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Prior to the collapse of communism, Romanian historical movies were political, encouraging nationalistic feelings and devotion to the state. Vlad the Impaler and other such iconic figures emerged as heroes rather than loathsome bloodsuckers,...

Matthew Thompson Dalldorf's 'Dying is Easy' has sold over four or five copies, making it a self-published best seller! Now your favorite literary Adonis has returned with an all new milestone; 'Buy my Shorts' is a short collection of short film scripts...

Great Britain, the 1980s. VHS is rapidly becoming popular, and the more gory and violent the movies, the better. One company has latched on to this trend quickly - selling and renting controversial films to the public. It is called the Video Instant...

Fear of the dark, fear of death, fear of the unknown and the unseen. Commentators have analyzed at length these terrors of the psyche and how they figure prominently in the horror film. But one particular fear, one particular fate worse than death, which...

Representations of Antiquity in Film offers an introduction to how the ancient world is represented in film, especially in Hollywood cinema, and considers the potential that movies have for helping us think about antiquity and their relationship to more...

As early as 1946, French film critic Nino Frank was able to identify a new trend in the American film industry, one that he labeled film noir. Loosely translated, the term described movies that had an overall black or dark nature that described both...

Welcome to the Experiment. Growing up shooting short Super 8 movies in Toronto’s High Park, Vincenzo Natali and Andre Bijelic exploded onto the international fi lm scene with 1997’s Cube, a sci-fi /horror fi lm about six people trapped in a maze...

When it began, few people could have imagined the outstanding success the Marvel Cinematic Universe would achieve and how, over the course of a few years, it completely reshaped the way movie studios approached film franchises.Marvellous Synergy takes...

A collection of essays by the author about films which were important to pop culture and the genre. Each essay includes a complete plot synopsis, additional analyses and notes, anecdotal information and data, where possible; since some films have...

Once dismissed as a fading genre with little to say to contemporary audiences, the giant monster movie roared back to life in the new millennium. In one of modern cinema's most surprising turnarounds, a wave of 21st-century kaiju films has delivered...

This book examines the recent trend in global cinema to feature infectious disease.

"Historian J.R. Jordan takes us on a fascinating film-by-film journey behind the scenes into the genesis and creative process of one of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, chronicling Billy Wilder's unique blend of cynicism, wit, and emotional depth that...

There was just something special about the '80s when you're talking about movies,and even more so when you're talking about "genre" pictures. It's arguably the mostimportant era for horror and sci-fi, with a large chunk of the output of the decade...

TSUI HARK: THE DRAGON MASTER OF CHINESE CINEMA: A Critical Study••••• By Jeremy Mark Robinson ••••• Tsui Hark is the dragon master of Chinese cinema (Stephen Teo calls Tsui a 'lion dancer among film directors'). Yes - a master, a lion dancer, a sifu, a...

Italian Gothic horror films of the 1970s were influenced by the violent giallo movies and adults-only comics of the era, resulting in a graphic approach to the genre. Stories often featured over-the-top violence and nudity and pushed the limits of...

What makes a kaiju a kaiju? What makes an ape a large ape, and why do we sympathize with some, such as King Kong, and not with others, such as Konga? And what makes a giant person become a "monster"? This book provides a new perspective on kaiju and...

Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli's Abraham Lincoln and Women in Film investigates how depictions of women in Hollywood motion pictures helped forge the myth of Lincoln. Exploring female characters' backstories, the political and cultural climate in...

THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE 2023 RONDO AWARD NOMINATED "GIANT BUG CINEMA" From the creators Giant Bug Cinema - A Monster Kid's Guide, which reached Number 1 on Amazon for Horror Movie Books, comes the followup, Giant Beast Cinema - A Monstrous Movie Guide...

Barbara Roisman Cooper's fifth book looks at a group of distinguished artists and creators  behind the scenes of theatre and film productions. Great Britons of Stage and Screen: Volume III, Behind the Scenes features a dozen interviews with the most...

Scott Allen Nollen introduces you to: My Three Sons Lee - Jimmy - Tommy Otherwise known as THE SONS OF CHARLIE CHAN Charlie Chan has been recognized by fans and critics as one of the most famous of fictional screen detectives,...

Scott Allen Nollen introduces you to: My Three Sons Lee - Jimmy - Tommy Otherwise known as THE SONS OF CHARLIE CHAN Charlie Chan has been recognized by fans and critics as one of the most famous of fictional screen detectives,...

THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE 2023 RONDO AWARD NOMINATED "GIANT BUG CINEMA" From the creators Giant Bug Cinema - A Monster Kid's Guide, which reached Number 1 on Amazon for Horror Movie Books, comes the followup, Giant Beast Cinema - A Monstrous Movie Guide...

"Historian J.R. Jordan takes us on a fascinating film-by-film journey behind the scenes into the genesis and creative process of one of Hollywood's greatest filmmakers, chronicling Billy Wilder's unique blend of cynicism, wit, and emotional depth that...

A Best Actor Academy Award on his mantle, a four-decade-long acting career on his resume, 104 feature films in his filmography, enough great reviews to fill a dozen scrapbooks, the highest paid actor in Hollywood in 1938, and the second highest in 1937,...

A Best Actor Academy Award on his mantle, a four-decade-long acting career on his resume, 104 feature films in his filmography, enough great reviews to fill a dozen scrapbooks, the highest paid actor in Hollywood in 1938, and the second highest in 1937,...

Welcome to Color Me Creepy, a unique coloring book that invites you to a land where incredible artistry and limitless imagination collide.Unleash your inner artist as you make your way through a collection of scorching illustrations, each intricately...

In January 1974, just six months after the death of its star, Bruce Lee, Enter the Dragon was unleashed on a British public yet to witness the famous Kung Fu Craze of the 1970s. Released in the UK three months after it's North American premiere, the...

GET READY TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD OF URBAN ACTION LIKE NEVER BEFORE! "BLACK BEHIND THE ACTION" AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF URBAN ACTIONWHAT'S INSIDE"BLACK BEHIND THE ACTION"?EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH ENTER THE DRAGON STARS: STEP...

GET READY TO IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE WORLD OF URBAN ACTION LIKE NEVER BEFORE! "BLACK BEHIND THE ACTION" AN EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF URBAN ACTIONWHAT'S INSIDE"BLACK BEHIND THE ACTION"?EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH ENTER THE DRAGON STARS: STEP...

Since 2001, Trevor Lynch has developed a fervent following with his insightful and sometimes vicious dissections of philosophical, political, racial, and sexual themes in a wide variety of films and television shows. Trevor Lynch: Part Four of the...

David Ossman’s memoir of The Firesign Theatre’s rapid response to the on-coming Reagan Era recounts the quartet’s uneasy transformation from writer-performer-producers of in-studio comic audio masterpieces to theatrical hopefuls and...

How did Friday the 13th begin as a movie about a grieving mother killing camp counselors and spawn a movie in which a nanobot enhanced, hockey masked man destroys a space station? Similarly, how did A Nightmare on Elm Street evolve from a film by Wes...

The 1980s were a golden age for action movies, with the genre proving popular at the box-office as never before. Across the world, stars such as Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis were becoming household names as a result of their...

Il Mio Diario Privato è stato scritto dall'icona del cinema muto Rodolfo Valentino in persona o l'autore era un ghostwriter? Quanto del diario è effettivamente vero?Queste sono alcune delle domande chiave a cui Renato Floris, studioso di Valentino,...