Brooklyn Nine-Nine
1x22 Charges and Specs [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Celebrity Fifteen to One
1x04 (27/6/2014 edition) [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Mad Men
7x05 The Runaways
Sunday, 29 June 2014
this week on 100 Films
No brand-new reviews on 100 Films in a Year this week, but there were two new to the new blog...
Hard Candy (2005)
The Invasion (2007)
More next Sunday.
Hard Candy (2005)
The viewer’s never quite sure of any fact about either of the two characters; never quite sure if they’re being genuine or at any moment will undermine their present emotion with the revelation it’s just an act, an attempt to fool the other.Read more here.
The Invasion (2007)
Much of the dialogue is on the level of bad exposition, but, to rub salt in the wound, it explains things we’ve already been shown. Normally reliable actors turn in flat performances with such an awkward script, which ponderously works its way through a plot that’s far too slow-moving considering how obvious it is.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 28 June 2014
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week!
Network's Buster Keaton set (just £7 direct from them), which compliments Masters of Cinema's set nicely. Well, kinda: all 17 of the short films on Network's set are already in MoC's, but in addition to that there's 11 Keaton feature films and a feature-length 1968 documentary about him. Still good value, as far as I'm concerned.
And!
Hulk Vs. on Blu-ray, which while sold as a feature actually contains two shorter films: Hulk vs. Wolverine and Hulk vs. Thor. Thanks to technicalities of running time, however, Hulk vs. Wolverine would count as a short film (running under 40 minutes) while Hulk vs. Thor would count as a feature film (running over 40 minutes), so (naturally) that's how I've listed them.
Number of titles in collection: 1,684 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,201 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 483 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 4,185 [up 7]
Number of films in collection: 1,819 [up 13]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,147 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 432 [up 18]
See you next week, faithful reader.
This week!
Network's Buster Keaton set (just £7 direct from them), which compliments Masters of Cinema's set nicely. Well, kinda: all 17 of the short films on Network's set are already in MoC's, but in addition to that there's 11 Keaton feature films and a feature-length 1968 documentary about him. Still good value, as far as I'm concerned.
And!
Hulk Vs. on Blu-ray, which while sold as a feature actually contains two shorter films: Hulk vs. Wolverine and Hulk vs. Thor. Thanks to technicalities of running time, however, Hulk vs. Wolverine would count as a short film (running under 40 minutes) while Hulk vs. Thor would count as a feature film (running over 40 minutes), so (naturally) that's how I've listed them.
Number of titles in collection: 1,684 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,201 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 483 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 4,185 [up 7]
Number of films in collection: 1,819 [up 13]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,147 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 432 [up 18]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 27 June 2014
TV
Have I Got News For You
47x09 (30/5/2014 edition; extended repeat) [season finale]
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
2x02 The RAF Reunion
47x09 (30/5/2014 edition; extended repeat) [season finale]
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
2x02 The RAF Reunion
Thursday, 26 June 2014
TV
Celebrity Fifteen to One
1x03 (20/6/2014 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Friday Night Dinner
3x01 The Girlfriend
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
2x01 Cliffhanger
1x03 (20/6/2014 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Friday Night Dinner
3x01 The Girlfriend
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
2x01 Cliffhanger
Wednesday, 25 June 2014
Tuesday, 24 June 2014
TV
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
6x03 (20/6/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
How I Met Your Mother
9x20 Daisy
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
The Mimic
1x01 Episode 1
1x02 Episode 2
Missed this when it was on originally, but I seemed to remember wanting to give it a go, so when I stumbled across it on on demand I thought I would. It's about someone who does impressions, but instead of doing the usual sketch show they've created a sitcom. It's adequate... which is about the same quality as the impressions, to be honest. (It did get recommissioned... though the "early 2014" broadcast obviously didn't happen.)
[Watch episodes one and two (again) on 4oD.]
6x03 (20/6/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
How I Met Your Mother
9x20 Daisy
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
The Mimic
1x01 Episode 1
1x02 Episode 2
Missed this when it was on originally, but I seemed to remember wanting to give it a go, so when I stumbled across it on on demand I thought I would. It's about someone who does impressions, but instead of doing the usual sketch show they've created a sitcom. It's adequate... which is about the same quality as the impressions, to be honest. (It did get recommissioned... though the "early 2014" broadcast obviously didn't happen.)
[Watch episodes one and two (again) on 4oD.]
Sunday, 22 June 2014
this week on 100 Films
Onebrand-new review was published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and it was...
Wallander: The Troubled Man (2013)
Plus, new to the new blog...
The International (2009)
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
More next Sunday.
Wallander: The Troubled Man (2013)
Krister Henriksson returns as the Swedish detective for a third and final series of mysteries, starting with this final theatrically-released episode, based on the final Wallander novel. Yes, there is a sense of finality here — albeit one not reached just yet.Read more here.
Plus, new to the new blog...
