Videos

Critical Role
2x25 Divergent Paths [2nd half]
I thought this episode might be a bit of a bust at the start — with Travis and Laura absent, Liam limited on a screen, and several of the present cast clearly tired from an emotional day IRL, struggling to play as the absent characters — but after a bumpy start, it picked up, and even delivered a particularly emotional climax with the exit of Kiri. How do they keep doing that?! "Thank you, Matt, for making this game work with half of a crew."
[Watch it (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]

LEGO Dungeons & Dragons Game Night
This three-hour actual-play special was produced to promote the LEGO Dungeons & Dragons set and released two months ago. I've been meaning to watch it since it came out, but I've (obviously) been spending time on Crit Role instead — but as I've been watching so much of that the last couple of days, I thought it was finally time to make room for this. It's a lot of fun, and watching Ginny Di's behind-the-scenes video made me super envious.
[Watch it (again) on YouTube.]

Talks Machina
#73 'Divergent Paths'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]

Videos

Critical Role
2x24 The Hour of Honor [2nd half]
2x25 Divergent Paths [1st half]
[Watch Campaign 2 (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]

Talks Machina
#72 'The Hour of Honor'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]

Videos

Critical Role
2x23 Have Bird, Will Travel
2x24 The Hour of Honor [1st half]
Oh yeah, an episode and a half (plus Talks, below). After a bit of a break, it feels good to have a bit of a binge. (This wouldn't really count as a "binge" for most shows, but altogether these represent 7+ hours of Critical Role content in one day.)
[Watch Campaign 2 (again) on YouTube, or Twitch, or Beacon.]

Talks Machina
#71 'Have Bird, Will Travel'
[Watch it (again) on Internet Archive.]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x49 Week 10: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
[2nd watch]

this week on 100Films.co.uk

A day late with this, I know, but I'd been hoping to get both of my usual monthly posts up on 100Films.co.uk this weekend. Unfortunately, I've been ill, so there's only the first so far: the general monthly review of May...





Part Two will be there by next Sunday, hopefully.

TV

Doctor Who
40x05 Dot and Bubble
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x47 Week 10: Tuesday
7x48 Week 10: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont (2005)

TV

Doctor Who
40x03 Boom [2nd watch]
40x04 73 Yards
[Watch all episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x46 Week 10: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Man from the Carlton Tower (1961)
[#43 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]

Games

The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Book Game
Chapter 2: Fellowship Forged
Chapter 3: The Mines of Moria

Finally had a chance to continue this. It took some getting back into, but it is fun.

Collection Count

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

Just a quiet one this week. Might be a quiet month too, although there's a bunch of stuff coming out I'm interested in, I just don't have much ordered yet. So, we'll see...

Number of titles in collection: 3,298 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,296 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 354 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 7,987 [up 1]
Number of films: 4,068 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 386 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,716 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,145 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x44 Week 9: Thursday
7x45 Week 9: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Murder and Cocktails (2024)
[#42 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]

Opera

Carmen
at Glyndebourne

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x42 Week 9: Tuesday
7x43 Week 9: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

October Moth (1960)
[#41 in The 100 Films in a Year Challenge 2024]

Collection Count

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

Well, a week and a half this time, because this week's update is so late. I've been away and busy. And no one cares but me anyway. And nothing's arrived or been purchased in the last couple of days, so the numbers are the same as they would've been on Saturday anyway. All new releases, and all arrived early — so they kinda belong in this week anyway.

Lots of box sets this week, one way or another — as you can see, only five new titles but 15 new films. That's two series box sets (the Whistler from Indicator and Shinobi from Radiance) and a two-part film (Trenque Lauquen); plus part two only of a two-part film (Dune), and one other release with multiple cuts (Planet of the Vampires). Fun times.

Number of titles in collection: 3,297 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,002 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,295 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 353 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 7,986 [up 11]
Number of films: 4,067 [up 15]
Number of additional cuts: 386 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,716 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,145 [up 3]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Death in Paradise
12x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x41 Week 9: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
7x39 Week 8: Thursday
7x40 Week 8: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]