Films

Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972)
[#72 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #3

Godzilla vs. Kong (2021)
[#73 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Doctor Who
39x00 Revolution of the Daleks [New Year's Day special; 2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
2x12 The Zanzibar Marketplace Job

Unforgotten
4x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

TV

Death in Paradise
10x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Unforgotten
4x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Films

Midnight in Paris (2011)
[#71 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Leverage
2x11 The Bottle Job

Unforgotten
4x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Who Dares Wins
12x10 (7/9/19 edition) [season finale]
After being behind on Who Dares Wins for years, I'm finally all caught up! Now I just hope they make some more...

Films

Bachelor Knight (1947)
[#70 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
aka The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer

this week on 100 Films

5 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week...


Eighth Grade (2018)

if you look past the modern milieu to the fundamental feelings underneath, they’re universal and speak across the generations. This is the most truthful movie about what it’s actually like to be a teenager I think I’ve ever seen. It really captures the uncomfortableness of being a not-popular teen, both for good (well done filmmakers, you conveyed your point) or ill (it can be as squirm-inducing as living the real thing).

Read more here.


The Man Who Reviewed Some Films

Featuring...
- The Man Who Knew Infinity
- The Man Who Knew Too Much
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
- The Man Who Sleeps

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Unforgotten
4x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Films

The Prom (2020)
[#69 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Vivacious Lady (1938)
[#68 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

No new releases this week, but, once again, sales got me: there's a Criterion offer across most UK retailers right now, and that's hard to resist. Only two titles so far, but I expect I'll cave to some more (there's around 10–12 from my wish list still in the sale).

Number of titles in collection: 2,566 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,075 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,491 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 97 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,542 [up 2]
Number of films: 2,980 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 215 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,052 [no change]
Number of short films: 848 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2020/2021 Episode 8 (of 14)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
2x10 The Runaway Job

Not Going Out
11x03 Carol
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Unforgotten
4x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Audio Drama

Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
275x04 The End of the Beginning Part 4: The Lost Moon [series finale]

TV

Leverage
2x09 The Lost Heir Job

Unforgotten
4x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

TV

Leverage
2x08 The Ice Man Job

Succession
1x10 Nobody Is Ever Missing [season finale]

TV

Leverage
2x07 The Two Live Crew Job

Succession
1x09 Pre-Nuptial

Audio Drama

Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
275x03 The End of the Beginning Part 3: Night Gallery

TV

Not Going Out
11x02 Pub Quiz
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Succession
1x08 Prague

Films

Truly Madly Deeply (1990)
[#67 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Succession
1x07 Austerlitz

Films

The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
[#66 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Holiday Affair (1949)
[#65 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

this week on 100 Films

3 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week...


The 100-Week Roundup XXVIII

Featuring...
- Early Man
- Amour
- Ralph Breaks the Internet

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Films

Casablanca (1942)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #8

Runaway Jury (2003)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #9

Collection Count

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

Every time I think things might get quiet, a sale or something comes along. Nine new additions is no record breaker, but it remains a pretty big number for a single week — and, thanks to multi-film sets, there are 17 new additions to my film watchlist. Oy... Only two of these are brand-new releases; two more were released within the last month, caught up on in a 2-for-£25 offer, while the other five were in a flash sale.

Maybe I'll manage to display some self control next week, eh...

Number of titles in collection: 2,564 [up 9]
Of which DVDs: 1,075 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,489 [up 9]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 97 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,540 [up 12]
Number of films: 2,978 [up 13]
Number of additional cuts: 215 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes: 9,052 [no change]
Number of short films: 848 [up 5]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Leverage
2x06 The Top Hat Job

Miranda’s Games with Showbiz Names!
I don’t normally log things I’ve only partially watched; but then, I don’t normally only partially watch something. But we only got about five minutes into this Christmas special before concluding it was utter tosh and turned it off, never to be watched again.

Who Dares Wins
12x09 (31/8/19 edition)

Films

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
[#64 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Succession
1x06 Which Side Are You On?

Films

We Bought a Zoo (2011)
[#63 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Audio Drama

Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
275x02 The End of the Beginning Part 2: Flight of the Blackstar

TV

Death in Paradise
10x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
2x05 The Three Days of the Hunter Job

Succession
1x05 I Went to Market

Audio Drama

Doctor Who: The Monthly Adventures
275x01 The End of the Beginning Part 1: Death and the Desert

The last-ever entry in Big Finish's monthly series of Doctor Who audios, which have been running since July 1999. It's the end of an era, and all that (it's not The End of Big Finish doing Who, they're just mixing up how they manage their releases). It's been years since I listened to a Big Finish release (though I still buy quite a few — oopsie), but as I was there listening at the start back in summer 1999, it felt only right to mark the end too. (Seems a shame they didn't end on a round number like 300, but then that would've required keeping this format they want to retire going for another two years, so fair enough I guess.)

TV

Leverage
2x04 The Fairy Godparents Job

Succession
1x04 Sad Sack Wasp Trap

Films

Gambit (2012)
[#62 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Leverage
2x03 The Order 23 Job

Succession
1x03 Lifeboats

Films

Carol (2015)
[#61 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Leverage
2x02 The Tap-Out Job

Not Going Out
11x01 Small Package
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Succession
1x02 Shit Show at the Fuck Factory

this week on 100 Films

4 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week...


