Films

65 (2023)
[#65 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
Yes, I deliberately held off watching this to make it #65.

Podcasts

The Empire Spoiler Special Film Podcast
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One ft. Christopher McQuarrie Part Three

Finished off Part Three on my commutes today. Now just impatiently waiting for Part Four. In the meantime, back to the regular Mission pod...

Light the Fuse - The Official Mission: Impossible Podcast
2x04 Inside the Action with the Cast of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

TV

The 1% Club
2x08 Episode 8 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on ITVX.]

Murder, They Hope
2x01 Can't See the Blood for the Trees
Having enjoyed the previous 'movies' and series, I somehow missed that this was on last year. Catching up now (obviously) before there's a new special at Christmas.

Podcasts

The Empire Spoiler Special Film Podcast
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One ft. Christopher McQuarrie Part Three

As if these weren't divided up enough already (in terms of recording, this is Day Two Part One (with at least one, but possibly two or even three, more parts to come)), I only listened to the first hour or so of this 2½-hour edition — not because it's not good (it's excellent), that's just how my time management worked out.

Podcasts

The Empire Spoiler Special Film Podcast
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One ft. Christopher McQuarrie Part One & Part Two

Since 2018 and the last time the Empire podcast + McQ dived deep into a Mission, they've spun off their "spoiler specials" into its own podcast — and made that subscription only, grr. But these are so good that I've paid up so I can listen to 'em. The sheer length (5½ hours across these first two parts, with at least two more to come) means it can get a little rambling, going off on tangents here, there and everywhere rather than being laser-focused on the filmmaking, but that's kinda fun in its own way too. And when it really gets down to the meat of it, it's as super-insightful as ever.

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x100 Week 22: Friday [season finale]
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

All the Old Knives (2022)

Urge to Kill (1960)
[#64 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]

DVD Extras

Murder on the Orient Express Special Features
Several of the featurettes (on Agatha Christie, on Poirot, and one that generally covered the making of the film), plus the deleted scenes with commentary (by director Kenneth Branagh and screenwriter Michael Green), and about the first half of the main film commentary (by the same contributors). Not truly in-depth stuff, but all interesting enough.

TV

Leverage
5x12 The White Rabbit Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x98 Week 22: Wednesday
6x99 Week 22: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Greatest Days (2023)
[#63 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
[2nd watch]
[#62 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]

Collection Count

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

At one point I thought there was going to be nothing to report this week... but then I placed a couple of orders, of course, and they turned up quickly (one thanks to Amazon Prime, one just speedily from the US).

Number of titles in collection: 3,140 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,028 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,112 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 280 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 7,679 [up 5]
Number of films: 3,849 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 338 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,624 [up 6]
Number of short films: 1,069 [up 2]

And there'll definitely be more next week, with a couple more sale pickups that should arrive, plus a few new releases direct from the label that (almost-)definitely will (on time rather than early, what shocking behaviour!) See you then, faithful reader.

TV

Death in Paradise
11x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x97 Week 22: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Death in Paradise
11x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x95 Week 21: Friday
6x96 Week 22: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x93 Week 21: Wednesday
6x94 Week 21: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Leverage
5x11 The Low Low Price Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x91 Week 21: Monday
6x92 Week 21: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Death in Paradise
11x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x89 Week 20: Thursday
6x90 Week 20: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Leverage
5x10 The Frame-Up Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x88 Week 20: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Best Sellers (2011)

TV

Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestra
[2nd watch]
This is one of those things that's not really TV (though it has been shown on TV) but is not really a film either (it's a filmed live show, which I watched on Blu-ray), so where should I list it? Well, it's here now; and whatever it is, it's very good.

Leverage
5x09 The Rundown Job
This is listed as episode 10 on IMDb, but comes up as episode 9 on Amazon Prime. Seems the pair were originally broadcast on the same night, with this one first, so it's IMDb that's wrong in this case.

More interestingly, it felt like a backdoor pilot for a spinoff, or possibly a new direction in season 6: Nate and Sophie not only don't appear, they aren't even mentioned; while Eliot becomes team leader due to his military connections as he, Hardison and Parker take down a would-be terrorist. It's more like a low-budget 24 or something than a regular heist-based episode of Leverage. I was fully expecting to check the IMDb trivia and learn it was intended as such a relaunch, but there's nothing there — which is almost weirder.

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x87 Week 20: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Jigsaw Man (1983)

Marriage of Convenience (1960)
[#61 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]

Collection Count

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

Three new additions this week, between them representing my regular kinds of purchases: a newly released title (in 4K); a preorder direct from the label that's turned up a couple of weeks early; and a cheap catalogue title.

Number of titles in collection: 3,138 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,028 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,110 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 278 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 7,674 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,847 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 338 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,624 [up 6]
Number of short films: 1,067 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x86 Week 20: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Fiction

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
Chapters 33–53

Didn't mean to leave it so long since I last read any of this, and now, of course, I'm struggling to remember what's been happening and who some of the minor characters are. Dammit. This keeps happening. I need to find a way to be more consistent with my reading.

