London 2012 Paralympics
Day One
Including The Last Leg with Adam Hills, their light-hearted end-of-the-day round-up, which I thought did a good job of hitting the tone between covering what happened and being amusing. Doesn't appear to have its own section on the C4 site though, or even be on 4oD, so...
[Watch archived and live (when it's on) coverage on Channel 4's Paralympics site.]
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
TV
Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
Episode 6 (of 7)
Episode 7 (of 7)
Who ever thought Rick Edwards would do an immeasurably better job than Jon Snow?
[Watch episodes six and seven (again) on 4oD.]
London 2012 Paralympics
Opening Ceremony
[Watch coverage on Channel 4's Paralympics site and 4oD.]
A Touch of Cloth
1x02 Part 2 (of 2)
Episode 6 (of 7)
Episode 7 (of 7)
Who ever thought Rick Edwards would do an immeasurably better job than Jon Snow?
[Watch episodes six and seven (again) on 4oD.]
London 2012 Paralympics
Opening Ceremony
[Watch coverage on Channel 4's Paralympics site and 4oD.]
A Touch of Cloth
1x02 Part 2 (of 2)
Tuesday, 28 August 2012
TV
Adam Buxton's Bug
1x03 Episode Three
1x04 Episode Four
Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
Episode 4 (of 7)
Episode 5 (of 7)
[Watch episodes four and five (again) on 4oD.]
The Rob Brydon Show
3x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Suburgatory
1x06 Charity Case
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
A Touch of Cloth
1x01 Part 1 (of 2)
Bloody funny, I thought. Glad that there's already two more commissioned.
Incidentally, the official site has some worthwhile bits & bobs, including a list of background gags you might've missed.
1x03 Episode Three
1x04 Episode Four
Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
Episode 4 (of 7)
Episode 5 (of 7)
[Watch episodes four and five (again) on 4oD.]
The Rob Brydon Show
3x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Suburgatory
1x06 Charity Case
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
A Touch of Cloth
1x01 Part 1 (of 2)
Bloody funny, I thought. Glad that there's already two more commissioned.
Incidentally, the official site has some worthwhile bits & bobs, including a list of background gags you might've missed.
Monday, 27 August 2012
TV
Doctor Who
33x00a Pond Life Part 1
That was... brief. And quite funny, I suppose. It'll be better on DVD when they (presumably) edit it together into one four-and-a-bit-minutes thing rather than daily 50 second bursts.
[Watch it (again) on the official Doctor Who website.]
Lorraine's Fast, Fresh and Easy Food
1x02 Feel Good Food
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
More slightly random music viewing thanks to Sky Arts. They really can be a treasure trove.
Person of Interest
1x02 Ghosts
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]
33x00a Pond Life Part 1
That was... brief. And quite funny, I suppose. It'll be better on DVD when they (presumably) edit it together into one four-and-a-bit-minutes thing rather than daily 50 second bursts.
[Watch it (again) on the official Doctor Who website.]
Lorraine's Fast, Fresh and Easy Food
1x02 Feel Good Food
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Meat Loaf: Live with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
More slightly random music viewing thanks to Sky Arts. They really can be a treasure trove.
Person of Interest
1x02 Ghosts
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]
Articles
Leading ‘Ethical’ TV Show BitTorrent Tracker Shut Down By FACT
by enigmax (from TorrentFreak)
They're referring to UKNova, which was excellent for acquiring smaller UK TV shows that might not be picked up by bigger international torrent sites. They were ethical because anything commercially available was banned -- they'd even stop allowing series halfway through if a DVD/etc release had been announced.
As someone on twitter said, "So the message is: if you try to help the rightsholders, they will burn you anyway. So might as well offer everything." Shooting themselves in the foot & all that.
by enigmax (from TorrentFreak)
They're referring to UKNova, which was excellent for acquiring smaller UK TV shows that might not be picked up by bigger international torrent sites. They were ethical because anything commercially available was banned -- they'd even stop allowing series halfway through if a DVD/etc release had been announced.
As someone on twitter said, "So the message is: if you try to help the rightsholders, they will burn you anyway. So might as well offer everything." Shooting themselves in the foot & all that.
Sunday, 26 August 2012
TV
The Function Room
Pilot Meet the Police
This seemed to gain a lot of praise in certain circles. It was mediocre at best.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
Episode 3 (of 7)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Stomp: Live
Pilot Meet the Police
This seemed to gain a lot of praise in certain circles. It was mediocre at best.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
Episode 3 (of 7)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Stomp: Live
this week on 100 Films
Last week I posted eight reviews, commenting that I didn't believe there could be more than that this week. Well...
