Sunday, 19 September 2021

Saturday, 18 September 2021

Films

Terje Vigen (1917)
[#166 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

I said last week would probably be the busiest of September, with one new release and seven sales purchases. And it still is, but I hadn't expected this week to come so close.

That's due to a bulk order from the US arriving super-speedily, plus I didn't realise Black Widow was out on disc this week until last weekend, so that was a last-minute (still-technically-a-)preorder. Throw in another couple of new releases (Early Universal Volume 1, and Days of Heaven from Australia via Amazon UK) and this week's tally is a more-than-respectable seven new additions... although one of them's a BD-to-4K upgrade, so the numbers fall one short of that.

Number of titles in collection: 2,657 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,594 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 119 [up 4]

Number of discs in collection: 6,705 [up 12]
Number of films: 3,102 [up 7]
Number of additional cuts: 231 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [no change]
Number of short films: 874 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Monday, 13 September 2021

Sunday, 12 September 2021

Saturday, 11 September 2021

Films

Futureworld (1976)
[#163 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Alrighty then, here we go: after a quiet few weeks (whole month, even), things are kicking off. This week's additions feature one new release (which arrived pleasingly early, as it's not due out until the 20th) and a whopping seven sale pickups (all 88 Films releases, mostly gialli). This will probably wind up being the busiest single week of September, but there's plenty more to come overall...

Number of titles in collection: 2,651 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,588 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 115 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,693 [up 9]
Number of films: 3,095 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [no change]
Number of short films: 874 [up 2]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Friday, 10 September 2021

TV

Being James Bond
[Watch it (again) as a free rental on Apple TV.]

Thursday, 9 September 2021

Tuesday, 7 September 2021

DVD Extras

The Making of The Birth of a Nation
A 24-minute documentary made in 1993 and included on Masters of Cinema's release of the film in question.

Monday, 6 September 2021

Films

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
[#161 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #8. After Part One (aka the first half) yesterday, today I watched Part Two (aka the second half).

Sunday, 5 September 2021

Films

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
[#161 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #8. Only watched the first part (of two), because it's a long film and, frankly, I needed to go to bed. Part Two tomorrow (hopefully).

Also watched one of the Blu-ray's extras: when the film was re-released in 1930, it came with a short introduction and intermission in which director D.W. Griffith chatted to Walter Huston about some of the film's inspiration, and basically tried to excuse its racism. It's an interesting bit of additional context.

this week on 100 Films

Yes, 100 Films in a Year still exists, even if I'm only posting there once a month rght now. But hey, at least there's plenty to enjoy in my regular monthly column...





More next Sunday... maybe...

Saturday, 4 September 2021

Films

Boss Level (2021)
[#160 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Three Identical Strangers (2018)
[#159 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Shockingly, there's only one addition again this week. Something else that was due has been delayed, and... well, I've got a lot of preorders in for later in the month, so...

Number of titles in collection: 2,643 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,580 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 115 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 6,684 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,087 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [no change]
Number of short films: 872 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Friday, 3 September 2021

Films

Bill (2015)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #27 (as well as just plain ol' 2021 #1)

Tuesday, 31 August 2021

Monday, 30 August 2021

TV

Leverage
3x09 The Three-Card Monte Job
3x10 The Underground Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x01 Week 1: Monday
5x02 Week 1: Tuesday
Finally, the BBC have started naming the episodes more usefully.
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012)
[#157 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]