TV

BBC News
Had the news on all day... while doing other stuff, obviously — that much non-stop often-repetitious coverage wouldn't be good for you; but there's enough going on at a time like this to merit it. Perhaps the most important moment was the King's address, and then this evening there was:

A Tribute to Her Majesty the Queen
The big special of prerecorded interviews that we all knew existed, as it does for many a major figure, regularly updated to cover later events and more recent significant figures (in this case, including Boris Johnson). It did a rather good job of surveying the entirety of the Queen's life, including not (totally) whitewashing the controversies. And if you want a fuller version, well, there's always The Crown...
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

BBC News
Whatever your opinion of the monarchy as an institution or the Queen as an individual, this was undeniably a momentous day in British history — so of course I watched hours of it on the BBC.

TV

Have I Got News for You
64x00 Have I Got News for Boris: A Special Tribute
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

House of the Dragon
1x02 The Rogue Prince

Mystery Science Theater 3000
13x07 Gamera vs Jiger
They’ve mentioned repeatedly on the post-episode-premiere Q&As how hard the writers found this one, due to having to riff an entire movie with no leeway to cut for time or repetition (which they do on all the other films they cover), and I feel like that comes across in the final episode. There are some great riffs (the songs; the running gag about the little girl’s bloodthirstiness), but also longer-than-usual periods of silence and some stuff that was a bit too esoteric. By no means a disaster, but not among the best the season has had to offer.

Films

He Walked by Night (1948)
[#57 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]

this week on 100Films.co.uk

You may have noticed that a new month began halfway through this week, and so there was the usual pair of lookbacks on 100Films.co.uk.

First, at the month as a whole...





Then, at all the films I didn't watch...





No new reviews, though. Hopefully there'll be some more of those next Sunday.

TV

The 1% Club
1x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Sam Morril: Same Time Tomorrow
Never heard of this guy before I saw a bit from this show retweeted. Immediately watched the whole thing. Laughed a lot. Well done, algorithm.
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

Persuasion (2022)
[#56 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]

Collection Count

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

A few new additions this week, all new releases. Nothing really unusual or remarkale to report, to be honest.

Number of titles in collection: 2,910 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,045 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,865 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 198 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 7,223 [up 5]
Number of films: 3,486 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 277 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,362 [up 12]
Number of short films: 1,002 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

Clerks (1994)
[#55 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]

Music

Will of the People
by Muse

Fuck me, I loved this. Muse's best album for years, and perhaps their most consistent ever — I can't remember the last time, if ever, I actually really liked every single track on a Muse album. I've already listened to it multiple times, which is more than I can say for some of the middling tracks on their last few albums (remembering that time I realised I'd only listened to The 2nd Law in full once in the six years since its release).

Films

Mirror (1975)
[#54 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
Blindspot 2022 #7

Films

Mona Lisa (1986)
[#53 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2022 #7

TV

House of the Dragon
1x01 The Heirs of the Dragon
Alright, here we go: Game of Thrones 2.0 — heck, it's even got the same theme music! Well, you can't improve on perfection so why even try, I guess.

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x23 Episode 23
[Watch various (other) episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
4x03 In the Line of Fire

Films

Sherlock Holmes' Fatal Hour (1931)
aka The Sleeping Cardinal

TV

How I Met Your Father
1x02 FOMO

Life After Life
Part 4 (of 4)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x21 Episode 21
4x22 Episode 22
[Watch various (other) episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

The Rookie
4x02 Five Minutes

Films

Carousel (1956)

TV

Life After Life
Part 3 (of 4)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
4x19 Episode 19
4x20 Episode 20
[Watch various (other) episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Love & Friendship (2016)
[2nd watch]

Repeat Performance (1947)
[#52 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]

Collection Count

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

Three new titles this week, including an extensive box set... but two are DVD-to-BD upgrades where the BD closely mirrors the DVD (the aforementioned box set is Masters of Cinema's collection of Buster Keaton shorts, both versions of which contain 32 short films across 4 discs), and the third is a BD-to-4K upgrade, so you won't see much change in the stats below.

Number of titles in collection: 2,907 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,045 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,862 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 198 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 7,218 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,483 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 275 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,350 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,002 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.