24
7x19 2:00AM - 3:00AM
QI
7x12 Gravity (extended repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Survivors [2008]
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 16 February 2010
Monday, 15 February 2010
TV
24
7x18 1:00AM - 2:00AM
And so Main Plot #3 comes to an end -- after, what, five episodes? -- and it's time for Main Plot #4. One wonders how the first few seasons ever survived with just two or three -- and those were usually natural developments (like the progression of the virus in season three) rather than whole new Even Bigger Villain Behind The Last One restarts that the last few seasons have subsisted on.
Mock the Week
8x04 (11/2/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
1x04 Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
7x18 1:00AM - 2:00AM
And so Main Plot #3 comes to an end -- after, what, five episodes? -- and it's time for Main Plot #4. One wonders how the first few seasons ever survived with just two or three -- and those were usually natural developments (like the progression of the virus in season three) rather than whole new Even Bigger Villain Behind The Last One restarts that the last few seasons have subsisted on.
Mock the Week
8x04 (11/2/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
1x04 Why Owl's Head Turns All the Way Round
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
Elektra (2005)
[#19 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
[#18 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
[#19 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
[#18 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Articles
Southwest Bosses Apologise To Smith
(from WENN)
Since when did Kevin Smith have anything at all to do with Gigli?
(from WENN)
Since when did Kevin Smith have anything at all to do with Gigli?
Sunday, 14 February 2010
TV
From the Earth to the Moon
Part Twelve Le Voyage Dans La Lune [final episode]
Every episode of this series has had its own distinct identity, but this is nonetheless an odd closing instalment. The documentary-style voiceover jars, even if it fits with the faked modern interviews with aged-up actors; and then there's the flashbacks to Georges Méliès making Le Voyage dans la lune, just to cement the half-thought-out juxtapositional weirdness. Strange.
Part Twelve Le Voyage Dans La Lune [final episode]
Every episode of this series has had its own distinct identity, but this is nonetheless an odd closing instalment. The documentary-style voiceover jars, even if it fits with the faked modern interviews with aged-up actors; and then there's the flashbacks to Georges Méliès making Le Voyage dans la lune, just to cement the half-thought-out juxtapositional weirdness. Strange.
Saturday, 13 February 2010
TV
How I Met Your Mother
4x12 Benefits
4x13 Three Days of Snow
The second episode once again demonstrates HIMYM's skill at narrative subversion and cleverness, which is always fun.
[Watch these episodes on 4oD from 25th February and 4th March (probably).]
Mad Men
3x04 The Arrangements
And another exemplary episode of this series too.
[Watch it again in HD on iPlayer.]
4x12 Benefits
4x13 Three Days of Snow
The second episode once again demonstrates HIMYM's skill at narrative subversion and cleverness, which is always fun.
[Watch these episodes on 4oD from 25th February and 4th March (probably).]
Mad Men
3x04 The Arrangements
And another exemplary episode of this series too.
[Watch it again in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
And The Hits Keep On Comin’…
(from Progress City, U.S.A.)
Disney seem to be cancelling every animated film they have on the go. Why?
(from Progress City, U.S.A.)
Disney seem to be cancelling every animated film they have on the go. Why?
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
After last week's tiny update, this one is rather more packed, including a load that arrived on Friday (hence the 24 hour delay. Again.) Most exciting this week are a few releases that aren't even out yet: Blu-rays of Up (out on Monday in a variety of editions), M (out February 22nd on Blu-ray and DVD), and City Girl (out February 22nd on Blu-ray only -- a first?) Always love getting things pre-release.
Number of titles in collection: 1,146 [up 10]
Of which DVDs: 1,077 [up 3]
Of which Blu-rays: 69 [up 7]
Number of discs in collection: 2,799 [up 15]
Number of films in collection: 1,212 [up 10]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,882 [up 6]
Statistic of the week:
Total running time of collection (approx.):
194 days, 4 hours, and 43 minutes.
(Up 3 days, 8 hours, and 55 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
After last week's tiny update, this one is rather more packed, including a load that arrived on Friday (hence the 24 hour delay. Again.) Most exciting this week are a few releases that aren't even out yet: Blu-rays of Up (out on Monday in a variety of editions), M (out February 22nd on Blu-ray and DVD), and City Girl (out February 22nd on Blu-ray only -- a first?) Always love getting things pre-release.
