Dexter
7x12 Surprise, Motherfucker! [season finale]
Another surprising finale. Well, actually, I dunno how surprising it was, but it was certainly twisty and went places the show hasn't yet gone. In some respects, though, it didn't feel like a finale. It'll be interesting to see if next season just picks up where this left off and runs with it, or if they're going to attempt to differentiate it with new big arc plots. Considering this season had several and they came and went at a different rate to normal, I wouldn't be surprised if the final two seasons didn't still feel like one long one.
Jo Brand's Great Wall of Comedy
1x01 Episode One
Hm.
Mock the Week
12x04 (4/7/13 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
Articles
A Field In England multiplatform release: the results
(from Film4 Blog)
How the innovative release fared. In short: very well.
(from Film4 Blog)
How the innovative release fared. In short: very well.
Monday, 8 July 2013
TV
Dexter
7x11 Do You See What I See?
Top Gear
20x01 (30/6/13 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
7x11 Do You See What I See?
Top Gear
20x01 (30/6/13 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
The Lone Ranger gives Disney a bumpy ride
by Ben Child (from the Guardian)
I think this is something a lot of people actually saw coming... apart from Disney, it seems, who were blinded by the 'Pirates reunion' factor -- apparently forgetting that the last Pirates only did OK at the US box office; and though it made a shedload around the world, Westerns never do well outside the US... or inside the US, these days.
by Ben Child (from the Guardian)
Johnny Depp-starring western's low box office yield looks set to lose studio more than $150m
I think this is something a lot of people actually saw coming... apart from Disney, it seems, who were blinded by the 'Pirates reunion' factor -- apparently forgetting that the last Pirates only did OK at the US box office; and though it made a shedload around the world, Westerns never do well outside the US... or inside the US, these days.
Sunday, 7 July 2013
TV
How I Met Your Mother
8x23 Something Old
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Wimbledon 2013
I don't imagine you need me to tell you what happened.
[Watch the mens' final, and many other matches, on iPlayer.]
8x23 Something Old
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Wimbledon 2013
I don't imagine you need me to tell you what happened.
[Watch the mens' final, and many other matches, on iPlayer.]
this week on 100 Films
The only thing posted to 100 Films in a Year this week was the June update. But that's full o' fun, so there you go.
Hopefully, more next Sunday.
Hopefully, more next Sunday.
Saturday, 6 July 2013
TV
Dexter
7x10 The Dark...Whatever
Thank goodness they avoided the obvious 'twist' with the fire inspector! Feels like a rare moment of unobviousness for this season, to me. But you can tell the writers know they're getting near the end (this being one of the closing episodes of the penultimate season), what with ditching one of the entire series' main conceits (the clue's in the title).
The Good Life
4x06 Sweet & Sour Charity
Wimbledon 2013
Poor Lisicki, but the way Bartoli played meant she really did deserve it.
[Watch the ladies' final, and many other matches, on iPlayer.]
7x10 The Dark...Whatever
Thank goodness they avoided the obvious 'twist' with the fire inspector! Feels like a rare moment of unobviousness for this season, to me. But you can tell the writers know they're getting near the end (this being one of the closing episodes of the penultimate season), what with ditching one of the entire series' main conceits (the clue's in the title).
The Good Life
4x06 Sweet & Sour Charity
Wimbledon 2013
Poor Lisicki, but the way Bartoli played meant she really did deserve it.
[Watch the ladies' final, and many other matches, on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A busy old week, this one. As I mentioned last time, I had a few things in the post. While a couple trickled in during the week, the vast majority (seven of the nine additions) arrived on Friday and Saturday, meaning a bit of last-minute totting up before posting this. How exciting.
The biggest addition must be The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-ray set. I'm keeping my DVDs (sentimentality, pretty packaging, that kind of reason), so it just adds to the numbers -- and it adds 15 discs, primarily.
Number of titles in collection: 1,579 [up 9]
Of which DVDs: 1,168 [up 3]
Of which Blu-rays: 411 [up 6]
Number of discs in collection: 3,941 [up 24]
Number of films in collection: 1,690 [up 8]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 5,782 [up 9]
Number of short films in collection: 380 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader, when a running time update will see what difference all of this has made to that.
A busy old week, this one. As I mentioned last time, I had a few things in the post. While a couple trickled in during the week, the vast majority (seven of the nine additions) arrived on Friday and Saturday, meaning a bit of last-minute totting up before posting this. How exciting.
The biggest addition must be The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-ray set. I'm keeping my DVDs (sentimentality, pretty packaging, that kind of reason), so it just adds to the numbers -- and it adds 15 discs, primarily.
Number of titles in collection: 1,579 [up 9]
Of which DVDs: 1,168 [up 3]
Of which Blu-rays: 411 [up 6]
Number of discs in collection: 3,941 [up 24]
Number of films in collection: 1,690 [up 8]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 5,782 [up 9]
Number of short films in collection: 380 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader, when a running time update will see what difference all of this has made to that.
Thursday, 4 July 2013
Comics
Batman '66 #1 by Jeff Parker & Jonathan Case
The new digital-first series. I was going to buy it in print, but now that I have an iPad and I read that it was very much designed for digital (with animations 'n' all that) I decided to pick it up this way. And it was fun, evoking the mood of the '60s TV show well (as it's meant to, of course). Be interesting to see how it translates to print, but I dunno if it'd be interesting enough to pay for again.
You can get it on Comixology (of course). For those unfamiliar, do be aware that it's a weekly series (three times a month) and each three parts form one story. So while issue one is only 99¢ (69p), you'll need three for each complete story.
