TV

The Comedy Lineup
1x08 Tim Dillon [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Disenchantment
1x05 Faster, Princess! Kill! Kill!
1x06 Swamp and Circumstance
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Edinburgh Nights
2018 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Zatoichi and the Chess Expert (1965)
[#181 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

The Comedy Lineup
1x02 Ian Karmel
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

TV

I've got a miserable cold, so all this comedy seemed like a good way to while away some time...

The Comedy Lineup
1x05 Phil Wang
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Dana Carvey: Straight White Male, 60
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Disenchantment
1x04 Castle Party Massacre
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Friends
1x20 The One with the Evil Orthodontist [goodness-knows-what-th watch]
A random episode courtesy of Comedy Central.

Jimmy Carr: Funny Business
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Magic for Humans
1x01 Self-Control
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

TV

Disenchantment
1x01 A Princess, an Elf, and a Demon Walk Into a Bar
1x02 For Whom the Pig Oinks
1x03 The Princess of Darkness
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

TV

Hang Ups
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

this week on 100 Films

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


Christopher Robin (2018)

There have been many Winnie the Pooh adaptations down the years, as well as original movies and TV series featuring the same characters, so rather than remake any of those, here Disney have set about telling another brand-new story (although it begins with an adaptation of one of A.A. Milne’s very best Pooh stories, which is nice). This new tale justifies its live-action form by moving beyond the confines of the Hundred Acre Wood; and it also, smartly, trades on our own childhood nostalgia for the silly old bear.

Read more here.


A Quiet Place (2018)

Its USP is the “must stay quiet” aspect, which reportedly led to less chatter and popcorn-munching during cinema screenings. If only all moviegoing experiences were so blessed. Of course, a similar conceit was only recently deployed in Don’t Breathe, but here the threat level is upped by the almost supernatural enemy. The film’s PG-13 rating in the US means it occasionally pulls its punches on going all-out terrifying, but, as the UK 15 certificate may indicate, it’s still loaded with sequences of tension and suspense.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Podcasts

The Empire Film Podcast
Mission: Impossible – Fallout Spoiler Special
Part 1 ft. Christopher McQuarrie
Part 2 ft. Team Empire

If you thought Empire's Rogue Nation podcast was long, well, Chrises Hewitt and McQuarrie have really outdone themselves here: Part One alone beats it, and Part Three (which I've barely started) is even longer again. In between, Part Two sees the Empire team chat about the film for a brief 48 minutes.

TV

Edinburgh Nights
2018 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience
8x03 Airline Cabin Crew
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Live Comedy

Hal Cruttenden: Chubster
at Pleasance Courtyard

Mark Simmons: One-Linererer
at The Banshee Labyrinth

Films

Christopher Robin (2018)
[#180 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

Live Comedy

AAA Batteries (Not Included)
at Just the Tonic

Shaken Not Stirred
at Just the Tonic

Dinner

The Kitchin

Last time I was in Edinburgh, we went to The Kitchin. This time... well, it was good!

(Looking that up made me realise I've been thoroughly inconsistent at logging this kind of activity -- mainly by, er, not.)

Films

Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2018 #31. This time in IMAX. It was rather awesome.

Films

Skyfall (2012)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2018 #30

Apparently I haven't watched this in five-and-a-half years (or, at least, haven't watched it in full -- I feel like I must've seen some of it in that time, surely). In fact, I didn't even watch all of it tonight -- I caught it on TV once it was already a little way in. Maybe I'll rewatch it 'properly' sometime soon.

Music

Synthesis by Evanescence

Only just found out about this album. I used to be a big fan of Evanescence back in the day. Now... well, I quite liked this. I wasn't sure the first time, but I've already listened to it a couple of times and it grew on me.

this week on 100 Films

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


When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

Written by the queen of the romcom, Nora Ephron, When Harry Met Sally is almost a deconstruction of the genre: its titular protagonists are just friends, but (the film asks) can a man and a woman ever be ‘just friends’? It perhaps feels like a dated question today, when almost 30 more years of gender equality have pushed heavily towards the answer being “yes, of course”, but that doesn’t matter for two very good reasons: first, the film still stands as an insight into the nature of relationships in the ’80s and ’90s; and second, it’s just a really good film.

Read more here.


Zatoichi and the Doomed Man (1965)

The eleventh film in the Zatoichi series is perhaps the first one that could legitimately be described as bad. It’s not outright terrible, but the plot doesn’t hold together very well, and there are only a couple of redeeming scenes.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Opera

Saul
at Glyndebourne

Collection Count

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

Despite what I said last week, this turns out to be a regular-ish-sized update -- stuff took longer than expect to arrive, basically. I'm also away from home currently, so it'll be a bit longer still before they get added.

Number of titles in collection: 2,137 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,158 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 979 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 5,444 [up 3]
Number of films: 2,383 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,104 [no change]
Number of short films: 619 [no change]

See you in a fortnight, faithful reader.

TV

Hang Ups
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]