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THE HARDEST THING: A Dan Stagg Mystery - James Lear / Book Review 25 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm
James Lear, the nom de plume of writer Rupert Smith, returns with another helping of his signature gay erotica this month with The Hardest Thing, published by Turnaround. Smith, a Green Carnation Pri...
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER - Digitally Restored Blu-Ray Edition / Review 19 Aug 2013 | 05:44 pm
Roger Corman is quite rightly regarded as something of a legend in independent cinema. He is often attributed with creating the horror-comedy genre with A Bucket of Blood (1959) and The Little Shop of...
BRITISH CULT CLASSICS: Horrors of the Black Museum / DVD Review 21 Jun 2013 | 05:34 pm
By 1959 the British horror boom had started in earnest. The spectacular success of Hammer's colour Gothic cinema, epitomised in The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) and Dracula (1958), confirmed there was...
TIME & SPACE VISUALISER - The Story and History of Doctor Who as Data Visualisations / Review 8 Jun 2013 | 07:18 pm
Time & Space Visualiser, by artist and writer Paul Smith of Wonderful Books, is the first exploration of both the factual and fictional history of Doctor Who through a range of eye-catching graphics, ...
CELEBRATE REGENERATE - A fan-created book celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who 30 May 2013 | 07:01 pm
Due for release on 13 July is Celebrate Regenerate, a new book packed with pieces from over 250 fan writers (including my good self) from all over the world that have been brought together by editor L...
BRITISH CULT CLASSICS: Dr. Who and the Daleks / Blu-Ray Review 26 May 2013 | 10:00 pm
To celebrate two anniversaries this year StudioCanal are this month releasing the two 1960s Dalek films - Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. in honour of the centenary of thei...
BRITISH CULT CLASSICS: Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. / Blu-Ray Review 26 May 2013 | 09:58 pm
Following the review of Dr. Who and the Daleks our celebration of the centenary of Peter Cushing's birth and the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who continues with the second of the 1960s Dalek films being...
WORLD CINEMA CLASSICS: Black Sabbath - Mario Bava Deluxe Blu-Ray Edition / Review 21 May 2013 | 04:25 pm
Mario Bava's first horror film in colour, I tre volti della paura (The Three Faces of Fear aka Black Sabbath, 1963), followed the making of La ragazza che sappeva troppo (aka The Girl Who Knew Too Muc...
DOCTOR WHO: Series 7 - The Name of the Doctor / Review (Spoilers) 19 May 2013 | 02:20 pm
The Name of the Doctor BBC One HD 18 May 2013, 7.00pm The review contains spoilers The problem with The Name of the Doctor is that, nostalgia and fan service aside, it feels familiar and comes acros...
WORLD CINEMA CLASSICS: Baron Blood - Mario Bava Deluxe Blu-Ray Edition / Review 15 May 2013 | 11:14 pm
Baron Blood (1972) marked the true beginning of Mario Bava's fruitful partnership with producer Alfred Leone. Leone, who was a successful self-made business man through his real estate deals and inves...
