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Flashback 1977 (part two) - STAR WARS, SORCERER, EXORCIST II...
A look at British movie magazines published throughout 1977. This was probably the peak of my cinemagoing years, when I attended at least weekly. I've sometimes several magazines from each month and...
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Flashback 1977 (part one) - ROCKY, CARRIE, GRIZZLY, SWEENEY!
A look at British movie magazines published in 1977. This was probably the peak of my cinemagoing years, at least weekly. I've several magazines from each month and there's plenty of great adverts in...
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Ian Hendry - the actor's first biography
An acting talent, a premature death - too typical of the timeYou might know Ian Hendry from playing opposite big names like Sean Connery in The Hill (1965), Catherine Deneuve in Roman Polanski's...
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ONLY GOD FORGIVES (2013) - catching up with Nicolas Winding Refn
Don't ask me to pick my 'film of the year', but Nicolas Winding Refn's Only God Forgives was certainly a high point. I'm still watching everything else he's directed - here's the story so far...Drive...
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WITCHFINDER GENERAL (1968) - Paul Ferris' soundtrack on CD
Paul Ferris' haunting soundtrack to Witchfinder General had been promised by De Wolfe music for, literally, years. It kept appearing and disappearing from Amazon listings and their website. Rather...
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Flashback 1978 (part two) - GREASE, HOOPER, CONVOY...
Photoplay, JuneYesterday's horrors are today's gold dust - Kingdom of the Spiders and The Redeemer were both released on DVD in 2012. At the time they didn't tempt me into the cinema, but low-budget...
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Flashback 1978 (part one) - STAR WARS, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, SORCERER...
A look through the British movie magazines published in 1978. Again this will be spread over two posts because it's so picture-heavy...Although this magazine is dated January, it would have been...
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British horror stars at the Westminster Film Convention, November 2013
A festival of horror opposite the Houses of Parliament...I never used to miss the London Film Memorabilia fairs at the Methodist Central Hall of Westminster, for their variety of stalls from around...
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Filming location: THE WARRIORS (1978) - return to Coney Island
The Warriors lobby card - on the boardwalkThis is all about The Warriors (1979) and probably not too interesting if you haven't seen it. Here's a taster of the images and characters from the film, if...
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Flashback 1979 (part two) - MOONRAKER, ALIEN, THE BLACK HOLE, SCUM...
A look through British movie magazines published in 1979. Spread over two posts because it's picture-heavy...Always a favourite for the summer season, a new Bond movie. Moonraker was influenced by the...
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Flashback 1979 (part one) - SUPERMAN, JAWS 2, THE WIZ, THE WARRIORS...
A look through British movie magazines published in 1979. Spread over two posts because it's picture-heavy... Photoplay Film Annual 1979Revisiting the 1979 Photoplay Annual at the end of last year...
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I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE (1958)
I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE(1958, USA)Sex rears it's ugly headThere are some great movies with lousy titles. 'I Married A Monster From Outer Space' would be better as a tabloid headline or the...
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THE DEMON (1963) - Daliah Lavi and IL DEMONIO
THE DEMON(1963, Italy, original title IL DEMONIO)For years, I only knew Daliah Lavi as the sensual, secret agent 'James Bond' in Casino Royale (1967) - to be fair, everyone in the film is called James...
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A ton of GODZILLA new to blu-ray
Thirteen new Godzilla blu-ray releases on the way...While we hold our radioactive breath for Gareth Edwards' gigantic Godzilla movie, it's already good news for kaiju fans as half of the Japanese...
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The Making of Slap Shot - a new book on the 1977 sports comedy
I've added a review of the 2011 Jonathon Jackson book to my piece on Slap Shot. Rather than spread items about the same film all around the blog, it's all been included in my 2008 review of the...
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JIN-ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE (1999) - a fiercesome armoured police force
JIN-ROH: THE WOLF BRIGADE(1999, Japan)Alternately impressive and ponderous anime movieJust rewatched this. But like many Studio Ghibli films, while I'm impressed by the animation, the detail and...
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THE DEVIL COMMANDS (1941) - Boris Karloff and the world beyond...
THE DEVIL COMMANDS(1941, USA)In many, many of his horror movies, Boris Karloff plays a scientist who begins the story with the best of intentions. And then things go very wrong. The Devil Commands is...
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Flashback 1980 - APOCALYPSE NOW, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK...
My selection of movie magazine pages from 1980 is much shorter than 1979's. I was seeing just as many films, at the University film society (three different films a week) and the local BFI cinema, the...
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BLOOD OF THE VAMPIRE - French DVD is the most complete version yet
The 2013 DVD release by Artus Films of Le Sang Du Vampire, is the most complete version of Blood of the Vampire (1958) that there's ever likely to be. It's also the best-looking restoration of the...
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