THE SINNERS (2018) ***½ by Ace Atkins This paperback edition published by Putnam, June 2019, 432pp (417pp) First published in hardcover by Putnam, June 2018 Includes an excerpt from the follow-up, THE SHAMELESS (2019) © Ace Atkins, 2018 ISBN: 978-0-399-57675-1 Blurb: The Pritchards had never been worth a damn–an evil, greedy family who…
Month: February 2020
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: CAN YOU HEAR ME? (2020)
DOCTOR WHO: CAN YOU HEAR ME? (UK, 2020) ***½ Distributor: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); Production Company: BBC Studios; Release Date: 9 February 2020; Running Time: 49m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Digital; Film Format: HD; Aspect Ratio: 2.00:1; BBFC Cert: PG. Director: Emma Sullivan; Writer: Charlene James, Chris Chibnall; Producer: Nikki Wilson, Alex Mercer; Executive Producer: Chris Chibnall, Matt Strevens; Director of Photography: Ed Moore; Music Composer: Segun Akinola; Film…
Film Review v- THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (1955)
THE MAN FROM LARAMIE (USA, 1955) ***½ Distributor: Columbia Pictures; Production Company: Columbia Pictures Corporation / William Goetz Productions; Release Date: 13 July 1955 (USA), August 1955 (UK); Filming Dates: 29 September–26 November 1954; Running Time: 104m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: 4-Track Stereo (RCA Sound Recording); Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: CinemaScope; Aspect Ratio:…
Film Review – BEND OF THE RIVER (1952)
BEND OF THE RIVER (USA, 1952) **** Distributor: Universal Pictures; Production Company: Universal International Pictures (UI); Release Date: 23 January 1952 (USA), 13 March 1952 (UK); Filming Dates: 26 July–13 September 1951; Running Time: 91m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Recording); Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1; BBFC Cert:…
Film Review – THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)
THE ITALIAN JOB (UK, 1969) ***½ Distributor: Paramount British Pictures; Production Company: Oakhurst Productions / Paramount Pictures Corporation; Release Date: 5 June 1969 (UK), 3 September 1969 (USA); Filming Dates: began 24 June 1968; Running Time: 99m; Colour: Eastmancolor; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Panavision (anamorphic); Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1; BBFC Cert:…
Film Review – THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (1956)
THE CREATURE WALKS AMONG US (USA, 1956) **½ Distributor: Universal Pictures; Production Company: Universal International Pictures (UI); Release Date: 26 April 1956; Filming Dates: late Aug–mid Sep 1955; Running Time: 78m; Colour: B&W; Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Recording); Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; BBFC Cert: PG. Director: John…
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: PRAXEUS (2020)
DOCTOR WHO: PRAXEUS (UK, 2020) *** Distributor: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); Production Company: BBC Studios; Release Date: 2 February 2020; Running Time: 50m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Digital; Film Format: HD; Aspect Ratio: 2.00:1; BBFC Cert: PG. Director: Jamie Magnus Stone; Writer: Pete McTighe, Chris Chibnall; Producer: Nikki Wilson, Alex Mercer; Executive Producer: Chris Chibnall, Matt Strevens; Director of Photography: Catherine Goldschmidt; Music Composer: Segun Akinola; Film Editor: Rebecca Trotman; Production Designer: Dafydd Shurmer; Supervising Art…