Anyway, today I have reached the end of Part One. I didn't realise I was reading a Part One, so either I accidentally turned past the page where it said that back when I started, or I just forgot. Anyway, always nice to reach a milestone.

Comics

2000 AD #2341

Films

Santo vs. the Zombies (1962)
[#60 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]

Collection Count

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

A whole pile of new additions this week, just in time for a new monthly running time update — which is why this post is days late, because I've had a busy time at the ol' day job and haven't had time to input it all until now.

Contributing to this week's bumper selection are: a bunch of titles from Vinegar Syndrome's recent sale, and with them a couple of new releases; another pair of new releases from Eureka (turning up two full weeks before their release date!); another pair of titles from Indicator, including their second box set (also almost two weeks before their scheduled date); and a Kickstarter of a silent film serial. It means nearly every category sees an increase (I've counted the serial's episodes under "TV episodes", which isn't truly accurate, but nor would it be to count them as either 1 or 7 films). Only poor old DVD misses out. Such is life.

Number of titles in collection: 3,135 [up 12]
Of which DVDs: 1,028 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,107 [up 12]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 275 [up 4]

Number of discs in collection: 7,670 [up 18]
Number of films: 3,845 [up 13]
Number of additional cuts: 338 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,618 [up 7]
Number of short films: 1,067 [up 5]

Plus, as I mentioned, it's time again for a running time update...

Total running time of collection (approx.):
544 days, 7 hours, and 37 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 7 hours, and 24 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Diplomat
1x07 Keep Your Enemies Closer
1x08 The James Bond Clause [season finale]
Really enjoyed this series overall, but it fell into multiple streaming series pitfalls — primarily, that it doesn't conclude its story; it just ends in a great big "hope we get recommissioned cliffhanger". It's particularly disappointing because there's enough going on here, and enough potential, that they could've wrapped up one narrative as a "story of the season" kind of plot and that would've still left various threads dangling for future seasons. On the bright side, at least it has been recommissioned. Would've been doubly shit if it hadn't.

Poker Face
1x10 The Hook [season finale]
This, on the other hand, does it all right: wraps up the ongoing plot that kicked off in episode one, but sets things up to continue. A great show all round — I've loved every episode. So glad this is coming back, too.

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x85 Week 19: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

An Irish Goodbye (2022)
This year's Oscar winner for Best Short Film, currently available in the UK on iPlayer.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Poker Face
1x09 Escape from Shit Mountain

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x83 Week 19: Wednesday
6x84 Week 19: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Leverage
5x08 The Broken Wing Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x82 Week 19: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Not Going Out
13x07 Football [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x80 Week 18: Friday
6x81 Week 19: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Not Going Out
13x06 Beep
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x78 Week 18: Wednesday
6x79 Week 18: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

The Diplomat
1x05 The Dogcatcher
1x06 Some Lusty Tornado

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x77 Week 18: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

The Diplomat
1x03 Lambs in the Dark
1x04 He Bought a Hat

Not Going Out
13x05 Train
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x76 Week 18: Monday
Weeks 16 and 17 were the two weeks of festive specials, which I watched (appropriately) back in December (and, technically, January).
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Not Going Out
13x04 Coffin
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Poker Face
1x08 The Orpheus Syndrome

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x75 Week 15: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Georgetown (2019)

The Imitation Game (2014)
[2nd watch]
[#59 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]

this week on 100Films.co.uk

I ought to start calling these post "this month on 100Films.co.uk", because that's how often I've been posting updates for most of 2023 so far.

That's because my reviewing has collapsed into nothingness, so there's nothing to report most weeks. But, once a month, there's the monthly review — like this one for July...





And, at the same time, the list of things I failed to watch in the past month...





And that's it, most months. I usually sign off with "more next Sunday", but let's be honest, it's more likely to be "more next month".

Though, you never know...

TV

The Diplomat
1x01 The Cinderella Thing
1x02 Don't Call It a Kidnapping

Leverage
5x07 The Real Fake Car Job

Not Going Out
13x03 Hospital
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Poker Face
1x07 The Future of the Sport

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x74 Week 15: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Enigma (2001)

Collection Count

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

I've been placing lots of expensive orders this week (the last Evangelion movie for £50; importing an Australian release of the Dune miniseries (with a LEGO set!) for a little over £100; amongst others), but only one title has actually arrived to bolster my collection (that being Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, which looks like a ton of fun).

Number of titles in collection: 3,123 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,028 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,095 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 271 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 7,652 [up 1]
Number of films: 3,832 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 335 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,611 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,062 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader, when there'll definitely be more — I've got a big-ish sale order from the US arriving Wednesday. And that's just in time for the monthly running time update, too. Exciting times.

TV

Not Going Out
13x02 Hospital
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Poker Face
1x06 Exit Stage Death

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x73 Week 15: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
6x72 Week 15: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]