BEN STOKES: PHOENIX FROM THE ASHES (2022, UK, 104m, NR) **** Documentary dist. Amazon Prime (UK); pr co. Whisper Films; d. Chris Grubb, Luke Mellows; exec pr.Mark Cole, Sam Mendes, Sunil Patel; pr. Nathan Dalton, Rob Dawson; ph. Giles Harvey (Colour | 1.78:1); m. Ed Carlsen; ed. Scott Ferry-Collins, Steve Williams. cast: Ben Stokes, Sam…
Month: August 2022
Film Review – CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977, USA, 135m, PG) ****½ Drama, Sci-Fi dist. Columbia Pictures (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); pr co. Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips Productions / EMI Films; d. Steven Spielberg; w. Steven Spielberg; pr. Julia Phillips, Michael Phillips; ph. Vilmos Zsigmond (Metrocolor | 2.39:1); m. John Williams; ed. Michael Kahn; pd….
Film Review – PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950)
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950, USA, 96m, PG) **** Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller dist. Twentieth Century Fox; pr co. Twentieth Century Fox; d. Elia Kazan; w. Richard Murphy, Daniel Fuchs (based on a story by Edna Anhalt and Edward Anhalt); pr. Sol C. Siegel; ph. Joseph MacDonald (B&W | 1.37:1); m. Alfred Newman; ed. Harmon…
Book Review – ZERO GRAVITY (2022) by Woody Allen
ZERO GRAVITY (2022) **** by Woody Allen This hardback edition published by Arcade Publishing, 2022, 191pp © Woody Allen, 2022 Foreword by Daphne Merkin ISBN: 978-1-9567-6329-4 Blurb: Zero Gravity is the fifth collection of comic pieces by Woody Allen, a hilarious prose stylist whose enduring appeal readers have savoured since his classics Getting Even, Without…
Film Review – THE KILLERS (1964)
THE KILLERS (1964, USA, 93m, 18) ***½ Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures (USA), Rank Film Distributors (UK); pr co. Revue Studios; d. Don Siegel; w. Gene L. Coon (based on the story by Ernest Hemingway); pr. Don Siegel; ph. Richard L. Rawlings (Colour | 1.85:1); m. John Williams; ed. Richard Belding; pd. Frank…
Book Review – LONG TIME NO SEE (1977) by Ed McBain
LONG TIME NO SEE (1977) ***½ by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1979, 255pp First published in 1977 © Ed McBain, 1977 ISBN: 978-0-3302-5657-2 Blurb: It’s a cold November when James Harris takes his dog, Stanley, for their usual rounds of panhandling. Blind since Vietnam and married to a blind woman…
Film Review – FUTUREWORLD (1976)
FUTUREWORLD (1976, USA, 108m, PG) **½ Sci-Fi, Thriller dist. American International Pictures (AIP) (USA), Brent Walker Film Distributing (UK); pr co. American International Pictures (AIP) / Aubrey Company; d. Richard T. Heffron; w. Mayo Simon, George Schenck; pr. James T. Aubrey, Paul N. Lazarus III; ph. Gene Polito, Howard Schwartz (Metrocolor | 1.85:1); m. Fred…
Film Review – QUATERMASS 2 (1957)
QUATERMASS 2 (1957, UK, 85m, 12) *** Sci-Fi, Horror dist. United Artists; pr co. Hammer Film Productions; d. Val Guest; w. Nigel Kneale, Val Guest (based on a story by Nigel Kneale); pr. Anthony Hinds; ph. Gerald Gibbs (B&W | 1.75:1); m. James Bernard; ed. James Needs; ad. Bernard Robinson. cast: Brian Donlevy (Quatermass), John…
Shaft’s Big Score! novelisation published 50 years ago today… but nearly wasn’t published at all
Ernest Tidyman’s novelisation of his screenplay for the film Shaft’s Big Score! was the third book in the series, with Shaft Among the Jews having been published in hardback six weeks earlier. Production of the film had run from January to April 1972 and it was intended the paperback adaptation be published in May ahead…
Film Review – TILL DEATH US DO PART (1968)
TILL DEATH US DO PART (1968, UK, 100m, 12) *** Comedy dist. British Lion Film Corporation (UK), Sherpix (USA); pr co. Associated London Films / British Lion Film Corporation; d. Norman Cohen; w. Johnny Speight; pr. Jon Penington; ph. Harry Waxman (Eastmancolor | 1.66:1); m. Wilfred Burns; ed. Tony Lenny; pd. Terry Knight. cast: Warren…