Leverage
5x10 The Frame-Up Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
6x88 Week 20: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Sunday, 20 August 2023
Saturday, 19 August 2023
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.]
[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]
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.
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.
Friday, 18 August 2023
Wednesday, 16 August 2023
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.
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.
Tuesday, 15 August 2023
Monday, 14 August 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.
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.
Sunday, 13 August 2023
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.]
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.]
This year's Oscar winner for Best Short Film, currently available in the UK on iPlayer.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Saturday, 12 August 2023
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.]
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.]
Friday, 11 August 2023
TV
Leverage
5x08 The Broken Wing Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
6x82 Week 19: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
5x08 The Broken Wing Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
6x82 Week 19: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday, 10 August 2023
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.]
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.]
Wednesday, 9 August 2023
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.]
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.]
Tuesday, 8 August 2023
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.]
1x05 The Dogcatcher
1x06 Some Lusty Tornado
Richard Osman's House of Games
6x77 Week 18: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Monday, 7 August 2023
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.]
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.]
Sunday, 6 August 2023
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.]
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]
The Imitation Game (2014)
[2nd watch]
[#59 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2023]
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