TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x64 Week 13: Thursday
4x65 Week 13: Friday

Films

Flavia (2026)
[#40 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

The Swords of Lankhmar by Fritz Leiber
Chapters 1–2

Resuming the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series after a three-month break. This is the only full-length novel in the series (although even then it's relatively short as novels go).

Tabletop Games

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game

this fortnight on 100Films.co.uk

Didn't get round to posting a 100Films.co.uk update last week, but that's okay because it just means both halves of my July review are condensed into this post.

First up, the general review of the month:





And then, the failures:





More next Sunday? Unlikely as ever these days.

TV

How I Met Your Mother
2x08 Atlantic City [2nd watch]

Only Murders in the Building
5x04 Dirty Birds

Poker Face
2x08 The Sleazy Georgian

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x62 Week 13: Tuesday
4x63 Week 13: Wednesday

Tabletop Games

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle

Collection Count

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

Three brand-new 4K releases this week, including an upgrade for Jackie Chan's Armour of God.

Number of titles in collection: 3,721 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 964 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,757 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 549 [up 3]

Number of discs in collection: 8,937 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,811 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 509 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,136 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,322 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

How I Met Your Mother
2x07 Swarley [2nd watch]

Only Murders in the Building
5x03 Rigor

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x61 Week 13: Monday

Fiction

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
[2nd read]
Chapters 17–21 [the end]

TV

Only Murders in the Building
5x02 After You

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x59 Week 12: Thursday
4x60 Week 12: Friday

Fiction

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
[2nd read]
Chapter 16

TV

Only Murders in the Building
5x01 Nail in the Coffin
As usual, watching this in August almost a year late.

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x58 Week 12: Wednesday

TV

How I Met Your Mother
2x06 Aldrin Justice [2nd watch]

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x56 Week 12: Monday
4x57 Week 12: Tuesday

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x53 Week 11: Wednesday
4x54 Week 11: Thursday
4x55 Week 11: Friday

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game

Collection Count

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

A bit late this week because a pile of stuff turned up on Saturday morning but then I had a busy weekend. As ever, I know no one cares but me.

Number of titles in collection: 3,719 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 964 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,755 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 546 [up 4]

Number of discs in collection: 8,932 [up 9]
Number of films: 4,809 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 508 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 10,136 [up 13]
Number of short films: 1,322 [up 1]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x51 Week 11: Monday
4x52 Week 11: Tuesday

Films

Death Trap (1962)
[#39 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Tabletop Games

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x45 Week 9: Friday

Fiction

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
[2nd read]
Chapter 15

TV

Heated Rivalry
1x06 The Cottage [season finale]

Fiction

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
[2nd read]
Chapters 10–14

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

Fiction

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
[2nd read]
Chapter 9

Films

Project Hail Mary (2026)
[#38 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
[2nd read]
Chapters 6–8

Collection Count

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

This week's additions include the second volume of All the Haunts Be Ours, a collection of folk horror from US label Severin that includes 24 feature films and 21 shorts, as well as copious special features and a whole book of new fiction. I already own the first volume, of course... not that I've actually watched any of it. I really should.

Number of titles in collection: 3,715 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 964 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,751 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 542 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 8,923 [up 17]
Number of films: 4,807 [up 30]
Number of additional cuts: 506 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,123 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,321 [up 24]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Fiction

I Am Legend by Richard Matheson
[2nd read]
Chapters 1–5

Read this many, many years ago (long before the Will Smith film, even), but a friend recently read it and that inspired me to read it again, because I remember it being good.

TV

Heated Rivalry
1x05 I'll Believe in Anything

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapters 23–24 [the end]

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapter 22

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapters 19–21

TV

Heated Rivalry
1x04 Rose

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

Films

The Odyssey (2026)
[#37 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

First trip to the cinema in 14 months.

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapters 17–18

TV

Heated Rivalry
1x03 Hunter

Films

Joyride (2022)
[#36 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapters 15–16

Video Games

Balatro
Finally won a run today! 12 hours of playtime, that's taken me. Not so bad, I suppose.

Collection Count

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

Only one new addition trickling in again this week, but it's also time for the monthly running time update, factoring in a pile of stuff that arrived a few weeks ago.

Number of titles in collection: 3,712 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 964 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,748 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 542 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 8,906 [up 1]
Number of films: 4,777 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 506 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,123 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,297 [no change]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
620 days, 9 hours, and 18 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 16 hours, and 33 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Heated Rivalry
1x02 Olympians

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapter 14

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapter 13

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapters 10–12

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapters 8–9

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

TV

Heated Rivalry
1x01 Rookies
Not normally my kind of thing (a sports-centric romance show), but it was recommended to me so giving it a go.

Films

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
[#35 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapters 2–7

TV

Saturday Night Live UK
1x06 Aimee Lou Wood

Films

The Sheep Detectives (2026)
[#34 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

Neuromancer by William Gibson
Chapter 1

I've wanted to read this certified classic for years; the fact there's a TV adaptation on the way has finally spurred me on.