The International (2009)
A lot of scenes involve people explaining the plot to each other, or discoursing in clichés about why they’re going to be thrown off the case or justice is an illusion or whatever. In a rare moment of something approaching innovation, we don’t have to suffer a romance between the two leads because she’s happily married, as we’re briefly shown early on. It should be something of a concern when one of a film’s high points is something it doesn’t do.Read more here.
Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)
The humour is a mixture of schoolboy toilet gags, general silliness/quirkiness, and rock/culture references — undoubtedly, therefore, your mental age will dictate which bits (if any) you laugh at.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 21 June 2014
Films
Troy (2004)
[#18 in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
[3rd watch]
Not the whole thing, and I didn't mean to watch it! I was flicking to see what was on, thought "that's a slightly odd advert"... and it turned out to be Troy. I remember liking it (see my review of the Director's Cut), but today it struck me as quite poor in almost every regard: the script, the acting, the direction and production values -- more Hallmark mini-series than big-budget all-star blockbuster. Game of Thrones looks more expensive, and that's not just down to 10 years of technical improvements.
Still, I got suckered in, and it does have good stuff -- the battles and fights are really well staged, if nothing else. And I watched it to the end from when I joined (a good 2½-3 hours, with ad breaks), so there's clearly something there.
[#18 in 100 Films in a Year 2008]
[3rd watch]
Not the whole thing, and I didn't mean to watch it! I was flicking to see what was on, thought "that's a slightly odd advert"... and it turned out to be Troy. I remember liking it (see my review of the Director's Cut), but today it struck me as quite poor in almost every regard: the script, the acting, the direction and production values -- more Hallmark mini-series than big-budget all-star blockbuster. Game of Thrones looks more expensive, and that's not just down to 10 years of technical improvements.
Still, I got suckered in, and it does have good stuff -- the battles and fights are really well staged, if nothing else. And I watched it to the end from when I joined (a good 2½-3 hours, with ad breaks), so there's clearly something there.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
All the neat, fairly-rounded numbers of last week (1680, 1200, 480...) go flying this week -- as they all inevitably do -- with two new Blu-rays.
Number of titles in collection: 1,682 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,200 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 482 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 4,178 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,807 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,147 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 414 [up 4]
See you next week, faithful reader.
All the neat, fairly-rounded numbers of last week (1680, 1200, 480...) go flying this week -- as they all inevitably do -- with two new Blu-rays.
Number of titles in collection: 1,682 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,200 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 482 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 4,178 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,807 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,147 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 414 [up 4]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 20 June 2014
TV
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
1x05 Jarvis Cocker's BritPop Herd [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Dave OD.]
1x05 Jarvis Cocker's BritPop Herd [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Dave OD.]
Thursday, 19 June 2014
TV
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
1x04 Until I'm Married or You're Dead
That was good. Wish I'd watched the rest of the series now.
[Watch it (again) on Dave OD.]
1x04 Until I'm Married or You're Dead
That was good. Wish I'd watched the rest of the series now.
[Watch it (again) on Dave OD.]
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
TV
Penny Dreadful
1x01 Night Work
With Game of Thrones over for another year, here's what I'm hoping can be televisual methadone: much-anticipated, good-looking series from the creators of Skyfall (writer John Logan, who creates and writes, and director Sam Mendes, who exec produces) set in Victorian England about Dracula and Frankenstein and all that kind of stuff existing together. Interesting first episode, but it's clearly only just getting going, so we'll see. It would help if the direction didn't use some of the same tricks multiple times...
1x01 Night Work
With Game of Thrones over for another year, here's what I'm hoping can be televisual methadone: much-anticipated, good-looking series from the creators of Skyfall (writer John Logan, who creates and writes, and director Sam Mendes, who exec produces) set in Victorian England about Dracula and Frankenstein and all that kind of stuff existing together. Interesting first episode, but it's clearly only just getting going, so we'll see. It would help if the direction didn't use some of the same tricks multiple times...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014
Monday, 16 June 2014
TV
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
6x02 (13/6/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Game of Thrones
4x10 The Children [season finale]
And that's it for another year! As usual, some satisfying conclusions (of a sort), while other stuff is left brazenly hanging. It's almost enough to make you want to dive straight into the books... were it not for the fact that at this point they've deviated so much there's no choice but to read the whole darn thing, not just start with Book 4. (I do want to read the books, mind, but no one's getting straight to 'new' stuff if they're only starting now!)
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1x06 The Psychiatrist
6x02 (13/6/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Game of Thrones
4x10 The Children [season finale]
And that's it for another year! As usual, some satisfying conclusions (of a sort), while other stuff is left brazenly hanging. It's almost enough to make you want to dive straight into the books... were it not for the fact that at this point they've deviated so much there's no choice but to read the whole darn thing, not just start with Book 4. (I do want to read the books, mind, but no one's getting straight to 'new' stuff if they're only starting now!)
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
1x06 The Psychiatrist
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