The Hobbit (1977)
[#14 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
Sunday, 6 February 2022
this week on 100Films.co.uk
A new month began this week, and that now kicks off two types of post at 100Films.co.uk. First, my trusty monthly review...
And now, something that used to be a part of that review, but is now its own dedicated series: my failures. Yay!
As well as that, there were 6 new reviews published this week...
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007)
Archive 5, Vol.3
More next Sunday.
And now, something that used to be a part of that review, but is now its own dedicated series: my failures. Yay!
As well as that, there were 6 new reviews published this week...
Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2007)
The singer Meat Loaf was very protective of his creative process, and apparently this documentary was the first time he’d allowed cameras behind the scenes to document it. Certainly, he’s frequently uncomfortable with or begrudging of their presence, although he seems to get used to them over time, allowing us some rare insights.Read more here.
Archive 5, Vol.3
Featuring...Read more here.
- Guinevere (1994)
- The Kid (1921/1972)
- Defending Your Life (1991)
- The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
- Sherlock Jr. (1924)
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 5 February 2022
Films
Don't Look Up (2021)
The first film I've watched this year that doesn't qualify towards my All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge. I feel like that should be a negative, but it's almost exciting. Like, this was part of the point of the new challenge — that not everything counts — and this is the first time that's swung into action.
The first film I've watched this year that doesn't qualify towards my All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge. I feel like that should be a negative, but it's almost exciting. Like, this was part of the point of the new challenge — that not everything counts — and this is the first time that's swung into action.
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Look, I'm not trying to keep having weeks that push close to all-time-record status, it just keeps happening! I really need to rein myself in... But, yes, another 13 new titles this week, one an upgrade, makes a total increase of 12 two weeks in a row.
Speaking of last week, I mentioned then that if all the 4Ks in the post had actually arrived, it would've been a record-breaker. Well, the remainder turned up this week (of course). It's no record-breaker, but it does see my 4K total stop just one shy of 150 titles — I thought it was going to be 150, but then I remembered one was an upgrade. How many (or, rather, few) of those 149 have I actually watched? I dread to think...
Number of titles in collection: 2,779 [up 12]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,724 [up 12]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 149 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 6,964 [up 31]
Number of films: 3,309 [up 26]
Number of additional cuts: 252 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes: 9,237 [no change]
Number of short films: 949 [up 12]
In case you missed it, those 12 titles brought a total of 26 films and 4 alternate cuts. Crikey. I really ought to watch more of my Blu-rays...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Look, I'm not trying to keep having weeks that push close to all-time-record status, it just keeps happening! I really need to rein myself in... But, yes, another 13 new titles this week, one an upgrade, makes a total increase of 12 two weeks in a row.
Speaking of last week, I mentioned then that if all the 4Ks in the post had actually arrived, it would've been a record-breaker. Well, the remainder turned up this week (of course). It's no record-breaker, but it does see my 4K total stop just one shy of 150 titles — I thought it was going to be 150, but then I remembered one was an upgrade. How many (or, rather, few) of those 149 have I actually watched? I dread to think...
Number of titles in collection: 2,779 [up 12]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,724 [up 12]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 149 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 6,964 [up 31]
Number of films: 3,309 [up 26]
Number of additional cuts: 252 [up 4]
Number of TV episodes: 9,237 [no change]
Number of short films: 949 [up 12]
In case you missed it, those 12 titles brought a total of 26 films and 4 alternate cuts. Crikey. I really ought to watch more of my Blu-rays...
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 4 February 2022
Sunday, 30 January 2022
Films
L'avventura (1960)
[#12 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
Blindspot 2022 #1
Voyage of Time: An IMAX Documentary (2016)
[#11 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
[#12 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
Blindspot 2022 #1
Voyage of Time: An IMAX Documentary (2016)
[#11 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
12 new reviews were published to 100Films.co.uk this week — mainly short(er) ones in roundup-type posts, but they're still reviews.
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
2022 | Weeks 1–3
Archive 5, Vol.2
More next Sunday.
Flight of the Navigator (1986)
may have been entertaining for preteens in the ’80s and ’90s, but surely anyone older could only love it because of nostalgia from watching it at that age; and it’s probably a bit slow-paced for today’s youth.Read more here.
2022 | Weeks 1–3
Featuring...Read more here.
- Carry On Spying (1964)
- Penny Serenade (1941)
- The Navigator (1924)
- In the Line of Fire (1993)
- Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper (2004)
- Free Guy (2021)
Archive 5, Vol.2
Featuring...Read more here.
- Royal Wedding (1951)
- A Study in Scarlet (1933)
- Chicken Run (2000)
- The Last of Sheila (1973)
- Road to Zanzibar (1941)
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 29 January 2022
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
After nothing last week, this one certainly set about making up for it: a big 13 new additions, including a DVD... but also a DVD-to-BD uprade, so that change gets wiped out below. Oh well.
