The Twilight Zone
1x27 The Big Tall Wish
Tuesday, 25 February 2020
Films
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
[#26 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Blindspot 2020 #2
+ the special features on the Blu-ray, which amount to a short introduction, a re-release trailer, and two of the featurettes Universal produced for their 100th anniversary, Restoring the Classics and Academy Award Winners
Seasons of War (2015)
A short Doctor Who-related fan film, made to promote a charity anthology book (which is no longer available). You can watch the film on YouTube here. Normally I'd count this kind of thing for 100 Films, but eh, I'm not sure I can be bothered.
[#26 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Blindspot 2020 #2
+ the special features on the Blu-ray, which amount to a short introduction, a re-release trailer, and two of the featurettes Universal produced for their 100th anniversary, Restoring the Classics and Academy Award Winners
Seasons of War (2015)
A short Doctor Who-related fan film, made to promote a charity anthology book (which is no longer available). You can watch the film on YouTube here. Normally I'd count this kind of thing for 100 Films, but eh, I'm not sure I can be bothered.
Monday, 24 February 2020
Sunday, 23 February 2020
TV
Doctor Who
38x09 Ascension of the Cybermen
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
13x09 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
38x09 Ascension of the Cybermen
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
13x09 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
this week on 100 Films
1 new review on 100 Films in a Year this week...
Emma. (2020)
More next Sunday.
Emma. (2020)
According to IMDb, Jane Austen’s Emma has only been adapted for the big screen twice before — and one of those was Clueless. There have been multiple TV movie and miniseries takes on the novel, though, but as the most recent was over a decade ago I guess someone felt it was about time to trot it out again (after all, every major Dickens and Austen must be adapted for the screen at least once a decade or so, right?)Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 22 February 2020
Films
The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)
[#21a in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
The short film that precedes (and is usually considered part of)...
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
[#22 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Us (2019)
[#23 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
[#21a in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
The short film that precedes (and is usually considered part of)...
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983)
[#22 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Us (2019)
[#23 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week, I discovered I owned a copy of a film that I also owned in a box set -- the exact same disc -- and somehow I'd missed this fact when I bought the box set (over seven years ago, yikes!) and hadn't removed the standalone copy from my collection. So I've done that this week... alongside another busy week with seven new additions.
One of those is the UK limited edition of World on a Wire, for which I already own the Criterion release. Originally created as a two-part miniseries for German TV, the Criterion version features it as a single long movie, running at 24fps. The UK release retains the original two-part structure, across two discs, running at the correct 25fps -- that seemed like a good bet to me, especially as it has more special features. The Criterion release has a long-ish unique extra, however, so I'm keeping it for the time being, making this an addition rather than replacement.
Same goes for Doctor Who series 4 on Blu-ray, finally getting the Steelbook to go with my copies of series 1-3 and the David Tennant Specials. It should probably just replace the DVD, really, but I have a sentimental attachment to those big ol' box sets. Also a DVD-to-BD upgrade is Heroes Shed No Tears, but, similar to World on a Wire, the old edition has unique extras, so for now I'm keeping both.
The other four newcomers are all flat-out new, so that's nice.
Number of titles in collection: 2,298 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,114 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,184 [up 7]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 44 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,995 [up 12]
Number of films: 2,691 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 8,769 [up 22]
Number of short films: 688 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader -- when I may well pass 6,000 discs!
This week, I discovered I owned a copy of a film that I also owned in a box set -- the exact same disc -- and somehow I'd missed this fact when I bought the box set (over seven years ago, yikes!) and hadn't removed the standalone copy from my collection. So I've done that this week... alongside another busy week with seven new additions.
One of those is the UK limited edition of World on a Wire, for which I already own the Criterion release. Originally created as a two-part miniseries for German TV, the Criterion version features it as a single long movie, running at 24fps. The UK release retains the original two-part structure, across two discs, running at the correct 25fps -- that seemed like a good bet to me, especially as it has more special features. The Criterion release has a long-ish unique extra, however, so I'm keeping it for the time being, making this an addition rather than replacement.
Same goes for Doctor Who series 4 on Blu-ray, finally getting the Steelbook to go with my copies of series 1-3 and the David Tennant Specials. It should probably just replace the DVD, really, but I have a sentimental attachment to those big ol' box sets. Also a DVD-to-BD upgrade is Heroes Shed No Tears, but, similar to World on a Wire, the old edition has unique extras, so for now I'm keeping both.
The other four newcomers are all flat-out new, so that's nice.
Number of titles in collection: 2,298 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,114 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,184 [up 7]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 44 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 5,995 [up 12]
Number of films: 2,691 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 8,769 [up 22]
Number of short films: 688 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader -- when I may well pass 6,000 discs!
Friday, 21 February 2020
Thursday, 20 February 2020
Wednesday, 19 February 2020
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
Monday, 17 February 2020
Films
Shoplifters (2018)
[#17 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
A Star is Born (2018)
[#18 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
[#17 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
A Star is Born (2018)
[#18 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Sunday, 16 February 2020
this week on 100 Films
There were 2 new posts on 100 Films in a Year this week, only one of them a review...
Toy Story 4 (2019)
The Random Mid-Monthly Review for Valentine’s Day
More next Sunday.
Toy Story 4 (2019)
Last weekend, with dull inevitability, Toy Story 4 won Best Animated Feature at the Oscars. Of course it did — in the last decade, the award has gone to a Disney or Pixar movie eight times out of ten. I’ve not seen any of the four other nominees, but I strongly suspect at least one of them deserved it more, because Toy Story 4 is… fine. Heck, it’s good, even. But when the three films that precede it are all-time classics that formed a perfectly complete trilogy, just being “good” is not enough.Read more here.
The Random Mid-Monthly Review for Valentine’s Day
Hello, dear readers. It’s been a while since my last post, but I don’t have any reviews banked ready to go, so here’s a random mid-month update... After the back half of last year was sent into relative disarray by house moves and whatnot, 2020 is off to a similarly bumpy beginning...Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 15 February 2020
TV
My Dad Wrote a Porno
One-off live special version of the hit podcast, which I've heard things about but never listened to (as you may've noticed from their absence from this blog, I don't really 'do' podcasts). I thought this was pretty funny though, and by all accounts it's inferior to the podcast itself, so maybe I should check that out.
One-off live special version of the hit podcast, which I've heard things about but never listened to (as you may've noticed from their absence from this blog, I don't really 'do' podcasts). I thought this was pretty funny though, and by all accounts it's inferior to the podcast itself, so maybe I should check that out.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A whole pile of new additions this week, and only one of them an upgrade (going all the way from DVD to 4K). And I've got loads more on order (I've gone a bit OTT recently), so expect similar increases next week.
Number of titles in collection: 2,292 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,115 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,177 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 44 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 5,983 [up 7]
Number of films: 2,688 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes: 8,747 [no change]
Number of short films: 688 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
A whole pile of new additions this week, and only one of them an upgrade (going all the way from DVD to 4K). And I've got loads more on order (I've gone a bit OTT recently), so expect similar increases next week.
Number of titles in collection: 2,292 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,115 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,177 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 44 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 5,983 [up 7]
Number of films: 2,688 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes: 8,747 [no change]
Number of short films: 688 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 14 February 2020
TV
Good Omens
Part 6 The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives [series finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) in HD or 4K UHD on Prime Video, or parts 1-5 on iPlayer.]
Part 6 The Very Last Day of the Rest of Their Lives [series finale]
[Watch the whole series (again) in HD or 4K UHD on Prime Video, or parts 1-5 on iPlayer.]
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