TV

Glastonbury 2019
The Killers
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Collection Count

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

As mentioned last week, there are a few more additions this week (3 releases with 9 feature films across 12 discs, plus 1 BD-to-UHD upgrade that added 1 disc), just in time for the monthly running time update.

Number of titles in collection: 2,238 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,132 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,106 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 30 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 5,814 [up 13]
Number of films: 2,569 [up 9]
Number of TV episodes: 8,609 [no change]
Number of short films: 671 [up 2]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
426 days, 7 hours, and 59 minutes.
(Up 4 days, 17 hours, and 7 minutes from last month.)

That's my biggest monthly increase this year by far... although there were a couple even bigger in 2018, never mind in previous years, so it's not one for the all-time record books.

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Glastonbury 2019
Stormzy
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Summer of Rockets
Part 5 (of 6)
[Watch the entire series (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Summer of Rockets
Part 3 (of 6)
Part 4 (of 6)
[Watch the entire series (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Summer of Rockets
Part 1 (of 6)
Part 2 (of 6)
[Watch the entire series (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Beecham House
1x01 Episode 1
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch episodes one and two (again) on the ITV Hub.]

TV

The Truth About...
Getting Fit
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

this week on 100 Films

2 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...


The Happytime Murders (2018)

there are some legitimately funny bits along the way, often found among the riffs on the puppet thing (for example: one of the victims is drowned, and before bagging the body they ring him out). Unfortunately it isn’t funny as often as it should be, too often relying on worn or lacklustre humour. I mean, it tries to run with the old playground favourite “idiots say what?” as a running gag. It also leans on puppets being lewd and crude as the extent of the gag, which simply isn’t that funny in itself, partly because it isn’t as original as the film seems to think it is.

Read more here.


Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Before Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle there was Zathura, which is sort of a sequel to Jumanji… but more of a spin-off, I guess… well, really it’s a completely unrelated movie with the exact same plot... But this game is about space, so it’s completely different, obviously... I did enjoy it — in some respects, more than I enjoyed Jumanji when I rewatched that recently — but it also doesn’t feel as polished and complete as its predecessor

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Opera

La damnation de Faust
at Glyndebourne

Collection Count

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

Only one new addition this week, but there are already several box sets in the post and more releases due to dispatch imminently, so there should be a bump next week just in time for the monthly running time update.

Number of titles in collection: 2,235 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,132 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,103 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 29 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 5,801 [up 1]
Number of films: 2,560 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 8,609 [no change]
Number of short films: 669 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Graham Norton Show
25x12 (21/6/19 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Articles

CGI art with a heart: How Toy Story started a revolution in cinema
by Robbie Collin (from the Telegraph)

A good reminder of the impact and importance of the original Toy Story.

TV

Have I Got News For You
57x09 (31/5/2019 edition) [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Killing Eve
2x06 I Hope You Like Missionary!
2x07 Wide Awake
2x08 You're Mine [season finale]
[Watch every episode (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Killing Eve
2x04 Desperate Times
2x05 Smell Ya Later
[Watch every episode (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Killing Eve
2x02 Nice and Neat
2x03 The Hungry Caterpillar
[Watch every episode (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Historical Roasts
1x02 Freddie Mercury
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

Untouchable (2011)
[#97 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
aka Intouchables, aka The Intouchables
What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...? 2019 #6

this week on 100 Films

6 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...


Murder Mystery (2019)

The actual mystery plot is no great shakes — there are two glaring clues early on that give most of the game away, especially if you’re well-versed in watching murder mysteries and spotting such hints. That’s somewhat beside the point, though, because there’s enough fun to be had along the way to make up for it, and there are still some reasonable red herrings.

Read more here.


Finding Dory (2016)

Nemo didn't desperately need a sequel, so I was worried this would seem like little more than an excuse to return to these characters. In fact, the plot actually works very well. Far from being a desperate stretch, it actually feels like a worthwhile development and follow-up from the first movie. Alongside the worth of the narrative, it's also just a lot of fun to watch

Read more here.


Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970)

as the title indicates, the main guest star for this film is the lead character from Akira Kurosawa’s films Yojimbo and Sanjuro, played by the great Toshiro Mifune. I don’t know if that was a deliberate move to mark the series’ 20th movie or if they weren’t even conscious of the milestone, but it certainly feels like it was meant to be a special occasion. “Meant to be” being the operative part of that sentence, because the result is sadly one of the least enjoyable entries in the series so far.

Read more here.


Review Roundup

Featuring:
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Allied (2016)
American Made (2017)

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Historical Roasts
1x01 Abraham Lincoln
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Collection Count

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

This week's big addition is a complete series box set of The Twilight Zone, in this beautiful (overpriced, but beautiful) 60th Anniversary Limited Edition. That'll make a hefty contribution to the next running time update (which is a couple of weeks away).

I also acquired another TV series set this week, so the total number of episodes in my collection has risen considerably (though still by less than 2.2% overall!)

Number of titles in collection: 2,234 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,132 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,102 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 29 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 5,800 [up 30]
Number of films: 2,558 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 8,609 [up 182]
Number of short films: 669 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.