RANSOM (UK, 1974) *** Distributor: British Lion Film Corporation (UK), Twentieth Century Fox (USA); Production Company: Lion International / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / Rwaley Film & Theatre; Release Date: 27 February 1975 (UK), 16 April 1975 (USA); Filming Dates: began 14 January 1974; Running Time: 94m; Colour: Eastmancolor; Sound Mix: Mono; Film…
Month: December 2019
Book Review – CASINO ROYALE (1953) by Ian Fleming
CASINO ROYALE (1953) **** by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2018, 256pp (229pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 1953 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1953 Introduction by Anthony Horowitz ISBN: 978-0-099-57597-9 Blurb: Le Chiffre is a businessman with expensive tastes – and SMERSH’s chief operative in France. As his…
Film Review – THE LOVERS! (1973)
THE LOVERS! (UK, 1973) *** Distributor: British Lion Film Corporation; Production Company: British Lion Film Corporation; Release Date: 5 October 1973 (UK); Filming Dates: began 12 June 1972; Running Time: 88m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; BBFC Cert: 12. Director:…
Film Review – PLANET OF THE APES (1968)
PLANET OF THE APES (USA, 1968) ****½ Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox; Production Company: APJAC Productions / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; Release Date: 8 February 1968 (USA), 21 March 1968 (UK); Filming Dates: 21 May 1967 – 10 August 1967; Running Time: 112m; Colour: DeLuxe; Sound Mix: 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System);…
Film Review – THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974)
THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN (1974, UK, 125m, PG) *** Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. United Artists; pr co. Eon Productions; d. Guy Hamilton; w. Richard Maibaum, Tom Mankiewicz (based on the novel by Ian Fleming); pr. Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman; ph. Ted Moore, Oswald Morris (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. John Barry; ed. Raymond…
Film Review – LIVE AND LET DIE (1973)
LIVE AND LET DIE (1973, UK, 121m, PG) *** Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller dist. United Artists; pr co. Eon Productions; d. Guy Hamilton; w. Tom Mankiewicz (based on the novel by Ian Fleming); pr. Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman; ph. Ted Moore (Colour | 1.85:1); m. George Martin; ed. Bert Bates, Raymond Poulton, John Shirley;…
Film Review – STAR WARS: EPISODE IX – THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (2019)
STAR WARS: EPISODE IX – THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (USA, 2019) ***½ Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Production Company: Lucasfilm / Bad Robot / Walt Disney Pictures; Release Date: 16 December 2019 (USA), 19 December 2019 (UK); Filming Dates: 1 August 2018 – 15 February 2019; Running Time: 142m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix:…
Film Review – THE FAMILY WAY (1966)
THE FAMILY WAY (UK, 1966) **** Distributor: British Lion Film Corporation (UK), Warner Bros. (USA); Production Company: Boulting Brothers / Jambox; Release Date: 18 December 1966 (UK), 28 June 1967 (USA); Filming Dates: began 27 May 1966; Running Time: 115m; Colour: Eastmancolor; Sound Mix: Mono (Westrex Recording System); Film Format: 35mm; Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1;…
Film Review – THE RETURN OF THE MUSKETEERS (1989)
THE RETURN OF THE MUSKETEERS (UK/France/Spain, 1989) *** Distributor: Entertainment Film Distributors; Production Company: Fildebroc / Ciné 5 / Sofica / Timothy Burrill Productions / Iberoamericana Films Producción; Release Date: 25 August 1989 (UK), 3 April 1991 (USA) (TV); Filming Dates: 22 August 1988 – October 1988; Running Time: 102m; Colour: Rankcolor; Sound Mix:…
Dynamite release original Shaft novel as audiobook
Dynamite Entertainment announced on 13 December the launch of their new imprint, Dynamite Books, focused on publishing prose novels. Alongside prose novels, the publisher will also release audiobook adaptations and it is reported that Ernest Tidyman’s Shaft is already available (narrated by Will Dixon) through Amazon Audible. No news on whether Dynamite will now finally…