Friday, 26 November 2021

TV

Doctor Who
39x03 Flux, Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Ghosts
3x02 A Lot to Take In
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Great British Bake Off
12x05 German Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

The Long Call
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Films

The Last of Sheila (1973)
[#186 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Thursday, 25 November 2021

TV

Blankety Blank
1x06 Episode 6
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
29x05 Episode 5

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x27 Week 6: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Tuesday, 23 November 2021

Sunday, 21 November 2021

TV

Bo Burnham: Inside
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Doctor Who
39x04 Flux, Chapter Four: Village of the Angels
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Would I Lie To You?
14x11 The Best Bits [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Face/Off (1997)
[4th watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #31. Did the "watch it on TV with ad breaks even though I own it on Blu-ray" thing. I feel like that’s somehow the perfect way to watch this movie.

Saturday, 20 November 2021

TV

The Wheel
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Jungle Cruise (2021)
[#183 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Last week I suggested there might be a trickle of releases each week for the rest of the year, although I did also note I had four new releases on the way plus two packages stuck at an Australian airport. Well, all of those titles turned up throughout this week, plus a couple of packages from America, making for a bumper 13 additions — once again, not quite a record, but certainly more than a trickle! And with some upgrades and whatnot amongst them, this week sees changes to every category tracked below. The last time that happened was only two months ago, but it's not a regular occurence.

Number of titles in collection: 2,716 [up 11]
Of which DVDs: 1,059 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,657 [up 13]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 132 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 6,802 [up 21]
Number of films: 3,183 [up 17]
Number of additional cuts: 241 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes: 9,119 [up 4]
Number of short films: 891 [up 1]

Nonetheless, I do think it'll be back to a trickle from now on. Some weeks will be busier than others, but I'm going to try extra hard to avoid sales and random purchases and just stick to new titles. Though, with quite a few US releases included among those new titles, and the unpredictability of international shipping, they may end up arriving in clumps anyway — just like this week. Time will tell...

See you next week, faithful reader.

Friday, 19 November 2021

Thursday, 18 November 2021

TV

Squid Game
Part 8 Front Man
Part 9 One Lucky Day [series finale]
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Wednesday, 17 November 2021

TV

Squid Game
Part 5 A Fair World
Part 6 Gganbu
Part 7 VIPS
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Tuesday, 16 November 2021

Sunday, 14 November 2021

TV

Doctor Who
39x03 Flux, Chapter Three: Once, Upon Time
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Moriarty the Patriot
1x15 The Phantom of Whitechapel Act 1
1x16 The Phantom of Whitechapel Act 2
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Squid Game
Part 2 Hell
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Saturday, 13 November 2021

TV

Squid Game
Part 1 Red Light, Green Light
I sat out 2020’s Netflix craze because, frankly, I couldn’t care less; but this one seems more up my street (it was recommended to me even before it was everywhere), so I’ve finally given in / found the time to start it. It's a promising first episode, so we'll see how it goes. At the very least, the colourful production design looks superb in UHD+HDR.
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Collection Count

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

New additions continue to come in — not exactly a flood, but more than a trickle. I think it might be this way for the rest of the year now, I've got so much on preorder (and quite a few things in the post, including half-a-dozen titles from Australia that have been sat at Melbourne airport or weeks).

This week, almost everything's a new release, including one that isn't out 'til next Monday. And, talking of things in the post, I've got four more titles out on Monday already on their way to me, hopefully to arrive on release day. Just got to find time to actually watch them now...

Number of titles in collection: 2,705 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,061 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,644 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 131 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 6,781 [up 12]
Number of films: 3,166 [up 12]
Number of additional cuts: 237 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,115 [no change]
Number of short films: 890 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Tuesday, 9 November 2021

Sunday, 7 November 2021

TV

Death in Paradise
10x08 Episode 8 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Doctor Who
39x02 Flux, Chapter Two: War of the Sontarans
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Goes Wrong Show
2x05 The Cornley Drama Festival Part 2 [season finale]
I wasn't convinced this "drama festival" concept would work — I thought it might be too sketch-show-y — but I still enjoyed it on the whole. Bring on series 3, please!
[Watch it (again and again) on iPlayer.]

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
8x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Films

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
[#181 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]