TV

Doctor Who Extra
1x10 In the Forest of the Night
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Forever
1x05 The Pugilist Break

Gotham
1x03 The Balloonman
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]

Whose Line is it Anyway?
2x08 (5/1/90 edition) [Christmas special]
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

TV

Doctor Who
14x16 The Face of Evil Part Four
I've greatly enjoyed this serial. It's not the best regarded (a lowly 130th on DWM's latest poll), but I'm not sure why.

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
3x08 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

Scott & Bailey
4x08 Episode 8 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

Films

Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
[#107 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

TV

Doctor Who
14x15 The Face of Evil Part Three

The Flash
1x01 City of Heroes
A bit cheesy and predictable in places, but then Arrow took time to bed in too. Has enough promise to stick with it.

Have I Got News For You
48x04 (24/10/2014 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch the extended version (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Furious 6 (2013)
[#106 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

aka Fast & Furious 6

TV

Doctor Who
14x14 The Face of Evil Part Two

Not Going Out
7x02 Christening
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Scott & Bailey
4x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

TV

The 10th Kingdom
Part 9 (of 10) [2nd watch]
Part 10 (of 10) [2nd watch]

As previously alluded, this will be 100 Films 2014 #104a.


Doctor Who
14x13 The Face of Evil Part One

This is set in a forest/jungle... and that's about the best connection to Saturday's episode that I could muster. Maybe something like The Seeds of Doom or Terror of the Vervoids would've been appropriate, but the former's a six-parter and the latter's at the heart of Trial of a Time Lord, so they're no-gos. Besides, I've never seen this one, so that's a bonus.

(Plus, if you think Steven Moffat was the first person to split a season of Who in two so the layperson might think it was a new run, you'd be wrong: when The Face of Evil began in January 1977 it was billed as a "new series" in the Radio Times thanks to a five week break from the end of the preceding serial. Considering Sarah Jane left during the last lot of episodes, and this introduces her replacement companion, perhaps that was a sound idea.)


Wallander [Swedish]
3x06 Sorgfågeln (aka The Sad Bird) [series finale]

The end! A good, if sad, finale.

TV

The 10th Kingdom
Part 7 (of 10) [2nd watch]
Part 8 (of 10) [2nd watch]

Would I Lie To You?
8x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Ten Little Indians (1965)
[#105 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

this week on 100 Films

Three brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...


The Conspirator (2010)

eight people were tried for conspiracy to kill America’s 16th President; this is the story of what happened to the only woman among them. Or, rather, it’s the story of the young lawyer who is forced to represent her. Rather than cave to pressure and more-or-less let the prosecution have their way, he fights her corner against a ludicrously biased system that would execute her without trial

Read more here.


The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)

Starring, co-written and directed by rapper and Asian culture fan “the RZA”, this is a riff on old-fashioned chopsocky actioners. The plot is... just a way to string together some outlandish characters and equally extreme action sequences.

Read more here.


Safe (2012)

Jason Statham plays a cop turned cage-fighter turned vagrant, who rescues a young girl and finds himself amidst a three-way brawl between the Triad, the Russians, and corrupt cops. They want the child for a number she’s memorised, but what is its significance?

Read more here.


Plus three were new to the new blog too...


Inglourious Basterds (2009)

The whole film is a grab-bag of filmmaking styles, techniques and modes, thrown together with a gleeful abandon. Tarantino uses what he wants when he wants it, sometimes for no reason at all, and with no eye to creating a stylistic whole... It’s like that square Uma Thurman drew in Pulp Fiction, only instead of being one thing once he does it again and again, with any trick he fancies, throughout the film.

Read more here.


Iron Eagle (1986)

The plot, for those unaware of the film (which included me), is that an American pilot is captured by Qatar due to flying into their airspace, even though he was hundreds of miles outside it. When he’s sentenced to execution and the US Government refuses to do anything practical to get him back, his teenage son — who he’s been illicitly teaching to fly fighter jets — resolves to steal one and go get his dad. Hells yeah! Or something.

Read more here.


Speed Racer (2008)

it's visually astounding. Speed Racer’s blocks of vibrant colour and computer whizzery are a natural fit for the modern digital experience. Action sequences are mind-meltingly fast, but also incredibly thrilling.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

The 10th Kingdom
Part 5 (of 10) [2nd watch]
Part 6 (of 10) [2nd watch]

Doctor Who
34x10 In the Forest of the Night
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Pointless Celebrities
6x21 (25/10/14 edition)
"We've got a tub of lard, and Boris Johnson." Only on Pointless.
Also, a Doctor Who finale -- where I got loads of pointlesses! Yay!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Collection Count

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

Nothing to report this week, yet again. There's loads in the post though, so it might be bumper crop next time.

