didn't appear on the UK releases that I already own); and while I was getting the latter, Strange Days (I've had my eye on it for a while, and this saved on postage). The three UK titles are Aquaman (in 3D, of course) and a couple of Masters of Cinema titles thanks to their 2-for-£25 offer.
Number of titles in collection: 2,212 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,131 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,081 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 24 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,728 [up 16]
Number of films: 2,533 [up 9]
Number of TV episodes: 8,427 [no change]
Number of short films: 656 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 12 April 2019
Films
Game Night (2018)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2019 #15. It's been almost 11 months since I first watched this and I've been meaning to rewatch it ever since! If anything it's even better on a second viewing. I also watched the Blu-rays meagre selection of special features, which just left me wanting more. Shame.
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2019 #15. It's been almost 11 months since I first watched this and I've been meaning to rewatch it ever since! If anything it's even better on a second viewing. I also watched the Blu-rays meagre selection of special features, which just left me wanting more. Shame.
Thursday, 11 April 2019
TV
Deadwood
3x10 A Constant Throb
+ the commentary on episode nine by actress Robin Weigert. This is the only one where it’s one actor commentating solo, which seemed odd, and indeed it wasn't meant to be: intended co-commentators Kim Dickens and Powers Boothe were missing due to jury duty and a job, respectively. The result is a bit of a patchy track, as with so many of these Deadwood commentaries, but when Weigert does pipe up she’s sometimes insightful.
3x10 A Constant Throb
+ the commentary on episode nine by actress Robin Weigert. This is the only one where it’s one actor commentating solo, which seemed odd, and indeed it wasn't meant to be: intended co-commentators Kim Dickens and Powers Boothe were missing due to jury duty and a job, respectively. The result is a bit of a patchy track, as with so many of these Deadwood commentaries, but when Weigert does pipe up she’s sometimes insightful.
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