Cocaine Bear (2023)
[#51 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
Friday, 4 September 2026
Thursday, 3 September 2026
Films
The Double (1971)
[#50 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
Halfway! There's an outside chance I can still pull this off...
[#50 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
Halfway! There's an outside chance I can still pull this off...
Video Games
Titanium Court
I've accumulated over 1,000 PC games since I started a spending spree provoked by my Steam Deck acquisition a year ago, and about a dozen of them I'm 'officially' already playing, but then I'll do something like buy this (currently half price) and immediately boot it up. Who knows why I am the way I am? Anyway, it's really weird, which I was expecting, and pretty fun, so far. It's a bit Strategy-y, which might turn me off in time (especially if it gets too complicated/difficult — Strategy has never been my genre), but I'm enjoying its quirkiness (especially its story) so far.
I've accumulated over 1,000 PC games since I started a spending spree provoked by my Steam Deck acquisition a year ago, and about a dozen of them I'm 'officially' already playing, but then I'll do something like buy this (currently half price) and immediately boot it up. Who knows why I am the way I am? Anyway, it's really weird, which I was expecting, and pretty fun, so far. It's a bit Strategy-y, which might turn me off in time (especially if it gets too complicated/difficult — Strategy has never been my genre), but I'm enjoying its quirkiness (especially its story) so far.
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Monday, 31 August 2026
Sunday, 30 August 2026
Films
Dragonfly Squadron 3D (1954)
[#48 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
[#49 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
[#48 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
[#49 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
Fiction
Alchemised by SenLinYu
Prologue
Chapters 1–2
Knowing this started life as a Harry Potter fanfic, I can't help but try to map characters and locations back onto Potter. Some are blatant, others less so. Either way, I need to try to stop doing that — if I wanted the Potter version, I could just read the original!
Prologue
Chapters 1–2
Knowing this started life as a Harry Potter fanfic, I can't help but try to map characters and locations back onto Potter. Some are blatant, others less so. Either way, I need to try to stop doing that — if I wanted the Potter version, I could just read the original!
Saturday, 29 August 2026
Films
Dersu Uzala (1975)
[#47 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2026 #4
[#47 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2026 #4
Fiction
His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
5 The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
6 The Adventure of the Dying Detective
That's the end of His Last Bow for me, but no "the end" note because I've already read the final story. Not that I don't want to read it again, but I'm still focused on reading all the stories I have never read (nine to go!)
Lady Frances Carfax goes to show why you can't always trust others' opinions: rated a strong but not exceptional 4 stars by the Pocket Essentials guide, and ranked right near the bottom-end by the fan poll, I thought this was actually rather brilliant — an unusual, fun, and surprising escapade.
The Dying Detective, meanwhile, is rated full marks by Pocket Essentials but sits almost bang in the middle of the fan poll. It's also different and kind of clever, but the 'reveal' feels obvious.
5 The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
6 The Adventure of the Dying Detective
That's the end of His Last Bow for me, but no "the end" note because I've already read the final story. Not that I don't want to read it again, but I'm still focused on reading all the stories I have never read (nine to go!)
Lady Frances Carfax goes to show why you can't always trust others' opinions: rated a strong but not exceptional 4 stars by the Pocket Essentials guide, and ranked right near the bottom-end by the fan poll, I thought this was actually rather brilliant — an unusual, fun, and surprising escapade.
The Dying Detective, meanwhile, is rated full marks by Pocket Essentials but sits almost bang in the middle of the fan poll. It's also different and kind of clever, but the 'reveal' feels obvious.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
I spent lots of money on Blu-rays this week... but almost all on preorders. Only one new addition actually arrived: Radiance's delayed box set of Jean Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma, along with other related works.
Number of titles in collection: 3,729 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 962 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,767 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 554 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,952 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,825 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 511 no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,144 [up 8]
Number of short films: 1,330 [up 5]
See you next week, faithful reader.
I spent lots of money on Blu-rays this week... but almost all on preorders. Only one new addition actually arrived: Radiance's delayed box set of Jean Luc Godard's Histoire(s) du cinéma, along with other related works.
Number of titles in collection: 3,729 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 962 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,767 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 554 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 8,952 [up 3]
Number of films: 4,825 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 511 no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,144 [up 8]
Number of short films: 1,330 [up 5]
See you next week, faithful reader.
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