Having last seen Phil on tour with Genesis ten years again, since when (bar a Motown covers album) he has been largely inactive musically, I had feared that that was it. Talk of retirement followed by health issues involving some vertebrae and back operations that have left him unable to drum or even stand for…
Month: November 2017
Shaft sequel to be released in Summer 2019
A report by The Wrap states that a release date has been set for New Line’s controversial new take on Shaft. The date the film has been slated to his cinemas is 14 June 2019 – so quite some time to wait yet. No further reports on casting as yet, but with production scheduled to…
Film Review – WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES (2017)
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017; USA; Colour; 140m) *** d. Matt Reeves; w. Mark Bomback, Matt Reeves; ph. Michael Seresin; m. Michael Giacchino. Cast: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Amiah Miller, Gabriel Chavarria, Steve Zahn, Karin Konoval, Ty Olsson, Judy Greer, Sara Canning, Devyn Dalton, Michael Adamthwaite, Aleks Paunovic, Toby Kebbell. After the…
Film Review – KOJAK: FATAL FLAW (TV) (1989)
Kojak: Fatal Flaw (TV) (1989; USA; Technicolor; 94m) **½ d. Richard Compton; w. Albert Ruben; ph. Geoffrey Erb; m. Cameron Allan. Cast: Telly Savalas, Andre Braugher, Angie Dickinson, Steven Weber, George Morfogen, Charles Cioffi, Richard Jenkins, Paul Guilfoyle, Kario Salem, David Ciminello, Sally Jessy Raphael, Don King. Popular book writer is murdered. Kojak finds out…
Son of Shaft synopsis and casting news
A number of websites and trade papers are reporting New Line’s negotiations with actress Alexandra Shipp to join the cast of Tim Story’s new Shaft sequel. What role Shipp (who recently appeared as Storm in X-Men: Apocalypse) will take is not yet known. Jessie T. Usher has already been signed to play the son of Samuel L…
Film Review – KOJAK: ARIANA (TV) (1989)
Kojak: Ariana (TV) (1989; USA; Technicolor; 96m) ** d. Paul Krasny; w. Maurice Hurley; ph. Geoffrey Erb; m. Cameron Allan. Cast: Telly Savalas, Andre Braugher, Shari Headley, Caroline Wilde, Hector Elizondo, Joe Grifasi, Kario Salem, Jean De Baer, David Margulies, Liliana Komorowska, Mike Starr, James Rebhorn. One of Kojak’s old enemies uses Ariana, a young…
Film Review – THE PRICE OF JUSTICE (TV) (1989)
Price of Justice, The (TV) (1987; USA; Technicolor; 95m) **½ d. Alan Metzger; w. Albert Ruben; ph. Victor J. Kemper; m. Patrick Williams. Cast: Telly Savalas, Kate Nelligan, Pat Hingle, Jack Thompson, Brian Murray, John Bedford Lloyd, Jeffrey DeMunn, Tony DiBenedetto, Ron Frazier, Stephen Joyce. When the bodies of two young boys are discovered in…
TV Review – MURDER ON THE BLACKPOOL EXPRESS (2017)
Murder on the Blackpool Express (TV) (2017; UK; Colour; 91m) *½ pr. Jim Poyser; d. Simon Delaney; w. Jason Cook; ph. Ian Adrian; m. Samuel Karl Bohn. Cast: Johnny Vegas, Sian Gibson, Griff Rhys Jones, Mark Heap, Nina Wadia, Kimberley Nixon, Nigel Havers, Kevin Eldon, Una Stubbs, Sheila Reid. Feature-length comedy about a crime writer (Jones) who takes a group…
Film Review – THE BELARUS FILE (TV) (1985)
Belarus File, The (TV) (1985; USA; Colour; 95m) **½ d. Robert Markowitz; w. Albert Ruben; ph. Alan Metzger; m. Joseph Conlan, Barry De Vorzon. Cast: Telly Savalas, Suzanne Pleshette, Max von Sydow, Herbert Berghof, Dan Frazer, Betsy Aidem, Alan Rosenberg, Charles Brown, George Savalas, David Leary, Harry Davis, Rita Karin, Mark Russell, Vince Conti. The murders…
Film Review – KOJAK: THE SUMMER OF ’69 (TV) (1977)
Kojak: The Summer of ’69 (TV) (1977; USA; Technicolor; 96m) *** d. Gene R. Kearney; w. Gene R. Kearney; ph. John McPherson; m. John Cacavas. Cast: Telly Savalas, Stephen McHattie, Alex Dreier, Harrison Page, Pepe Serna, Phillip R. Allen, Dan Frazer, Kevin Dobson, George Savalas, Woodrow Parfrey, Thalmus Rasulala, Catlin Adams, Diane Baker. A man…