LIMEHOUSE GOLEM, THE (2016, UK) ** Horror, Thriller dist. Lionsgate (UK); pr co. New Sparta Films / Number 9 Films; d. Juan Carlos Medina; w. Jane Goldman (based on the novel “Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem” by Peter Ackroyd); pr. Elizabeth Karlsen, Joanna Laurie, Stephen Woolley; ph. Simon Dennis (Colour. D-Cinema. Digital Intermediate (2K)…
Month: June 2021
Film Review – TAKEN 3 (2014)
TAKEN 3 (2014, France/USA/Spain) ** Action, Thriller dist. Twentieth Century Fox; pr co. EuropaCorp / M6 Films / Taken 3 / Twentieth Century Fox; d. Olivier Megaton; w. Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen (based on characters created by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen); pr. Luc Besson; ph. Eric Kress (Colour. 35 mm (Kodak Vision…
Book Review – THUNDERBALL (1961) by Ian Fleming
THUNDERBALL(1961) **** by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 372pp First published by Jonathan Cape in 1961 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1961 Introduction by MIchael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli (5pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57695-2 Blurb: ‘He was one of those men – one meets perhaps only two or three in a lifetime – who…
Film Review – TAKEN 2 (2012)
TAKEN 2 (2012, France/USA/Turkey/UK) **½ Action, Crime, Thriller dist. Twentieth Century Fox; pr co. EuropaCorp / M6 Films / Grive Productions; d. Olivier Megaton; w. Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen (based on characters created by Luc Besson & Robert Mark Kamen); pr. Luc Besson; ph. Romain Lacourbas (Colour. 35 mm (Fuji Eterna-CP 3514DI), D-Cinema. Digital…
The original Shaft movie celebrates its 50th Anniversary
Exactly fifty years ago today (on Wednesday 23 June 1971) SHAFT premiered in Detroit (the Palms Theatre). Reports originally promoted a dual premiere with Chicago (The Roosevelt Theatre), but that opening actually took place one week later on 30 June. The Roosevelt ran showings from 8:45am through to midnight and the film reportedly grossed $108,000…
Film Review – TAKEN (2008)
TAKEN (2008, France/USA/UK) *** Action, Crime, Thriller dist. 20th Century Fox; pr co. EuropaCorp / M6 Films / Grive Productions; d. Pierre Morel; w. Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen; pr. Luc Besson; ph. Michel Abramowicz (Colour. 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak Vision Premier 2393), D-Cinema. Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format), HDCAM SR (1080p/24) (source format), Super…
Film Review – SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939)
SON OF FRANKENSTEIN (1939, USA) **** Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama dist. Universal Pictures (USA), General Film Distributors (GFD) (UK); pr co. Universal Pictures; d. Rowland V. Lee; w. Wyllis Cooper (suggested by the novel “Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus” by Mary Shelley); pr. Rowland V. Lee; ph. George Robinson (B&W. 35mm. Spherical. 1.37:1); m. Frank Skinner;…
TV Review – BEFORE WE DIE (2021)
BEFORE WE DIE (2021, UK) *** Crime, Drama, Thriller pr co. Caviar Films / DPG Media / Screen Flanders; net. Channel 4; exec pr. Walter Iuzzolino, Jo McGrath, Robert Franke, Bert Hamelinck; pr. Dimitri Verbeeck, Robin Kerremans; d. Jan Matthys; w. Matt Baker; ph. Seppe Van Grieken; m. Jeroen Swinnen; ed. Joris Brouwers; pd. Pepijn…
Film Review – BLACK SUNDAY (1977)
BLACK SUNDAY (1977, USA) ***½ Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures (USA), Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (UK); pr co. Paramount Pictures / Robert Evans Company; d. John Frankenheimer; w. Ernest Lehman, Kenneth Ross, Ivan Moffat (based on the novel by Thomas Harris); pr. Robert Evans; ph. John A. Alonzo (Movielab. 35mm. Panavision (anamorphic). 2.39:1);…
Music Review – ELECTRONIC: ELECTRONIC (1991)
ELECTRONIC ELECTRONIC (LP, Factory Records, 27 May 1991, 52:29) – score 73% Musicians: Bernard Sumner – vocals, keyboards and programming; Johnny Marr – guitars, keyboards and programming; Neil Tennant – vocals on “The Patience of a Saint” and backing vocals on “Getting Away with It”; Chris Lowe – keyboards on “The Patience of a Saint”;…