Number of titles in collection: 1,699 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,203 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 496 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 4,234 [no change]
Number of films in collection: 1,832 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,242 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 438 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The 10th Kingdom
Part 3 (of 10) [2nd watch]
Part 4 (of 10) [2nd watch]

Forever
1x04 The Art of Murder

Gilmore Girls
2x15 Lost and Found [2nd watch]

Grantchester
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

TV

The 10th Kingdom
Part 1 (of 10) [2nd watch]
Part 2 (of 10) [2nd watch]
Re-watching this (in as-originally-aired 90-minute chunks) to cover it for the Fairy Tale Blogathon.

Gotham
1x02 Selina Kyle
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
28x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
3x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

TV

Doctor Who
2x03 Crisis
Infamously, this story was deemed so boring that they re-edited parts three and four into a single regular-length episode, i.e. this one. Probably for the best -- I can't imagine what they could've got up to for another 25 minutes!

Wallander [Swedish]
3x05 Mordbrännaren (aka The Arsonist)

Whose Line is it Anyway?
2x07 (29/12/89 edition) [Christmas special]
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

TV

Doctor Who
2x02 Dangerous Journey
Whoever thought a man draining a sink of water could be a cliffhanger?

Forever
1x03 The Fountain of Youth

Have I Got News For You
48x03 (17/10/2014 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch the extended version (again) on iPlayer.]

Pointless Celebrities
6x20 (18/10/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

La Belle et la Bête (1946)
[#104 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

aka Beauty and the Beast, of course.

TV

Doctor Who
2x01 Planet of Giants
This week's tie-in story also sees the TARDIS getting miniaturised -- the but the crew are too! It has quite a poor reputation, but I thought this was a strong opening episode, with a good sense of mystery, some nice cross-cutting between scenes, and some solid special effects. Guess it all goes downhill from now...

Pioneers of Television
2x01 Science Fiction

Scott & Bailey
4x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

TV

Doctor Who Extra
1x09 Flatline
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Grantchester
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

Not Going Out
7x01 Mugging
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Dead Poets Society (1989)
[#103 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

this week on 100 Films

Three brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...


After Earth (2013)

There are some good ideas here, albeit undermined by frequent plot and logic holes, often stilted acting, and a chronic need to over-explain things. There’s nice design work, even if its plausibility is suspect, but bonus points for creating a far-future humanity that feels weird and suitably distant

Read more here.


Legends of the Knight (2013)

Heartwarming crowdfunded documentary about the power of Batman — not to beat supervillains, but his positive influence on real people.

Read more here.


The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

When someone says “100-million-dollar epic”, you probably don’t imagine a film about a swindling stockbroker; but, with a three-hour running time and a nine-figure budget, that’s exactly what Martin Scorsese’s black comedy biopic is.

Read more here.


This week, my old blogging site FilmJournal seems to have disappeared off the face of the Earth. This is a pain for my reposting plans (I have versions of all old posts on my computer, but not with all the formatting, categories, pictures, etc, that were on the old blog).

I guess using those back-ups is the status quo going forward, but for now, just two reviews were new to the new blog this week...


Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

They're young... they're in love... and they kill people.

Read more here.


I Am Legend: Alternate Theatrical Version (2007/2008)

this cut only has minimal differences: there are a couple of very short new scenes in the third act, which were presumably excised because they primarily feed into the different ending, the main attraction of this version. Personally, I prefer it.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Detectorists
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Doctor Who
34x09 Flatline
Another episode I really enjoyed -- that's a few in a row now! Excellent special effects, many wonderful moments; perhaps a little too long, ran out of places to go with the concept, but on the whole brilliant.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
1x10 Episode 10 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
28x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Would I Lie To You?
8x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Weird coincidence: last time I watched Detectorists and An Extra Slice, I also watched Buzzcocks and WILTY! Seriously!

Films

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
[#102 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

Collection Count

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

Well, almost every week -- I didn't bother last week because there was nothing to report again. This week, however, things kick off...

Number of titles in collection: 1,699 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,203 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 496 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 4,234 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,832 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,242 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 438 [no change]

...and wind up just one away from 1,700 titles! That barrier may be crossed next week, post willing. See you then, faithful reader.

