TV

Gilmore Girls
3x22 Those Are Strings, Pinocchio [season finale; 2nd watch]

Room 101
5x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Vera
6x04 The Sea Glass [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Films

Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance. (2009/2010)
[2nd watch]

This was #65 in 100 Films 2011. As with 1.11, re-watched in preparation for the release of 3.33, my copy of which is in the post as I type.

I also watched all of the special features this time. Some interesting deleted scenes, but crikey do they have a lot of near-identical trailers.

TV

Dickensian
1x17 Episode 17
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Gilmore Girls
3x21 Here Comes the Son [2nd watch]

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
3x04 Episode 4 (of 4)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
3x09 The Swedes
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Gilmore Girls
3x20 Say Goodnight, Gracie [2nd watch]

Films

Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone. (2007/2009)
[2nd watch]

This was #41 in 100 Films 2010. Re-watched in preparation for the long-awaited release of Evangelion 3.33 within the next week.

Articles

The man who made 'the worst video game in history'
by Richard Hooper (from BBC News Magazine)

Interesting profile about the guy who programmed the infamous E.T. game in 1982.

TV

Death in Paradise
5x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Dickensian
1x16 Episode 16
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Gilmore Girls
3x18 Happy Birthday, Baby [2nd watch]
3x19 Keg! Max! [2nd watch]

Films

Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
[#41 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

TV

Gilmore Girls
3x16 The Big One [2nd watch]
3x17 A Tale of Poes and Fire [2nd watch]

Ripper Street
4x05 No Wolves in Whitechapel
[Watch it exclusively on Amazon Prime Instant Video.]

Films

Big Eyes (2014)
[#39 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

The Hangover (2009)
[#40 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

TV

Dickensian
1x15 Episode 15
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Gilmore Girls
3x15 Face-Off [2nd watch]

Vera
6x03 The Moth Catcher
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Films

The Equalizer (2014)
[#37 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)
[#38 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

this week on 100 Films

First up, a new feature I launched this week on 100 Films in a Year: a monthly TV review. Read more here:




In regular business, 2 brand-new reviews were published this week...


The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies – Extended Edition (2014/2015)

What, if anything, does extending the last one by 19½ minutes bring to the table? ... Most obvious, and most discussed, is the dwarves’ war chariot action scene, whose bloody decapitations saw the film earn an R in the US and 15 over here. A seven-minute action sequence in the middle of the battle, it’s by far the largest single addition, and is mainly notable for all that blood and its use of the word “jambags”.

Read more here.


Spectre (2015)

Regular readers will remember I shared my spoiler-free thoughts on Spectre when it came out. Consequently, this review contains major spoilers, of the “if you read this you will know every twist that happens in the movie” variety.

Read more here.


Finally, my 100 Favourites series continued with 2 more posts...


Blade (1998)

the story is pretty standard, and the dialogue is laughable or worse. But creative cinematography and non-stop, decently choreographed gratuitous violence make watching this comic-book movie (Blade is a minor, almost-forgotten Marvel comic) entertaining.

Read more here.


Blade Runner: The Director's Cut (1982/1992)

Visually, Blade Runner is a non-stop marvel: the noir cinematography, the vehicle and set design, the lived-in world, the believable effects… The entire thing is imaginatively conceived and magnificently realised with unwavering plausibility.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Dickensian
1x14 Episode 14
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Gilmore Girls
3x13 Dear Emily and Richard [2nd watch]
3x14 Swan Song [2nd watch]

The Voice UK
5x07 The Blind Auditions 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Noah (2014)
[#36 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

Collection Count

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

This week: two new single-disc Blu-rays, one an upgrade from a two-disc DVD (hence the lack of change in total discs).

Number of titles in collection: 1,840 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,210 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 630 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 4,716 [no change]
Number of films in collection: 2,014 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 7,173 [no change]
Number of short films in collection: 465 [no change]

Plus this week it's time for a running time update...

Total running time of collection (approx.):
345 days, 16 hours, and 12 minutes.
(Up 4 days, 17 hours, and 53 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Dickensian
1x13 Episode 13
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Gilmore Girls
3x11 I Solemnly Swear [2nd watch]
3x12 Lorelai Out of Water [2nd watch]

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

Films

Grand Piano (2013)
[#34 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

Home (2015)
[#35 in 100 Films in a Year 2016]

TV

Brooklyn Nine-Nine
3x08 Ava
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Elementary
4x09 Murder Ex Machina

The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
3x03 Episode 3 (of 4)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Gilmore Girls
3x10 That'll Do, Pig [2nd watch]

The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story
1x01 From the Ashes of Tragedy
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Ripper Street
4x04 Men of Iron, Men of Smoke
[Watch it exclusively on Amazon Prime Instant Video.]

The X Files
10x02 Founder's Mutation
[Watch it (again) on My5.]