THE ROOKIE (USA, 1990) ** Distributor: Warner Bros.; Production Company: Warner Bros. / Malpaso Productions / Kazanjian-Siebert Productions / Lighthouse Entertainment; Release Date: 6 December 1990 (USA), 18 January 1991 (UK); Filming Dates: 16 April 1990 – 13 July 1990; Running Time: 120m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm…
Month: May 2019
Book Review – HIDE AND SEEK (1990) by Ian Rankin
HIDE AND SEEK (1990) *** by Ian Rankin First published by Orion 1990 This edition published by Orion, 2011, 278pp (261pp) ISBN: 978-0-7528-8354-0 includes an introduction by Ian Rankin and Reading Group Notes. Blurb: A junkie lies dead in an Edinburgh squat, spreadeagled, cross-like on the floor, between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the…
Film Review – PINK CADILLAC (1989)
PINK CADILLAC (USA, 1989) **½ Distributor: Warner Bros.; Production Company: Malpaso Productions / Warner Bros. Pictures; Release Date: 26 May 1989 (USA), November 1989 (UK); Filming Dates: 3 October 1988; Running Time: 122m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Dolby; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; BBFC Cert: 15. …
Film Review – THE DEAD POOL (1988)
THE DEAD POOL (USA, 1988) *** Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures; Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures / Malpaso Productions; Release Date: 13 July 1988 (USA), 14 April 1989 (UK); Filming Dates: 17 February – March 1988; Running Time: 91m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo (4 channels) | Dolby Digital (5.1); Film Format: 35mm;…
Film Review – HEARTBREAK RIDGE (1986)
HEARTBREAK RIDGE (USA, 1986) ***½ Distributor: Warner Bros.; Production Company: The Malpaso Company/ Jay Weston Productions; Release Date: 5 December 1986 (USA), 9 January 1987 (UK); Filming Dates: 4 June 1986 – 25 July 1986; Running Time: 130m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: 35 mm (Eastman 5384); Film Process:…
Film Review – TO ROME WITH LOVE (2012)
TO ROME WITH LOVE (USA/Italy/Spain, 2012) *** Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics; Production Company: Medusa Film / Gravier Productions / Perdido Productions / Mediapro; Release Date: 22 June 2012 (USA), 14 September 2012 (UK); Filming Dates: 11 July 2011 – 31 August 2011; Running Time: 112m; Colour: DeLuxe; Sound Mix: Dolby Digital; Film…
Film Review – PALE RIDER (1985)
PALE RIDER (USA, 1985) ***½ Distributor: Warner Bros.; Production Company: The Malpaso Company; Release Date: 27 June 1985 (USA), 4 October 1985 (UK); Filming Dates: began 17 September 1984; Running Time: 115m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Dolby; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Panavision (anamorphic); Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1; BBFC Cert: 15. …
Film Review – CITY HEAT (1984)
CITY HEAT (USA, 1984) *** Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures; Production Company: The Malpaso Company / Deliverance Productions; Release Date: 5 December 1984 (USA), 1 March 1985 (UK); Filming Dates: began 9 April 1984; Running Time: 93m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Dolby; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; BBFC Cert:…
Film Review – TIGHTROPE (1984)
TIGHTROPE (USA, 1984) *** Distributor: Warner Bros.; Production Company: The Malpaso Company / Warner Bros.; Release Date: 17 August 1984 (USA), 2 November 1984 (UK); Filming Dates: 17 October–3 December 1983; Running Time: 114m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; BBFC Cert: 18….
Film Review – 2010 (1984)
2010 (USA, 1984) ***½ Distributor: MGM/UA Entertainment Company; Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); Release Date: 7 December 1984 (USA), 5 March 1985 (UK); Filming Dates: 7 February – April 1984; Running Time: 116m; Colour: Metrocolor; Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints); Film Format: 35mm (70mm blow…