The Great British Bake Off
10x08 Pastry
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x04 The Seer of the Sands
Kinda far-fetched, even by Creek's standards, though I liked how important punctuation was!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x03 ¡Diablo!
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x14 Casualties
Thursday, 27 August 2020
Wednesday, 26 August 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x03 The Tailor's Dummy [2nd watch]
As I noted on its first episode, series 4 is when I fell irreparably behind watching Jonathan Creek, but I can’t remember exactly how far I got. I’m sure I watched some of the series, but I haven’t remembered any specifics from any of these first three episodes. At this point there was a year-long gap (effectively splitting it into two three-episode series, not that they get labelled like that, obviously), and I’m fairly certain I never watched any of the second half, so I’ll just leave this as the final “2nd watch” episode.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x02 Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x13 Follow-Up Day
6x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x03 The Tailor's Dummy [2nd watch]
As I noted on its first episode, series 4 is when I fell irreparably behind watching Jonathan Creek, but I can’t remember exactly how far I got. I’m sure I watched some of the series, but I haven’t remembered any specifics from any of these first three episodes. At this point there was a year-long gap (effectively splitting it into two three-episode series, not that they get labelled like that, obviously), and I’m fairly certain I never watched any of the second half, so I’ll just leave this as the final “2nd watch” episode.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Lucifer
5x02 Lucifer! Lucifer! Lucifer!
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x13 Follow-Up Day
Tuesday, 25 August 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off
10x07 Festival Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x02 Angel Hair [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
2x12 Now and Then
10x07 Festival Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x02 Angel Hair [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
2x12 Now and Then
Monday, 24 August 2020
TV
Friday Night Dinner
6x02 The Plastic Bag
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
5x01 Really Sad Devil Guy
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x10 The Dark Side
2x11 Day of Death
6x02 The Plastic Bag
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
6x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Lucifer
5x01 Really Sad Devil Guy
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]
The Rookie
2x10 The Dark Side
2x11 Day of Death
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
It's much later than usual this week thanks to several big additions to factor in, and just in time for the monthly running time update, making it that much more thorough.
So, this week's biggest addition is Arrow's complete Gamera box set -- big physically (it's an over-sized box set including two big books) and in terms of content (8 discs with 12 films and 4 alternate cuts, plus bags of extras, including an audio commentary on every film). It's going to take me a while to get through that! Well, I'm still working my way through the Criterion Zatoichi set I bought years ago, and I haven't started their Godzilla set I got for Christmas, so... yeah.
Also from Arrow this week is a 4K release of Pitch Black, which I thought upgraded my DVD copy, but I own the Riddick Collection Blu-ray and, of course, got rid of the DVD when I bought that (why I thought I'd kept the DVD, I don't know). The Riddick Collection also includes short film Dark Fury in SD, which the new Pitch Black includes in HD, and The Chronicles of Riddick film, which means I still need to hang onto it for now.
I also bought another new DVD set this week (silent films again)... but then I upgraded an old DVD set to Blu-ray copies, so they cancel each other out.
Number of titles in collection: 2,436 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,089 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,347 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 71 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 6,267 [up 13]
Number of films: 2,750 [up 16]
Number of additional cuts: 184 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 8,958 [no change]
Number of short films: 760 [up 1]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
456 days, 4 hours, and 43 minutes.
(Up 3 days, 9 hours, and 38 minutes from last month.)
It's a year of big increases, because that's second place for the year (behind March) and the fourth to have an increase over 3 days (that means 50% of months this year have seen increases that large). The final tally for 2020 might be a huge one...
See you next week, faithful reader.
It's much later than usual this week thanks to several big additions to factor in, and just in time for the monthly running time update, making it that much more thorough.
So, this week's biggest addition is Arrow's complete Gamera box set -- big physically (it's an over-sized box set including two big books) and in terms of content (8 discs with 12 films and 4 alternate cuts, plus bags of extras, including an audio commentary on every film). It's going to take me a while to get through that! Well, I'm still working my way through the Criterion Zatoichi set I bought years ago, and I haven't started their Godzilla set I got for Christmas, so... yeah.
Also from Arrow this week is a 4K release of Pitch Black, which I thought upgraded my DVD copy, but I own the Riddick Collection Blu-ray and, of course, got rid of the DVD when I bought that (why I thought I'd kept the DVD, I don't know). The Riddick Collection also includes short film Dark Fury in SD, which the new Pitch Black includes in HD, and The Chronicles of Riddick film, which means I still need to hang onto it for now.
I also bought another new DVD set this week (silent films again)... but then I upgraded an old DVD set to Blu-ray copies, so they cancel each other out.
Number of titles in collection: 2,436 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,089 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,347 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 71 [up 1]
Number of discs in collection: 6,267 [up 13]
Number of films: 2,750 [up 16]
Number of additional cuts: 184 [up 6]
Number of TV episodes: 8,958 [no change]
Number of short films: 760 [up 1]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
456 days, 4 hours, and 43 minutes.
