Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years Of The Language Of Crime by Jonathon Green (book review).
One thing that always fascinates us in our genre is the use of specialised words, hence the interest in Jonathon
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Rod MacDonald: a remembrance by: Geoff Willmetts.
We report the deaths of significant people in our genre on our site, but this is the first time I
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Film Fatales Women In Espionage Films And Television, 1962-1973 by Tom Lisanti and Louis Paul (book review)
As authors Tom Lisanti and Louis Paul point out in their introduction to their 2002 released book ‘Film Fatales Women
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Path Of The Eclipse: A Bali Trip by: Pauline Morgan
No, this is not a review of another Chelsea Quinn Yarbro novel, this is a personal adventure to Indonesia in
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Culloden/The War Game (1964/1965) (Blu-ray films review).
War dominates this disc containing the films ‘Culloden’ and ‘The War Game’ from the BFI. Both movies are documentary/drama presentation
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Black Mama White Mama (1973) (film blu-ray review).
In 1958, Tony Curtis and Sydney Poitier made a movie called ‘The Defiant Ones’ where two escapees from prison were
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Count your DVD/Blu-ray viewings: change to law means everyone must pay-per-view!
Shocking news has reached our ears in the UK that the major DVD/Blu-ray companies have united to collect royalties from
Read MoreEditorial – April 2016: The necessity of deadlines.
Hello everyone Editorial ideas come from all over the place. Oddly, this one came from a discussion with someone I
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The Director’s Six Senses by Simone Bartesaghi (book review).
The book ‘The Director’s Six Senses’ by Simone Bartesaghi is not about revealing a special extra sense needed by directors
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Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen And Candy Stripe Nurses: Roger Corman: King Of The B Movie by Chris Nashawaty (book review).
One test that Chris Nashawaty’s book ‘Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen And Candy Stripe Nurrses: Roger Corman: King Of The B
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