ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ (USA, 1979) **** Distributor: Paramount Pictures (USA), Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (UK); Production Company: Paramount Pictures / The Malpaso Company; Release Date: 22 June 1979 (USA), 24 January 1980 (UK); Filming Dates: 16 October 1978 – January 1979; Running Time: 112m; Colour: DeLuxe; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film…
Month: April 2019
Book Review – OUTLAND (1981) by Alan Dean Foster
OUTLAND (1981) *** by Alan Dean Foster (based on a screenplay by Peter Hyams) Paperback published by Warner Books, March 1981. 272pp. ISBN: 0-446-95829-8 Blurb: Here on Io — moon of Jupiter, hell in space — men mine ore to satisfy the needs of Earth. They are hard men, loners for whom the Company provides…
Film Review – EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (1978)
EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE (USA, 1978) ** Distributor: Warner Bros. (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures / The Malpaso Company; Release Date: 20 December 1978 (USA), 21 December 1978 (UK); Filming Dates: 19 April–early July 1978; Running Time: 114m; Colour: DeLuxe; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film…
Film Review – THE GAUNTLET (1977)
THE GAUNTLET (USA, 1977) *** Distributor: Warner Bros. (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); Production Company: Warner Bros / The Malpaso Company; Release Date: 21 December 1977 (USA), 22 December 1977 (UK); Filming Dates: 4 April – June 1977; Running Time: 109m; Colour: DeLuxe; Sound Mix: 4-Track Stereo; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Panavision…
Warner Archive announces Blu-Ray releases of Shaft’s Big Score! and Shaft in Africa
As expected ahead of the release of the new Shaft movie in June, Warner Archive has announced it will finally be releasing the second and third of Richard Roundtree’s original Shaft films on Blu-Ray. The releases of both Shaft’s Big Score! (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973) will take place on 21 May. Both films…
Film Review – THE ENFORCER (1976)
ENFORCER, THE (1976, USA, 96m, 18) *** Action, Thriller dist. Warner Bros. (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); pr co. Warner Bros. Pictures / The Malpaso Company; d. James Fargo; w. Stirling Silliphant, Dean Riesner (based on a story by Gail Morgan Hickman & S.W. Schurr and characters created by Harry Julian Fink and Rita M. Fink);…
Film Review – THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (1976)
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES (USA, 1976) ****½ Distributor: Warner Bros. (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); Production Company: Warner Bros. / The Malpaso Company; Release Date: 26 June 1976 (USA), 29 August 1976 (UK); Filming Dates: 6 October – late November 1975; Running Time: 135m; Colour: DeLuxe; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Panavision…
Film Review – THE EIGER SANCTION (1975)
THE EIGER SANCTION (USA, 1975) *** Distributor: Universal Pictures; Production Company: The Malpaso Company / Jennings Lang / Universal Pictures; Release Date: 21 May 1975 (USA), 21 August 1975 (UK); Filming Dates: 12 August – late September 1974; Running Time: 129m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Mono (Westrex Recording System); Film Format: 35mm; Film…
Film Review – THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (1974)
THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT (USA, 1974) ***½ Distributor: United Artists; Production Company: The Malpaso Company; Release Date: 22 May 1974 (USA), 19 September 1974 (UK); Filming Dates: July – September 1973; Running Time: 115m; Colour: DeLuxe; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Panavision (anamorphic); Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1; BBFC Cert: 18. …
Music Review – MIKE + THE MECHANICS: OUT OF THE BLUE (2019)
Mike + The Mechanics Out of the Blue (2019) *** Mike Rutherford – Guitar, Bass, Drum Programming Andrew Roachford – Vocals, Keyboards Tim Howar – Vocals Anthony Drennan – Lead Guitar, Bass Gary Wallis – Drums Luke Juby – Keyboards, Backing Vocals Clark Datchler – Keyboards (3) Paul Meehan – Keyboards and Programming (1 & 2) Priscilla…