NUTS4R2
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I blog about film, books, TV and assorted miscellanea. Read my words at
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.com
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Runalong Womble
about 10 hours ago
Out now in paperback in this fantastic horror tale The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Titan Books for a copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Published – Out Now Price – £19.99 hardback £10.99 ebook Etsy Beauca...
https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2025/8/11/the-buffalo-hunter-hunter-by-stephen-graham-jones
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Mr Jim Moon
about 11 hours ago
HYPNOGORIA 303 - Your Turn Some one on social media asked "What's the creepiest thing you've experienced that you genuinely cannot explain?" and Mr Jim examines the strange tales and ghostly experiences that followed...
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#podcast
#paranormal
#ghosts
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@raskolnik.bsky.social
Thanks for the retweet sir.
about 10 hours ago
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@runalongwomble.bsky.social
Thanks for the retweet sir.
about 11 hours ago
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ROCKY HORROR SHOW. I review the marvellously silly THE MONOLITH MONSTERS right here...
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The Monolith Monsters
Rocky Horror Show The Monolith Monsters USA 1957 Directed by John Sherwood Universal/Eureka Masters Of Cinema Blu Ray Zone B Warning: Big...
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-monolith-monsters.html
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And also: “… the music goes into a full blown, histrionic stinger of a cue that might be best reserved for some much more ostentatious looking form of life ending peril.”
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And: : “… sans clouds because, nobody had thought about the Earth being covered in clouds until years later when man travelled into space…”
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From my latest review: “… partially because of its silliness and also because it’s a well made piece of hokum which completely fits in with what Universal were conjuring up for the monster crowd back then in terms of the gravitas mixed in with…”
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Runalong Womble
about 12 hours ago
New Review - today it’s to the Short Fiction Shelves and I have a new magazine to look at in the form of Adventitious Issue 1 which i highly recomend
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Runalong The Short Shelves - Adventitious Issue 1 — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank the editor for an advance copy of this magazine in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher - Two Weeks From Anywhere Price - $5.49 via https://www.adventitious.net/sh...
https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/3/1/runalong-the-short-shelves-adventitious-issue-1
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@raskolnik.bsky.social
Thanking you for the retweet sir.
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The five films on the right arrived from Eureka today but, I guess I need to revisit Toho’s three movie adaptation on the left first, as it’s been years since I saw them.
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@cultofthecinema.bsky.social
Thanks for the retweet geez.
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THE BIG GLUE. I review AURORA MODEL KITS right here...
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Aurora Model Kits
The Big Glue Aurora Model Kits with Polar Lights, Moebius, Atlantis By Thomas Graham 3rd Edition Schiffer Publishing Ltd ISBN 9780764352836...
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/aurora-model-kits.html
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And finally: “… like their VIKING LONG SHIP being resurrected and promoted when the Kirk Douglas/Tony Curtis movie THE VIKINGS was released into cinemas.”
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And also: “When the inadequate coat hangers left them with no more orders and a surplus of stock, one of the employees realised that you could make a toy bow and arrow out of the hangers, which sold by the bucket load.”
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And: : “… I’m guessing my parents just didn’t want me to have them after all the furore and fall out of scaring all the other infant school kiddies with my drawings of dancing skeletons.”
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From my latest review: “… the many pop culture references to the kits they were known for, especially their famous models based on various Universal Monsters.”
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@raskolnik.bsky.social
Thanks for the retweet matey.
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PUNK, ROCKED! I review the original DIRTY HARRY right here...
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Dirty Harry
Punk, rocked! Dirty Harry USA 1971 Directed by Don Siegel Warner Brothers Blu Ray Zone B Dirty Harry and the homicidal maniac. Harry’s the o...
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/dirty-harry.html
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And finally: “… visual shorthand in the movie, cleverly built to tell a piece of story with no dialogue or further clarification needed, such as when a shot of a cigarette falling into a pile outside a car door …”
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And also: “… Lalo Shifrin’s landmark score already doing some heavy lifting in establishing an off-kilter theme to represent the twisted mind of the killer.”
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And: : “… more concerned with cutting through the red tape and upholding justice, rather than doggedly following the law (which anyone who has done any time on jury service, would recognise are two entirely different things).”
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From my latest review: “… With the background turmoil of a load of assassinations, the Miranda rights, the Vietnam war and a general feeling of overall descent in the USA…”
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Barry P.
4 days ago
It's time for another edition of Quick Picks and Pans:
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February Quick Picks and Pans
Elizabeth Harvest (2018) Elizabeth (Abbey Lee), a young trophy wife, arrives home with her rich middle-aged husband, Henry (Ciarán Hinds)...
https://cinematiccatharsis.blogspot.com/2026/02/february-quick-picks-and-pans.html
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The Thief Of Baghdad 1961
Ghost of Baghdad The Thief Of Baghdad aka Il ladro di Bagdad Directed by Arthur Lubin & Bruno Vailati Italy/France 1961Â Titanus Imprint Blu...
