Sunday, 22 March 2020

this week on 100 Films

A new way of catching up on unreviewed films at 100 Films in a Year this week...


The 100-Week Roundup
The 100-Week Roundup will cover films I still haven’t reviewed 100 weeks after watching them. Most of the time that’ll be in the form of quick thoughts, perhaps even copy-and-pasting the notes I made while viewing, rather than ‘proper’ reviews. Today’s are... Das Boot: The Director's Cut and Identity
Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Saturday, 21 March 2020

TV

The Rookie
1x12 Heartbreak

Would I Lie To You?
12x06 Episode 6 [3rd watch]
Watched this again because it was an easy go-to on iPlayer. Had forgotten it was that episode. The final round is a classic.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Late Night (2019)
[#43 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]

Red Joan (2018)
[#42 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]

Collection Count

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

This week's additions include the complete X Files on Blu-ray... except for the first movie, which I bought just a week or two ago. I already had seasons 1-9 and both movies on DVD, so in terms of additions it's only seasons 10 and 11 that are new. But those upgrades are on fewer discs on Blu, meaning that even with two extra seasons it adds 0 to the disc count. The switch from sped-up PAL to original speed on the Blu-rays will mean it still adds significantly to next week's running time update, though.

Numbers are still up healthily this week -- not as much in other recent weeks, but a decent amount nonetheless. And, because I can't stop myself, I've got a tonne more stuff in the post that will land me with another properly big increase next week (unless all deliveries get stopped before they can arrive or something).

Number of titles in collection: 2,323 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,110 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,213 [up 7]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 45 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,039 [up 5]
Number of films: 2,714 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 8,807 [up 15]
Number of short films: 691 [up 1]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Friday, 20 March 2020

Thursday, 19 March 2020

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2019/2020 Episode 8 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
1x08 Time of Death
1x09 Standoff
A two-parter. The first half is a measured depiction of what actually happens when a cop shoots someone; the second half is an overblown remix of The Raid. Shame.

Films

Last Chance Harvey (2008)
[#41 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]

Wednesday, 18 March 2020

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2019/2020 Episode 7 (of 10)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Lucifer
3x26 Once Upon a Time [bonus episode]
And that's the end of Lucifer on Amazon. Next: the Netflix years.
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]

McDonald & Dodds
1x02 A Wilderness of Mirrors [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

The Rookie
1x07 The Ride Along

Monday, 16 March 2020

TV

Doctor Who
4x26 The Moonbase Episode 4 [2nd watch]

Sunday, 15 March 2020

TV

Doctor Who
4x25 The Moonbase Episode 3

Films

Godzilla: King of the Monsters 3D (2019)
[#38 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]

The Invisible Guest (2016)
[#37 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
I hadn't even heard of this before it appeared on the IMDb Top 250, seemingly at random. But I'm glad it did, because... no spoilers! But if you like twisty thrillers, trust me: read nothing, just go watch this (it's on Netflix, in the UK at least).

this week on 100 Films

1 new review on 100 Films in a Year this week...


The Lion King (2019)
it’s like a cover song from a TV talent show: a reasonable approximation of the original, although clearly not as good, with unnecessarily added riffs and tricks as the cover artist struggles in vain to “make it their own” while not fundamentally deviating from what made the original so beloved.
Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Saturday, 14 March 2020

TV

Doctor Who
4x24 The Moonbase Episode 2 [2nd watch]
As noted yesterday, I've seen the two surviving episodes of this serial before.

Star Trek: Picard
1x04 Absolute Candor
1x05 Stardust City Rag
[Watch Absolute Candor and Stardust City Rag (again) on Prime Video.]

Films

Godzilla 3D (2014)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #11

Collection Count

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

As promised last week, another pile of additions. No records being challenged this time, but it's still bigger than the norm... although, as I've been a bit purchase-mad of late, maybe this is the current norm. Well, it can't last forever... but it will last until next week, at least, when I've got another pile of sales acquisitions turning up. I must develop some restraint.

Number of titles in collection: 2,318 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,112 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,206 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 45 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,034 [up 12]
Number of films: 2,711 [up 5]
Number of TV episodes: 8,792 [up 8]
Number of short films: 690 [up 1]

One of this week's additions is the new animation of Doctor Who serial The Faceless Ones, and it presents a 'challenge' in terms of counting: how many episodes are on it? It's a 6-part serial, but it contains the whole animated serial in colour, and in black & white, and also the two surviving live-action episodes. You might say "it's a 6-parter, so it's 6", but those are all viable viewing options to me, so does that mean it's 14 episodes? Or split the difference and say 8 -- 6 animations (in colour or black & white) plus 2 live-action? I think that's what I'll go with, partly because the last animated release, The Macra Terror, also had both colour and b&w versions and I only counted it as 4. I'm not sure that's the right way to go about it (it seems to hedge it, rather), but it'll have to do.

See you next week, faithful reader.

Friday, 13 March 2020

TV

Doctor Who
4x23 The Moonbase Episode 1
Continuing my watch-through of animated missing episodes that I've not yet seen. This serial's only half missing, and I've seen the surviving episodes before (plus audio to fill the gaps, I presume (I forget)). This first part is one of the animated ones.

Films

Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
[#36 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]

The Lion King 3D (2019)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #10