ReviewMovie books
2001 Memories: An Actor’s Odyssey by Gary Lockwood (book review)
Frank Poole himself recalls Kubrick, the pod scene, Star Trek’s second pilot and a colourful life in Gary Lockwood’s hard-to-find 2001 memoir.
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October 2026
September 2026
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2001: Beyond The Infinite by John L. Flynn, Ph.D. (book review)
John L. Flynn's light, heavily illustrated guide to Kubrick's '2001' has interviews with Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood going for it, but it…
July 2026
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A Century Of Hitchcock: The Man, The Myths, The Legacy by Tony Lee Moral (book review).
It goes without saying that Alfred Hitchcock is still famous today as one of the masters of cinema. Films such as Vertigo, North…
January 2026
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The Art Of Time Travel by Peter Mckinstry (book review).
Peter McKinstry is a commercial artist who achieved an ambition with his love of ‘Doctor Who’ by becoming one of its illustrators at…
October 2025
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American Movie Comic Books: 1930s-1970s From The Silver Screen To The Printed Page by Peter Bosch (book review).
Writer Peter Bosch explains in his introduction that ‘American Movie Comic Books: 1930s-1970s ‘From The Silver Screen To The Printed Page’ is a…
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Doctor Who: Special Effects by Mat Irvine (book review).
I came across this book, ‘Doctor Who: Special Effects’ by Mat Irvine, on e-auction recently and realised I’d never come across his first…
September 2025
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The Screenwriting Sensei by Paul Chitlik (book review).
Paul Chitlik is both a scriptwriter and teacher on the subject. In his introduction, he does confess to working under pen names. Looking…
July 2025
ReviewScifi
Aliens Vs Predator Requiem: Inside The Monster Shop by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr with Chris Ayers (book review).
Of all my Alien/Predator films, ‘Aliens Vs Predator: Requiem’ is the least watched of the series. You can’t see much because so much…
March 2025
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The Making Of King Kong by Jenny Wake (book review).
A couple of years back, I picked up a couple of books about the ‘King Kong’ film. At least I thought they were…
December 2024
ReviewMovie books
The Encyclopaedia Of Science Fiction Movies by Phil Hardy (book review).
The challenge in compiling an encyclopaedia of science fiction films today is the sheer volume of new releases each year, making it impossible…
July 2024
ReviewMovie books
Making It So: A Memoir by Patrick Stewart (book review).
The title of Patrick Stewart’s autobiography, Making It So: A Memoir, aims squarely at Star Trek fans, but there are no Star Trek…
ReviewMovie books
The Alien Quartet: Bloomsbury Movie Guide No. 4 by David Thomson (book review).
The Alien Quartet: Bloomsbury Movie Guide No. 4 by David Thomson is the book referenced by Roz Kaveney in her work From Alien…