The Journal | August 2019

I rate the movies, TV shows, music, games, books, podcasts — and more — I consumed in the previous month, whether they were brand new or simply unknown to me before. Dates are by UK release where applicable, and include releases straight to DVD and VOD.

♥︎♥︎ Unmissable

♥︎ Recommended

✖️Avoid

Films

Chunking Express (Chung Hing sam lam) [1994]
★★★★

Apocalypse Now: Final Cut [2019]
★★★½

Blinded by the Light [2019]
★★★½

Crawl [2019]
★★★

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood [2019]
★★★½

TV

Catastrophe | Season 3 [2017]
★★★★

The Sopranos | Season 5 [2004] ♥︎
★★★★½

Attack on Titan | Season 3 [2018]
★★★½

Music

Animated Violence Mild [2019]
Blanck Mass
★★★½

Osoosooso [2014]
Osoosooso
★★★½

Games

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt [2015] ♥︎♥︎
★★★★½

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Hearts of Stone [2015]
DLC
★★★★

Books

Spielberg, Truffaut and Me: An Actor’s Diary [1978]
Bob Balaban
★★★★

Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City [2019]
K.J. Parker
★★★★

The Last Unicorn [1968] ♥︎
Peter S. Beagle
★★★★½

Miscallaneous

Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition
The Design Museum, London
★★★½