Two new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, including my 600th feature review!
Burke & Hare (2010)
Unstoppable (2010)
Plus, new to the new blog, my only other Tony Scott review to date...
Deja Vu (2006)
Also new to the new blog this week were...
Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunset (2004)
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
Mean Creek (2004)
Plus Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is on Sky Movies Premiere this week, so I posted my old reviews of the previous three Potters (Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows: Part 1) in one go here.
And also, Sky Arts 1 are showing the Three Colours Trilogy this fortnight, so naturally I moved my old 'reviews' to the new blog. You can see them all together here.
That's 13 total; though last week included six brand new to this week's two. If only I posted that many new reviews regularly, I wouldn't be so far behind.
More (though it tempts fate, it really is hard to imagine there being more) next Sunday.
Two new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, including my 600th feature review!
Burke & Hare (2010)
This is a true storyRead more here.
Except for the parts that are not
Unstoppable (2010)
In tribute to the late Tony Scott, perhaps one of my favourite filmmakers, and normally a distinctly underrated one, 100 Films’s 600th feature review is of his final film.Read it here.
Plus, new to the new blog, my only other Tony Scott review to date...
Deja Vu (2006)
The timey-wimey plot is quite fun, in some ways. Massively over-complicated — no one will blame you for switching off as the “how it’s done” technobabble washes over you; if you just accept this is all possible within the confines of the movie’s universe, there’s enough investigative thrills to sustain proceedings — but, if one does pay attention, a lot of it makes sense. Well, enough sense. It becomes a bit unravelled toward the end.Read more here.
Also new to the new blog this week were...
Before Sunrise (1995)
Two 20-somethings meet on a train from Budapest to Paris, get off in Vienna and spend the night there until one of them has to fly out in the morning. A simple premise, though you may wonder how it sustains 95 minutes. The answer is, very well.Read more here.
Before Sunset (2004)
It’s as simple a premise as Sunrise, and in many ways is very similar: it’s essentially two people talking, laughing and philosophising... These are the same people, but they’re older and changed.Read more here.
Cloak and Dagger (1946)
A World War II espionage thriller about the OSS — spies, basically, and the forerunner to the CIA. Despite all the thrills this should elicit, especially when directed by Fritz Lang, I wasn’t particularly impressed.Read more here.
Mean Creek (2004)
A group of teenagers concoct a plan for revenge on a bully in this drama from first-time writer/director Estes. Whilst the premise might sound straightforward and liable to be morally simplistic, the writing, acting and direction combine to make a film that is complex, tense, tragic and ultimately believable.Read more here.
Plus Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is on Sky Movies Premiere this week, so I posted my old reviews of the previous three Potters (Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows: Part 1) in one go here.
And also, Sky Arts 1 are showing the Three Colours Trilogy this fortnight, so naturally I moved my old 'reviews' to the new blog. You can see them all together here.
That's 13 total; though last week included six brand new to this week's two. If only I posted that many new reviews regularly, I wouldn't be so far behind.
More (though it tempts fate, it really is hard to imagine there being more) next Sunday.
Saturday, 25 August 2012
TV
The Graham Norton Show
11x04 (4/5/12 edition)
Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
Episode 2 (of 7)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
11x04 (4/5/12 edition)
Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
Episode 2 (of 7)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Despite some expectations, nothing turned up in this week's post. So...
Number of titles in collection: 1,507 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,160 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 347 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 3,733 [no change]
Number of films in collection: 1,591 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 5,618 [no change]
There will definitely be some changes next week, faithful reader.
Despite some expectations, nothing turned up in this week's post. So...
Number of titles in collection: 1,507 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,160 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 347 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 3,733 [no change]
Number of films in collection: 1,591 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 5,618 [no change]
There will definitely be some changes next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 24 August 2012
TV
Jon Snow's Paralympic Show
Episode 1 (of 7)
Can't say I think much of Snow as a presenter -- constantly talking over people, cutting them off, not giving them time to answer, racing on to the next thing... It's good not to let a programme be too slow, but this seems over-stuffed considering the speed they kept having to move on.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Pointless
6x42 (10/5/12 edition)
Episode 1 (of 7)
Can't say I think much of Snow as a presenter -- constantly talking over people, cutting them off, not giving them time to answer, racing on to the next thing... It's good not to let a programme be too slow, but this seems over-stuffed considering the speed they kept having to move on.