The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

The first film was a contained horror/thriller about one well-to-do family whose home comes under assault from a gang of Purge participants on the night in question. This first sequel ditches most of the Horror genre trappings to instead emulate ’70s B-actioners, in the vein of stuff like Assault on Precinct 13 or The Warriors, and it’s all the better for it.

Read more here.


The 100-Week Roundup XXVII

Featuring...
- The Howling
- The Gold Rush
- A Good Year

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2020/2021 Episode 7 (of 14)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
2x01 The Beantown Bailout Job

Succession
1x01 Celebration

Films

Bright Young Things (2003)
[#60 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 quieter week this time, with just two new additions. Next week would've been quieter still: I have no preorders for once! But then I caved to Indicator's current sale, so there should be a pile of titles from them. Hey-ho.
Number of titles in collection: 2,555 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,075 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,480 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 97 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 6,528 [up 4]
Number of films: 2,965 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 211 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,052 [no change]
Number of short films: 843 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Leverage
1x12 The First David Job
1x13 The Second David Job [season finale]

Who Dares Wins
12x08 (24/8/19 edition)

TV

Damages
1x12 There's No 'We' Anymore [3rd watch]
1x13 Because I Know Patty [season finale; 3rd watch]

Leverage
1x11 The Juror #6 Job

TV

Damages
1x10 Sort of Like a Family [3rd watch]
1x11 I Hate These People [3rd watch]

Death in Paradise
10x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
1x10 The 12-Step Job

TV

Damages
1x08 Blame the Victim [3rd watch]
1x09 Do You Regret What We Did? [3rd watch]

Leverage
1x09 The Snow Job

Films

Wild Target (2010)
[#59 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Damages
1x06 She Spat at Me [3rd watch]
1x07 We Are Not Animals [3rd watch]

Leverage
1x08 The Mile High Job

Who Dares Wins
12x07 (17/8/19 edition)

Films

The Sound of Music (1965)
[2nd watch] Rewatchathon 2021 #7

TV

Damages
1x04 Tastes Like a Ho-Ho [3rd watch]
1x05 A Regular Earl Anthony [3rd watch]

Leverage
1x07 The Wedding Job

this week on 100 Films

This week began with a new month, and so it was time for 100 Films in a Year to look back at the previous one...





Plus, there were 2 new reviews, too...


The 100-Week Roundup XXVI

A pair of awards-worthy short animations — the first won an Oscar, the second was nominated for one. I was going to include more films in this week’s roundup (effectively bundle two weeks into one), but it felt like a disservice to this pair. They are...

- Paperman
- Waltz with Bashir

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Collection Count

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

Having pushed the running time update back a week purely because I hadn't had time to update it, this week I got a whole pile of new titles. To be exact, there were 10 additions, though various upgrades keep the net change at +4. And the number of discs actually goes down, thanks to The World at War Blu-ray being an 8-disc upgrade to a 26-disc-version I owned on DVD. That wasn't even the most complicated-to-factor title, which only turned up yesterday morning. So this update is late, but it's complete!

Number of titles in collection: 2,553 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,075 [down 6]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,478 [up 10]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 96 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,524 [down 6]
Number of films: 2,963 [up 7]
Number of additional cuts: 210 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,052 [up 4]
Number of short films: 843 [no change]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
472 days, 16 hours, and 8 minutes.
(Up 4 days, 8 hours, and 11 minutes from last month.)

That's the biggest monthly increase since June 2019... although it does have five weeks in it, so that's kinda cheating, I guess.

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Damages
1x02 Jesus, Mary and Joe Cocker [3rd watch]
1x03 And My Paralyzing Fear of Death [3rd watch]

Leverage
1x06 The Stork Job

Not Going Out
11x00 Resolutions [special; 2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2020/2021 Episode 6 (of 14)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Damages
1x01 Get Me a Lawyer [3rd watch]
Starting Damages again from the beginning, because it's about a decade since I watched season 3 (the last season to air on regular UK TV, as far as I'm aware) and I'd like to see seasons 4 and 5. I'd forgotten I already watched season 1 twice until after finishing this episode, but that's ok because it's really good.

Leverage
1x04 The Miracle Job
1x05 The Bank Shot Job

WandaVision
Part 9 The Series Finale [finale]

Films

Con Air (1997)
[#58 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001)
[#57 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Dundee: The Son of a Legend Returns Home (2018)
This ad for Australian tourism, released back in 2018, initially got people excited because it looked like it was a trailer for a surprise fourth Crocodile Dundee movie. Eventually, the truth was revealed (I think during the Superbowl?) Anyway, they never released a 'complete' version — it only exists as a collection of four or five teasers/trailers/adverts, which you can find on YouTube edited together by just being stuck one after another. They tend to be called "extended version"s, but really it's just playing all the clips back to back. If they'd properly cut all the variants together into one complete version, I'd probably count it and review it as a short on 100 Films; but they didn't, so I'm just mentioning it here (and on Letterboxd).

TV

For All Mankind
1x02 He Built the Saturn V
1x03 Nixon's Women

Films

Dead Man's Eyes (1944)
[#56 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
The third Inner Sanctum Mystery.

Films

David Byrne's American Utopia (2020)
[#55 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Jesus Shows You the Way to the Highway (2019)
[#54 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
+ the audio commentary on Arrow's Blu-ray, which was very academically-minded but not without interest