Saturday, 29 October 2022

TV

Have I Got News for You
64x05 (21/10/2022 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch the extended episode (again) on iPlayer.]

Mock the Week
20x12 Compilation
20x13 End of Year Special [season finale]
21x06 The History of... Part 1
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Mission (1986)
[#68 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
"What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen...?" 2022 #8

Scream (2022)
[#69 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
+ the audio commentary. I only put it on to find out who the participants were (because the menu didn't say), then I wound up leaving it on for a bit, until eventually I decided I may as well just stick with it until the end.

Collection Count

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

As it's almost Halloween, spooky new additions this week include Ghostwatch, the BBC's (in)famous 1992 horror special. This is the third time I've bought it, even though I've never seen it, which is ridiculous, I know. The new edition is a Blu-ray — perhaps a bit pointless, seeing as it was made for TV back in the SD era, but it has new special features and whatnot, so I replaced my two previous DVD copies.

Four other new titles this week (one of which includes four different cuts of the same film) results in... this...

Number of titles in collection: 2,954 [up 3]
Of which DVDs: 1,041 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,913 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 208 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 7,300 [up 4]
Number of films: 3,541 [up 5]
Number of additional cuts: 290 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes: 9,432 [down 2]
Number of short films: 1,007 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Thursday, 27 October 2022

Wednesday, 26 October 2022

Sunday, 23 October 2022

TV

Doctor Who
39x09 The Power of the Doctor [BBC Centenary special]
Posted about this on Twitter and condensed most of those thoughts on Letterboxd, so go there if you want my opinion (but note, it's very spoilery).
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

this week on 100Films.co.uk

4 new reviews were published to 100Films.co.uk this week...


2022 | Weeks 27–28
Featuring...
- Johnny Gunman (1957)
- A Better Tomorrow (1986)
- Mifune: The Last Samurai (2015)
- The Lost Daughter (2021)
Read more here.


More next Sunday.

Saturday, 22 October 2022

TV

Have I Got News for You
64x02 (30/9/2022 edition; extended repeat)
[Watch the extended episode (again) on iPlayer.]

Mock the Week
21x05 (21/10/2022 edition)
The last-ever episode! But it's not a "series finale" because there's some kind of two-part "look back" to come.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Scream 3 (2000)
[2nd watch]
[#65 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]

Collection Count

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

A bunch of brand-new titles that were meant to arrive this week got delayed until next week, or even next month... but never fear, because a load of other stuff turned up! Mostly that can be broken down into two groups: another big order from the US (consisting of five 4K titles (two of them upgrades) and three regular Blus), and a handful of titles from Arrow's Shocktober sale (which would've included two box sets, but one of those didn't turn up as quickly as expected either).

All-in-all, that makes for 11 new titles, with 15 films between them, across 22 discs. Which actually totals up as follows...

Number of titles in collection: 2,951 [up 9]
Of which DVDs: 1,043 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,908 [up 9]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 208 [up 5]

Number of discs in collection: 7,296 [up 20]
Number of films: 3,536 [up 13]
Number of additional cuts: 287 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,434 [up 12]
Number of short films: 1,007 [no change]

And if all that wasn't enough, this week it's time for a slightly-delayed (i.e. it should've been here last week) running time update...

Total running time of collection (approx.):
520 days, 23 hours, and 21 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 18 hours, and 26 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

Friday, 21 October 2022

TV

Friday Night Live
Really enjoyed that. Wouldn't mind C4 bringing it back properly.
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Newscast
(21/10/2022 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Ros Atkins on the Week
1x01 Resignation of Liz Truss
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Wednesday, 19 October 2022

Saturday, 15 October 2022

Films

The Two Faces of January (2014)
[2nd watch]
[#62 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
I originally counted my rewatch of Encanto as #62, but that arguably throws up some conflicts with my rules (I've already counted Encanto once, when I watched it the first time). So, as this is another October rewatch that can qualify, it seems sensible just to count this instead.

Walk the Line (2005)
[2nd watch]
[#63 in The All-New 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2022]
Not seen this since it was in the cinema, even though I've owned the DVD probably since it came out. It qualifies as this month's DVD watch, too... even though I didn't actually watch my copy (I was away from home and watched someone else's)... and it's in HD on Disney+, so even if I had been home, I probably wouldn't have watched my DVD. Kinda defeats the purpose of the DVD category (to watch more of my DVDs), but the rules don't actually specify it has to be my copy that gets watched (though it is kinda heavily implied), so...

Collection Count

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

Another big haul this week, primarily made up of an order from Indicator's sale. I picked up seven titles therein, although I also snagged an empty Hammer Volume Two box — I already owned two of the titles that go in it, and two of the seven I ordered were the other two. So, of course, that does slightly funny things to this week's totals (I never really know if those "funny things" show up in the end results, but I certainly have to think about them when computing the numbers).

Also this week: the reward from a Kickstarter I backed a year-and-a-half ago; two Masters of Cinema titles, one new (officially out Monday), one on offer (which has ended); and an Arrow release I picked up secondhand (to make sure I got the booklet) because 88 Films are releasing its sort-of-follow-up later this month, so I thought I ought to have both.

Number of titles in collection: 2,942 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,043 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,899 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 203 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 7,276 [up 13]
Number of films: 3,523 [up 11]
Number of additional cuts: 286 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,422 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,007 [no change]

This week should also have been the monthly running time update, but with so much going on I just haven't had time to work it out. Next week instead, then, faithful reader.

Monday, 10 October 2022

Comics

Wasted Space #1 by Michael Moreci & Hayden Sherman

It's been over eight years since I last read a single issue of a comic, back in the days when I collected them. I stopped buying because they weren't getting read — I know roughly how many I had still unread at the end, but I'm not going to say because it's insane.

Anyway, I read this one because they're Kickstarting a complete collection of the series, which piqued my interest ("Philip K. Dick in a blender with Preacher"? C'mon!), and they're offering the first issue for free online as a taster. But if you're interested, get a wriggle on: at time of posting, the Kickstarter only had 32 hours left.

Sunday, 9 October 2022

TV

Scouting for Toys
1x08 Mr Timpo
[Watch the series (again) on UKTV Play.]

Strictly Come Dancing
20x05 Week 3 (aka Movies Week)
20x06 Week 3 Results
Just dropping in for Movies Week, as I often do.
[Watch these episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Saturday, 8 October 2022

TV

Scouting for Toys
1x07 Antique Dolls
[Watch the series (again) on UKTV Play.]