Also five new 4K titles, which is the most in one go for six months. The most ever in a single week was six back in February 2019, fairly soon after I'd first started buying them (in October 2018). This week could've set a new record, if a few orders weren't so tardy in the post. Oh well.
Number of titles in collection: 2,767 [up 12]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,712 [up 12]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 147 [up 5]
Number of discs in collection: 6,933 [up 19]
Number of films: 3,283 [up 15]
Number of additional cuts: 248 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,237 [no change]
Number of short films: 936 [up 2]
It's also time once again for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
498 days, 16 hours, and 46 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 11 hours, and 26 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
After nothing last week, this one certainly set about making up for it: a big 13 new additions, including a DVD... but also a DVD-to-BD uprade, so that change gets wiped out below. Oh well.
Also five new 4K titles, which is the most in one go for six months. The most ever in a single week was six back in February 2019, fairly soon after I'd first started buying them (in October 2018). This week could've set a new record, if a few orders weren't so tardy in the post. Oh well.
Number of titles in collection: 2,767 [up 12]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,712 [up 12]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 147 [up 5]
Number of discs in collection: 6,933 [up 19]
Number of films: 3,283 [up 15]
Number of additional cuts: 248 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,237 [no change]
Number of short films: 936 [up 2]
It's also time once again for the monthly running time update...
Total running time of collection (approx.):
498 days, 16 hours, and 46 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 11 hours, and 26 minutes from last month.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 28 January 2022
Monday, 24 January 2022
Music
Braver Than We Are
by Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf's final album, on which all the songs were written by Jim Steinman. That led the album's producer to comment that "I believe this is actually Bat [Out of Hell] 3... I might get myself in trouble, but I'm gonna say that. Jim's involvement in this record is so intense. The songs, the way they run together and the narrative of the record, nothing has been this cohesive since Bat 1." I'm gonna give a big "hmm" to that, because while it's a nice idea in theory, I didn't feel the album was all that cohesive, nor that it was as "Bat Out of Hell-y" as the real Bat 3. Maybe I'll change my mind with time, I dunno, but it's not like the record came out (over five years ago now — I missed it at the time) with a big "the real Bat 3!" fanfare, is it?
by Meat Loaf
Meat Loaf's final album, on which all the songs were written by Jim Steinman. That led the album's producer to comment that "I believe this is actually Bat [Out of Hell] 3... I might get myself in trouble, but I'm gonna say that. Jim's involvement in this record is so intense. The songs, the way they run together and the narrative of the record, nothing has been this cohesive since Bat 1." I'm gonna give a big "hmm" to that, because while it's a nice idea in theory, I didn't feel the album was all that cohesive, nor that it was as "Bat Out of Hell-y" as the real Bat 3. Maybe I'll change my mind with time, I dunno, but it's not like the record came out (over five years ago now — I missed it at the time) with a big "the real Bat 3!" fanfare, is it?
Sunday, 23 January 2022
Films
Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper (2004)
[#7 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
Free Guy (2021)
[#8 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
[#7 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
Free Guy (2021)
[#8 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
this week on 100Films.co.uk
6 new reviews were published to 100Films.co.uk this week...
American Animals (2018)
Archive 5, Vol.1
More next Sunday.
American Animals (2018)
if a crime was committed, how come they’re interviewing the criminals? That latter thought contributes to a genuine tension and suspense throughout the film. How far will this plot go? Do they even actually attempt it? One of the guys keeps saying, “I expected there to be something to stop us”, and you think maybe something will stop them… but the fact this film exists, and there’s all the chat about how the boys let their parents down and whatever, shows something happened. (No spoilers!)Read more here.
Archive 5, Vol.1
Featuring...Read more here.
- Never Too Young to Die (1986)
- Bachelor Knight (1947)
- Little Women (2019)
- Aniara (2018)
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 22 January 2022
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
Well now, this is something of a surprise. I've got plenty on order, including preorders out on Monday; and stuff in the post, even... but none of it's actually turned up. So, for the first time since WHEN, it's a week with no changes whatsoever! I think those will remain a rarity for the foreseeable...
Number of titles in collection: 2,755 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,700 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 142 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,913 [no change]
Number of films: 3,268 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 247 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,237 [no change]
Number of short films: 934 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Well now, this is something of a surprise. I've got plenty on order, including preorders out on Monday; and stuff in the post, even... but none of it's actually turned up. So, for the first time since WHEN, it's a week with no changes whatsoever! I think those will remain a rarity for the foreseeable...
Number of titles in collection: 2,755 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,055 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,700 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 142 [no change]
Number of discs in collection: 6,913 [no change]
Number of films: 3,268 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 247 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,237 [no change]
Number of short films: 934 [no change]
See you next week, faithful reader.
Friday, 21 January 2022
Thursday, 20 January 2022
Tuesday, 18 January 2022
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