Number of titles in collection: 1,146 [up 10]
Of which DVDs: 1,077 [up 3]
Of which Blu-rays: 69 [up 7]
Number of discs in collection: 2,799 [up 15]
Number of films in collection: 1,212 [up 10]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 3,882 [up 6]
Statistic of the week:
Total running time of collection (approx.):
194 days, 4 hours, and 43 minutes.
(Up 3 days, 8 hours, and 55 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 12 February 2010
TV
24
7x17 12:00AM - 1:00AM
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
18x04 (5/2/10 edition)
I've never seen a Bollywood film, but My Name is Khan (trailered on this edition and which, it must be said, doesn't look in the least bit Bollywood-y) looks like it might be a good film full-stop. Jump to the trailer part of the show here. Of course, US attitudes to Asperger's syndrome (which the main character in the film has) is a pertinent issue at the moment.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
7x17 12:00AM - 1:00AM
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross
18x04 (5/2/10 edition)
I've never seen a Bollywood film, but My Name is Khan (trailered on this edition and which, it must be said, doesn't look in the least bit Bollywood-y) looks like it might be a good film full-stop. Jump to the trailer part of the show here. Of course, US attitudes to Asperger's syndrome (which the main character in the film has) is a pertinent issue at the moment.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
First Look: Roman Polanski's The Ghost by Simon Reynolds
(from Digital Spy)
More widely known as The Ghost Writer, UK distributors Optimum seem to have decided that, a) it would be better with a bland, generic, meaningless title, and b) it would be best promoted with a bland, generic, meaningless poster (see that, and the trailer, at the link). The original title is hardly revelatory, but it's certainly better than this, while the US one-sheet is evocative and quite stylish, unlike the UK's Stereotypical Thriller rehash (in fact, the French-language version of the one-sheet is even better).
UK cinemas plan Alice boycott by Simon Reynolds
(from Digital Spy)
(from Digital Spy)
More widely known as The Ghost Writer, UK distributors Optimum seem to have decided that, a) it would be better with a bland, generic, meaningless title, and b) it would be best promoted with a bland, generic, meaningless poster (see that, and the trailer, at the link). The original title is hardly revelatory, but it's certainly better than this, while the US one-sheet is evocative and quite stylish, unlike the UK's Stereotypical Thriller rehash (in fact, the French-language version of the one-sheet is even better).
UK cinemas plan Alice boycott by Simon Reynolds
(from Digital Spy)
UK cinema chains Odeon, Vue and Cineworld are planning to boycott Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland due to its truncated theatrical run...Go cinemas! I sincerely hope they choose the "leave it" option and see what Disney make of that -- looks like they could do with reminding that film studios are nothing without cinemas willing to show their films.
the 3D film is in jeopardy because the leading exhibitors require a guaranteed four-month theatrical run to book a film. Disney announced earlier this week that the gap between the cinema and home release will be cut from the standard 17 weeks to 12...
According to The Guardian, the 12-week deal is said to be a "take it or leave it" offer.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
TV
Argumental
3x02 (9/2/10 edition)
From the Earth to the Moon
Part Eleven The Original Wives Club
Mad Men meets Desperate Housewives in what is, perhaps surprisingly, one of the series' best episodes. It's so well written, acted and directed, in fact, that the 50-minute running time doesn't do the subject justice -- one longs for it to be a full feature length (and shorn of the compulsory coverage of Apollo 16 that's been shoehorned in thanks to the episode's place in the series).
How I Met Your Mother
4x11 Little Minnesota
[Watch it on 4oD from 18th February (probably).]
Law & Order: UK
2x05 Love and Loss
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
3x02 (9/2/10 edition)
From the Earth to the Moon
Part Eleven The Original Wives Club
Mad Men meets Desperate Housewives in what is, perhaps surprisingly, one of the series' best episodes. It's so well written, acted and directed, in fact, that the 50-minute running time doesn't do the subject justice -- one longs for it to be a full feature length (and shorn of the compulsory coverage of Apollo 16 that's been shoehorned in thanks to the episode's place in the series).
How I Met Your Mother
4x11 Little Minnesota
[Watch it on 4oD from 18th February (probably).]
