Elementary
6x01 An Infinite Capacity for Taking Pains
6x02 Once You've Ruled Out God
Crikey: it's three years to the day since I last watched Elementary!
Lucifer
4x04 All About Eve
[Watch season 4 (again) on Netflix.]
Tuesday, 26 May 2020
Monday, 25 May 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off
9x03 Bread
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Rookie
1x20 Free Fall [season finale]
9x03 Bread
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Rookie
1x20 Free Fall [season finale]
Sunday, 24 May 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
5x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Rookie
1x19 The Checklist
5x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Rookie
1x19 The Checklist
this week on 100 Films
Just 1 new review on 100 Films in a Year this week...
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
More next Sunday.
Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw (2019)
If you’ve seen any of the recent Fast & Furious movies, you should pretty much know what to expect here: physically-implausible OTT action, with a knowing wink to the audience so we can all share in the ridiculousness. ... In fact, while not ‘officially’ labelled a Comedy, Hobbs & Shaw borders on being one.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 23 May 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off
9x02 Cakes
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
4x03 O, Ye of Little Faith, Father
[Watch season 4 (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
1x18 Homefront
9x02 Cakes
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
4x03 O, Ye of Little Faith, Father
[Watch season 4 (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
1x18 Homefront
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week was meant to be a running time update, but I've been too busy to update that particular stat. I don't think I'm expecting any other new additions in the next week (but you never know!), so bumping it to next week will be fine.
Number of titles in collection: 2,375 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,102 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,273 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 58 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,141 [up 8]
Number of films: 2,659 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 172 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,894 [up 7]
Number of short films: 734 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
This week was meant to be a running time update, but I've been too busy to update that particular stat. I don't think I'm expecting any other new additions in the next week (but you never know!), so bumping it to next week will be fine.
Number of titles in collection: 2,375 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,102 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,273 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 58 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,141 [up 8]
Number of films: 2,659 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 172 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,894 [up 7]
Number of short films: 734 [up 1]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 22 May 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
5x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Rookie
1x17 The Shake Up
5x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Rookie
1x17 The Shake Up
Comics
Nemo: The Roses of Berlin by Alan Moore & Kevin O'Neill
Holy moly, it's six years since I read a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-connected book. That's partly my own fault, because two volumes of Nemo have been out for almost all of that time; but between July 2018 and July 2019 they published the final League adventure, which I've recently purchased in its collected hardback form, so I'm catching up on those two remaining spin-offs before I dive into that. And then maybe a re-read of the entire series, because it's been a very, very long time since I read the first two volumes (I don't know how long exactly, but looking at my blog archives I can see I read the third book, Black Dossier, in the middle of 2008!)
As for The Roses of Berlin, it's a fun adventure, though it made for a somewhat halting read because of the amount that's in German. Maybe us English readers are meant to just skim past that, but I felt the need to translate it just in case, and so read the whole book accompanied by Jess Nevins’ annotations — interesting and insightful, but reading them alongside the book makes for a rather stop-start experience. I’m sure there’s an argument for authenticity in having the German characters speak German, but it would make for a smoother read if they didn’t. One other thing: there are clearly some plot elements of this that do make it a sequel to the first Nemo book, not just a standalone second adventure, and there are tie-ins to other League stories too, so it was a shame it’s been so long since I read those. As I said, I should re-read all of the League-universe books in a more condensed timespan.
Holy moly, it's six years since I read a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-connected book. That's partly my own fault, because two volumes of Nemo have been out for almost all of that time; but between July 2018 and July 2019 they published the final League adventure, which I've recently purchased in its collected hardback form, so I'm catching up on those two remaining spin-offs before I dive into that. And then maybe a re-read of the entire series, because it's been a very, very long time since I read the first two volumes (I don't know how long exactly, but looking at my blog archives I can see I read the third book, Black Dossier, in the middle of 2008!)
As for The Roses of Berlin, it's a fun adventure, though it made for a somewhat halting read because of the amount that's in German. Maybe us English readers are meant to just skim past that, but I felt the need to translate it just in case, and so read the whole book accompanied by Jess Nevins’ annotations — interesting and insightful, but reading them alongside the book makes for a rather stop-start experience. I’m sure there’s an argument for authenticity in having the German characters speak German, but it would make for a smoother read if they didn’t. One other thing: there are clearly some plot elements of this that do make it a sequel to the first Nemo book, not just a standalone second adventure, and there are tie-ins to other League stories too, so it was a shame it’s been so long since I read those. As I said, I should re-read all of the League-universe books in a more condensed timespan.
Thursday, 21 May 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off
9x01 Biscuits
Catching up on the 2018 series.
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
4x02 Somebody's Been Reading Dante's Inferno
[Watch season 4 (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
1x16 Greenlight
9x01 Biscuits
Catching up on the 2018 series.
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
4x02 Somebody's Been Reading Dante's Inferno
[Watch season 4 (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
1x16 Greenlight
Wednesday, 20 May 2020
TV
Lucifer
4x01 Everything's Okay
[Watch season 4 (again) on Netflix.]
The Twilight Zone
2x25 The Mind and the Matter
5x33 The Brain Center at Whipple's
5x34 Come Wander with Me
4x01 Everything's Okay
[Watch season 4 (again) on Netflix.]
The Twilight Zone
2x25 The Mind and the Matter
5x33 The Brain Center at Whipple's
5x34 Come Wander with Me
Tuesday, 19 May 2020
TV
The Twilight Zone
4x07 Jess-Belle
+ the audio commentary by the episode's writer, Earl Hamner, and TZ expert Marc Scott Zicree, where they nonstop sing its praises. My consensus ranking places it 146th out of 156 episodes.
4x07 Jess-Belle
+ the audio commentary by the episode's writer, Earl Hamner, and TZ expert Marc Scott Zicree, where they nonstop sing its praises. My consensus ranking places it 146th out of 156 episodes.
Monday, 18 May 2020
TV
The Twilight Zone
3x06 The Mirror
3x11 Still Valley
3x20 Showdown with Rance McGrew
Setting out towards a third "worst of" selection for my 100 Films TV column. I'm aiming to include the next seven worst-regarded episodes, and these are all three season 3 episodes that feature in that list.
3x06 The Mirror
3x11 Still Valley
3x20 Showdown with Rance McGrew
Setting out towards a third "worst of" selection for my 100 Films TV column. I'm aiming to include the next seven worst-regarded episodes, and these are all three season 3 episodes that feature in that list.
Films
Batman (1989)
[5th watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #22. In 4K Ultra HD, which looked superb. There's a link to my 100 Films review from 2012 above, plus some new comments on Letterboxd here. Intending to give it the full "Guide To" treatment at some point, alongside the other Batman films I haven't covered yet.
[5th watch]
Rewatchathon 2020 #22. In 4K Ultra HD, which looked superb. There's a link to my 100 Films review from 2012 above, plus some new comments on Letterboxd here. Intending to give it the full "Guide To" treatment at some point, alongside the other Batman films I haven't covered yet.
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