TV

Gotham
1x01 Pilot
This received a lot of mixed reviews, but I liked it. The cop show/superhero show mash-up does mean it doesn't really feel like either, but it also means it doesn't feel quite like anything else either -- and that's a good thing. It looks gorgeous too, with great production design and cinematography. Overall: not perfect, but has promise.
[Watch it (again) on Demand 5.]

The Great British Bake Off
5x11 The Class of 2013 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Have I Got News For You
48x02 (10/10/2014 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch the extended version (again) on iPlayer.]

Whose Line is it Anyway?
2x06 (22/12/89 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

TV

Doctor Who
13x12 Pyramids of Mars Part Four [2nd watch]

Forever
1x02 Look Before You Leap

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
3x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

Whose Line is it Anyway?
2x05 (15/12/89 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

TV

Doctor Who
13x11 Pyramids of Mars Part Three [2nd watch]

Pioneers of Television
2x03 Crime Dramas

Pointless Celebrities
6x19 (11/10/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Doctor Who
13x10 Pyramids of Mars Part Two [2nd watch]
aka "The One Where the Doctor Takes Sarah Jane to an Alternate 1980". Excellent story, this.

Mock the Week
13x11 (9/10/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Scott & Bailey
4x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

Films

The Tourist (2010)
[#101 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

TV

Doctor Who
13x09 Pyramids of Mars Part One [2nd watch]
After the Doctor faced down a Mummy on Saturday, what better choice for this week's tie-in classic story than the last time he faced such a creature? Bit different, these ones, though...

Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2x06 Episode 6

this week on 100 Films

Two brand-new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...


Darkman (1990)

Before he made the insanely successful Spider-Man trilogy, horror auteur Sam Raimi helmed this cinema-original superhero-esque fable, about a scientist caught in the crossfire between a corrupt developer and the mob who sets out for revenge.

Read more here.


The Tournament (2009)

the kind of film where its relative quality is entirely dependent on what you want from a movie. Is it original? Not terribly. Is it clever? Not really. Is it action-packed and kinda fun? Yessir.

Read more here.


Plus six were new to the new blog...


24: Redemption (Extended Edition) (2008)

Everything you need to know for this story is contained herein... On the other hand, it fails as a standalone movie. While the main plot — Jack defends school — is kicked off and wrapped up in the space between the title and the credits, there are several US-based plot threads that aren’t even close to being resolved. These are clearly designed to flow on into season seven

Read more here.


The Condemned (2007)

one keeps expecting it to degenerate into rubbish, but it never quite does. This is partly due to lowered expectations, true, and I’m not claiming it’s a piece of philosophical art — it’s still essentially a straight-up action movie — but there’s more to the story and its inherent issues than one has any reason to expect.

Read more here.


Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (2005)

the main point is clearly the action, which is pretty spectacular. If you can bear the dense, plot-heavy first half (which does also contain several good sequences), the second is non-stop action, only occasionally marred by overactive camerawork.

Read more here.


I Am Legend (2007)

Things go very well for the first half. It’s nicely paced, concentrating on a depiction of one man’s loneliness taken to the extreme. The script, and Smith’s acting, handle the material well... Sadly, things begin to go down hill...

Read more here.


The Kite Runner (2007)

it feels like it’s part biography (though it’s fiction) and part moral fable. By the end, we’re presumably meant to leave with the feeling that some justice has been done at last. But while one boy has been saved from the horrors of his captors... there are hundreds left behind with the still-active villain.

Read more here.


Stand By Me (1986)

Irrespective of age, generation, or being able to remember the kinds of experiences suggested by the film, Stand By Me is still an effective and affecting little film. The level of enjoyment for some may depend on how much they can stomach child actors, though as kids go they’re mostly very good.

Read more here.



More next Sunday.

TV

Doctor Who
34x08 Mummy on the Orient Express
Really enjoyed that, which makes a good few in a row for me now. Opinion seems very divided on this season: my Twitter feed is full of hatred for it, comments sections on websites see plenty of others declaring it the best run ever, and commenters regularly disagreeing with reviewers about which episodes are great and which are weak. There's a range of opinions on everything, of course, and especially Who, but it feels more pronounced this year.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Doctor Who Extra
1x08 Mummy on the Orient Express
The series rarely builds extensive sets (as far as I'm aware), more often using location filming, so it would've been nice to learn a bit more about the process behind the Orient Express. Still, between the impressive monster, a big-name guest star and a big-name cameo, I guess there was more than enough to discuss.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Panel-show-tastic!

