this week on 100Films.co.uk

1 new review was published to 100Films.co.uk this week...


Incendies (2010)

Incendies is, on the surface, one of those films that can sound off-puttingly heavy: it’s about generational trauma caused by a long-running war in the Middle East. Sure, that kind of thing can be Worthy and Great filmmaking, but egads, hard going. But while Incendies is all those things, it’s also a compelling mystery, which leads to twists worthy of a great thriller.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

The Wheel
5x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Erin Brockovich (2000)
[2nd watch]
[#80 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]

Fiction

Doctor Who: The Sontaran Games by Jacqueline Rayner
Chapters 1–6

I haven't abandoned NPCs, but a tweet about this came up on my feed last night, talking about the shocking darkness of its ending. So, as it's a Quick Read (a series that, in my experience, lives up to its name), I thought I'd just dive through it and see what they were alluding to.

Collection Count

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

After nothing at all last week, my collecting returns with a bang thanks to several multi-film sets. In fact, only one of this week's four new additions is a single-film release. And there would've been even more, but a big Amazon Prime Day purchase is only due to arrive tomorrow. That'll be an interesting one for next week...

Number of titles in collection: 3,387 [up 4]
Of which DVDs: 998 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,389 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 396 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 8,154 [up 14]
Number of films: 4,199 [up 22]
Number of additional cuts: 403 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,800 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,170 [up 3]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

Encounter of the Spooky Kind (1980)
[#79 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]

Films

Host (2020)
[#78 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Videos

Critical Role
2x63 Intervention [2nd half]
"A small translucent cat appears hovering just above the horse... for a split second, then there is a giant orange claw floating just above them."
"Alrighty."
"I love the 'alrighty'. 'Yep, course there is.'"
...
"She's running as hard as she can because her horse just got killed by a giant floating ethereal arcane cat claw. That'll make you run. And maybe piss yourself a little."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]

Videos

Critical Role
2x63 Intervention [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]

Videos

Talks Machina
#111 'Domestic Respite'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]

Videos

Critical Role
2x62 Domestic Respite [2nd half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]

Videos

Critical Role
2x62 Domestic Respite [1st half]
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, Twitch, or Beacon.]

this week on 100Films.co.uk

No new film reviews at 100Films.co.uk this week, but the week did begin with a new month, so it was time for my review of September...





...as well as my September "failures"...





More, hopefully, next Sunday.

TV

Death in Paradise
12x08 Episode 8 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x69 Week 14: Thursday
7x70 Week 14: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Man Detained (1961)
[#77 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]

Fiction

NPCs by Drew Hayes
Chapters 9–10

Collection Count

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

It's one of those rare weeks with absolutely no new additions. But it is time for the monthly running time update, so that's something.

Number of titles in collection: 3,383 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 998 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,385 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 395 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 8,140 [no change]
Number of films: 4,177 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 401 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,800 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,167 [no change]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
570 days, 20 hours, and 29 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 1 hour, and 27 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

A Perfect Spy
Episode Six (of 7)
Episode Seven (of 7)
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x68 Week 14: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Attempt to Kill (1961)
[#76 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]

TV

A Perfect Spy
Episode Four (of 7)
Episode Five (of 7)
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x65 Week 13: Friday
7x66 Week 14: Monday
7x67 Week 14: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]