THUNDERBALL (1965, UK, 130m, PG) **** Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. United Artists; pr co. Eon Productions; d. Terence Young; w. Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins (based on a story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming and an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham); pr. Kevin McClory; ph. Ted Moore (Technicolor | 2.39:1); m. John Barry;…
Month: October 2020
Film Review – HALLOWEEN II (1981)
HALLOWEEN II (1981, USA) *** Horror, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures (USA), Columbia-EMI-Warner (UK); pr co. De Laurentiis / Universal Pictures; d. Rick Rosenthal; w. John Carpenter, Debra Hill; exec pr. Joseph Wolf, Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad (uncredited), Dino De Laurentiis (uncredited); pr. John Carpenter, Debra Hill; ass pr. Barry Bernardi; ph. Dean Cundey (Metrocolor. 35mm….
Film Review – HALLOWEEN (1978)
HALLOWEEN (1978, USA) ****½ Horror, Thriller dist. Compass International Pictures (USA), Miracle Films (UK); pr co. Falcon International Productions; d. John Carpenter; w. John Carpenter, Debra Hill; exec pr. Irwin Yablans, Moustapha Akkad (uncredited); pr. Debra Hill, John Carpenter (uncredited); ass pr. Kool Marder (as Kool Lusby); ph. Dean Cundey (Metrocolor. 35mm. Digital Intermediate (4K)…
Genesis start rehearsals for 2021 tour
Photos have emerged this week of Genesis in rehearsal in London for their The Last Domino? tour, due to hit the UK in April 2021. Tony Banks, Phil Collins and Mike Rutherford have been joined by guitarist Daryl Stuermer and Phil’s son Nic on drums. The band was originally to have toured in November and…
Film Review – BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (1978)
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (1978, USA) **½ Adventure, Sci-Fi dist. Universal Pictures (USA), Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (UK); pr co. Glen A. Larson Productions / Universal TV; d. Richard A. Colla; w. Glen A. Larson; exec pr. Glen A. Larson; pr. John Dykstra; sup pr. Leslie Stevens; ass pr. Winrich Kolbe; ph. Ben Colman (Technicolor. 35mm. Spherical….
Film Review – MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017)
MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (2017, USA/Malta) *** Crime, Drama, Mystery dist. 20th Century Fox; pr co. Twentieth Century Fox / Genre Films / Kinberg Genre / The Mark Gordon Company / Scott Free Productions / Latina Pictures / The Estate of Agatha Christie; d. Kenneth Branagh; w. Michael Green (based on the novel by…
Film Review – MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN (2019)
MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN (2019, USA) **** Mystery, Drama, Crime dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Class 5 Films / MWM Studios / Warner Bros. Pictures; d. Edward Norton; w. Edward Norton (based on the novel by Jonathan Lethem); exec pr. Adrian Alperovich, Sue Kroll, Daniel Nadler, Brian Niranjan Sheth, Robert F. Smith; pr. Michael Bederman, Bill Migliore,…
Book Review – FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1957) by Ian Fleming
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1957) ****½ by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 356pp First published by Jonathan Cape in 1957 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1957 Introduction by Tom Rob Smith (7pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57689-1 Blurb: A beautiful Soviet spy. A brand-new Spektor cipher machine. SMERSH has set an irresistible trap that threatens…
Film Review – FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956)
FORBIDDEN PLANET (1956, USA) ****½ Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); pr co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / Toho Company; d. Fred M. Wilcox; w. Cyril Hume (based on a story by Irving Block and Allen Adler); pr. Nicholas Nayfack; ph. George J. Folsey (Eastmancolor. 35mm. CinemaScope. 2.55:1); m. Bebe Barron, Louis Barron; ed. Ferris Webster; pd….
Film Review – FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (1978)
FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (1978, UK) **½ Action, Drama, War dist. Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK), American International Pictures (AIP) (USA); pr co. Columbia Pictures Corporation / Navarone Productions; d. Guy Hamilton; w. Robin Chapman, Carl Foreman (based on the novel by Alistair MacLean); exec pr. Carl Foreman; pr. Oliver A. Unger; ass pr. David W. Orton;…