TV

The Thick of It
The Rise of the Nutters [special]
Spinners and Losers [special]
Opposition Extra [special]
I'd forgotten how little of The Thick of It I'd actually seen. I knew I hadn't finished it and it was a while since I watched it, but I thought I'd got through a fair chunk not that long ago. Turns out, I watched only the first six episodes (after which there are 17 more) and that was almost three years ago. Crikey. I shake my head at myself sometimes, I really do. Anyway, here I try again — with episodes that first aired almost 11 years ago. Where does time go?!

Films

Silence (2016)
[#141 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

Red Dwarf
12x01 Cured

Films

Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (2008)
[#139 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

Train to Busan (2016)
[#140 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
aka Busanhaeng

Films

Vixen (2017)
[#137 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]
The Arrowverse shows are all back on UK TV this week, so I thought it was about time I caught up with this animated spin-off.

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
[#138 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

Upstart Crow
2x04 Food of Love
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Peaky Blinders
3x03 Episode 3

Films

Frost/Nixon (2008)
[#136 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

this week on 100 Films

2 brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...


Antz (1998)

it’s a funny old film. It feels more aimed at adults than kids: star Woody Allen is doing a version of his usual schtick, and the plot riffs heavily on political systems like Communism, a combination which means most of the jokes will soar over children’s heads. That’s before we get on to the brutal war sequence against monstrous termites.

Read more here.


Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

This is a movie with a lot to think about. It doesn’t do the thinking for you either, instead leaving space for the viewer to interpret not only what themes they should be thinking about but also what they should be thinking about those themes. This seems to have been a little too much for some viewers... It’s definitely a long film — a shade under 2 hours 45, though obviously there’s a fair chunk of credits... It’s not a mile-a-minute thrill ride of a movie, but I think it’s the length it needs to be. It leaves room for ideas to sink in.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Castle
8x03 PhDead

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
4x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Peaky Blinders
3x02 Episode 2

Upstart Crow
2x03 I Did Adore a Twinkling Star
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Assassin's Creed 3D (2016)
[#135 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

Collection Count

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

It's a super, heroic update this week, with new additions Wonder Woman and X-Men TV spin-off Legion. Also, the running time update, which has done fairly well for itself this past month.

Number of titles in collection: 2,039 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,171 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 868 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 5,227 [up 4]
Number of films: 2,271 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 7,945 [up 8]
Number of short films: 593 [no change]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
388 days, 17 hours, and 13 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 7 hours, and 6 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Castle
8x01 XY
8x02 XX

The Great British Bake Off
8x07 Italian Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Films

Manchester by the Sea (2016)
[#134 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

The Persuaders!
1x22 Nuisance Value

TV

Peaky Blinders
3x01 Episode 1

Upstart Crow
2x02 I Know Thee Not, Old Man
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Straight Story (1999)
[#133 in 100 Films in a Year 2017]

TV

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
4x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

The Musketeers
3x07 Fool's Gold

Films

Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
[4th watch]

Rewatchathon 2017 #39

TV

Doctor Foster
2x05 Episode 5 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Great British Bake Off
8x06 Pastry Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]