Law & Order: UK
2x05 Love and Loss
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
TV
24
7x16 11:00PM - 12:00AM
From the Earth to the Moon
Part Ten Galileo Was Right
How I Met Your Mother
4x10 The Fight
[Watch it from tomorrow evening on 4oD.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
1x03 Why Tortoise Has a Broken Shell
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
7x16 11:00PM - 12:00AM
From the Earth to the Moon
Part Ten Galileo Was Right
How I Met Your Mother
4x10 The Fight
[Watch it from tomorrow evening on 4oD.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
1x03 Why Tortoise Has a Broken Shell
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 9 February 2010
TV
From the Earth to the Moon
Part Nine For Miles and Miles
I was doing rather well getting through this miniseries back in August and September last year -- I got through the first eight parts in just two weeks. I only stalled because I'd reached the episode dealing with Apollo 13 and had been intending to watch the film, something which I clearly failed to find time for. So, five months later, I've decided to just soldier on with the series itself.
Mad Men
3x03 My Old Kentucky Home
[Watch it again in HD on iPlayer.]
QI
7x11 Gifts (extended repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Review Show
5/2/10 edition
Discussing this year's Oscar nominations, including some interesting critiquing of Avatar.
(Incidentally, completely missed this being rebranded from Newsnight Review (last month, apparently). You'd've thought they'd've used the opportunity to give it some promotion, otherwise what was the point?)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
1x02 Why Giraffe Has a Long Neck
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Part Nine For Miles and Miles
I was doing rather well getting through this miniseries back in August and September last year -- I got through the first eight parts in just two weeks. I only stalled because I'd reached the episode dealing with Apollo 13 and had been intending to watch the film, something which I clearly failed to find time for. So, five months later, I've decided to just soldier on with the series itself.
Mad Men
3x03 My Old Kentucky Home
[Watch it again in HD on iPlayer.]
QI
7x11 Gifts (extended repeat)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Review Show
5/2/10 edition
Discussing this year's Oscar nominations, including some interesting critiquing of Avatar.
(Incidentally, completely missed this being rebranded from Newsnight Review (last month, apparently). You'd've thought they'd've used the opportunity to give it some promotion, otherwise what was the point?)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
1x02 Why Giraffe Has a Long Neck
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Articles
24 set to transfer to the big screen by Ben Child
(from guardian.co.uk)
Naturally this story has been all over the web, but I've picked The Guardian's version for this paragraph:
(from guardian.co.uk)
Naturally this story has been all over the web, but I've picked The Guardian's version for this paragraph:
Ironically, the only thing that looks to be standing in the way of 24: The Movie is the further success of 24 the TV show. Producers would be unlikely to green light a big-screen outing while new episodes are still being shot, due to the logistical issues of shooting a film concurrently. In effect, for the movie to live, 24 would first have to die in its current form.As for the news itself... Well, a movie has been in the offing for years, even to the point where the writing team had a story and/or screenplay for it. So though they've gone as far as hiring an established film writer, I'd still say this is a We'll See proposition for the time being.
Monday, 8 February 2010
TV
24
7x15 10:00PM - 11:00PM
Mock the Week
8x03 (4/2/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Survivors [2008]
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
1x01 Why Elephant Has a Trunk
Kids get all the best telly. Well, the most fun. And though it may be young-child-orientated (it's on CBeebies, not even CBBC), the commitment to African art and animation plus traditional stories is both commendable and entertaining.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
7x15 10:00PM - 11:00PM
Mock the Week
8x03 (4/2/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Survivors [2008]
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Tinga Tinga Tales
1x01 Why Elephant Has a Trunk
Kids get all the best telly. Well, the most fun. And though it may be young-child-orientated (it's on CBeebies, not even CBBC), the commitment to African art and animation plus traditional stories is both commendable and entertaining.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Articles
Sky responds to Pacific airing criticisms by Simon Reynolds
(from Digital Spy)
Yep, Sky are as good at spinning out a load of BS same as everything else Murdoch owns. Do they think people are going to sign up to watch it? Or do they just not care? Or, most likely, whoever owns the DVD/Blu-ray rights is over the moon it'll be shown on a minority channel -- more sales to those of us who want to see it. Assuming we don't just all pirate it, of course.
(from Digital Spy)
Yep, Sky are as good at spinning out a load of BS same as everything else Murdoch owns. Do they think people are going to sign up to watch it? Or do they just not care? Or, most likely, whoever owns the DVD/Blu-ray rights is over the moon it'll be shown on a minority channel -- more sales to those of us who want to see it. Assuming we don't just all pirate it, of course.
Sunday, 7 February 2010
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