Volume 1 Number 12 of UK Monthly Film Review is now available in PDF format. The bulletin includes all movies that went into general theatrical release for the first time in the UK during the period 25 November to 29 December 2023 or debuted on a streaming platform having been released theatrically in other territories….
Month: December 2023
Film Review – FRIED GREEN TOMATOES (1991)
FRIED GREEN TOMATOES (1991, USA, 130m, PG) **** Drama dist. Universal Pictures (USA), Rank Film Organization (UK); pr co. Universal Pictures / Act III Communications / Avnet/Kerner Productions / Electric Shadow Productions / Fried Green Tomatoes Productions; d. Jon Avnet; w. Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski (based on the novel ‘Fried Green Tomatoes At the Whistle…
Book Review – THE VINYL DETECTIVE: WRITTEN IN DEAD WAX (2016) by Andrew Cartmel
THE VINYL DETECTIVE: WRITTEN IN DEAD WAX (2016) **** by Andrew Cartmel This paperback edition published by Titan Books, 2016, 480pp First published in 2016 © Andrew Cartmel, 2016 ISBN: 978-1-78-329767-2 Blurb: He is a record collector — a connoisseur of vinyl, hunting out rare and elusive LPs. His business card describes him as the “Vinyl…
‘Goodbye, Mr. Shaft,’ the fifth Shaft novel, celebrates 50th anniversary
On 28 December 1973, Dial Press published the US hardback edition of Ernest Tidyman’s fifth Shaft novel, Goodbye, Mr. Shaft. The book was a departure in the series being the first to be set largely away from New York City with Shaft being hired to protect a senator’s two young boys from potential kidnapping and…
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: THE CHURCH ON RUBY ROAD (2023)
DOCTOR WHO: THE CHURCH ON RUBY ROAD (TV) (2023, UK, 56m, PG) *** Sci-Fi, Adventure dist. BBC; pr co. BBC; d. Mark Tonderai; w. Russell T. Davies; exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson; pr. Chris May; ph. Miroslaw Baszak (Colour | 2.00:1); m. Murray Gold; ed. Becky Trotman;…
Film Review – DIE HARD 4.0 (2007)
DIE HARD 4.0 (2007, USA/UK, 128m, 15) **½ Action, Crime, Thriller dist. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation; pr co. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / Dune Entertainment / Ingenious Film Partners / Cheyenne Enterprises / Wintergreen Productions; d. Len Wiseman; w. Mark Bomback (based on a story by Mark Bomback and David Marconithe, the article…
Film Review – DEADLIER THAN THE MALE (1967)
DEADLIER THAN THE MALE (1967, UK, 101m, 12) **½ Adventure, Crime, Thriller dist. Rank Film Distributors (UK), Universal Pictures (USA); pr co. Santor Film Productions; d. Ralph Thomas; w. Jimmy Sangster, David D. Osborn, Liz Charles-Williams (based on a story by Jimmy Sangster and characters created by Herman C. McNeile & Gerard Fairlie); pr. Betty…
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: THE GIGGLE (2023)
DOCTOR WHO: THE GIGGLE (TV) (2023, UK, 61m, PG) **½ Sci-Fi, Adventure dist. BBC; pr co. BBC; d. Chanya Button; w. Russell T. Davies; exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson; pr. Vicki Delow; ph. Mika Orasmaa (Colour | 2.00:1); m. Murray Gold; ed. Mark Trend; pd. Philip Sims….
Film Review – THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932)
THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932, USA, 63m, 12) **** Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. RKO Radio Pictures; pr co. Merian C. Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack / RKO Radio Pictures; d. Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack; w. James Ashmore Creelman (based on the short story by Richard Connell); pr. Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack; ph. Henry…
Book Review – THE DARK TIDE (2022) by Simon McCleave
THE DARK TIDE (2022) *** by Simon McCleave This paperback edition published by Avon, 2022, 376pp First published in 2022 © Simon McCleave, 2022 ISBN: 978-0-00-852482-1 Blurb: Three years ago, DCI Laura Hart was the top Hostage and Crisis Negotiator for the Greater Manchester Police. Then her husband was kidnapped. Despite her best efforts to reason…