Thursday, 25 February 2021

TV

Would I Lie To You?
14x05 Episode 5
14x06 Episode 6
[Watch these episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Tuesday, 23 February 2021

TV

The Twilight Zone
1x10 Judgment Night
2x11 The Night of the Meek
+ commentary on The Night of the Meek by Twilight Zone expert Marc Scott Zicree and comic book author Len Wein.

These episodes see me pass the halfway mark of watching the whole series: I've now seen 79 episodes, and I've got 77 to go...

Films

Vampyr (1932)
[#49 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Xchange (2001)
[#48 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Articles

What Peter Jackson’s original two-movie Lord of the Rings almost looked like
by Drew McWeeny (from Polygon)
I don't share any articles for ages and then two really good ones come along almost at once...

Monday, 22 February 2021

Films

Apollo 13 (1995)
[3rd or so watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #6. Plus a few bits from the audio commentaries by Jim & Marilyn Lovell and director Ron Howard, which were quite interesting.

Articles

Justice League: The Shocking, Exhilarating, Heartbreaking True Story of #TheSnyderCut
by Anthony Breznican (from Vanity Fair)
As someone put it on Twitter, "this is possibly the most well-rounded, thoughtful, and genuinely informative articles about the Snyder Cut I've ever had the pleasure to read... An uncommonly good piece."

Sunday, 21 February 2021

Films

The ’Burbs (1989)
[#47 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

this week on 100 Films

Just 1 new review on 100 Films in a Year this week...


Muse: Simulation Theory (2020)
Often cited as one of the best live acts around, for their latest concert movie British rock band Muse have attempted something a bit different: rather than just footage of them performing songs in front of a massive audience, Simulation Theory attempts to tell a sci-fi narrative… driven by and/or interspersed with the band performing songs in front of a massive audience, natch.
Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Saturday, 20 February 2021

Films

News of the World (2020)
[#46 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

A few new additions this week, again. I thought next week was going to finally be a totally quiet one, but I just ordered some stuff that I expect will turn up. I'm insatiable.

Number of titles in collection: 2,544 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,081 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,463 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 96 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,526 [up 7]
Number of films: 2,950 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 208 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,048 [no change]
Number of short films: 841 [up 5]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Friday, 19 February 2021

TV

It's a Sin
Part 5 (of 5)
[Watch the whole series (again) on All 4.]

It's a Sin: After Hours
Episode 5 (of 5)
[Watch it (again) on All 4 or YouTube.]

WandaVision
Part 7 Breaking the Fourth Wall

Films

The House of Fear (1939)
[#44 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Not to be confused with the Sherlock Holmes film of the same title, this is a remake of The Last Warning — and a vastly inferior one at that.

Muse: Simulation Theory (2020)
[#45 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Thursday, 18 February 2021

TV

It's a Sin
Part 4 (of 5)
[Watch the whole series (again) on All 4.]

It's a Sin: After Hours
Episode 4 (of 5)
[Watch it (again) on All 4 or YouTube.]

Films

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
[#43 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Wednesday, 17 February 2021

TV

A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote
I don't know if this actually aired anywhere in the UK (probably on a Sky channel if it did), but I got hold of it nonetheless out of curiosity. More thoughts on Letterboxd.

Films

The Guilty (2018)
[#42 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Mortal Kombat (1995)
[#41 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Tuesday, 16 February 2021

TV

It's a Sin
Part 3 (of 5)
[Watch the whole series (again) on All 4.]

It's a Sin: After Hours
Episode 3 (of 5)
[Watch it (again) on All 4 or YouTube.]