Jumanji (1995)
[3rd(?) watch]
Rewatchathon 2017 #29
Wednesday, 6 September 2017
Tuesday, 5 September 2017
Articles
‘Peaks’ TV: If This Was The End Of Twin Peaks, How Do We Feel About The Return?
by Alan Sepinwall & Keith Phipps (from Uproxx)
I spent about three hours this evening reading articles about the Twin Peaks finale. This is one of the better ones, because it's a discussion between someone who loved it and someone who doesn't. It also links to several of the others I read, if you're interested.
by Alan Sepinwall & Keith Phipps (from Uproxx)
I spent about three hours this evening reading articles about the Twin Peaks finale. This is one of the better ones, because it's a discussion between someone who loved it and someone who doesn't. It also links to several of the others I read, if you're interested.
Monday, 4 September 2017
Sunday, 3 September 2017
this week on 100 Films
A new month means it was time to look back at the last one on 100 Films in a Year this week, although it was a rather underwhelming August...
In part that was because it was a big week for TV, with The Defenders finally arriving on Netflix and the feature-length Game of Thrones finale too...
As well as that, 3 brand-new reviews were posted...
21 (2008)
Death Note (2017)
Jaws (1975)
More next Sunday.
In part that was because it was a big week for TV, with The Defenders finally arriving on Netflix and the feature-length Game of Thrones finale too...
As well as that, 3 brand-new reviews were posted...
21 (2008)
The true story has been mashed broadly into the heist movie template. Setting aside the veracity and treating it purely as an entertainment, this has pros and cons. Whenever it’s whizzing around in Vegas it’s kinda fun, with flashy camerawork and a slick feel for the excitement of being a successful high-roller. But when it puts that aside to get stuck into the characters’ thinly-drawn personal lives, it gets kinda dull.Read more here.
Death Note (2017)
Despite that reimagining status, it’s still understandably shackled to the broad shape of the original work. Consequently, it glosses over some of the more interesting implications of the premise in its rush to make Kira famous and introduce L. Partly that’s what happens when you condense so much story into just 100 minutes, but it’s also because it’s beholden to bringing in L and starting his cat-and-mouse game with Light.Read more here.
Jaws (1975)
It’s easy to start discussing Jaws in terms of it being the first summer blockbuster, or its troubled production, or the effect it had on audiences’ desire to go swimming. But divorced from all that, as a film in its own right, it’s a thrilling adventure movie — a man vs. a shark, when it comes down to it.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 2 September 2017
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Having said last week that it looked like there'd be nothing this time, I then went and ordered a bunch of things in Bank Holiday sales. Such is (my) life.
Number of titles in collection: 2,023 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,172 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 851 [up 5]
Number of discs in collection: 5,193 [up 6]
Number of films: 2,253 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes: 7,925 [up 15]
Number of short films: 588 [up 4]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Having said last week that it looked like there'd be nothing this time, I then went and ordered a bunch of things in Bank Holiday sales. Such is (my) life.
Number of titles in collection: 2,023 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,172 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 851 [up 5]
Number of discs in collection: 5,193 [up 6]
Number of films: 2,253 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes: 7,925 [up 15]
Number of short films: 588 [up 4]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 1 September 2017
Thursday, 31 August 2017
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Tuesday, 29 August 2017
Monday, 28 August 2017
TV
Designated Survivor
1x19 Misalliance
1x20 Bombshell
Game of Thrones
7x07 The Dragon and the Wolf [season finale]
1x19 Misalliance
1x20 Bombshell
Game of Thrones
7x07 The Dragon and the Wolf [season finale]
Sunday, 27 August 2017
this week on 100 Films
Just 2 brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Death Note (2006)
Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
More next Sunday.
Death Note (2006)
the Death Note is so all-powerful that there’s little drama in Light using it, especially as he isn’t morally conflicted himself — he’s sure he’s doing the right thing, despite people around him voicing their disagreement with Kira. The story therefore comes to focus on the battle between Light and L, a pair of self-proclaimed geniuses who work to constantly outwit each other. This is where the film begins to falter, because a lot of their supposed intelligence comes from leaps of logic designed to make them look clever.Read more here.
Death Note: The Last Name (2006)
Fundamentally, The Last Name resumes Light and L’s cat-and-mouse game in the same style as the first movie — in case you didn’t get it, near the start of the film their figurative chess game is represented by a literal chess game. This time there are the added complications of Light being on L’s team and the second Death Note being in play, which at least adds some variety.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
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