Poster for Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster given a 4/5 rating
#Zillathon2026 5: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964)
The pantheon gains its most iconic villain (aside from Godzilla himself). Unfortunately, Ghidorah is underutilised, and the serious human story and wacky monster antics mesh poorly, but it's a highly entertaining watch regardless.
Poster for Frankenstein Conquers the World, given a 2/5 rating
#Zillathon2026 Gaiden: Frankenstein Conquers the World (1965)
This film's premise of Nazis using Frankenstein's monster as a superweapon suggests high camp, and its plot of a misunderstood human monster suggests high drama, but it ends up unsatisfying on both fronts. Well-directed, but poorly paced.
Film Club: The Great Godzilla Rewatch
Invasion of the Astro Monster (1965)
Aliens from Planet X ask to borrow Godzilla and Rodan to defeat "monster zero" aka King Gidorah!!
But are their intentions as innocent as they seem 🤔
Spoiler: no
I read a book. It was good. But not as hilarious as the blurb would have you believe.
The Humans. Matt Haig, 2013
A bit like 'Regarding Henry', only instead of Harrison Ford with a TBI, it's an alien sent to replace the woman's husband to prevent his mathematical breakthrough happening
Better than that, make it the badger from Bodger and Badger and make Mashed Potato Day a thing. Churchill would is memoralised enough I don't think he gives a shit tbh
Grok (weeping digital tears)
“Please, this is the 40th render of Churchill in badger form on a £50 note I’ve done. Is the joke worth it?”
Me:
“Bigger penis on it”
I read a book. It was fine
Hercule Poirot's Silent Night. Sophie Hannah, 2023.
A decent enough detective story, but I feel I would have liked it more if the author used her own voice and creations instead of having to pretend to be Agatha Christie
Mummy, can you come and pick me up, I'm scared
I read a book. It was painfully sad
Rooms for Vanishing. Stuart Nadler, 2025
A family is split apart by war. Only, they're split into different timelines, where each must suffer the loss of the others.
Probably a metaphor for Jewish generational trauma. Recommended
I read a book. It was good
Daughters of Britannia - the lives and times of diplomatic wives. Katie Hickman, 1999.
Fascinating mix of biography & social history, covering the complex lives of the wives, sisters & daughters of British diplomats
Film Club, Godzilla Adjacent:
Frankenstein Vs Baragon (1964)
Nazis seize the heart of Frankenstein's Monster & ship it to Japan to create super soldiers. Years later, a wild boy is discovered. He grows to monstrous size...just big enough to fight random kaiju, Baragon.
Pub landlord, pouring a pint behind the bar. Caption: "Lucky escape for Arsenal if it did". From THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.
Dunno why this popped into my head while watching the news.
I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
Film Club: The Great Godzilla Re-watch
Ghidorah: The Three Headed Monster (1964)
Climate change and a meteor shower herald the arrival of space monster King Ghidorah, ravager of worlds.
Mothra must persuade Godzilla and Rodan to team up to defeat a common foe
I read a book. It was...odd
Beautiful Star. Yukio Mishima, 1962.
Written during nuclear testing and the UFO craze. The Osugi family come to realise that they are each from different planets, and have a mission to guide humanity towards world peace
I read a book. It was very good
The Eye of Zoltar. Jasper Fforde, 2014
Jennifer Strange and her team are tricked into a quest to find a fabled magical artifact. Unfortunately, this part of the Cambrian Kingdom has a 50% survival rate at best
Bat poop crazy and lots of fun
Film Club
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
IMO the greatest comedy ever written. Sadly, easy to mess up if you're trying too hard to put an individual stamp on it.
So far, this is the best version I've seen. Used to have it on VHS years ago
I read a book. It was good
Holes. Louis Sachar, 1998
Stanley Yelnats is sent to a Youth Correction Camp. Every day the boys have to dig a 5' hole, to build character, but is everything as it seems to be? What is the warden really looking for?
Film Club
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
Typical Wes Anderson picture. Beautiful imagery, eccentric characters, heaps of nostalgia, all star cast.
The story of M. Gustav, last of the great concierges of pre-war Europe
The Caveman’s Lament me think about her when sun rises me think about her when sun sets me say to her how much me love her she tell me love invent not yet me make cave all warm and cosy me lie bearskin on cave floor me play song of love on bone flute she choose cave of Tim next door me no more go out hunt mammoth me throw spear too short or long me sit in cave me paint her picture she say me got perspective wrong me cook meal to show me love her — diplodocus with fried beans — she say food anachronistic me not know what this means stone age mighty hard for lovers yet rub two flints look what you get small sparks lead to big inferno but she say love invent not yet homo unrequitus
To mark Valentine’s Day, here is what is believed to be the world’s oldest surviving love poem, written 1.5 million years ago by one of our earliest ancestors, homo unrequitus.
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
Film Club: Godzilla Adjacent
Dogora (1964)
A carbon eating space jellyfish is intent on consuming the world's supply of coal and diamonds. Subplot involving international jewel thieves.
A bit silly, really; but a decent model
I read a book. It was good
The Essex Serpent. Sarah Perry, 2017
Widowed Cora is throwing herself into the pursuit of fossils, in the process, she gets ensnared in the tangled threads of a society caught between science and superstition.
Poster for Mothra vs. Godzilla, given a 4/5 rating
#Zillathon2026 4: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964)
A solid kaiju classic that boasts a generally strong story with good themes, likeable protagonists, entertaining villains, and a skilful blend of serious and camp. Mothra's futile self-sacrificial battle against Godzilla is as tragic as it is hilarious.
I read a book. It was good
The Bookshop, the he Draper, the Candlestick Maker. Annie Gray, 2024.
A history of the high street, from it's early beginnings to the 1960s and beyond. Fun and accessible, and nostalgic towards the end. Recommended
Film Club:
Godzilla and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day (1964)
Sorry, Mothra vs Godzilla.
After a typhoon Mothra's egg washes up on the mainland. Evil business men want to turn it into a tourist attraction. Meanwhile, Godzilla has also been washed up, the good guys ask Mothra for help
Film Club
Brief Encounter (1945)
Classic story of an ill fated emotional affair between two naive adults who should have known better.
In the top 10 of BFIs Top 100 films, and deservedly so
I read a book. It was very good
The Oppermans. Lion Feuchtwanger, 1933
Persephone bk 136
A story about a Jewish family in Berlin as Hitler rises to power. Scary, because so many of the events and attitudes are playing out in modern day Britain and America
Should be required reading in all schools
A pretty anthro dragon with spacey themes (yes it's another femboy, so sue me)
First new character of 2026! This is Galaxias, envoy of the Moon, and he's from the same universe as Gwen and Mulberry. I think I managed not to make him too overdesigned? Let me know what you think
#LinzerArt #furryart #scalie #dragon
Poster for Gorath (1962), given a 2/5 rating
#Zillathon2026 Gaiden: Gorath (1962)
Another sci-fi film about humanity coming together to fight an alien threat. Unfortunately, in spite of gorgeous model work, this one falls flat thanks to dodgy pacing, batpoop insane science, and the baffling inclusion of a giant walrus... for all of 5 seconds.
