Hamilton (2020)
[2nd watch]
I decided to embrace watching it in chunks, so took in another 50-or-so minutes. Intend to finish it tomorrow, and do a proper one-sitting rewatch at a later date.
Safety Last! (1923)
[#172 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
+ some extras from the Criterion Blu-ray, including the introduction by Suzanne Lloyd and the Locations and Effects featurette
Saturday, 18 July 2020
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Yeah, I'm back buying again -- eight new additions this week, no upgrades (well, one I already own on DVD, but it's in a box set with loads of other stuff so it's going nowhere), and even more on order (some from the US, so they might not arrive for a month yet).
Number of titles in collection: 2,404 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,090 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,314 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 63 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,208 [up 10]
Number of films: 2,701 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 175 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 8,935 [no change]
Number of short films: 756 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Yeah, I'm back buying again -- eight new additions this week, no upgrades (well, one I already own on DVD, but it's in a box set with loads of other stuff so it's going nowhere), and even more on order (some from the US, so they might not arrive for a month yet).
Number of titles in collection: 2,404 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,090 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,314 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 63 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,208 [up 10]
Number of films: 2,701 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 175 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 8,935 [no change]
Number of short films: 756 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 17 July 2020
Films
Hamilton (2020)
[2nd watch?]
Only rewatched the first 45 minutes-ish so far (for various reasons), which feels like too much to not mention, but isn't really full rewatch (yet), so...
Lady Bird (2017)
[#171 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
[2nd watch?]
Only rewatched the first 45 minutes-ish so far (for various reasons), which feels like too much to not mention, but isn't really full rewatch (yet), so...
Lady Bird (2017)
[#171 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Thursday, 16 July 2020
TV
Star Trek: Picard
1x10 Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2 [season finale]
It’s only taken me six months, but I finished it! Hurrah.
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]
The Twilight Zone
1x29 Nightmare as a Child
2x18 The Odyssey of Flight 33
+ the start of the commentary on Flight 33, which is not by the usual commentator, Marc Scott Zicree. I only listened to the start because it was a bit dull. As overly-enthusiastic and motormouthed as Zicree is, at least it makes his commentaries speedy and attention-grabbing.
1x10 Et in Arcadia Ego Part 2 [season finale]
It’s only taken me six months, but I finished it! Hurrah.
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]
The Twilight Zone
1x29 Nightmare as a Child
2x18 The Odyssey of Flight 33
+ the start of the commentary on Flight 33, which is not by the usual commentator, Marc Scott Zicree. I only listened to the start because it was a bit dull. As overly-enthusiastic and motormouthed as Zicree is, at least it makes his commentaries speedy and attention-grabbing.
Wednesday, 15 July 2020
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Monday, 13 July 2020
Films
Dangal (2016)
[#166 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
The Lighthouse (2019)
[#167 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
+ some of The Lighthouse's special features. The two deleted scenes are... odd. They’re incredibly short (less than 3 minutes combined, and quite a chunk of that is clips to put them in context) and they don’t really add much, especially the second one. I don’t know why they bothered to put them on the disc, to be honest, except maybe as some kind of joke. “Do you have any deleted scenes? People love deleted scenes.” “Um... yeah, have these... *snigger*” I also listened to the first ten minutes of the commentary, which had some interesting titbits but was a little sparse. The only other feature is a 37-minute making-of, which I might make time for later.
[#166 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
The Lighthouse (2019)
[#167 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
+ some of The Lighthouse's special features. The two deleted scenes are... odd. They’re incredibly short (less than 3 minutes combined, and quite a chunk of that is clips to put them in context) and they don’t really add much, especially the second one. I don’t know why they bothered to put them on the disc, to be honest, except maybe as some kind of joke. “Do you have any deleted scenes? People love deleted scenes.” “Um... yeah, have these... *snigger*” I also listened to the first ten minutes of the commentary, which had some interesting titbits but was a little sparse. The only other feature is a 37-minute making-of, which I might make time for later.
