YOU ARE DEAD (2015) **** by Peter James This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 2015, 517pp © Really Scared Books/Peter James, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-4472-5579-6 Blurb: Faced with his most disturbing case yet, Detective Superintendent Roy Grace tracks a serial killer in You Are Dead, by award-winning crime author Peter James. A series of young women…
Film Review – ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE (2016)
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS: THE MOVIE (2016, UK/USA, 91m, 15) *** Comedy dist. 20th Century Fox (UK), Fox Searchlight Pictures (USA); pr co. BBC Films / Fox Searchlight; d. Mandie Fletcher; w. Jennifer Saunders; pr. Damian Jones, Jon Plowman; ph. Chris Goodger (Colour | 2.35:1); m. Charlie Mole; addl m. Zach Robinson; ed. Anthony Boys, Gavin Buckley,…
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: 73 YARDS (2024)
DOCTOR WHO: 73 YARDS (TV) (2024, UK, 47m, PG) ***½ Sci-Fi, Adventure dist. BBC; pr co. Bad Wolf/BBC Wales; d. Dylan Holmes Williams; w. Russell T. Davies; exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson; pr. Vicki Delow; ph. Sam Care (Colour | 2.00:1); m. Murray Gold; ed. Chris Roebuck;…
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: BOOM (2024)
DOCTOR WHO: BOOM (TV) (2024, UK, 46m, PG) **** Sci-Fi, Adventure dist. BBC; pr co. Bad Wolf/BBC Wales; d. Julie Anne Robinson; w. Steven Moffat; exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson; pr. Vicki Delow; ph. Chas Bain (Colour | 2.00:1); m. Murray Gold; ed. Tim Hodges; pd. Phil Sims….
Film Review – THE DESPERADOES (1943)
THE DESPERADOES (1943, USA, 87m, PG) *** Western dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures; d. Charles Vidor; w. Robert Carson (based on a story by Max Brand); pr. Harry Joe Brown; ph. George Meehan (Technicolor | 1.37:1); m. John Leipold; ed. Gene Havlick; ad. Lionel Banks. cast: Randolph Scott (Sheriff Steve Upton), Claire Trevor…
Film Review – HANGMAN’S KNOT (1952)
HANGMAN’S KNOT (1952, USA, 81m, PG) ***½ Western dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Producers-Actors Corporation / Scott-Brown Productions; d. Roy Huggins; w. Roy Huggins; pr. Harry Joe Brown; ph. Charles Lawton Jr. (Technicolor | 1.37:1); md. Mischa Bakaleinikoff; ed. Gene Havlick. cast: Randolph Scott (Major Matt Stewart), Donna Reed (Molly Hull), Claude Jarman Jr. (Jamie…
Film Review – THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW (1971)
THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW (1971, UK, 97m, 18) ***½ Horror dist. Tigon Pictures (UK), Cannon Releasing Corp. (USA); pr co. Tigon British Film Productions / Chilton Films; d. Piers Haggard; w. Robert Wynne-Simmons, Piers Haggard; pr. Peter L. Andrews, Malcolm Heyworth; ph. Dick Bush (Eastmancolor | 1.85:1); m. Marc Wilkinson; ed. Richard Best; ad….
Film Review – THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978)
THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (1978, UK/USA, 125m, 18) *** Drama, Thriller dist. ITC Film Distributors (UK), Twentieth Century Fox (USA); pr co. Sir Lew Grade / Producers Circle / ITC Films; d. Franklin J. Schaffner; w. Heywood Gould (based on the novel by Ira Levin); pr. Stanley O’Toole, Martin Richards; ph. Henri Decaë (Colour |…
TV Review – DOCTOR WHO: SPACE BABIES (2024) and THE DEVIL’S CHORD (2024)
DOCTOR WHO: SPACE BABIES (TV) (2024, UK, 46m, PG) *** Sci-Fi, Adventure dist. BBC; pr co. Bad Wolf/BBC Wales; d. Julie Anne Robinson; w. Russell T. Davies; exec pr. Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Jane Tranter, Joel Collins, Phil Collinson; pr. Vicki Delow; ph. Tobias Datum (Colour | 2.00:1); m. Murray Gold; ed. Tim Hodges;…
Book Review – M*A*S*H (1968) by Richard Hooker
M*A*S*H (1968) ***½ by Richard Hooker This paperback edition published by Cassell, 2004, 219pp First published in 1968 by William Morrow © Richard Hornberger and W.C. Heinz, 1968 renewed in 1996. ISBN: 978-1-4472-7261-8 Blurb: The doctors and nurses who worked in the Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) during the Korean War were well trained, dedicated,…