The Good Life
4x07 Anniversary [season finale]
Horrible Histories
4x13 Savage Songs [season finale]
Ripper Street
1x08 What Use Our Work [season finale]
All resolved, while also leaving almost every character and storyline potentially open for more. Neat.
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Films
Akira (1988)
[2nd watch]
I'm not sure when I first (and last) watched Akira, but it's somewhere in the region of 10 or more years ago. I didn't really get it then -- I thought it had some impressive visuals but was otherwise overhyped -- and, truth be told, I didn't completely understand the ending now (does anyone?)
However, I found the rest of the film a lot more followable, and I liked it a lot more for that. The animation is still stunning, so is the sound (watched in Japanese rather than English this time out), and I'm sure it has much to say if you want to read into it. Even as just an out-there sci-fi movie centred around the friendship between two outcasts, though, it has plenty going for it.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
[#62 in 100 Films in a Year 2013]
[2nd watch]
I'm not sure when I first (and last) watched Akira, but it's somewhere in the region of 10 or more years ago. I didn't really get it then -- I thought it had some impressive visuals but was otherwise overhyped -- and, truth be told, I didn't completely understand the ending now (does anyone?)
However, I found the rest of the film a lot more followable, and I liked it a lot more for that. The animation is still stunning, so is the sound (watched in Japanese rather than English this time out), and I'm sure it has much to say if you want to read into it. Even as just an out-there sci-fi movie centred around the friendship between two outcasts, though, it has plenty going for it.
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
[#62 in 100 Films in a Year 2013]
this week on 100 Films
Two brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week...
Battleship (2012)
Underdog (2007)
And new to the new blog...
The Illusionist (2006)
True Grit (1969)
More next Sunday.
Battleship (2012)
something to do with an alien invasion and they do it at sea and there’s only one ship that can stop them but the only person who can command it is the young loudmouth playboy recruit who has so much potential but never fully realises it… until now! Honestly, it’s that clichédRead more here.
Underdog (2007)
The film is widely disliked, it seems, with a very low rating on IMDb; but I thought it was actually good fun. It’s a kids’ comedy-adventure, but it also has enough wit and charm to see it through for some older viewers.Read more here.
And new to the new blog...
The Illusionist (2006)
The story — you remember those? It’s the bit between the attention-grabbing opening and preposterous-twist finale — is mediocre with or without the finale. It’s a something-and-nothing account of a Poor Boy who loves a Rich Girl he can’t have and… oh, I can’t even be bothered to explain it.Read more here.
True Grit (1969)
Mattie Ross is a great character — plain speaking, knows her own mind, ready & prepared for anything… Kim Darby was 21 at the time but is completely convincing not only as a 14-year-old but as a 14-year-old who’s wise beyond her years.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 13 July 2013
TV
Jo Brand's Great Wall of Comedy
1x03 Episode Three
1x04 Episode Four
Mock the Week
12x05 (11/7/13 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Ripper Street
1x07 A Man of My Company
Top Gear
20x02 (7/7/13 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
1x03 Episode Three
1x04 Episode Four
Mock the Week
12x05 (11/7/13 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Ripper Street
1x07 A Man of My Company
Top Gear
20x02 (7/7/13 edition)
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
It's the monthly running time update this week, and a couple of last-minute additions have done their bit: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, with two cuts of the film totalling over four hours; and Cloud Atlas, which runs nearly three hours itself. So without further ado...
Number of titles in collection: 1,581 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,168 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 413 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 3,947 [up 6]
Number of films in collection: 1,693 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 5,782 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 382 [up 2]
And...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
283 days, 5 hours, and 39 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 8 hours, and 6 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
It's the monthly running time update this week, and a couple of last-minute additions have done their bit: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, with two cuts of the film totalling over four hours; and Cloud Atlas, which runs nearly three hours itself. So without further ado...
Number of titles in collection: 1,581 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,168 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 413 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 3,947 [up 6]
Number of films in collection: 1,693 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 5,782 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 382 [up 2]
And...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
283 days, 5 hours, and 39 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 8 hours, and 6 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 12 July 2013
TV
Case Histories
2x03 Jackson and the Women [season finale]
Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton
Part 4 (of 4)
Finished!
How I Met Your Mother
8x24 Something New [season finale]
Big unexpected reveal! ...when it was shown in America. Pretty well known about by now.
And now, only one season left...
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
2x03 Jackson and the Women [season finale]
Comic Relief's Big Chat with Graham Norton
Part 4 (of 4)
Finished!
How I Met Your Mother
8x24 Something New [season finale]
Big unexpected reveal! ...when it was shown in America. Pretty well known about by now.
And now, only one season left...
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Thursday, 11 July 2013
Films
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976/1978)
[#61 in 100 Films in a Year 2013]
The re-edited shorter version, sometimes known as the director's cut (inaccurately, apparently).
[#61 in 100 Films in a Year 2013]
The re-edited shorter version, sometimes known as the director's cut (inaccurately, apparently).
Articles
Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Special Will Be “Feature Length” Confirms Moffat
by Dave Golder (from SFX)
"I think you could call it movie-length, yeah. I mean, I’m saying that with a slight hint of vagueness because I don’t know the finished running time. [Laughs] It’s certainly well over an hour."
What's the betting on it being something like 1 hour 20, then? Well over an hour but maybe not quite as long as a movie these days...
Moffat also goes on to talk about what the interaction of the two Doctors is like, some hints about how the next regeneration will play out, what they're doing about Matt Smith's hair, and that the next Doctor will be publicly announced pretty much as soon as he's cast.
by Dave Golder (from SFX)
"I think you could call it movie-length, yeah. I mean, I’m saying that with a slight hint of vagueness because I don’t know the finished running time. [Laughs] It’s certainly well over an hour."
What's the betting on it being something like 1 hour 20, then? Well over an hour but maybe not quite as long as a movie these days...
Moffat also goes on to talk about what the interaction of the two Doctors is like, some hints about how the next regeneration will play out, what they're doing about Matt Smith's hair, and that the next Doctor will be publicly announced pretty much as soon as he's cast.
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
TV
Jo Brand's Great Wall of Comedy
1x02 Episode Two
Luther
3x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
2x08 Episode 8 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Ripper Street
1x06 Tournament of Shadows
1x02 Episode Two
Luther
3x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
2x08 Episode 8 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Ripper Street
1x06 Tournament of Shadows
Articles
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen Coming To Fox With Put Pilot Order
by Brett White (from MTV Splash Page)
Oh yeah, US network TV can totally do this faithfully.
by Brett White (from MTV Splash Page)
Hopefully this pilot will stay a bit more faithful to Moore and O'Neill's work, as opposed to the film which took a number of liberties with the source material.
Oh yeah, US network TV can totally do this faithfully.
Tuesday, 9 July 2013
TV
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.]
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.]
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.]
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