Have I Got News For You
48x01 (3/10/2014 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch the extended version (again) on iPlayer.]

Whose Line is it Anyway?
2x04 (8/12/89 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

Would I Lie To You?
8x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Doctor Who
21x16 Planet of Fire Part Four

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
28x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Whose Line is it Anyway?
2x03 (24/11/89 edition)
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]

TV

Doctor Who
21x15 Planet of Fire Part Three
This seems to have turned into a fairly aimless runaround, but at least the cliffhanger was good.

Grantchester
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

The Great British Bake Off
5x10 The Final
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Mock the Week
13x10 (2/10/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Spanking the Monkey (1994)
[#100 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

Aaaand that's 100! Now, how far will I get...

TV

Doctor Who
21x14 Planet of Fire Part Two

Forever
1x01 Pilot
Welshman Ioan Gruffudd is a 200-year-old Englishman who can't die in this new American procedural -- hey, when there are so many cop shows on TV, you need a good twist. On the evidence of this opener it's not an exceptional show, but it is above-average and pretty entertaining, with enough amusing bits to make up for the rote elements. The writers could have done with a healthy dose of "show don't tell" instead of the mass of voiceover, though.

Whose Line is it Anyway?
2x01 (10/11/89 edition)
2x02 (17/11/89 edition)
Following "most fans"' advice, I decided to jump ahead to series two. The format is the same -- indeed, many of the rounds are exactly the same -- and yet instead of being a little awkward and occasionally amusing, it's now frequently hilarious. Not sure how or why that's changed, but hooray.
[Watch 2x01 and 2x02 (again) on 4oD.]

Would I Lie To You?
8x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Articles

Go Ahead, Get Excited for the New Twin Peaks. Even If It Turns Out Awful.
by James Poniewozik (from TIME)

Why it's OK to stop being cynical and start being excited for something -- in this case, new Twin Peaks.

TV

Doctor Who
21x13 Planet of Fire Part One
This week's Who serial was one of the first I locked in for our tied-to-the-new-episodes classic viewing. For Saturday's episode, they shot in Lanzarote doubling for the Moon; in this serial, they shot in Lanzarote doubling for the planet Sarn... and also Lanzarote. It looks incredible, actually -- a great use of location in both episodes. I guess there's not the budget to do it more often, but going overseas is probably the best way to find a genuinely alien-looking landscape.
Also, this is The One With Peri's Bikini, lest we forget (as if).

Gilmore Girls
2x14 It Should've Been Lorelai [2nd watch]
The first episode to feature Mädchen Amick as Christopher's new lady -- on the same day as the Twin Peaks news! Complete coincidence.

Scott & Bailey
4x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

Whose Line is it Anyway?
1x01 (23/9/88 edition)
1x03 (7/10/88 edition)
Remember years ago I caught and liked some random episodes of WLIIA on Dave? Well, I stumbled across the whole darn thing on 4oD and thought I'd start at the start. It's remarkable how slow and kind of awkward it is -- and very obvious that the improvisation is genuinely completely improvised. How things have changed in the intervening 26 years! The first episode wasn't much cop, to be honest, but a quality line-up helped the next one I tried. Apparently "most fans feel that the show was at its best from Series 2-6, with Series 1 being too smart and low-budget," so maybe I should skip ahead in future.
[Watch 1x01 and 1x03 (again) on 4oD.]

Articles

Twin Peaks to return with new episodes in 2016
by Morgan Jeffery (from Digital Spy)

Best TV revival news since 2003!

Massively excited for this. Two years seems such a long time off... but as all I've actually seen of Twin Peaks is the first season, and that was many years ago, I've actually got a season one re-watch and first time viewing of the much-longer second season and the movie to fill (some of) that time.

Co-creator Mark Frost has been doing a ton of interviews, but some choice ones I read include those at TVLine, The Hollywood Reporter and HitFix.

TV

Crimes of Passion
1x06 Tragedy in a Country Churchyard [season finale]
This hasn't been to everyone's taste (there was at least one moany letter in the Radio Times, not to mention a 'pick of the day' review for this episode by a writer who even said they hadn't watched most of the series), but I've enjoyed it and hope to see more.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
[#99 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

this week on 100 Films

This week saw the start of October, meaning it was time for the regular 100 Films in a Year monthly update...




As well as that, three brand-new reviews were published this week...


