TV

Duck Quacks Don't Echo
4x05 Episode 5

Films

Blair Witch (2016)
[#66 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

Elementary
5x21 Fly Into a Rage, Make a Bad Landing

Our Friend Victoria
1x03 Sex
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Twin Peaks
2x21 Episode 28 aka Miss Twin Peaks, aka The Night of the Decision
2x22 Episode 29 aka Beyond Life and Death [series finale]
Or "season finale", depending how you want to count the imminent revival.

Films

Four Lions (2010)
[#65 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

Articles

'Peak' Performance
by Maureen Ryan (from Variety)
Talking of the Twin Peaks revival, here's a good piece on how it came about and how it was done (kinda).

TV

Arrow
5x19 Dangerous Liaisons

Elementary
5x20 The Art of Sleights and Deception

Films

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
[#64 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

Grantchester
3x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Our Friend Victoria
1x02 People
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Twin Peaks
2x20 Episode 27 aka The Path to the Black Lodge

TV

Our Friend Victoria
1x01 Age
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Twin Peaks
2x19 Episode 26 aka Variations on Relations

Vera
7x04 The Blanket Mire [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

this week on 100 Films

It may be nearly a week ago now, but the past seven days saw the start of a new month, so it was time to look back on April at 100 Films in a Year...





After that, 4 brand-new reviews were published...


Elstree 1976 (2015)

In a studio near London in the summer of 1976, filming took place for a movie that the crew regarded as a children's flick and several cast members assumed would be a flop. They couldn't've been more wrong, because that film was Star Wars, probably the most influential movie of the last 40 years. You know the names of many of the people who were there: George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Alec Guinness… But there was also an army of supporting actors and extras. This is their story.

Read more here.


Green Room (2015)

The main point everyone seems to make about Green Room is how unbearably tense it is. Well, I can imagine it might’ve been pretty tense if I hadn’t spent the whole time struggling to work out what was going on from all the mumbled dialogue. It’s not helped by much of the early chatter being music scene gobbledegook. Is this what watching sci-fi feels like to normal people?

Read more here.


Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

The franchise that some thought might kill the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but which actually turned out to be one of its most popular successes, is back for the difficult second album. And difficult it is, because Guardians 2 takes a lot of what made that first movie work and ramps it up to 11, consequently slipping over into bouts of self-indulgence.

Read more here.


Nightcrawler (2014)

the film belongs to Jake Gyllenhaal. Wild-eyed, eager to please, but not quite right in how he interacts with other human beings, and with a real thirst for the gory profession he lands upon, Bloom has a sense of morality that is quite removed from the norm. From the start we’re in no doubt that this is a guy prepared to take relatively extreme measures to secure what he wants, but how far will he go?

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Collection Count

Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.

A slightly delayed update this week, due to some last-minute shenanigans with late arrivals, including one that needs to be returned.

In the end there were four additions this week, three new and one an identical (for the purposes of these stats) DVD-to-Blu-ray upgrade. But there's some additional jiggery-pokery too, because it seems I completely forgot to include a disc I received as a present months ago. Most unlike me.

I also did some overdue updates to my disc count, and discovered the version I had here was seven discs higher than in my other records. Not 100% sure which is right and which is wrong, but I'm going to side with the other one, so have updated this accordingly.

Number of titles in collection: 1,973 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,185 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 788 [up 5]

Number of discs in collection: 5,040 [down 1]
Number of films: 2,180 [up 7]
Number of TV episodes: 7,697 [no change]
Number of short films: 531 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Doctor Who
36x04 Knock Knock
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Flash
3x19 The Once and Future Flash

Twin Peaks
2x18 Episode 25 aka On the Wings of Love

TV

24: Legacy
1x12 11:00PM - 12:00PM [season finale]

Duck Quacks Don't Echo
4x04 Episode 4

Twin Peaks
2x17 Episode 24 aka Wounds and Scars

Films

Nightcrawler (2012)
[#63 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2017 #5

+ the Blu-ray's single featurette, which is quite interesting but sadly only five minutes long.

TV

24: Legacy
1x11 10:00PM - 11:00PM

TV

Twin Peaks
2x16 Episode 23 aka The Condemned Woman

TV

Twin Peaks
2x14 Episode 21 aka Double Play
2x15 Episode 22 aka Slaves and Masters

Vera
7x03 Broken Promise

Who Dares Wins
10x02 (29/4/17 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Car Share
2x04 Episode 4 [season finale]
Ooh, there'll be clamour for a third series after that!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Elementary
5x19 High Heat

Films

Back to the Future (1985)
[4th or so watch]
Rewatchathon 2017 #9. Finally playing the Blu-ray set I bought almost seven years ago! Man, time flies.

Split (2016)
[#62 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

24: Legacy
1x10 9:00PM - 10:00PM

Car Share
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Twin Peaks
2x13 Episode 20 aka Checkmate