THE MOUNTAIN BETWEEN US (USA, 2017) **½ Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox; Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox / Chernin Entertainment; Release Date: 9 September 2017 (Canada), 6 October 2017 (USA/UK); Filming Dates: 5 December 2016 – 17 February 2017; Running Time: 112m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Digital; Film Format: D-Cinema; Film Process:…
Month: June 2020
Book Review – LIVE AND LET DIE (1954)
LIVE AND LET DIE (1954) ***½ by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2019, 303pp First published by Jonathan Cape in 1954 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1954 ISBN: 978-0-099-57686-0 Blurb: Mr Big is brutal, brilliant and feared worldwide. Protected by Voodoo forces and the psychic powers of his prisoner Solitaire, he…
First review of “The Songs of Genesis”
This month’s Classic Rock Magazine has a review by Max Bell of my book “The Songs of Genesis: A Complete Guide to the Studio Recordings” on page 94. In his review max notes the book is “intensely detailed and meticulously researched… and there’s enough personal colour to drive the narrative.”
Book Review – THE TWISTED THING (1966) by Mickey Spillane
THE TWISTED THING (1966) **** by Mickey Spillane This paperback edition published in The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume 3 by Obsidian, 2010, 178pp (524pp) with The Girl Hunters (1962) and The Snake (1964) Introduction by Max Allan Collins First published in hardcover by E.P. Dutton, 1962 ISBN: 978-0-451-23124-6 Blurb: This is some household. The kid…
A Personal list – 70 films I can watch over an over
Well, really there are more than 70 films I can watch over and over, but I had to stop somewhere. I don’t claim this list to be the best films ever made or even the best films I have ever seen (although a lot of these would also be in that list). It is a…
TV Review – THE DEEP (2010)
THE DEEP (UK, 2010) *** Distributor: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC); Production Company: Tiger Aspect Productions; Release Date: 3-31 August 2010; Running Time: 289m (5 episodes); Filming Dates: December 2009-March 2010; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Digital; Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1; BBFC Cert: 15. Director: Jim O’Hanlon, Colm McCarthy; Writer: Simon…
Film Review – THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015)
THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2015, UK/USA, 122m, PG) *** Comedy, Drama dist. 20th Century Fox (UK), Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA); pr co. Blueprint Pictures; d. John Madden; w. Ol Parker (based on a story by Ol Parker and John Madden); pr. Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin; ph. Ben Smithard (Colour | 2.35:1); m. Thomas…
Film Review – THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL (2011)
BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, THE (2011, UK/USA/UAE, 124m, 12) **** Comedy, Drama dist. 20th Century Fox; pr co. Blueprint Pictures; d. John Madden; w. Ol Parker (based on the novel “These Foolish Things” by Deborah Moggach); pr. Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin; ph. Ben Davis (DeLuxe | 2.35:1); m. Thomas Newman; ed. Chris Gill; pd. Alan…
Book Review – THE SNAKE (1964) by Mickey Spillane
THE SNAKE (1964) *** by Mickey Spillane This paperback edition published in The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume 3 by Obsidian, 2010, 158pp (524pp) with The Girl Hunters (1962) 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: New York PI Mike Hammer has traced…