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...

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.

Films

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

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x03 Week 1: Wednesday
5x04 Week 1: Thursday
5x05 Week 1: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Appointment with Murder (1948)
[#158 in 100 Films in a Year 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]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x25 Episode 25
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Murder in Three Acts (1986)
[#156 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Wuthering Heights (1939)
[#155 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Leverage
3x08 The Boost Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x24 Episode 24
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Dead Man's Folly (1986)
[#154 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

My Man Godfrey (1936)
[#153 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Nothing new to add this week, but it is time for the monthly running time update. Well, it was time for that last week, but I didn't manage it; but, with no new titles to add, it's obviously the same this week as it would've been last week. Neat.

Number of titles in collection: 2,642 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,579 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 114 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,682 [no change]
Number of films: 3,086 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [no change]
Number of short films: 872 [no change]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
482 days, 16 hours, and 39 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 14 hours, and 28 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Leverage
3x07 The Gone Fishin' Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x21 Episode 21
2x22 Episode 22
2x23 Episode 23
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
[#152 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Baptiste
2x06 Episode 6 [series finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x18 Episode 18
2x19 Episode 19
2x20 Episode 20
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Baptiste
2x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x06 The Studio Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x16 Episode 16
2x17 Episode 17
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
[#151 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Baptiste
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x05 The Double Blind Job

Films

Salting the Battlefield (2014)
[#150 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Baptiste
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x04 The Scheherazade Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x14 Episode 14
2x15 Episode 15
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Baptiste
2x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Ghosts
3x01 The Bone Plot
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x03 The Inside Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x13 Episode 13
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Love Affair (1939)
[#149 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

This was supposed to be the monthly running time update, but as I'm clearly not in a position to get that done timelily*, this'll have to do. Running time next week.

Number of titles in collection: 2,642 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,579 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 114 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,682 [up 1]
Number of films: 3,086 [no change]
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.

* Although this post will be archived as having been posted on Saturday 21st, I didn't actually post it until Wednesday 25th!

TV

Baptiste
2x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x02 The Reunion Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x11 Episode 11
2x12 Episode 12
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
[#148 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Leverage
3x01 The Jailhouse Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x05 Episode 5

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x10 The Two Detectives Act 1
1x11 The Two Detectives Act 2
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Films

The Kid Detective (2020)
[#147 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Just one new addition this week — I finally got round to picking up Sherlock series 4. Did you know that was on over four years ago now? Time flies!

Of course, what this doesn't show is all the stuff I've been preordering — lots of big box sets that will arrive later in the year. They'll get counted for this chart when they arrive, but a lot of them are getting counted by my bank balance right now!

Number of titles in collection: 2,642 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,578 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 114 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,681 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,086 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [up 3]
Number of short films: 872 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Wheel
2x02 Episode 2
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch the series (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
[#146 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance. (2009/2010)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #25. I enjoyed this one more on this rewatch...

Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo. (2012/2013)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #26. I enjoyed this one less, unfortunately. Still, now I'm all ready for the concluding part tomorrow...

Films

Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone. (2007/2009)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #24. Last time I rewatched this, it was in prep for the imminent release of the third film. Now, same again, but in readiness for the fourth, which is out on Friday via Amazon Prime.

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x02 Episode 2
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
[#145 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Tea with Mussolini (1999)
[#144 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x01 Episode 1
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

A Damsel in Distress (1937)
[#142 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

The Danish Girl (2015)
[#143 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 didn't actually buy anything new this week, but some numbers go up nonetheless. That's because last week I bought Scott Pilgrim vs. the World on UHD, intending to replace my Blu-ray copy; but when I got that off the shelf to put on the 'to sell' pile, I liked the slipcover so much I didn't want to give it up. So, for now at least, I'm keeping it... just for that bit of cardboard. Ah, the collector's mentality...

Number of titles in collection: 2,641 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,577 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 114 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,679 [up 1]
Number of films: 3,086 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,095 [no change]
Number of short films: 872 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

Turks & Caicos (2014)
[#141 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

The Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchaton 2021 #23

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x08 A Study in 'S' Act 1
1x09 A Study in 'S' Act 2
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x06 The Adventure of the Noahtic Act 1
1x07 The Adventure of the Noahtic Act 2
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Films

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
[#149 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x05 The Dancer on the Bridge
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Films

The Father (2020)
[#139 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

this week on 100 Films

Or should that be "this month on 100 Films", because that's how long it's been since my last post! And, like the last one, the new one is a monthly review...





More next Sunday... maybe...

TV

The Wheel
2x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The King (2019)
[#138 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

The discs just keep coming: I added 11 titles to my collection this week, although a handful were upgrades so it washes out as +7 (the upgrades being Gattaca and Scott Pilgrim from BD to 4K, Big Fish from DVD to 4K(!), and the Up series (7 Up, etc) from DVD to BD. I also bought the Indiana Jones 4K set, but I'm hanging on to those Blu-rays. And DVDs. More fool me). Quite a few were box sets, too, so the number films and, especially, discs see even bigger jumps, even after taking out the upgrades.

