TV

Doctor Who
37x05 The Tsuranga Conundrum
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Would I Lie To You?
12x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D (2018)
[#225 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

this week on 100 Films

This week, 100 Films in a Year looked back at October...





...and there was 1 brand-new review too...


The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)

for all the terribleness, I sort of feel I can’t hate it, because the rubbish bits are too funny, and the mad bits too bonkers (for a movie that is primarily aimed at romantically-inclined teenage girls, at least). While I wouldn’t say I enjoyed it, it was entertaining to sit through — kind of like The Room, for example, only still not quite as transcendently appalling.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Films

Going for Golden Eye (2017)
[#224 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

Jurassic World 3D (2015)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2018 #42

Articles

Nudity on screen matters, so why are we afraid of it?
by Abby Robinson (from Digital Spy)

Shockingly, it turns out Digital Spy is still capable of decent writing sometimes, with this article presenting an interesting discussion of the topic.

Collection Count

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

Two new titles this week. Should've been more, but something seems to have been lost in the post.

Number of titles in collection: 2,165 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,153 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,012 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 4 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 5,545 [up 4]
Number of films: 2,418 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,294 [no change]
Number of short films: 639 [up 3]

Next week: a big box set turns up... but it's a Blu-ray upgrade from DVD, so it might actually push some numbers down. See you then, faithful reader.

TV

Doctor Who
37x04 Arachnids in the UK [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Their Finest (2016)
[#223 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

Doctor Who
37x02 The Ghost Monument [2nd watch]
37x03 Rosa [2nd watch]
[Watch The Ghost Monument and Rosa (again) on iPlayer.]

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
7x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

TV

Doctor Who
37x01 The Woman Who Fell to Earth [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Would I Lie To You?
12x03 Episode 3 [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

The Great Model Railway Challenge
1x03 Heat Three: Globetrotting
[Watch it (again) on My5.]

Would I Lie To You?
12x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2018 #41

Films

Face/Off (1997)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2018 #40. I included this in my "100 favourite films" series back in 2016, but didn't actually rewatch it first. Now, I'm not saying I wouldn't've included it had I done that rewatch, but I don't think I'd've given it the full five stars.

TV

Doctor Who
37x04 Arachnids in the UK
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Inside No. 9
5x00 Dead Line [live Halloween special]
Never watched Inside No. 9 before, but always meant to catch up. As this episode was going out live, though, it seemed a good idea to watch it when it was on... and, for all the tomfoolery and playing with form, I think it was. Nonetheless, you can still:
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Strictly Come Dancing
16x12 Week 6 Results (aka Halloween)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

this week on 100 Films

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


Batman Ninja (2018)

“This is madness,” exclaims Batman at one point relatively early on in this anime interpretation of the DC superhero. He could be speaking on behalf of us viewers... although, at that point, he — and we — don’t even know the half of it…

Read more here.


Hitchcock (2012)

I’ve no idea how true it is, but the setup — the acclaimed Master of Suspense who’s so established that people are judging him over the hill, determined to do a striking new project no one else believes in to prove he’s still got it — is a good’un. It’s especially effective precisely because it’s about Hitchcock and Psycho: it’s the film that defines him for many people now; so, yes, we know the ending, but that lends dramatic irony — how do we get from that starting point to the acclaimed classic we all know?

Read more here.


Phantom Thread (2017)

if there’s one thing writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson’s film is not, it’s histrionic. It’s plot may be that of a Gothic melodrama, and if it were a novel perhaps we’d class it as one, but Anderson hasn’t taken on the skin of a Tim Burton or Guillermo del Toro here — in the quiet but forceful and precise way it plays out, Phantom Thread is as stringently produced as one of Reynolds’ gowns.

Read more here.


The Purge (2013)

When this first came out, I ignored it because its premise was inherently daft. Then they made some sequels, which I ignored because the premise was still inherently daft. Then two things happened: one, some people who I think are worth listening to said some decent things about it; and two, Trump came to power, and suddenly that daft premise doesn’t feel so far outside the confines of what’s possible.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Daredevil
3x12 One Last Shot
3x13 A New Napkin [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Strictly Come Dancing
16x11 Week 6 (aka Halloween)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Jennifer's Body (2009)
[#222 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

Collection Count

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

It's a busy one this week: four sale acquisitions, one new release, and three (three!) titles that are actually out next week. Whew! That doubles the size of my 4K Blu-ray collection, too.

Number of titles in collection: 2,163 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,153 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,010 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 4 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 5,541 [up 14]
Number of films: 2,416 [up 12]
Number of TV episodes: 8,294 [no change]
Number of short films: 636 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Daredevil
3x10 Karen
3x11 Reunion
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

Phantom Thread (2017)
[#221 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]