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Pointless
6x42 (10/5/12 edition)
Thursday, 23 August 2012
TV
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
1x04 Invasion of the Secret Santas!
1x06 Enter the Outsiders!
I sort of have and sort of haven't caught up with Channel 5's airings now -- they've also had six episodes, but skipped the Christmas one (understandably). So... I mean, it doesn't matter, does it.
The Newsroom
1x05 Amen
Yes, Prime Minister
2x04 A Conflict of Interest
1x04 Invasion of the Secret Santas!
1x06 Enter the Outsiders!
I sort of have and sort of haven't caught up with Channel 5's airings now -- they've also had six episodes, but skipped the Christmas one (understandably). So... I mean, it doesn't matter, does it.
The Newsroom
1x05 Amen
Yes, Prime Minister
2x04 A Conflict of Interest
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
TV
Discovering Hergé
Documentary about the creator of Tintin, Georges Remi, aka Hergé, with specific focus on, well, Tintin.
It's a good informative piece, for my money. One review said it skirted round the controversies of his life, but to me it seemed those were the focus. It doesn't dwell on any one because it's 45 minutes and has more years than that to get through, but it seemed to me to skip past the Tintin books with less controversial content and focus on those that have provoked some debate. Which as it was about Herge and not Tintin seemed fair enough to me.
The Great British Bake Off
3x02 Bread
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Vexed
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Documentary about the creator of Tintin, Georges Remi, aka Hergé, with specific focus on, well, Tintin.
It's a good informative piece, for my money. One review said it skirted round the controversies of his life, but to me it seemed those were the focus. It doesn't dwell on any one because it's 45 minutes and has more years than that to get through, but it seemed to me to skip past the Tintin books with less controversial content and focus on those that have provoked some debate. Which as it was about Herge and not Tintin seemed fair enough to me.
The Great British Bake Off
3x02 Bread
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Vexed
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 21 August 2012
TV
Gates
1x02 Episode 2
Horrible Histories
4x11 Episode 11
Person of Interest
1x01 Pilot
So good it prompted US network CBS to move perenially-popular CSI out of its time slot for the first time in a decade, Person of Interest is a crime series with a difference: they're trying to prevent crimes, not solve them. It's always tough to judge a show from its pilot -- this could become just case-of-the-week filler, with the danger of becoming po-faced about it; but there's enough promise to keep going. And considering the people behind Lost are involved, there's a remarkable lack of hints at A Big Story. Not even a season arc, never mind a take-over-the-whole-show one. Maybe that's all to come.
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]
1x02 Episode 2
Horrible Histories
4x11 Episode 11
Person of Interest
1x01 Pilot
So good it prompted US network CBS to move perenially-popular CSI out of its time slot for the first time in a decade, Person of Interest is a crime series with a difference: they're trying to prevent crimes, not solve them. It's always tough to judge a show from its pilot -- this could become just case-of-the-week filler, with the danger of becoming po-faced about it; but there's enough promise to keep going. And considering the people behind Lost are involved, there's a remarkable lack of hints at A Big Story. Not even a season arc, never mind a take-over-the-whole-show one. Maybe that's all to come.
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]
Monday, 20 August 2012
TV
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
1x03 Evil Under the Sea!
1x05 Day of the Dark Knight!
I don't know what Aquaman was like in the comics before, but his New 52 incarnation is certainly nothing like this! If you've seen Thor, essentially it's Thor and Loki. I didn't even know Aquaman had a brother.
And in the next episode, Green Lantern proves to be even more annoying than in his film, and Green Arrow isn't that likeable either. There's a lesson here...
(For some reason my download has episode five as episode four and episode four as episode five. Dunno why. Either way, next one's Christmas themed.)
Suburgatory
1x05 Halloween
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
1x03 Evil Under the Sea!
1x05 Day of the Dark Knight!
I don't know what Aquaman was like in the comics before, but his New 52 incarnation is certainly nothing like this! If you've seen Thor, essentially it's Thor and Loki. I didn't even know Aquaman had a brother.
And in the next episode, Green Lantern proves to be even more annoying than in his film, and Green Arrow isn't that likeable either. There's a lesson here...
(For some reason my download has episode five as episode four and episode four as episode five. Dunno why. Either way, next one's Christmas themed.)
Suburgatory
1x05 Halloween
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
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