January 2026 Top Ten List

 HERE ARE MY TOP TEN FAVOURITE FILMS I WATCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN JANUARY: 

1. FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES (2025)
2. TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM (2023)
3. ELIO (2025)
4. THE LIFE AND DEATHS OF CHRISTOPHER LEE (2024)
5. WHISPERING SMITH HITS LONDON (1952)
6. THE FRONT PAGE (1931)
7. BREAKDOWN 1975 (2025)
8. MARSHMALLOW (2025)
9. VICE RAID (1959)
10. COLLEGE CONFIDENTIAL (1960)

And here is everything else I watched this month:  

THEN THERE"S THOSE BOOKY THINGS I READ:

Best Picture Oscar Winners TBW Project

 OF ALL THE FILMS THAT HAVE WON BEST PICTURES OSCARS, THERE ARE 28 I HAVEN'T SEEN.  However, I own 22 of 'em already.  So this year, my first 'movie-watching' challenge is to watch all these Oscar-winning Best Pictures that I own and have been slacking on.  Of course, that only leave 6 films I haven't seen but don't own so why don't I just buy those 6 and get it over with.  Well, we'll see.  So far, these are the films I already own that I hope to get watched this year:

For the record, the Best Picture winners I haven't seen but DON'T own are:

KRAMER VS. KRAMER

ORDINARY PEOPLE

OUT OF AFRICA

THE HURT LOCKER

MOONLIGHT

CODA

December 2025 Top Ten List

 HERE ARE MY TOP TEN FAVOURITE FILMS I WATCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN DECEMBER:

1. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER  (2025)
2. BLACK BAG  (2025)
3. FATMAN  (2020)
4. GOOD BOY  (2025)
5. BLACK PHONE 2  (2025)
6. THE GRAY MAN  (2022)
7. NIGHTFALL  (1956)
8. BABES IN TOYLAND  (1934)
9. KLAUS  (2019)
10. ADULT SWIM YULE LOG  (2022)

And here is everything else I watched this month:

For the yearly wrap-up, here are my most watched stars and most watched directors this year:

MOST WATCHED STAR OF 2025:  LEE MARVIN

MOST WATCHED STARS OF 2025

MOST WATCHED DIRECTORS OF 2025

And what I read:

As it is now year-end, I am posting my favourite book I read for each month of the year:

• JANUARY - EDGE #13:  A TOWN CALLED HATE by George G. Gilman (aka Terry Harknett)
• FEBRUARY - THE SHADOWED CIRCLE COMPENDIUM by Steve Donoso, ed.
• MARCH - PARDON MY GHOULISH LAUGHTER by Fredric Brown
• APRIL - MOTHER DEAR by Ivy Tholen
• MAY - HYPERION by Dan Simmons
• JUNE - STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER by Fern Brady
• JULY - DAUGHTERS OF CRUELTY by L.J. Daugherty
• AUGUST - TICK TOWN by Christopher A. Micklos
• SEPTEMBER - THE MAN FROM AVON by Michael Avallone
• OCTOBER - YOURS CRUELLY, ELVIRA by Cassandra Peterson
• NOVEMBER - MAIGRET AND THE GHOST by Georges Simenon
• DECEMBER - COP HATER by Ed McBain

And some reading stats:

November 2025 Top Ten List

 HERE ARE MY TOP TEN FAVOURITE FILMS THAT I WATCHED FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME IN NOVEMBER 2025:

1. THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO (2024)
2. THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME  (2025)
3. THE DEEPER YOU DIG  (2019)
4. HOUSE OF GAMES  (1987)
5. FRANKENSTEIN  (2025)
6. THE SINISTER CINEMA STORY  (2025)
7. THE PALE BLUE EYE  (2022)
8. PENNY GOLD  (1973)
9. AZTEC BATMAN:  CLASH OF EMPIRES  (2025)
10. SHOUT AT THE DEVIL  (1976)

And here is everything else I watched:

.AND HERE IS EVERYTHING I READ THIS MONTH: