Tag: cinema
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Hammer Complete by Howard Maxford
The Films, The Personnel, The Company There are a great many books about the much-loved Hammer Films, many of them very worthy, but if you only buy one, make it ‘Hammer Complete’, it really is Hammer Complete. Howard Maxford is a superb writer; his book is well researched, entertaining, and good-humoured. It’s also an invaluable…
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Film Review – Kong: Skull Island
Orson Welles once memorably commented that films should be made with innocence (something we rarely see now, sadly – we live in a time when films are made by marketing committees!) and Kong: Skull Island is a fine example of a film made for the right reasons. It has been described as a reboot of…
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Mad Max: Fury Road – a Hellbound movie review
I knew from seeing the trailers for Mad Max: Fury Road that it was going to be astonishing, but honestly unless you actually see this nitro-injected, mad slice of celluloid majesty in all its three-dimensional glory in the cinema, you are denying yourself two of the best hours of your life. It truly is that…