Number of titles in collection: 2,640 [up 7]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,576 [up 9]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 114 [up 5]

Number of discs in collection: 6,678 [up 21]
Number of films: 3,085 [up 15]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,095 [up 13]
Number of short films: 872 [no change]

After a couple of busy weeks in a row, I've got nothing scheculed for next time... until I inevitably cave to a sale or something, anyway. See you then, faithful reader.

Films

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
[#137 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #7

Films

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #22

Collection Count

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

An even-more-belated-than-usual update this week, because it's time for the running time update and I had a whole month's worth of purchases to add in.

Plus, this week itself features another pretty large load of new additions. They include a couple of new releases on 4K (True Romance, The Babadook), a couple of new or recent releases on regular Blu-ray (The Day of the Dolphin, Son of the White Mare), and a few catchup releases from earlier in the year / the end of last year. But nothing from HMV's huge 20%-off sale... though it calls to me, so maybe next week.

Number of titles in collection: 2,633 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,066 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,567 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 109 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 6,657 [up 9]
Number of films: 3,070 [up 9]
Number of additional cuts: 226 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,082 [no change]
Number of short films: 872 [up 4]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
481 days, 2 hours, and 11 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 15 hours, and 56 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
[2nd watch]

I'm fairly certain I saw this as a kid — the earworm scene is lodged in my memory — but that's about all I did remember. So, it's a rewatch in technicality only, but there we go. It's the only pre-Generations Trek film I did see as a kid, I think, so I intend to give it the Guide To treatment on 100 Films to make sure the whole series is covered.

TV

Star Trek
1x22 Space Seed
Watched as prep before The Wrath of Khan.

Films

The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #20

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x04 A Rare Breed
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Fiction

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Pages 217–288 [the end]

Considering I read the first 216 pages of this in a little over a week, I certainly didn't intend to wait over three months before reading the final 72. But an enforced short pause turned into a long pause, and here we are. Still, better late than never.

Oh, and it's a really good book, by the way.

Films

Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
[#136 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

This week's additions include a couple of imported 4K titles, both from France. First: Godzilla vs Kong, because it comes bundled with the film in 3D (I watched it in 4K when it came out and it looked great, so I did want that; but I also want it in 3D because it looked like it'd be great in 3D, and I have indeed heard good things). Second: The Limey, because France is the only country that got the recent 4K restoration on an actual 4K disc (there was just a regular Blu-ray here); plus it comes with a good number of special features (the UK BD has none), including an acclaimed commentary track.

Number of titles in collection: 2,625 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,066 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,559 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 107 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 6,648 [up 5]
Number of films: 3,061 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 225 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,082 [no change]
Number of short films: 868 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x02 The Scarlet Eyes Act 1
1x03 The Scarlet Eyes Act 2
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Films

Time After Time (1979)
[#135 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Podcasts

Toby Hadoke's Who's Round
43 Matthew Jacobs
[Listen via Big Finish.]

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x01 The Earl's Crime
I discovered the existence of this anime entirely by accident, but I'm glad I did. It's a version of Sherlock Holmes in which Moriarty becomes the Lord of Crime in order to help balance an unjust society, seeking to punish noblemen for their crimes. This first episode is a bit pilot-y, but it still manages to tell a compelling and satisfying story, and the production quality is high all round. I'll definitely be sticking with the rest of the series.
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Films

The Broadway Melody (1929)
[#133 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Murder by Decree (1979)
[#134 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Hotel Reserve (1944)
[#131 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Sneakers (1992)
[#132 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Just one new addition this week, for a change. There's already more in the post, though.

Number of titles in collection: 2,623 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,066 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,557 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 105 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,643 [up 1]
Number of films: 3,059 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 225 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,082 [no change]
Number of short films: 868 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
3x60 Episode 60

The Rookie
3x12 Brave Heart
3x13 Triple Duty
3x14 Threshold [season finale]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
3x59 Episode 59

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
3x58 Episode 58

The Rookie
3x11 New Blood

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
3x57 Episode 57

The Rookie
3x10 Man of Honor

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
3x56 Episode 56

Films

From Here to Eternity (1953)
[#129 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Strictly Ballroom (1992)
[#130 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

This week brings a new addition to the Doctor Who: The Collection Blu-rays in the form of Season 24. I have them all on DVD too, of course, but I'm upgrading them with these Blu-rays — but only ditching the DVDs once all their special features have appeared in The Collection (some are being rearranged to more appropriate seasons). In the case of season 24, two of the stories still have an exclusive extra on the DVDs, so I'll keep them for now.

