Leverage
3x11 The Rashomon Job
Richard Osman's House of Games
5x06 Week 2: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]
Thursday 30 September 2021
Wednesday 29 September 2021
Monday 27 September 2021
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Oops — this is rather late, isn't it? But, as you'll see, it's the third substantial week in a row. In fact, if a parcel from the US had turned up when I expected it to, this would actually have beaten two weeks ago to be the biggest of the month. But it didn't, so it doesn't.
Still, there's six new arrivals (The Thing (1982) 4K set includes The Thing (2011) Blu-ray bundled, so it's a net increase of five) — and, wonder of wonders, one of them's a DVD! That'd be season two of Romanzo Criminale, which has been available on Blu-ray in some countries, but I've never found season one on Blu-ray anywhere, and I already own that on DVD, so I'm just completing the set. It also means that every single stat goes up this week, a real rarity.
And all of that is just in time for the monthly running time update — the main reason I took so long putting this post together. Have these busy weeks led to an uncommonly large leap?
Number of titles in collection: 2,663 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,599 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 122 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 6,723 [up 18]
Number of films: 3,113 [up 11]
Number of additional cuts: 232 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,108 [up 10]
Number of short films: 885 [up 11]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
484 days, 21 hours, and 2 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 4 hours, and 23 minutes from last month.)
I'm not sure about all-time, but that's the biggest running time increase since April's.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Oops — this is rather late, isn't it? But, as you'll see, it's the third substantial week in a row. In fact, if a parcel from the US had turned up when I expected it to, this would actually have beaten two weeks ago to be the biggest of the month. But it didn't, so it doesn't.
Still, there's six new arrivals (The Thing (1982) 4K set includes The Thing (2011) Blu-ray bundled, so it's a net increase of five) — and, wonder of wonders, one of them's a DVD! That'd be season two of Romanzo Criminale, which has been available on Blu-ray in some countries, but I've never found season one on Blu-ray anywhere, and I already own that on DVD, so I'm just completing the set. It also means that every single stat goes up this week, a real rarity.
And all of that is just in time for the monthly running time update — the main reason I took so long putting this post together. Have these busy weeks led to an uncommonly large leap?
Number of titles in collection: 2,663 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,599 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 122 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 6,723 [up 18]
Number of films: 3,113 [up 11]
Number of additional cuts: 232 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,108 [up 10]
Number of short films: 885 [up 11]
Total running time of collection (approx.):
484 days, 21 hours, and 2 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 4 hours, and 23 minutes from last month.)
I'm not sure about all-time, but that's the biggest running time increase since April's.
See you next week, faithful reader.
Sunday 26 September 2021
Saturday 25 September 2021
Friday 24 September 2021
Articles
Frances McDormand & Joel Coen Answer All Questions On Eve Of New York Film Festival Opener The Tragedy Of Macbeth
by Mike Fleming Jr (from Deadline)
Macbeth is my favourite Shakespeare, so I'm very much looking forward to this new adaptation. I like the Coen brothers' movies less than most people, but this is something different, and the two leads are great, so I still have expectations. However it turns out, this is an interesting interview about how the project came to be and the motivations behind its artistic choices.
by Mike Fleming Jr (from Deadline)
Macbeth is my favourite Shakespeare, so I'm very much looking forward to this new adaptation. I like the Coen brothers' movies less than most people, but this is something different, and the two leads are great, so I still have expectations. However it turns out, this is an interesting interview about how the project came to be and the motivations behind its artistic choices.
Wednesday 22 September 2021
Tuesday 21 September 2021
Monday 20 September 2021
Sunday 19 September 2021
Films
The Current War (2017)
[#168 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)
[#167 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
[#168 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)
[#167 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Saturday 18 September 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.
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
Films
La Dolce Vita (1960)
[#165 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #9
Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
[#164 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
[#165 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #9
Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
[#164 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Saturday 11 September 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.
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
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.
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).
[#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.
[#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...
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]
[#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.
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
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