Collection Count

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

Three new purchases this week, though as one is a BD-to-BD upgrade it doesn't register at all on these stats.

Number of titles in collection: 2,270 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,125 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,145 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 37 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 5,900 [up 2]
Number of films: 2,633 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,649 [no change]
Number of short films: 675 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Great Model Railway Challenge
2x02 Heat Two: Classic Books
[Watch it (again) on My5.]

TV

World on Fire
1x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

World's Most Scenic Railway Journeys
1x03 New Zealand
No offence to the featured people of New Zealand, who all seem thoroughly lovely and likeable, but this episode kind of plays like a Taika Waititi mockumentary.
[Watch it (again) on My5.]

TV

Novels That Shaped Our World
1x01 A Woman's Place
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

World on Fire
1x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The five nominees for the IMDb New Filmmaker Award at FilmBath Festival 2019. The winner was Gladiators on Wheels, while the audience award went to Hey You.

Facing It (2018)
[#145e in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Gladiators on Wheels (2019)
[#145b in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Hey You (2019)
[#145a in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Tight Spot (2018)
[#145c in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

When Voices Unite (2017)
[#145d in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

TV

His Dark Materials
1x03 The Spies
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

University Challenge
2019/20 Episode 17
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

His Dark Materials
1x02 The Idea of North
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Jojo Rabbit (2019)
[#145 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019)
[#144 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

this week on 100 Films

Just 1 new review was published to 100 Films in a Year this week...


Little Monsters (2019)

Strumming a ukulele in her yellow sundress as she communicates with children on their level, Miss Caroline screams “Manic Pixie Dream Girl”. Fortunately, in the hands of Oscar-winner Nyong’o, there’s more to her than that, be it her savvy handling of Dave (clearly the latest in a long line of lustful dads) or wielding a spade to fight the undead. That sentiment perhaps extends to the film as a whole: it may be constructed from familiar building blocks, but its peppered with enough little moments of freshness

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Collection Count

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

Two new titles this week; an adjustment to the total number of discs (which I somehow totally messed up last week); and the monthly running time update.

Number of titles in collection: 2,268 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,125 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,143 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 37 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 5,898 [down 3]
Number of films: 2,631 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,649 [no change]
Number of short films: 675 [up 1]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
431 days, 9 hours, and 55 minutes.
(Up 8 hours and 56 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

Judy & Punch (2019)
[#143 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Woman in Stall (2018)
[#142a in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

TV

University Challenge
2019/20 Episode 16
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

And Then We Danced (2019)
[#142 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Spooning (2019)
[#141b in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Terra (2019)
[#141a in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Films

Filmfarsi (2019)
[#141 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

My Theatre (2019)
[#140a in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Films

La Belle Époque (2019)
[#140 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Films

Harriet (2019)
[#139 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

TV

His Dark Materials
1x01 Lyra's Jordan
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Collection Count

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

I was away last week and forgot to get the post setup; but as there was only one new addition, and it was a fairly straight DVD-to-BD upgrade, its changes would've been barely noticeable anyhow.

Though they're even less noticeable after one of this week's additions -- something complicated that turned up last minute, hence this update being late (not that anyone cares). That was the Batman Beyond Blu-ray set, which upgrades the series DVD but, in the UK release, doesn't include the movie on Blu-ray (despite how it was advertised). So, I've kept my uncut US DVD of the movie (for now -- I intend to upgrade to a standalone BD version later), and the six-disc BD series set replaces the nine-disc DVD series set -- which means that, despite adding four new titles this week, overall there's a drop in the number of discs.

Number of titles in collection: 2,266 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,125 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,141 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 37 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 5,901 [down 1]
Number of films: 2,629 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 8,649 [no change]
Number of short films: 674 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

this week on 100 Films

Only 1 new post at 100 Films in a Year this week...


FilmBath Festival – Opening Night

FilmBath is a local festival giving local people a chance to see previews ahead of general release; films that have already been released but didn’t make it to one of Bath’s cinemas; and smaller, interesting movies that might be difficult to see at all outside a festival. The opening night kicked off the festival with a double bill of the first of those, including an exciting late addition to the lineup — so late it didn’t even make the brochure... I saw both films, and I’ll write full reviews nearer their wide releases, but for the time being here are some thoughts.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Films

Little Monsters (2019)
[#138 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Pleased to Eat You! (2019)
[2nd watch]

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
[#137 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]