THE GIRL HUNTERS (UK, 1963) **½ Distributor: Colorama Features (USA) / Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (UK); Production Company: Fellane; Release Date: 12 June 1963 (USA), 16 July 1964 (UK); Running Time: 98m; Colour: B&W; Sound Mix: Mono (Westrex Recording System); Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Panavision (anamorphic); Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1; BBFC…
Month: May 2020
Film Review – WILD (2014)
WILD (USA, 2014) ***½ Distributor: 20th Century Fox; Production Company: Fox Searchlight Pictures / Pacific Standard; Release Date: 29 August 2014 (USA), 13 October 2014 (UK); Filming Dates: began 11 October 2013; Running Time: 115m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Digital; Film Format: Codex; Film Process: ARRIRAW (2.8K) (source format), Digital Intermediate…
Film Review – SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING (1960)
SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING (UK, 1960) **** Distributor: British Lion Films (UK), Continental Distributing (USA); Production Company: Woodfall Film Productions; Release Date: 27 October 1960 (UK), 3 April 1961 (USA); Filming Dates: began 26 February 1960; Running Time: 89m; Colour: B&W; Sound Mix: Mono (Westrex Recording System); Film Format: 35mm; Film…
Book Review – THE GIRL HUNTERS (1962) by Mickey Spillane
THE GIRL HUNTERS (1962) ***½ by Mickey Spillane This paperback edition published in The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume 3 by Obsidian, 2010, 171pp (524pp) with The Snake (1964) and The Twisted Thing (1966) Introduction by Max Allan Collins First published in hardcover by E.P. Dutton, 1962 ISBN: 978-0-451-23124-6 Blurb: Seven years of hitting the…
Film Review – THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990)
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (USA, 1990) **** Distributor: Paramount Pictures; Production Company: Paramount Pictures / Mace Neufeld Productions / Nina Saxon Film Design; Release Date: 2 March 1990 (USA), 20 April 1990 (UK); Filming Dates: began 3 April 1989; Running Time: 135m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm…
Film Review – THE FUGITIVE (1993)
THE FUGITIVE (USA, 1993) **** Distributor: Warner Bros; Production Company: Warner Bros. / Kopelson Entertainment; Release Date: 29 July 1993 (USA), 24 September 1993 (UK); Filming Dates: 3 February 1993 – 15 May 1993; Running Time: 130m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo (4 channels); Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect…
Film Review – THE MASK OF FU MANCHU (1932)
THE MASK OF FU MANCHU (USA, 1932) ***½ Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); Production Company: Cosmopolitan Productions / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) ; Release Date: 5 November 1932 (USA), 24 November 1932 (UK); Filming Dates: 6 August 1932 – 21 October 1932; Running Time: 68m; Colour: B&W; Sound Mix: Mono (Western Electric Sound System); Film Format:…
Film Review – MIGHTY APHRODITE (1995)
MIGHTY APHRODITE (USA, 1995) ***½ Distributor: Miramax; Production Company: Sweetland Films / Magnolia Pictures; Release Date: 1 September 1995 (Italy), 27 October 1995 (USA), 12 April 1996 (UK); Filming Dates: 3 October 1994 – 16 December 1994; Running Time: 95m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Dolby SR (Mono); Film Format: 35mm; Film Process:…
Book Review – APROPOS OF NOTHING (2020) by Woody Allen
APROPOS OF NOTHING (2020) **** by Woody Allen This hardback edition published by Arcade Publishing, 23 March 2020, 392pp © Woody Allen, 2019 ISBN: 978-1-951627-34-8 Blurb: In this candid and often hilarious memoir, the celebrated director, comedian, writer, and actor offers a comprehensive, personal look at his tumultuous life. Beginning with his Brooklyn childhood…
McFarland offer 40% off Popular Culture Books until 17 May
I received the following e-mail from McFarland promoting a 2-week 40% discount offer on popular culture books, which will include my titles The World of Shaft and The Songs of Genesis: Dear Author: From our founding in 1979, McFarland has championed serious scholarship about popular culture. Longtime customers remember the classics like Bill Warren’s Keep…