The Punisher
2x07 One Bad Day
2x08 My Brother's Keeper
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Monday, 18 February 2019
Sunday, 17 February 2019
this week on 100 Films
3 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Attack the Block (2011)
Hereditary (2018)
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
More next Sunday.
Attack the Block (2011)
Despite my reservations about the characters, the film is a great calling card for writer-director Joe Cornish. Although tonal similarities between the movies invite comparisons to what Shaun of the Dead did for Edgar Wright (especially as he’s friends with Cornish and an executive producer here), I feel like Wright’s breakout film was even more assured. Instead I think of something like Guy Ritchie and Lock Stock: an imperfect film in itself, but which suggests a lot of potential from the man behind the camera.Read more here.
Hereditary (2018)
As a horror movie, it’s one of the most genuinely unsettling I’ve seen for some time, with imagery that makes my hair stand on end just remembering it. It’s all the more effective for the way it grounds itself in real-life tragedy, with a powerhouse performance from Collette that, yes, if it were in a straightforward indie drama would surely be a frontrunner this awards season.Read more here.
Zatoichi Challenged (1967)
It’s a kinda boring Zatoichi adventure on the whole, with a thin, recycled plot and a first half-hour that’s almost a total aside from the actual story. It’s saved by the climax, one of the best sequences in any Zatoichi film, which single-handedly makes the movie worth a watch.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 16 February 2019
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
More 4K additions this week. Last time I bulked up my collection with multi-buy offers, this week it's vouchers and new releases. Now, I must try to not get too carried away and keep doing this every week...
There's one new regular Blu-ray, too. That's the remake of Suspiria, which hasn't been released on 4K; indeed, it's not been scheduled for release in the UK at all, so I've imported the US disc.
Number of titles in collection: 2,190 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,140 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,050 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 19 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 5,672 [up 15]
Number of films: 2,505 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 8,426 [no change]
Number of short films: 654 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
More 4K additions this week. Last time I bulked up my collection with multi-buy offers, this week it's vouchers and new releases. Now, I must try to not get too carried away and keep doing this every week...
There's one new regular Blu-ray, too. That's the remake of Suspiria, which hasn't been released on 4K; indeed, it's not been scheduled for release in the UK at all, so I've imported the US disc.
Number of titles in collection: 2,190 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,140 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,050 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 19 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 5,672 [up 15]
Number of films: 2,505 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 8,426 [no change]
Number of short films: 654 [up 2]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 15 February 2019
Films
Fences (2016)
[#21 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Inception: The Cobol Job (2010)
[#20a in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Shorted animated comic prequel to Inception.
Inception (2010)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2019 #6. Yes, this is the first time I've seen Inception since the cinema. On the bright side, that wait meant I got to return to it on 4K Blu-ray, which looks superb and sounds even better.
[#21 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Inception: The Cobol Job (2010)
[#20a in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Shorted animated comic prequel to Inception.
Inception (2010)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2019 #6. Yes, this is the first time I've seen Inception since the cinema. On the bright side, that wait meant I got to return to it on 4K Blu-ray, which looks superb and sounds even better.
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Wednesday, 13 February 2019
TV
Great News
2x09 Love is Dead
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Insert Name Here
4x03 Mark
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Les Misérables
Part 6 (of 6)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
2x09 Love is Dead
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Insert Name Here
4x03 Mark
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Les Misérables
Part 6 (of 6)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Tuesday, 12 February 2019
Monday, 11 February 2019
TV
Les Misérables
Part 5 (of 6)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Punisher
2x05 One-Eyed Jacks
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x09 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Part 5 (of 6)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Punisher
2x05 One-Eyed Jacks
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
Would I Lie To You?
12x09 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 10 February 2019
this week on 100 Films
6 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
High Flying Bird (2019)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
The Ragtag Review Roundup
More next Sunday.
High Flying Bird (2019)
it took less than two minutes for High Flying Bird to leave me feeling lost and confused, as it dives into an “inside baseball” (as the saying goes) depiction of basketball right from the off. It felt like watching a French movie without subtitles, except here the language isn’t French, it’s basketball.Read more here.
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Despite being adapted from a kids’ picture book, and resolutely rated PG, it didn’t strike me as a kids’ movie at all. It’s glum, depressing, and surely only understandable when filtered through an adult perspective.Read more here.
The Ragtag Review Roundup
A real mixed back of films that have basically nothing in common. In today’s roundup:Read more here.
- American Psycho (2000)
- Logan Lucky (2017)
- A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
- The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 9 February 2019
Films
Memories of Murder (2003)
[#15 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2019 #2
[#15 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2019 #2
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Having last week promised more 4K UHD discs soon, that's all I have to add this week! There were six of them, almost all upgrades: two from other Blu-rays, two from DVDs (now that's a quality jump!), and one where I'm also keeping the previous edition (for now, at least); plus one brand-new title, too.
All of which works out like this:
Number of titles in collection: 2,186 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,140 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,046 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 16 [up 6]
Number of discs in collection: 5,657 [up 11]
Number of films: 2,499 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,426 [up 1]
Number of short films: 652 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Having last week promised more 4K UHD discs soon, that's all I have to add this week! There were six of them, almost all upgrades: two from other Blu-rays, two from DVDs (now that's a quality jump!), and one where I'm also keeping the previous edition (for now, at least); plus one brand-new title, too.
All of which works out like this:
Number of titles in collection: 2,186 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,140 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,046 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 16 [up 6]
Number of discs in collection: 5,657 [up 11]
Number of films: 2,499 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,426 [up 1]
Number of short films: 652 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 8 February 2019
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