I'm wrapping up the First Thirty films of Jack Nicholson for an upcoming zine and #30 sees him lead an ensemble piece to an Oscar sweep. It's as powerful now as it was in 1975. As always, comments are welcome. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) https://t.co/YwCsEP0fB1

I'm watching the First Thirty films of Jack Nicholson for an upcoming zine and #29 is a Mike Nichols farce set in the '20s with Warren Beatty and debuting Stockard Channing. It got lost in 1975. As always, comments are welcome. The Fortune (1975) https://t.co/VwQO21pkcw

I'm working through the First Thirty films of Jack Nicholson for an upcoming zine and #28 is the Who's rock opera, Tommy (1975), gloriously visualised by Ken Russell. As always, comments are welcome. Tommy (1975) https://t.co/QEkic7GHo0

This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and the 20th saw The Freshman, with impeccable routines from enthusiastic new college student Harold Lloyd but a flimsy story to build it all on. The Freshman (1925) https://t.co/iwti52yMwe

This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and the 6th was The Phantom of the Opera, with Lon Chaney and his glorious make-up. As always, comments are welcome. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) https://t.co/gcDinwK2KH

I'm back from a few weeks in the UK and I'm aching to get back into reviews and zines. Watch this space!

I'm remembering important people to film who were born in 1925 on their 100th birthdays and the 11th was actress Arlene Dahl's. I remembered her life and career with Fortune is a Woman (1957), a Gilliat and Launder thriller. Fortune is a Woman (1957) https://t.co/yX8ncoWzyL

I'm remembering important people to film who were born in 1925 on their 100th birthdays and the 22nd is actress Honor Blackman's. I remembered her life and career with Fright (1971), the progenitor of the babysitter in peril movie. Fright (1971) https://t.co/fTQqH74JPk

This year I'm reviewing films from 1925 on their centennials and the first from August is Sally of the Sawdust, a predictable but enjoyable early W. C. Fields feature from D. W. Griffith. As always, comments are welcome. Sally of the Sawdust (1925) https://t.co/181W2eCAYB

I'm working through the First Thirty films of Jack Nicholson for an upcoming zine and #27 is an existential Italian gem with Jack a journalist who takes on a dead man's identity to escape his life. As always, comments are welcome. The Passenger (1975) https://t.co/elt3y1thmr

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. Stone Martyrs is a fascinating look at the Mother Shipton legend told in thoughts sent between the people turned into the Rollright Stones. @ErikHofstatter - Stone Martyrs https://t.co/fie03KRKUA

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. Sleep Tight is a tasty serial killer story that's initially FBI mystery thriller but moves into cult horror novel. @JamesMarkert - Sleep Tight https://t.co/DzpTE24uKa

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. Tintin #12 takes the gang to find the wreck of the Unicorn and the treasure of Capt. Haddock's pirate ancestor. Yes, there's a shark sub! Hergé - Red Rackham’s Treasure https://t.co/l8vOxWVjoO

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. The Rainfall Market is a whimsical Korean YA fantasy about swapping misfortune with goblins for better lives. You Yeong-Gwang - The Rainfall Market https://t.co/AWZ0A4hbdU

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. Interplanetary Adventure #8 has Prof. Brane look for a backup planet for Earth in case our atomic experimentation means we need it. Capt. W. E. Johns - Quest for the Perfect Planet https://t.co/KcZ59mMu7Y

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. The Night Crew hunt and kill vampires and a man with full colour video memory joins them in this enticing pilot episode. Brad Ricks - The Night Crew https://t.co/ElZxYbrjow

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. The Three Investigators #20 takes the boys to the mountains to meet Hans and Konrad's sister. Of course, they stumble onto a mystery. M. V. Carey - The Mystery of Monster Mountain https://t.co/ahGq7LhhTJ

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. The first two Murderbot novellas have been collected together into the first of a set of three doubles. They're still essential. Martha Wells - The Murderbot Diaries Vol. 1 https://t.co/8b85TrOLNP

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. Doc Savage #110 takes the crew into a Alaskan forest with changing geography in search of Renny, who's been kidnapped with a stratospheric plane. Kenneth Robeson - The Magic Forest https://t.co/jk2vctBvrC

I review books at the @NamelessZine, which publishes monthly on the 15th. Lud-in-the-Mist is my new favourite classic genre children's novel, a criminally underread 1926 fantasy that's Hope Mirrlees's only genre work. Hope Mirrlees - Lud-in-the-Mist https://t.co/3oTquymvl8