Doctor Who
36x06 Extremis
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Elementary
5x23 Scrambled
Saturday, 20 May 2017
Films
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2017 #12
Maybe it's just nostalgia talking now that the film's 11 years old (where does time go?!), but I think this might be the first time I've properly enjoyed Dead Man's Chest, rather than merely thinking it was muddled but OK.
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2017 #12
Maybe it's just nostalgia talking now that the film's 11 years old (where does time go?!), but I think this might be the first time I've properly enjoyed Dead Man's Chest, rather than merely thinking it was muddled but OK.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Five additions this week, one of which is a Blu-ray to Blu-ray upgrade with the same number of films and same number of discs, so it's completely invisible. Except on my shelf.
Number of titles in collection: 1,978 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,185 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 793 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 5,047 [up 5]
Number of films: 2,184 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 7,697 [no change]
Number of short films: 559 [up 25]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Five additions this week, one of which is a Blu-ray to Blu-ray upgrade with the same number of films and same number of discs, so it's completely invisible. Except on my shelf.
Number of titles in collection: 1,978 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,185 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 793 [up 4]
Number of discs in collection: 5,047 [up 5]
Number of films: 2,184 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 7,697 [no change]
Number of short films: 559 [up 25]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 19 May 2017
TV
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
4x06 Episode 6
The Kettering Incident
1x01 Anna
Described by some as the Aussie answer to Twin Peaks, which isn't an itch that particularly needs scratching right now! Oh well.
4x06 Episode 6
The Kettering Incident
1x01 Anna
Described by some as the Aussie answer to Twin Peaks, which isn't an itch that particularly needs scratching right now! Oh well.
Films
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
[4th watch]
Rewatchathon 2017 #11
Can't remember the last time I watched this, but it was before this blog began -- and that was 9 years ago this month, which more than likely means it's been over a decade. Where does time go?! On a similar note, it's been six years since I watched any of the Pirates films. With a new one imminent, it's an exceptionally good time to get round to a revisit.
Anyway, the first is a great movie. In fact, as a blockbuster action-adventure, I'd say it's pretty much perfect.
[4th watch]
Rewatchathon 2017 #11
Can't remember the last time I watched this, but it was before this blog began -- and that was 9 years ago this month, which more than likely means it's been over a decade. Where does time go?! On a similar note, it's been six years since I watched any of the Pirates films. With a new one imminent, it's an exceptionally good time to get round to a revisit.
Anyway, the first is a great movie. In fact, as a blockbuster action-adventure, I'd say it's pretty much perfect.
Thursday, 18 May 2017
TV
Cowboy Bebop
1x23 Brain Scratch
Grantchester
3x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Who Dares Wins
10x04 (13/5/17 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x23 Brain Scratch
Grantchester
3x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]
Who Dares Wins
10x04 (13/5/17 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
TV
Cowboy Bebop
1x21 Boogie Woogie Feng Shui
1x22 Cowboy Funk
It's been nine months since I last watched any Bebop. Where does time go?! There are only four episodes left now -- maybe this time I'll actually finish it!
Elementary
5x22 Moving Targets
Our Friend Victoria
1x06 Fame [series finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x21 Boogie Woogie Feng Shui
1x22 Cowboy Funk
It's been nine months since I last watched any Bebop. Where does time go?! There are only four episodes left now -- maybe this time I'll actually finish it!
Elementary
5x22 Moving Targets
Our Friend Victoria
1x06 Fame [series finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Films
Twin Peaks (1990)
[#70 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
aka Twin Peaks: Pilot (International Version)
This is the first time I've watched the extended standalone version of Twin Peaks' pilot episode, but the 4th time I've watched the pilot fullstop.
[#70 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
aka Twin Peaks: Pilot (International Version)
This is the first time I've watched the extended standalone version of Twin Peaks' pilot episode, but the 4th time I've watched the pilot fullstop.
Monday, 15 May 2017
Sunday, 14 May 2017
TV
The British Academy Television Awards 2017
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Flash
3x20 I Know Who You Are
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Flash
3x20 I Know Who You Are
Films
Prometheus 3D (2012)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2017 #10
Coincidentally, it's 4½ years to the day since I first watched this. This is the first time in 3D, though. It was good. The 3D, that is. The film is still muddled.
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2017 #10
Coincidentally, it's 4½ years to the day since I first watched this. This is the first time in 3D, though. It was good. The 3D, that is. The film is still muddled.
this week on 100 Films
3 brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Hell or High Water (2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Prometheus 3D (2012)
More next Sunday.
Hell or High Water (2016)
I don’t think it would be unkind to describe Hell or High Water as a genre picture: it’s a crime thriller about bank robbers and the police out to catch them, with its setting and tone also bringing something of the Western... There is something more to it than that though, which might explain its slightly incongruous presence among 2017’s Best Picture nominees. In part it’s a social drama, the characters’ motivations based in very topical concerns... In another part it’s a character drama. Indeed, the acting is the best part.Read more here.
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
I really wanted to enjoy this, because I have a soft spot for the original. Sure, it’s cheesy as hell, but mostly the cheese works thanks to an earnestness and some degree of emotion... This follow-up wants to do the same thing on a bigger scale, and it is indeed even cheesier at times, but not in the same likeable way. If the first is a tasty chunk of mature cheddar (which, for the purposes of this analogy, we’re going to say it is) then the second is a thin slice of processed burger cheese.Read more here.
Prometheus 3D (2012)
Watching in 3D is never going to gloss over Prometheus’ more fundamental flaws — it’s never going to make up for issues with the screenplay or the edit. What you do get is a sense that effort was made to make the 3D experience worthwhile. It may be an inessential component of the movie (a virtual necessity when there will always be people watching in 2D, of course), but it’s one that nonetheless adds an appreciable extra dimension.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 13 May 2017
TV
Doctor Who
36x05 Oxygen
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Eurovision Song Contest: Kiev 2017
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
36x05 Oxygen
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Eurovision Song Contest: Kiev 2017
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Films
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
[#68 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
A 90-minute selection of deleted scenes from Fire Walk with Me, which some people reckon work as a film in their own right, but they don't. They're still interesting though, and make a good companion piece to FWWM.
[#68 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
A 90-minute selection of deleted scenes from Fire Walk with Me, which some people reckon work as a film in their own right, but they don't. They're still interesting though, and make a good companion piece to FWWM.
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