Collection Count

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

Just one new addition this week. It's clearly been quite a quiet month too, as the running time update shows.

Number of titles in collection: 2,086 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,163 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 923 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 5,345 [up 2]
Number of films: 2,327 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 8,005 [no change]
Number of short films: 605 [no change]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
394 days, 20 hours, and 5 minutes.
(Up 8 hours and 28 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

24 Hours in Police Custody
6x01 Sex and Corruption
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Lucifer
1x03 The Would-Be Prince of Darkness

TV

Lucifer
1x01 Pilot
1x02 Lucifer, Stay. Good Devil.

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
6x08 Episode 8 [season finale]

TV

Death in Paradise
7x08 Melodies of Murder [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

I Origins (2014)
[#36 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

Absentia
1x09 Child's Play
1x10 Original Sin [season finale]
Well, that wasn't really worth it. The series started out OK, but it got pretty stupid by the end. And Nick Durand may be the most irritatingly dumb FBI agent ever. Apparently there's the possibility of a second season. I hope not, because I don't want to end up considering watching it.

Room 101
7x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Villainess (2017)
[#35 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

Absentia
1x07 A & B
1x08 Brave Boy

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1x05 The Deadly Games Affair

Films

Mindhorn (2016)
[#34 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

Films

My Cousin Rachel (2017)
[#33 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

Shrek (2001)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2018 #10. Goodness knows when I last watched Shrek, but I'd wager it's been the best part of 15 years. Some of it holds up, some of it really feels "of its time", not least the song choices. Speaking of which, I also watched the Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party short, which definitely didn't feel as entertaining as it did all those years ago.

this week on 100 Films

Slightly later than intended (not that anyone notices but me), this week saw the latest TV review column posted at 100 Films in a Year...





There were also 4 brand-new film reviews...


Big Game (2014)

I’ve read some complaints that, given the daft premise, Big Game is not a comedy. I don’t know what movie they were watching, but I thought it was pretty fun. It’s not an out-and-out parody, but surely no one involved thought they were making a serious action flick? Or maybe I’m wrong, I dunno — but whether it was me or them, one of us has misread the intended tone.

Read more here.


The Duellists (1977)

Ultimately, honour and the futility of fighting are what The Duellists is most about, if it’s about anything — if you like, you can enjoy it as merely a series of well-staged combats between two men, each stubborn in their own different way.

Read more here.


Mute (2018)

I don’t think Mute is anything like as unremittingly terrible as some reviews would have you believe, but it is a tonally strange film. I’m not sure it works as a whole, but bits really do. I wouldn’t dismiss the idea of it becoming a cult classic, and maybe in a couple of years we’ll all be reevaluating it.

Read more here.


Warcraft: The Beginning (2016)

It plays like a $160 million fan film. It doesn’t bother with world-building, just throwing the viewer in at the deep end. That can work, but it needs to be carefully managed. Warcraft just ploughs ahead, going deeper and deeper. It’s been made for people who know this world, its places, its people, its concepts, its rules.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Films

Big Fish (2003)
[#32 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]
Blindspot 2018 #2

Mission: Impossible (1996)
[4th watch]
Rewatchathon 2018 #9
+ all the featurettes on the Blu-ray

Collection Count

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

A sole new addition this week. It should have been an upgrade to an old Blu-ray, but I've decided to hang on to that edition too, at least for the time being.

Number of titles in collection: 2,085 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,163 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 922 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 5,343 [up 2]
Number of films: 2,326 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 8,005 [no change]
Number of short films: 605 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

Birth of the Living Dead (2013)
[#30 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

Mute (2018)
[#31 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

Absentia
1x06 Nobody's Innocent

The Good Place
2x11 The Burrito
2x12 Somewhere Else [season finale]

Films

One for the Fire: The Legacy of "Night of the Living Dead" (2008)
[#29 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

Absentia
1x05 Dig

The Good Place
2x10 Rhonda, Diana, Jake, and Trent

Films

Being John Malkovich (1999)
[#28 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]

TV

Absentia
1x04 Me You Him Me

The Good Place
2x09 Best Self

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1x04 The Shark Affair

Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs
6x07 Episode 7

Films

Persepolis (2007)
[#27 in 100 Films in a Year 2018]