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Wednesday June 17, 2009 in 50s cinema. A bleak and wintry landscape, where truck drivers tear along country lanes at breakneck speed. Britain in 1957; roadside cafes and bed-sitting rooms. An impressive cast featuring Stanley Baker, Patrick McGoohan, Sean Connery, Herbert Lom, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, William Hartnell and Sid James. You’ve guessed it:. One of my all time favourite British movies. For maniacal film roles McGoohan is very good in. To specific Westerns, although I personally find the...
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Wednesday December 24, 2014 in ghost stories. Made in 1978,. Is the final entry in the original run of the BBC. A Ghost Story for Christmas. Series. A contemporary set, non M.R. James story and minus the directing talent of Laurence Gordon-Clark, this is perhaps the most far removed film from the original intentions of the annual seasonal treat. But like the disturbing. From the year before,. Still deserves a nod of recognition. Is harrowing to watch,. In 1970. In. Ghost Stories for Christmas. And as for...
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Books of the Year 2012. Monday December 31, 2012 in books read 2012. In no particular order. By Andrea Gillies 5/5. By Walter Isaacson 4/5. By William Boyd 4/5. The Chemistry of Tears. By Peter Carey 4/5. By Eowyn Ivey 4/5. By John Harding 4/5. By Laurent Binet 3/5. By Richard Ford 4/5. By Liz Jensen 5/5. By Alison Moore 5/5. By Ian McEwan 4/5. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. By Rachel Joyce 4/5. By Keith Ridgway 5/5. By Neil Young 4/5. The John Lennon Letters. Ed Hunter Davies 5/5. Cassandra Morr...
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Saturday December 24, 2011 in charles dickens. In 1976 the BBC. Moved away from their usual ghostly M.R. James Christmas offering. Instead, on 22nd December that year, they screened an adaptation of. Is perhaps one of the all time classic ghost stories. Dickens excels in the genre but this is also a brilliant film; a demonstration of how low budget, atmosphere, great writing and performances can create something truly magical. To the Devil a Daughter. 1976) and their tv classic. The Ray Bradbury Theatre.
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Wednesday October 8, 2014 in 70s cinema. Is a psychological thriller starring David Hemmings. Made in 1970 and directed by Richard C. Sarafian (see also. The film had all but disappeared from memory until recently resurfacing for online rental. What at first looks to be a quaint period piece with an endearing supporting cast (Arthur Lowe, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Daniel Massey and Patricia Hayes) surprisingly turns out be be a very effective and tense ride. Unman, Wittering and Zigo. Unman, Wittering and Zigo.
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Friday March 5, 2010 in 2009 cinema. Was released in UK cinemas in 2009 and is now available on DVD. This four hour biopic of the French criminal Jacques Mesrine is divided into two parts,. Public Enemy Number One. Roughly, the films cover Mesrine’s life in the 1960s and 1970s respectively and while both do differ in tone it is highly recommended that they are viewed in quick succession. Indeed, I found. Public Enemy Number One. When these events are chillingly replayed. The opening of. He is shown viole...
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Tuesday March 6, 2012 in 60s cinema. Although Boris Karloff enjoyed a very long career as an actor, it’s interesting that two of his best films came at the end of his life. At the age of almost eighty, he appeared in Michael Reeves’. 1967) and Peter Bogdanovitch’s. 1968) A passable third late classic Karloff is also the quite mad but marvellous. I tre volti della paura (Black Sabbath). Are ever shown these days, but I’m choosing to celebrate the more widely available. At first the sorcerers indulge in qu...
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Albums of the Year 2014. Wednesday December 31, 2014 in music. My favourite albums of 2014. Broken Bells: After the Disco. Leonard Cohen: Popular Problems. Robert Plant: Lullaby and the Ceaseless Roar. Morrissey: World Peace is None of Your Business. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream. Wilko Johnson and Roger Daltry: Going back Home. Of Books and Bicycles. Thebooktower (The Tractate Middoth). Cassandra Morrison (The Tractate Middoth). Thebooktower (Books of the Year 2012). Thebooktower (The Ash Tree).
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Classic Covers: Two Penguins. Tuesday February 27, 2007 in books. Two vastly different Penguin covers:. The Island of Dr Moreau. Penguin first edition, 1946 (no. 57). From my phase of collecting Penguin. And I’m sure I also have a copy of. Somewhere. The white on orange stripe is still instantly recognisable, but does it tell us anything about the book? Admittedly, in my Penguin collecting I cared little for the authors in question and only wanted to fill the gaps in the numbers 1-200. A Farewell to Arms.