Films

The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019)
[#136 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

The Report (2019)
[#135 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

TV

The Graham Norton Show
26x06 (1/11/19 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Articles

I Said Marvel Movies Aren’t Cinema. Let Me Explain.
by Martin Scorsese (from the New York Times)

This Scorsese fella is a clever and insightful chap. I think he'll go far.

TV

Comedians Giving Lectures
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on UKTV Play.]

Would I Lie To You?
13x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Prince Charles: Inside the Duchy of Cornwall
Part 2 (of 2)
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

this week on 100 Films

It's been a very quiet time of late at 100 Films in a Year. In fact, it's nearly a whole month since the last "this week on 100 Films" post. But this week finally saw a bit of activity.

Firstly: we're in a new month, so it was time to recap the old one -- what there was of it.





There was also a very belated TV column...





Finally, there was one new film review...


The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)

Sometimes I think the people who made these movies shouldn’t be allowed to work again. The dialogue, the editing, the obvious green screen, the cheapo effects… it’s not just that it’s a crummy story with dubious morals, it’s that the films are so shittily made.

Read more here.


More next Sunday (hopefully!)

Fiction

Shōgun by James Clavell
Chapter 31

I thought it'd been a couple of days since I read any of this, but it turned out to be almost two weeks... then I still didn't get round to reading more, and now it's been over a month! But I haven't given up on it, accidentally nor deliberately, I've just been really busy (hence why I went so long without realising).

TV

Would I Lie To You?
13x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist (1998)
[#134 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]
Mark Kermode's seminal documentary about the making of The Exorcist has been widely available on home media releases of the film ever since it was made, but for Halloween it's been released in its uncut form for the first time, exclusively on BBC iPlayer.
[Watch the extended version on iPlayer.]

TV

Children in Need: Got It Covered
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

World on Fire
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

University Challenge
2019/20 Episode 14
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Stranger Things 3
3x08 Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Watchmen
1x01 It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice

TV

Stranger Things 3
3x07 Chapter Seven: The Bite
So, after watching the first six episodes over five days, it's now been six whole weeks between my viewings of episodes six and seven. Oops. I really mistimed watching this season! If I'd started just a day or two earlier, it probably would've been fine (because I've been busy, hence not finding the time). Anyway, here I am now.
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

For Sama (2019)
[#133 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part Two (2012)
[#132 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Collection Count

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

After some busy time recently, nothing this week. But with all the releases that flood the market in the run-up to Christmas, I'm sure it'll be busy again soon.

Number of titles in collection: 2,264 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,127 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,137 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 36 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 5,894 [no change]
Number of films: 2,626 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,649 [no change]
Number of short films: 674 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Graham Norton Show
26x05 (25/10/19 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Have I Got News For You
58x03 (25/10/2019 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

QI
17x08 Qanimals
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Prince Charles: Inside the Duchy of Cornwall
Part 1 (of 2)
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

TV

Japan with Sue Perkins
Part 2 (of 2)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

University Challenge
2019/20 Episode 13
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

World on Fire
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

World on Fire
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]