(Up 3 days, 9 hours, and 38 minutes from last month.)
It's a year of big increases, because that's second place for the year (behind March) and the fourth to have an increase over 3 days (that means 50% of months this year have seen increases that large). The final tally for 2020 might be a huge one...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Sunday, 23 August 2020
TV
The Great British Bake Off
10x06 Dessert Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x01 The Coonskin Cap [2nd watch]
We're getting into the era of Jonathan Creek where I accidentally stopped watching, so I can't remember for certain which of these episodes I've seen; but I'm pretty sure I at least started series 4. (I appreciate this matters to no one but me.)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
2x09 Breaking Point
10x06 Dessert Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Jonathan Creek
4x01 The Coonskin Cap [2nd watch]
We're getting into the era of Jonathan Creek where I accidentally stopped watching, so I can't remember for certain which of these episodes I've seen; but I'm pretty sure I at least started series 4. (I appreciate this matters to no one but me.)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
The Rookie
2x09 Breaking Point
this week on 100 Films
2 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week...
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Yes, God, Yes (2019)
More next Sunday.
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
Perhaps because of the connections to other horror films, and because it inspired such a violent character in the Joker, and because of the publicity stills that inspired that look, and because its production studio (Universal) would shortly become renowned for their iconic interpretations of the cornerstones of horror (Dracula, Frankenstein, et al), The Man Who Laughs has often been cited as a horror movie. It isn’t. It's a romantic melodrama, with a bit of antiestablishment satire and a swashbuckling climax thrown in for good measure.Read more here.
Yes, God, Yes (2019)
It would be easy to label this a “cumming of age movie” (such a pun is certainly not below my level of humour), but it would feel slightly inaccurate. Put another way, if you’ve come to see Nancy Wheeler cum, you’ll be disappointed... Indeed, despite it providing the plot hook and title, wanking is only one part of the film’s exposure of religious hypocrisy.Read more here.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 22 August 2020
TV
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
1x03 Playing Pool with Planets [finale]
[Watch it (again) on UKTV Play.]
1x03 Playing Pool with Planets [finale]
[Watch it (again) on UKTV Play.]
Thursday, 20 August 2020
TV
The Twilight Zone
3x21 Kick the Can
5x01 In Praise of Pip
+ the commentary on Kick the Can by Marc Scott Zicree and the episode's writer, George Clayton Johnson, and the one on In Praise of Pip by Zicree and Neil Gaiman
3x21 Kick the Can
5x01 In Praise of Pip
+ the commentary on Kick the Can by Marc Scott Zicree and the episode's writer, George Clayton Johnson, and the one on In Praise of Pip by Zicree and Neil Gaiman
Wednesday, 19 August 2020
TV
Red Dwarf: The First Three Million Years
1x02 In Studio Space No One Can Hear You Scream
[Watch it (again) on UKTV Play.]
The Twilight Zone
3x01 Two
1x02 In Studio Space No One Can Hear You Scream
[Watch it (again) on UKTV Play.]
The Twilight Zone
3x01 Two
Films
Bad Boys for Life (2020)
[#194 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
[#193 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
[#194 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
[#193 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
TV
The Twilight Zone
2x16 A Penny for Your Thoughts
+ audio commentary by Marc Scott Zicree and the episode's writer, George Clayton Johnson
2x16 A Penny for Your Thoughts
+ audio commentary by Marc Scott Zicree and the episode's writer, George Clayton Johnson
Monday, 17 August 2020
TV
Derren Brown: 20 Years of Mind Control
I've been a fan of Derren's since the start, so this special was both a welcome celebration and made me feel old (20 years!) The reminiscences and clips were nice (it makes me want to go back and properly rewatch so much stuff), but the new live trick was a bit of a damp squib. The ‘subliminal’ messages were so obvious (it seems like all of Twitter spotted them) that I assumed there was a double-bluff coming... but no, it was what it appeared. Ho hum. (Of note, the version on All 4 last night omitted all the live bits (fortunately I recorded it because I wasn't free to watch live), but it has now been updated.)
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
I've been a fan of Derren's since the start, so this special was both a welcome celebration and made me feel old (20 years!) The reminiscences and clips were nice (it makes me want to go back and properly rewatch so much stuff), but the new live trick was a bit of a damp squib. The ‘subliminal’ messages were so obvious (it seems like all of Twitter spotted them) that I assumed there was a double-bluff coming... but no, it was what it appeared. Ho hum. (Of note, the version on All 4 last night omitted all the live bits (fortunately I recorded it because I wasn't free to watch live), but it has now been updated.)
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]
Articles
Derren Brown on 20 years of blowing our minds and why he’s planning to do less TV in future
by Simon Hattenstone (from Radio Times)
A long-ish interview tied to Derren's 20th anniversary TV special.
by Simon Hattenstone (from Radio Times)
A long-ish interview tied to Derren's 20th anniversary TV special.
Sunday, 16 August 2020
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