SHERWOOD (2022, UK, 6 x 60m, 15) **** Crime, Mystery dist. British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (UK); pr co. House Productions; d. Lewis Arnold, Ben A. Williams w. James Graham; exec pr. Lewis Arnold, James Graham, Juliette Howell, Ben Irving, Tessa Ross, Harriet Spencer; pr. Rebecca Hodgson; ph. Sam Care, Simon Archer (Colour | 2.00:1); m…
Month: June 2022
Shaft Among the Jews published 50 years ago today
SHAFT AMONG THE JEWS by Ernest Tidyman was published in hardback in the US by Dial Press on 29 June 1972 and now celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. In the book, Shaft is hired by a group of Jewish diamond merchants to find out what is causing the destabilisation of their business. Morris Blackburn, an ambitious…
Book Review – BREAD (1974) by Ed McBain
BREAD (1974) **** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1976, 191pp First published in 1974 © Ed McBain, 1974 ISBN: 978-0-3302-4850-2 Blurb: The summer heat is sweltering. Tempers are rising. When the watchman in a warehouse filled with imported wooden figurines dies with a bullet to his head, the cops of…
Film Review – FATAL ATTRACTION (1987)
FATAL ATTRACTION (1987, USA, 119m, 18) ***½ Drama, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures (USA), United International Pictures (UIP) (UK); pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. Adrian Lyne; w. James Dearden; pr. Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing; ph. Howard Atherton (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Maurice Jarre; ed. Peter E. Berger, Michael Kahn; pd. Mel Bourne; ad. Jack Blackman….
Shaft’s Big Score! turns Fifty
Fifty years ago, at 8 p.m. on 20 June 1972, SHAFT’S BIG SCORE!, the sequel to 1971’s ground-breaking SHAFT, received its Gala Benefit Premiere at New York’s Cinerama Theatre. The premiere was attended by members of the cast and crew, with Richard Roundtree also accompanied by his 103-year-old grandmother. The beneficiaries were the Studio Museum…
Book Review – HAIL TO THE CHIEF (1973) by Ed McBain
HAIL TO THE CHIEF (1973) **½ by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1975, 140pp First published in 1973 © Ed McBain, 1973 ISBN: 978-0-3302-4491-4 Blurb: Carella looked in the frozen ditch. Kling fanned his flashlight over the naked bodies. Who was responsible – Death’s Heads, Scarlet Avengers or the Yankee Rebels?…
Film Review – DIAMONDS (1975)
DIAMONDS (1975, Switzerland/Israel/USA/UK, 108m, PG) **½ Crime, Drama dist. AVCO Embassy Pictures (USA), Fox-Rank (UK); pr co. AmeriEuro Pictures / Euramat Films; d. Menahem Golan; w. Menahem Golan, David Paulsen; pr. Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan; ph. Adam Greenberg (Eastmancolor | 1.85:1); m. Roy Budd; ed. Dov Hoenig; ad. Kuli Sander. cast: Robert Shaw (Charles /…
Film Review – JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION (2022)
JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION (2022, USA/Malta, 146m, 12) *** Action, Adventure dist. Universal Pictures; pr co. Amblin Entertainment / Latina Pictures / Perfect World Pictures / Universal Pictures; d. Colin Trevorrow; w. Emily Carmichael, Colin Trevorrow (based on a story by Derek Connolly & Colin Trevorrow and characters created by Michael Crichton); pr. Patrick Crowley, Frank…
Book Review – LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE DEAF MAN (1973) by Ed McBain
LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE DEAF MAN (1973) ***½ by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1976, 160pp First published in 1973 © Ed McBain, 1973 ISBN: 978-0-3302-4307-1 Blurb: “You’ll have to speak a little louder,” the voice said. “I m a little hard of hearing.” Between a highly successful cat burglar…
Film Review – NARROW MARGIN (1990)
NARROW MARGIN (1990, USA, 97m, 15) *** Action, Crime, Thriller dist. TriStar Pictures (USA), Guild Film Distribution (UK); pr co. Carolco Pictures; d. Peter Hyams; w. Peter Hyams (based on the screenplay by Earl Felton and the story by Martin Goldsmith & Jack Leonard); pr. Jonathan A. Zimbert; ph. Peter Hyams (Technicolor | 2.39:1, 2.20:1…