LAUREL & HARDY: THE MAGIC BEHIND THE MOVIES (The Ultimate Edition) by RANDY SKRETVEDT (2016, Bonaventure Press, 630pp) ***** Blurb: Randy Skretvedt’s seminal LAUREL & HARDY: THE MAGIC BEHIND THE MOVIES is generally acknowledged as the gold standard in writing about the work of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Since the book’s original release in 1987,…
Month: September 2017
Shaft (1971) to get UK Blu-ray release
The original 1971 Shaft, starring Richard Roundtree and directed by Gordon Parks, finally gets its UK Blu-ray release on 2 October via HMVs excellent Exclusive series. The extras are identical to the Region 1 release in 2012 in that it also includes one of the seven TV Movies – Shaft: The Killing. The bonus here though…
Film Review – THE PARK AVENUE RUSTLERS (TV) (1972)
Park Avenue Rustlers, The (TV) (1972; USA; Technicolor; 74m) *** d. Jack Arnold; w. Sy Salkowitz; ph. William Cronjager; m. Lee Holdridge. Cast: Dennis Weaver, J. D. Cannon, Eddie Albert, Roddy McDowall, Diana Muldaur, Brenda Vaccaro, Lloyd Bochner, Norman Fell, Terry Carter. A partner poses as McCloud’s lover to help him infiltrate a car-theft ring….
TV Review – STRIKE: THE CUCKOO’S CALLING (2017)
Strike: The Cuckoo’s Calling (TV) (2017; UK; Colour; 3x60m) ***½ pr. Jackie Larkin; d. Michael Keillor; w. Ben Richards; ph. Hubert Taczanowski; m. Adrian Johnston. Cast: Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Martin Shaw, Kerr Logan, Killian Scott, Kadiff Kirwan, Elarica Johnson, Bronson Webb, Leo Bill, Tezlym Senior-Sakutu, Tara Fitzgerald, Natasha O’Keeffe. Private investigator Cormoran Strike is hired to find out if a supermodel’s suicide in London may have been a…