A Beautiful Mind (2001)

There’s a Big Twist that they skilfully kept out of the advertising, and which many people have done a fair job of keeping quiet for the past 13 years; but, unlike most Big Twists, this one isn’t at the end of the film — in fact, it’s pretty early on, and the bulk of the movie is spent dealing with its fall-out.

Read more here.


Clear and Present Danger (1994)

The plot isn’t exactly inspiring, sadly, but it does allow for a few more memorable sequences: an alleyway ambush on an American convoy, with Ryan in the thick of the action, which is apparently still used to train real troops; and, in a very modern twist, a sequence where Ryan hacks into a corrupt colleague’s computer, while the colleague tries to delete the files Ryan is looking for.

Read more here.


Patriot Games (1992)

a sprawling tale. Although most of the major characters start off connected by a failed assassination, they soon splinter to go about their business in unconnected sequences, which finally come back together towards the end. To describe it as “novelistic” might be obvious, but it’s not been streamlined for the big screen.

Read more here.


Finally, this week's archive re-posts had a bit of a one-track mind...


David Fincher Week

With Fincher's latest in cinemas this week, it seems a good time to repost my 2011 'week'. Starting with this somewhat-self-indulgent introduction...

Read more here.


The end of David Fincher Week

...and continuing with my summary post from the week's end.

Read more here.


Se7en (1995)

The quality of a crime thriller is often so tied to its mystery that the film can only sustain so many viewings — sometimes, only one — before you know it too well. I have seen Se7en at least seven times now, which for me is a lot — a helluva lot, even — and yet I still get something from it every time. That’s a rarity, that’s a reason to love it, and that is why it may well be my favourite film.

Read more here.


Fight Club (1999)

At one point consensus seemed to have it that Fight Club was easily Fincher’s best movie, a generation-defining statement, “the first great film of the 21st Century” despite being released in 1999... I’ve always preferred Se7en myself. I still do. But Fight Club is nonetheless an exceptional film.

Read more here.


Panic Room (2002)

stands out as (arguably) Fincher’s most atypical film. Whereas his others are all epic, in one way or another, this is the exact opposite. It’s very contained, virtually the entire running time spent on one night in one house, alleviated only by brief outside bookends and a guided tour of the house at the start. Fortunately, it’s still an outstanding little thriller.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Doctor Who
34x07 Kill the Moon
This may well be the first classic of the Capaldi era. Not everyone on Twitter agreed though, so we'll see... but it felt great to me.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Doctor Who Extra
1x07 Kill the Moon
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Pointless Celebrities
6x18 (4/10/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)
[#98 in 100 Films in a Year 2014]

Articles

Lost ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Film Discovered After Almost a Century
by Kevin Noonan (from Variety)

A nearly 100-year-old silent film version of “Sherlock Holmes” starring famed Holmes thespian and American actor William Gillette has been discovered at the Cinémathèque Française

Exciting! Lord knows how us normal people who don't attend silent film festivals will ever get to see it, but, y'know, we'll see.

What It's like to Fly the $23,000 Singapore Airlines Suites Class
by Derek Low
This looks amazing! Definitely sits high on the list of "things to do if I win an insane amount on the Lottery".

Collection Count

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

Nothing again -- again! -- this week. I imagine it'll be quite a small monthly running time update, then...

Number of titles in collection: 1,697 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,203 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 494 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 4,232 [no change]
Number of films in collection: 1,830 [no change]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 6,242 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 438 [no change]

Plus this week it's time for a running time update, so...

Total running time of collection (approx.):
304 days, 18 hours, and 3 minutes.
(Up 10 hours and 13 minutes from last month.)

It's approaching the time when all of the summer's big blockbusters hit disc, and as I skipped them all at the cinema I'll be buying a fair few. Hopefully these updates will get a bit livelier then, then.

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Detectorists
1x01 Episode 1
BBC Four sitcom about metal detector users -- aka detectorists -- not incompetent police detectives, or something.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
1x09 Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
28x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Would I Lie To You?
8x03 Episode 3

TV

Doctor Who
25x04 Remembrance of the Daleks Part Four [3rd watch]

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
3x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]

Two Tribes
1x30 (26/9/14 edition) [season finale]
Hope this is coming back.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Doctor Who
25x03 Remembrance of the Daleks Part Three [3rd watch]

The Great British Bake Off
5x09 Semi-final - Patisserie
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Mock the Week
13x09 (26/9/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Two Tribes
1x29 (25/9/14 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]