DEPTH OF WINTER (2018) *** by Craig Johnson This hardback edition published by Viking/Penguin, 2018, 292pp © Craig Johnson, 2018 ISBN: 978-0-525-52247-8 Blurb: Welcome to Walt Longmire’s worst nightmare. Winter is creeping closer, but for Sheriff Longmire this one is looking to be harsh in a way to which he is wholly unaccustomed. He has…
Month: November 2024
Genesis’ “The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway” at 50
The following text has been extracted and edited from my book The Songs of Genesis: A Complete Guide to the Studio Recordings (McFarland): Work began on writing The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in May 1974 following the completion of the Selling England by the Pound tour. The band had made the conscious decision to…
Film Review – CARRY ON AGAIN DOCTOR (1969)
CARRY ON AGAIN DOCTOR (1969, UK, 89m, PG) **½ Comedy dist. Rank Film Distributors (UK); pr co. The Rank Organisation; d. Gerald Thomas; w. Talbot Rothwell; pr. Peter Rogers; ph. Ernest Steward (Eastmancolor | 1.85:1); m. Eric Rogers; ed. Alfred Roome; ad. John Blezard. cast: Sidney James (Gladstone Screwer), Kenneth Williams (Doctor Frederick Carver), Charles…
Book Review – THE WESTERN STAR (2017) by Craig Johnson
THE WESTERN STAR (2017) ***½ by Craig Johnson This hardback edition published by Penguin, 2017, 295pp © Craig Johnson, 2017 ISBN: 978-0-52-542695-0 Blurb: Sheriff Walt Longmire is enjoying a celebratory beer after a weapons certification at the Wyoming Law Enforcement Academy when a younger sheriff confronts him with a photograph of twenty-five armed men standing…
Film Review – CARRY ON DOCTOR (1967)
CARRY ON DOCTOR (1967, UK, 94m, PG) *** Comedy dist. Rank Film Distributors (UK), American International Pictures (AIP) (USA); pr co. The Rank Organisation / Adder Productions; d. Gerald Thomas; w. Talbot Rothwell; pr. Peter Rogers; ph. Alan Hume (Eastmancolor | 1.66:1); m. Eric Rogers; ed. Alfred Roome; ad. Cedric Dawe. cast: Frankie Howerd (Francis…
Film Review – THE DEVIL COMMANDS (1941)
THE DEVIL COMMANDS (1941, USA, 65m, PG) ***½ Horror, Sci-Fi dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Edward Dmytryk; w. Robert Hardy Andrews, Milton Gunzburg (based on the novel “The Edge of Running Water” by William Sloane); pr. Wallace MacDonald (uncredited); ph. Allen G. Siegler (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Morris Stoloff; ed. Al Clark;…
Film Review – BEFORE I HANG (1940)
BEFORE I HANG (1940, USA, 62m, PG) *** Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Nick Grinde; w. Robert Hardy Andrews (based on a story by Robert Hardy Andrews and Karl Brown); pr. Wallace MacDonald (uncredited); ph. Benjamin H. Kline (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Morris Stoloff; ed. Charles Nelson; ad. Lionel…
Film Review – THE MAN WITH NINE LIVES (1940)
THE MAN WITH NINE LIVES (1940, USA, 74m, PG) ***½ Mystery, Sci-Fi dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Nick Grinde; w. Karl Brown (based on a story by Harold Shumate); pr. Wallace MacDonald (uncredited); ph. Benjamin H. Kline (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Morris Stoloff; ed. Al Clark; ad. Lionel Banks. cast: Boris Karloff…
Film Review – THE BLACK ROOM (1935)
THE BLACK ROOM (1935, USA, 68m, PG) ***½ Crime, Horror dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Roy William Neill; w. Arthur Strawn, Henry Myers (based on a story by Arthur Strawn); ph. Allen G. Siegler (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Louis Silvers; ed. Richard Cahoon; ad. Stephen Goosson. cast: Boris Karloff (Baron Gregor de…
Film Review – THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG (1939)
THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG (1939, USA, 64m, PG) *** Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Nick Grinde; w. Karl Brown (based on a story by Leslie T. White & George Wallace Sayre); pr. Wallace MacDonald (uncredited); ph. Benjamin H. Kline (B&W | 1.37:1); md. Morris Stoloff; ed. William…