Sunday, 12 July 2020
this week on 100 Films
A whopping 11 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week...
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
Greyhound (2020)
It Chapter Two (2019)
The Old Guard (2020)
The 100-Week Roundup VII
The 100-Week Roundup VIII
More next Sunday.
The Equalizer 2 (2018)
It isn’t a terrible film, but it is quite a boring one. Not just slow paced — genuinely boring. A raft of subplots don’t really go anywhere or serve any purpose, the main story is incredibly thin, and the limited action sequences do little to balance the books.Read more here.
Greyhound (2020)
The threat of the U-boats is ever present, a constant danger that leaves our men pinging from one crisis to the next... Combined with the brief running time, it feels like the film doesn’t let up. This isn’t some stately drama about men at sea who are occasionally forced to take potshots at an unseen enemy, but an action movie; only instead of men clashing with kung fu or guns, its boats and subs fighting with torpedos and, um, trigonometry. The result is tight, tense, and thrilling.Read more here.
It Chapter Two (2019)
I think I liked the film it wanted to be (using the horror genre as an analogy/examination of growing up and moving on, or not, and how the past differs from our memories even as it defines us) more than the film it actually is (kind of that, but not in enough depth, and with a bunch of unnecessary business thrown in).Read more here.
The Old Guard (2020)
the concept has fundamental similarities to another recent big-budget Netflix actioner, Michael Bay’s 6 Underground. Whereas that was about a band of off-the-grid mercenaries working in secret to try to influence the course of human history for the better by going around shooting bad guys, The Old Guard is about a band of people who can’t die working in secret to try to influence the course of human history for the better by going around shooting bad guys. ... The Old Guard is more blandly acceptable than 6 Underground. And yet it never swings as big as Bay’s films — for all his many faults, his “go big or go home” style has its merits as blockbuster entertainment. Nothing here is going to stick in the memory as much as 6 Underground’s opening car chaseRead more here.
The 100-Week Roundup VII
Featuring...Read more here.
- The Garden of Words
- The Secret in Their Eyes
- Paul
- The Way of the Gun
The 100-Week Roundup VIII
Featuring...Read more here.
- Beneath the Planet of the Apes
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- The Quiet Earth
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 11 July 2020
Films
Greyhound (2020)
[#164 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
+ the two short featurettes accompanying it, which are more like trailers with interviews really
Palm Springs (2020)
[#163 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
[#164 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
+ the two short featurettes accompanying it, which are more like trailers with interviews really
Palm Springs (2020)
[#163 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Two box sets this week, with three discs apiece, one with three films, one with just one. Ah, the whims of disc producers...
Number of titles in collection: 2,396 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,090 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,306 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 63 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,198 [up 6]
Number of films: 2,693 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 174 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,935 [no change]
Number of short films: 754 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Two box sets this week, with three discs apiece, one with three films, one with just one. Ah, the whims of disc producers...
Number of titles in collection: 2,396 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,090 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,306 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 63 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,198 [up 6]
Number of films: 2,693 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 174 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,935 [no change]
Number of short films: 754 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 10 July 2020
Thursday, 9 July 2020
TV
Hamilton's America
A documentary that aired on PBS in the US after the Hamilton phenomenon and truly taken hold. Part making-of, part history lesson, it’s full of insight into both, so it's a shame Disney+ couldn't get this (or didn't try, I dunno) to accompany the film -- I think a lot of people who’ve enjoyed the film would enjoy this as a chaser. Definitely worth a watch if you can track it down.
Star Trek: Picard
1x09 Et in Arcadia Ego Part 1
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]
A documentary that aired on PBS in the US after the Hamilton phenomenon and truly taken hold. Part making-of, part history lesson, it’s full of insight into both, so it's a shame Disney+ couldn't get this (or didn't try, I dunno) to accompany the film -- I think a lot of people who’ve enjoyed the film would enjoy this as a chaser. Definitely worth a watch if you can track it down.
Star Trek: Picard
1x09 Et in Arcadia Ego Part 1
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]
Wednesday, 8 July 2020
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