Big Night of Musicals 2024 by the National Lottery
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Saturday, 27 January 2024
Comics
2000 AD #2351
Three new series start this Prog, and one of them they had the kindness to provide the previous run online for free. Fortunately, I downloaded it at the time (though, as of posting this, it's still available anyway), so I think it makes sense to read that first before embarking on series two. Which means I'm gonna let these Progs pile up as not-quite-finished until I do that. Hopefully, I'll bother to do it soon... but knowing me...
Three new series start this Prog, and one of them they had the kindness to provide the previous run online for free. Fortunately, I downloaded it at the time (though, as of posting this, it's still available anyway), so I think it makes sense to read that first before embarking on series two. Which means I'm gonna let these Progs pile up as not-quite-finished until I do that. Hopefully, I'll bother to do it soon... but knowing me...
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Normally the end of a month feels a bit busier, as it seems to be the favourite release window for all the boutique labels nowadays. No idea why. But my titles from Eureka turned up early, and one from Arrow is coming from the US, so it's just a bundle from Radiance this week.
Number of titles in collection: 3,230 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,016 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,214 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 327 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 7,866 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,970 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 353 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,678 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,110 [no change]
To liven things up, it's also time for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
553 days, 21 hours, and 54 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 14 hours, and 17 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Normally the end of a month feels a bit busier, as it seems to be the favourite release window for all the boutique labels nowadays. No idea why. But my titles from Eureka turned up early, and one from Arrow is coming from the US, so it's just a bundle from Radiance this week.
Number of titles in collection: 3,230 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 1,016 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,214 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 327 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 7,866 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,970 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 353 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,678 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,110 [no change]
To liven things up, it's also time for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
553 days, 21 hours, and 54 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 14 hours, and 17 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 26 January 2024
Films
Bottoms (2023)
[#8 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
Bottoms (2023)
[2nd watch]
Arguably this belongs in tomorrow's Films post, because most of my viewing was after midnight; but that would obscure an important fact: that after I finished watching Bottoms, I more-or-less turned right around and watched it again. That's only the second time in my life I can remember doing that (the last was Serenity, on the big screen at my uni's film society, back in 2006).
[#8 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
Bottoms (2023)
[2nd watch]
Arguably this belongs in tomorrow's Films post, because most of my viewing was after midnight; but that would obscure an important fact: that after I finished watching Bottoms, I more-or-less turned right around and watched it again. That's only the second time in my life I can remember doing that (the last was Serenity, on the big screen at my uni's film society, back in 2006).
Thursday, 25 January 2024
Films
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 3D (2018)
[2nd watch]
[#7 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
[2nd watch]
[#7 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
Monday, 22 January 2024
Films
Steamboat Willie (1928)
The original Mickey Mouse short, which is now in the public domain. Ironically, I watched it on Disney+.
The original Mickey Mouse short, which is now in the public domain. Ironically, I watched it on Disney+.
Sunday, 21 January 2024
TV
The Black Adder
1x04 The Queen of Spain's Beard
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
16x08 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x04 The Queen of Spain's Beard
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
16x08 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Games
The Leaf Riders of Wrenwood
15–21 January 2024
A week introducing Playable Character #3. I didn't think this was a character I'd want to play as, but I had more success than with either of the other two so far. Of course, that's partly just the luck of dice rolls. Several more to go yet before I have to make a final decision about the rest of the year.
15–21 January 2024
A week introducing Playable Character #3. I didn't think this was a character I'd want to play as, but I had more success than with either of the other two so far. Of course, that's partly just the luck of dice rolls. Several more to go yet before I have to make a final decision about the rest of the year.
this week on 100Films.co.uk
Can you believe it? I barely can! But it's true: last week, I published 8 new reviews on 100Films.co.uk! They were...
2024 | Week 2
The Return of Archive 5
More next Sunday.
2024 | Week 2
Featuring...Read more here.
- Lift (2024)
- Only Yesterday (1991)
- Jackass Forever (2022)
The Return of Archive 5
Hey, look what else is back! Almost a whole year on from the last instalment in the series, I’ve finally managed to rustle up a new Archive 5. Featuring...Read more here.
- The Mummy (1932)
- So Dark the Night (1946)
- The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
- A Brief History of Time Travel (2018)
- Misery (1990)
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 20 January 2024
TV
Blood Actually: A Murder, They Hope Mystery
Can’t tell if these are getting worse or if they’ve always been this bad and it’s only now getting to me.
Can’t tell if these are getting worse or if they’ve always been this bad and it’s only now getting to me.
Comics
2000 AD #2350
Having just caught up (er, four months ago), now I've fallen well behind again! Oops. Another casualty of my Doctor Who focus towards the end of 2023. I had intended to try to catch up again in December, during the period when the bumper Christmas issue was on shelves meaning no new Progs until January, but it didn't happen. Hopefully I'll get to that Christmas issue before too long — it's always going to be unseasonal now, but the sooner the better.
Having just caught up (er, four months ago), now I've fallen well behind again! Oops. Another casualty of my Doctor Who focus towards the end of 2023. I had intended to try to catch up again in December, during the period when the bumper Christmas issue was on shelves meaning no new Progs until January, but it didn't happen. Hopefully I'll get to that Christmas issue before too long — it's always going to be unseasonal now, but the sooner the better.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
A goodly haul this month — a mix of January sales & offers (including one DVD-to-4K upgrade, a quality jump that always tickles me) and a handful of new releases (technically out over the coming fortnight) from Eureka.
Number of titles in collection: 3,226 [up 7]
Of which DVDs: 1,016 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,210 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 327 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 7,862 [up 12]
Number of films: 3,966 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 352 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,678 [up 8]
Number of short films: 1,110 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
A goodly haul this month — a mix of January sales & offers (including one DVD-to-4K upgrade, a quality jump that always tickles me) and a handful of new releases (technically out over the coming fortnight) from Eureka.
Number of titles in collection: 3,226 [up 7]
Of which DVDs: 1,016 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,210 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 327 [up 3]
Number of discs in collection: 7,862 [up 12]
Number of films: 3,966 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 352 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,678 [up 8]
Number of short films: 1,110 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
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