I also picked up a bunch of titles in HMV's Premium Collection sale, only one of which was also an upgrade, so there's all this going on:

Number of titles in collection: 2,622 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,066 [down 3]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,556 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 105 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,642 [up 17]
Number of films: 3,058 [up 6]
Number of additional cuts: 225 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,082 [up 7]
Number of short films: 868 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

this week on 100 Films

It's been an exceptionally quiet month on 100 Films in a Year, but this week I nonetheless presented my usual roundup of what went on...





Hopefully, there'll be more next Sunday.

Films

Jerry Maguire (1996)
[#128 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Rain Man (1988)
[#127 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #6

Films

Space Station 3D (2002)
[#126 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

The Invisible Man (1933)
[#125 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #19. I was trying to watch an awful lot of films I'd never seen before this weekend, to push my June tally up towards 20 films (and then reach that mark during the week). But I haven't even got close to where I needed to be (more like the low 130s than the mid 120s), so I gave up and rewatched this instead.

Superman and the Mole-Men (1951)
[#124 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

It's time for the monthly running time update again — indeed, that's why this update is, once again, a day late (not that anyone cares).

And, also once again, I seem to have gone a bit crazy, with nine new purchases. Well, most of them are new releases that I've had on preorder for a while — stuff comes out when it comes out; it's not my fault if that means I end up getting seven new titles in one week (and two of those are actually out next week but arrived early, just to compound the issue). The other two newbies were, of course, sale buys — more in that vein next week.

Number of titles in collection: 2,617 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,069 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,548 [up 9]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 105 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,625 [up 13]
Number of films: 3,052 [up 15]
Number of additional cuts: 225 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,075 [no change]
Number of short films: 868 [no change]


Total running time of collection (approx.):
479 days, 10 hours, and 15 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 11 hours, and 19 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

A Brief History of Time Travel (2018)
[#123 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Kinda apt that I ended with this on a day when alphabetisation means my viewing is listed in precise reverse chronological order...

The Mummy (1932)
[#122 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Rodan (1956)
[#121 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

What! No Spinach? (1926)
[#120a in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Included on the Seven Chances Blu-ray because of its "similar theme". Really, it's just a mini-rip-off of the Buster Keaton feature.

Films

Seven Chances (1925)
[#120 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Dumb and Dumber (1994)
[#119 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Would I Lie To You?
14x09 Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Lucifer
5x16 A Chance at a Happy Ending [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x13 Episode 13
1x14 Episode 14
1x15 Episode 15 [season finale]
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Lucifer
5x15 Is This Really How It's Going To End?!
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x12 Episode 12
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Lucifer
5x14 Nothing Lasts Forever
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x10 Episode 10
1x11 Episode 11
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Collection Count

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

Six new additions this week, half of them on UHD. Four are upgrades to things I already owned, including all three UHDs, but in two cases I'm keeping my previous copy (one because it's in a box set, and also includes an alternate cut of the film, and the other because it has unique special features). All of which looks like this...

Number of titles in collection: 2,609 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,070 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,538 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 105 [up 3]

Number of discs in collection: 6,612 [up 7]
Number of films: 3,037 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 222 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,075 [no change]
Number of short films: 868 [up 1]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Lucifer
5x13 A Little Harmless Stalking
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x08 Episode 8
1x09 Episode 9
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x07 Episode 7
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Lucifer
5x12 Daniel Espinoza: Naked and Afraid
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x06 Episode 6
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
3x09 Amber

TV

Lucifer
5x11 Resting Devil Face
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x05 Episode 5
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
3x08 Bad Blood

TV

Lucifer
5x10 Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x04 Episode 4
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
3x07 True Crime

TV

Lucifer
5x09 Family Dinner
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

My Fair Lady (1964)
[#118 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

this week on 100 Films

Just 1 new post on 100 Films in a Year this week...


Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

it moves like the clappers and is committed to being almost relentlessly entertaining. Perhaps it’s a little hardcore for younger fans (and even that aspect has lessened with age, with the chest-ripping special effects looking a little ropey nowadays), but otherwise, what’s there to complain about?

Read more here.


More, perhaps, next Sunday.

Collection Count

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

This week, I finally got round to upgrading Torchwood series one and two from DVD to Blu-ray. Not sure why — bit of a whim. So two more DVDs go, two more Blu-rays are gained, and overall two discs are lost — although that last one is masked because I also acquired two films on Blu-ray.

Number of titles in collection: 2,605 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,071 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,534 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 102 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,600 [no change]
Number of films: 3,032 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 221 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,075 [no change]
Number of short films: 867 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Friday Night Dinner: 10 Years and a Lovely Bit of Squirrel
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
1x01 Episode 1
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch these episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Money Pit (1986)
[#117 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]