DOCTOR WHO: THE STAR BEAST (TV) (2023, UK, 57m, PG) **** Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure dist. BBC; pr co. BBC; d. Rachel Talalay; w. Russell T. Davies (based on the comic strip by Dave Gibbons and Pat Mills); exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson; pr. Vicki Delow; ph. Matt…
Tag: Action
Film Review – 65 (2023)
65 (2023, USA, 93m, 12) **½ Action, Adventure dist. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (USA), Columbia Pictures Corporation (UK); pr co. Beck Woods / Bron Creative / Columbia Pictures / Raimi Productions / Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE); d. Scott Beck, Bryan Woods; w. Scott Beck, Bryan Woods; pr. Zainab Azizi, Scott Beck, Deborah Liebling, Sam Raimi,…
Book Review – 77 NORTH (2023) by D.L. Marshall
77 NORTH (2023) **** by D.L. Marshall This paperback edition published by Canelo, 2023, 362pp © D.L. Marshall, 2023 ISBN: 978-1-80436-431-4 Blurb: An agent the world thinks is dead can be useful. John Tyler has gone rogue, pursuing an international vendetta against those responsible for killing his brother. But he’s lured back by the CIA for one…
Film Review – DEEP IMPACT (1998)
DEEP IMPACT (1998, USA, 120m, 12) *** Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures (USA), United International Pictures (UIP) (UK); pr co. Paramount Pictures / DreamWorks SKG / Zanuck-Brown Productions / Manhattan Project; d. Mimi Leder; w. Bruce Joel Rubin, Michael Tolkin; pr. David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck; ph. Dietrich Lohmann (Technicolor | 2.39:1); m….
Film Review – FEAR IS THE KEY (1972)
FEAR IS THE KEY (1972, UK, 103m, 15) ***½ Action, Crime, Thriller dist. Anglo-EMI Film Distributors (UK), Paramount Pictures (USA); pr co. Anglo-EMI / KLK; d. Michael Tuchner; w. Robert Carrington (based on the novel by Alistair MacLean); pr. Jay Kanter, Alan Ladd Jr.; ph. Alex Thomson (Technicolor | 2.35:1); m. Roy Budd; ed. Ray…
Film Review – BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN (1967)
BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN (1967, UK, 111m, PG) **½ Adventure, Drama, Thriller dist. United Artists; pr co. Jovera Pictures AG/SA; d. Ken Russell; w. John McGrath (based on the novel by Len Deighton); pr. Harry Saltzman; ph. Billy Williams (De Luxe | 2.35:1); m. Richard Rodney Bennett; ed. Alan Osbiston; pd. Syd Cain; ad. Bert Davey….
Film Review – HONEST THIEF (2020)
HONEST THIEF (2020, USA, 99m, 15) **½ Action, Crime, Drama dist. Open Road Films / Briarcliff Entertainment (USA), Signature Entertainment (UK); pr co. Ingenious Media / Argonaut Entertainment Partners / Briarcliff Entertainment / Cutting Edge Group / Dreadnought Films / Honest Thief Productions / J Cubed Film Finance / Samuel Marshall Productions / Sprockefeller Pictures…
Film Review – MEMORY (2022)
MEMORY (2022, USA, 114m, 15) *** Action, Thriller dist. Open Road Films / Briarcliff Entertainment (USA); pr co. Black Bear Pictures / Arthur Sarkissian Productions / Welle Entertainment; d. Martin Campbell; w. Dario Scardapane (based on the book “De zaak Alzheimer” by Jef Geeraerts and the film by Carl Joos and Erik Van Looy); pr….
Film Review – NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959, USA, 136m, PG) ***** Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); pr co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Ernest Lehman; pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.66:1 (Eurpoe); 1.85:1 (USA)); m. Bernard Herrmann; ed. George Tomasini; pd. Robert F. Boyle; ad. William A. Horning, Merrill Pye….
Film Review – VON RYAN’S EXPRESS (1965)
VON RYAN’S EXPRESS (1965, USA, 117m, PG) ***½ Action, Adventure, War dist. Twentieth Century Fox; pr co. P-R Productions Picture; d. Mark Robson; w. Wendell Mayes, Joseph Landon (based on the novel by David Westheimer); pr. Saul David, Mark Robson; ph. William H. Daniels (DeLuxe | 2.35:1); m. Jerry Goldsmith; ed. Dorothy Spencer; ad. Hilyard…