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The Thief Of Bagdad (1940)
Jaffar Takes The Thief Of Bagdad UK/USA 1940 Directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell & Tim Whelan London Film Productions Imprint Blu R...
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-thief-of-bagdad-1940.html
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The Thief Of Bagdad 1924
Arabian Heights The Thief Of Bagdad USA 1924 Directed by Raoul Walsh United Artists/Imprint Blu Ray Zone B Five years after Douglas Fairban...
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.html
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@barrycinematic.bsky.social
once again, thank you for the retweet sir.
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@raskolnik.bsky.social
Thanks for the retweet sir.
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GHOST OF BAGHDAD. Bagdad Burglar Week concludes with my review of the 1961 Steve Reeves version of THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD right here...
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The Thief Of Baghdad 1961
Ghost of Baghdad The Thief Of Baghdad aka Il ladro di Bagdad Directed by Arthur Lubin & Bruno Vailati Italy/France 1961Â Titanus Imprint Blu...
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-thief-of-baghdad-1961.html
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And also: “… both he and the magical steed both turned into a cartoon version of themselves for the long shot, in exactly the same way that Kirk Alyn would start flying in the two 1940s SUPERMAN serials…”
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And: “Many of the special effects don’t seem nearly as good as either the silent version or the 1940s version, it seems to me…”
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From my latest review: “… I had at least expected a trashy, action packed peplum which would entertain me no end. Especially since it stars former HERCULES and action muscle man Steve Reeves in the titular role…”
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Runalong Womble
7 days ago
As it’s the weekend it’s time for Wombling Along where I gather reviews, articles and more things online that caught my eye
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Wombling Along — Runalong The Shelves
Hellooo! Welcome to Wombling Along the blog’s weekend supplant where I share the reviews and other things online that caught my eye. Not everyone is online at once so for me it’s nice to try to pick ...
https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/16/wombling-along
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And that’s how you do amazing camerawork. Three points of view from one shot.
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What the heck?!? Just put the BFI blu ray edition of THRONE OF BLOOD on and there are no subtitles on the opening male chorus, which presumably sets the scene. Not very helpful.
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@raskolnik.bsky.social
Thanks for the retweet geez.
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JAFFAR TAKES. Bagdad Burglar Week continues on the blog with my review of the 1940 Korda version of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, right here...
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The Thief Of Bagdad (1940)
Jaffar Takes The Thief Of Bagdad UK/USA 1940 Directed by Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell & Tim Whelan London Film Productions Imprint Blu R...
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-thief-of-bagdad-1940.html
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And finally: “… in the scenes shot on set in America, the women all have their blouses tightly buttoned up to the top where, in continuity defying fashion, the UK scenes are a lot looser with the way the costumes are worn on the ladies in question.”
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And also: “… which will probably call to mind many of that composers other scores, including one with a similar soundscape, being his score for the later movie THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD.”
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And: : “… a giant spider battled on its web, a blue all-seeing eye as a crystal and a purloined flying carpet. But there’s also a mechanical, Pegasus-style flying horse…”
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From my latest review: “… some of the effects, with it being the first colour film to employ blue screen techniques, look a little dated and wobbly to me. I say this after loving the effects work on the Douglas Fairbanks version…”
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Runalong Womble
8 days ago
On the blog this week I have a new favourite witch for you to meet in the excellent A Forest, Darkly by AG Slatter
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A Forest, Darkly by A G Slatter — Runalong The Shelves
I would like to thank Titan Books for an advance copy of this novel in exchange for a fair and honest review Publisher – Titan Books Published – Out Now Price – £9.99 paperback £7.99 ebook ...
https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/blog/2026/2/16/a-forest-darkly-by-a-g-slatter
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Runalong Womble
8 days ago
I enjoyed criminal investigations in Hamburg with Sharks by Simone Buchholz translated by Rachel Ward
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@raskolnik.bsky.social
Thanks for the retweey matey!
8 days ago
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ARABIAN HEIGHTS. Bagdad Burglar Week gets underway on the blog with my review of the 1924 silent version of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, right here...
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The Thief Of Bagdad 1924
Arabian Heights The Thief Of Bagdad USA 1924 Directed by Raoul Walsh United Artists/Imprint Blu Ray Zone B Five years after Douglas Fairban...
https://nuts4r2.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-thief-of-bagdad-1924.html
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And finally: “… timing his jumps over volcanic pits which pretty much pre-dates modern video game design…”
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And also: “She also indulges in the essential style of silent movie acting where everything needs to be relayed with gestures and expressions but, she’s much more subtle and understated here than…”
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And: : “… which splits open in four different directions, revealing giant teeth holding it together when locked, is absolutely marvellous and just one of many inventive moments…”
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From my latest review: “… he’s still pretty entertaining to watch. However, another actor in the film does contrast with him in terms of style to his detriment... but more on her in a minute.”
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