TV

Mrs Brown's Boys
1x02 Mammy's Secret
1x03 Mammy's Merchandise

Collection Count

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

There was going to be one small addition this week, but then Indicator's Marlene Dietrich & Josef von Sternberg box set turned up (along with another title I'd ordered at the same time), almost two weeks before its release date (it's not due 'til the 26th). That's the advantage of pre-ordering direct from the label!

Number of titles in collection: 2,247 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,131 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,116 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 32 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 5,843 [up 9]
Number of films: 2,584 [up 8]
Number of TV episodes: 8,637 [no change]
Number of short films: 671 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
[#116 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969)
[#117 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

The last two films in Tarantino's Sixties film season. For some reason Battle of the Coral Sea wasn't shown as part of Sony Movie Channel's initial airing last week, but when movies4men repeated the series this week it was included. (It's a solid war movie, but no huge loss to those who missed it.)

TV

Years and Years
Part 2 (of 6)
Part 3 (of 6)
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Wrecking Crew (1968)
[#115 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

The 8th film I've watched from Tarantino's Sixties marathon, and one of the worst, sadly.

Films

Cactus Flower (1969)
[#113 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Easy Rider (1969)
[#114 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Two more instalments in Tarantino's Sixties marathon. Cactus Flower is definitely one of the better ones so far.

TV

Agatha Raisin
2x03 The Curious Curate [season finale]

Years and Years
Part 1 (of 6)
[Watch the whole series (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Hammerhead (1968)
[#112 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Back into Tarantino's Sixties marathon with this mediocre Bond knockoff.

TV

Lucifer
3x03 Mr. and Mrs. Mazikeen Smith
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]

Films

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)
[#111 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

TV

Grantchester
4x06 Episode 6 [season finale]

Lucifer
3x01 They're Back, Aren't They?
3x02 The One with the Baby Carrot
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]

Who Dares Wins
11x09 (14/7/18 edition)

Films

Road to Zanzibar (1941)
[#110 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

this week on 100 Films

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


Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971)

The tragedy extends as far as the ending, which is both frustrating and poignant. “If we’d understood each other’s words, we wouldn’t have had to fight,” says each of the men… except, er, they did have a way to understand each other, thanks to the bilingual boy. Have a sword fight first, ask questions later, I guess. But anyway, it’s frustrating because they didn’t need to fight (they were both good guys!), but it’s poignant because their basic natures, compounded by misunderstandings, meant they did fight — and because they fought, one of them had to die. It’s a damn good fight, mind

Read more here.


Live by Night (2016)

Affleck is a decent director, and, actually, a quite like him as an actor too… in the right kind of roles. I’m not sure he’s got the range necessary for this part, however. His character is a conflicted, contradictory man — he genuinely has a good heart, but he’s often prepared to put it aside to do bad things; but, at other times, that moral compass gets the better of him. It’s a tricky line to tread and make believable, and Affleck’s performance is too monotone to convincingly portray it.

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Unforgotten
3x01 Episode 1
3x02 Episode 2
3x03 Episode 3
3x04 Episode 4
3x05 Episode 5
3x06 Episode 6 [season finale]
Didn't realise it'd been a whole year since this was on! Time flies. Still a great show.

Collection Count

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

Three new additions, thanks to a sale. I really am trying to cut back, honest.

Number of titles in collection: 2,244 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,131 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,113 [up 3]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 32 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 5,834 [up 5]
Number of films: 2,576 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 8,637 [no change]
Number of short films: 671 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Grantchester
4x05 Episode 5

Films

Gunman's Walk (1958)
[#109 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Fourth film in the UK broadcast of Tarantino's Sixties marathon, and my favourite so far. (I'm going away for a few days, so this will likely be the last of these I watch 'til next week.)

TV

Agatha Raisin
2x02 The Fairies of Fryfam

Films

Arizona Raiders (1965)
[#108 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Third film in the UK broadcast of Tarantino's Sixties marathon.

TV

Agatha Raisin
2x01 The Wizard of Evesham