The new digital-first series. I was going to buy it in print, but now that I have an iPad and I read that it was very much designed for digital (with animations 'n' all that) I decided to pick it up this way. And it was fun, evoking the mood of the '60s TV show well (as it's meant to, of course). Be interesting to see how it translates to print, but I dunno if it'd be interesting enough to pay for again.
You can get it on Comixology (of course). For those unfamiliar, do be aware that it's a weekly series (three times a month) and each three parts form one story. So while issue one is only 99¢ (69p), you'll need three for each complete story.
Articles
A Field in England, review
by Robbie Collin (from the Telegraph)
Collin always comes across as pretty irritating as a person on TV or wherever, and this review's positivity is at odds with the more muted responses I've encountered elsewhere, but it's still an entertaining read.
by Robbie Collin (from the Telegraph)
Collin always comes across as pretty irritating as a person on TV or wherever, and this review's positivity is at odds with the more muted responses I've encountered elsewhere, but it's still an entertaining read.
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
TV
Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton
Part 4 (of 4)
Just a little bit left now...
Dexter
7x09 Helter Skelter
Much like 24, I like it better when Dexter does whole-season-long plots rather than these coming-and-going few-episode-long ones.
Part 4 (of 4)
Just a little bit left now...
Dexter
7x09 Helter Skelter
Much like 24, I like it better when Dexter does whole-season-long plots rather than these coming-and-going few-episode-long ones.
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
TV
Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton
Part 4 (of 4)
Not all of it -- it's two hours. But soon, soon it shall be over.
Dexter
7x08 Argentina
I've not quite been seeing what everyone else so loved about this season, but it felt to me like it kinda got moving in this instalment.
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
2x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Part 4 (of 4)
Not all of it -- it's two hours. But soon, soon it shall be over.
Dexter
7x08 Argentina
I've not quite been seeing what everyone else so loved about this season, but it felt to me like it kinda got moving in this instalment.
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
2x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Monday, 1 July 2013
Films
Touch of Evil: Reconstructed Version (1958/1998)
[#58 in 100 Films in a Year 2013]
I watched this late last night, so I'm counting it as June for the purposes of 100 Films...
[#58 in 100 Films in a Year 2013]
I watched this late last night, so I'm counting it as June for the purposes of 100 Films...
Sunday, 30 June 2013
TV
Agatha Christie's Marple
6x02 Greenshaw's Folly
A bit slow in the second half, but otherwise a good one -- with a nicely traditional everyone-in-the-drawing-room explain-it-all denouement. Yay.
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
The Good Life
4x05 Suit Yourself
Mad Men
6x13 In Care Of [season finale]
Helluva finale. Didn't see a lot of that coming, because I thought they were on the path of "the fall of Don Draper" to end the whole show with next season. But maybe he'll now be redeemed? Can't wait to find out.
6x02 Greenshaw's Folly
A bit slow in the second half, but otherwise a good one -- with a nicely traditional everyone-in-the-drawing-room explain-it-all denouement. Yay.
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
The Good Life
4x05 Suit Yourself
Mad Men
6x13 In Care Of [season finale]
Helluva finale. Didn't see a lot of that coming, because I thought they were on the path of "the fall of Don Draper" to end the whole show with next season. But maybe he'll now be redeemed? Can't wait to find out.
this week on 100 Films
Four brand new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week! They were...
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (2012)
Final Destination 5 (2011)
Flightplan (2005)
Plus, new to the new blog...
Spider-Man 2.1 (2004/2007)
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Stardust (2007)
More next Sunday.
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Andrew Garfield dons the webbed onesie for an unwarranted reboot of the only-one-decade-old Spider-Man film franchise, retelling his origins… but with a twist! Cos, y’know, the last version was only out about 10 minutes ago.Read more here.
Dungeons & Dragons: The Book of Vile Darkness (2012)
it is rubbish… I suppose… Thing is, it sort of grew on me. After a start that looks like a fan film shot in someone’s garden, by the time our hero teams up with a ragtag gang of evil-doers it begins to come together.Read more here.
Final Destination 5 (2011)
this feels fresher than the dire fourth film. Not much, perhaps, but it has a few more twists on the formula. That said, it’s generally a very tired format now — the identikit plot is merely a delivery medium for more varied deaths.Read more here.
Flightplan (2005)
Notorious (to me) for unjustly beating Serenity to #1 at the US box office (a slight we Brits can proudly say went unrepeated), this plane-based uncredited remake of The Lady Vanishes is the kind of film that’s a 12 for no real reason. It contains “moderate violence and suspense”. Wow.Read more here.
Plus, new to the new blog...
Spider-Man 2.1 (2004/2007)
Shortly before the release of the threequel, Spider-Man 2 returned to DVD in this newly extended form. What’s there? Not much.Read more here.
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
Spider-Man 3 carries the distinct air of a group of people trying to recapture former glories, and the fun they had achieving them, and failing on both counts.Read more here.
Stardust (2007)
Perhaps the simplest way to describe Stardust is as “the British Princess Bride”. That may do it a disservice however, as this is sufficiently its own beast to stand apart from such (admittedly lofty) comparisons, and be much more than a simple rehash with different accents.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 29 June 2013
TV
Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton
Part 3 (of 4)
Would I Lie To You?
7x08 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Part 3 (of 4)
Would I Lie To You?
7x08 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
If Films Were Reviewed Like Video Games
by Dennis Farrell (from Something Awful)
Hilarity at the expense of gamers ensues...
by Dennis Farrell (from Something Awful)
Hilarity at the expense of gamers ensues...
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