Collection Count

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

Number of titles in collection: 3,711 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 964 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,747 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 541 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 8,905 [up 5]
Number of films: 4,776 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 505 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,123 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,297 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

Lawless (2012)
[#33 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends by Claire Fayers
The Drowned Land
The Three Calves
Taliesin Saves the Day
Pryderi and the Fairy Queen
The Afanc
King Arthur's Cave [the end]

TV

The Mighty Nein
1x08 The Zadash Job [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]

Fiction

Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends by Claire Fayers
Rhiannon and Her Baby
Tappers in the Copper Mine

TV

The Mighty Nein
1x07 Belonging
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]

Fiction

Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends by Claire Fayers
The Leaves That Hung But Never Grew
The Devil and Giant Jack

TV

The Mighty Nein
1x06 Many Gifts
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]

Fiction

Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends by Claire Fayers
Rhiannon and Pwyll
The Boy Who Asked Questions
The Girl from Llyn-y-Fan-Fach
The Fairy Harp

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

TV

Saturday Night Live UK
1x03 Riz Ahmed

Films

Enola Holmes 3 (2026)
[#32 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends by Claire Fayers
My Brother the Fairy
Gelert the Brave
Devil's Bridge

this week on 100Films.co.uk

Let's see how 100Films.co.uk is doing at the halfway point of 2026, first with the regular review of June...





And then last month's failures...





More next Sunday.

Films

Wuthering Heights (2026)
[#31 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Collection Count

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

Just one new addition this week, and as it's a BD-to-4K upgrade, it barely even registers.

Number of titles in collection: 3,707 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 964 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,743 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 540 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 8,900 [down 1]
Number of films: 4,772 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 505 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,123 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,297 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Fiction

Welsh Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends by Claire Fayers
Introduction
The Dragon and the Flag
Flower-Face

Collection Count

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

After absolutelty nothing last week, this week saw the arrival of nine box sets! Most of them are actually single-film affairs, but even those often come as "box sets" these days thanks to making everything premium. (One set included two films that replaced previous Blu-ray copies, hence the lower total increase below.) Anyway, working all that out is why this update is days late... not that anyone would care but me.

Number of titles in collection: 3,707 [up 7]
Of which DVDs: 964 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,743 [up 7]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 539 [up 7]

Number of discs in collection: 8,901 [up 33]
Number of films: 4,772 [up 18]
Number of additional cuts: 505 [up 9]
Number of TV episodes: 10,123 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,297 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x44 Week 9: Thursday

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

TV

Poker Face
2x07 One Last Job
I like most episodes of this show, but I loved this one.

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x43 Week 9: Wednesday

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Part 2 (of 2)

TV

How I Met Your Mother
2x05 World's Greatest Couple [2nd watch]

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x40 Week 8: Friday
4x41 Week 9: Monday
4x42 Week 9: Tuesday

Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls
Part 1 (of 2)

TV

How I Met Your Mother
2x04 Ted Mosby, Architect [2nd watch]

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x38 Week 8: Wednesday
4x39 Week 8: Thursday

TV

The Mighty Nein
1x05 Little Spark
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]

Video Games

Balatro

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

TV

The Mighty Nein
1x04 The Mighty Nein
I have mixed feelings about how much they've changed from the actual play, but this is still a really good show.
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]

Video Games

Balatro
Actually got to Ante 8 today. Didn't beat it, but you get rewards for even reaching it, so that was nice. Still not "a quick game", though — took me an hour to do that.

Films

The Prince of Egypt (1998)
[#30 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]
Blindspot 2026 #4

Video Games

Balatro

Collection Count

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

No new additions this week (several things that are out on Monday are in the post, due to arrive on Monday — shocker!), but it is time for the monthly running time update.

Number of titles in collection: 3,700 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 964 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,736 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 532 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 8,868 [no change]
Number of films: 4,754 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 496 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,123 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,297 [no change]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
618 days, 16 hours, and 45 minutes.
(Up 10 hours and 33 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Mighty Nein
1x03 The Fletching & Moondrop Traveling Carnival of Curiosities
Finally picking this back up, after just seven months. Ridiculous, but here we are.
[Watch it (again) on Prime Video.]

Video Games

Balatro
Getting into the groove of "just play to unlock cards you don't have yet, don't worry about understanding it or playing it well". Dunno if that's the right approach, but it's quicker.

Video Games

Balatro
Played for an hour-and-a-half today. Has it finally clicked? Eh, I wouldn't go that far, but I didn't have anything else I felt like doing and multiple runs are good for filling out my card collection.

Video Games

Balatro

Fiction

The House on the Brink by John Gordon
Chapters 25–30 [the end]

Tabletop Games

Daggerheart
All 3 games continuing.

Films

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)
[#29 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

The House on the Brink by John Gordon
Chapters 20–24

Video Games

Balatro

TV

Saturday Night Live UK
1x08 Ncuti Gatwa [season finale]

Films

The Choral (2025)
[#28 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2026]

Fiction

The House on the Brink by John Gordon
Chapters 12–19

Video Games

Balatro

The Sphere
Took me less than five minutes to finish this today, once I spotted the (too subtle, in my opinion) clue for how to get past the puzzle I was stuck on — which turned out to be the final puzzle.

Collection Count

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

A handful of 4K titles this week, including an upgrade from regular Blu-ray for Speed Racer. Plus, a 2-disc Hammer box set which is 100% special features (including one short film, so it crops up there, at least).

Number of titles in collection: 3,700 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 964 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,736 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 532 [up 3]

Number of discs in collection: 8,868 [up 6]
Number of films: 4,754 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 496 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 10,123 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,297 [up 1]

See you next week, faithful reader.