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Shock Cinema Magazine Review: Giant Bug Cinema
BOOK REVIEW IN SHOCK CINEMA MAGAZINE GIANT BUG CINEMA: A Monster Kid's Guide produced by Mark Bailey (BearManor Media; bearmanormedia.com; $22.00). When I was a little kid, my earliest exposure to creature features was Saturday afternoon's "Monster Movie Matinee," hosted by Dr. E. Nick Witty and his assistant Epal. Impressionable children across the country enjoyed similar experiences, as you'll see in this compact 128-page collection of reviews, centered around sci-fi/horror films with insect monstrosities. 27 titles - all but one from the pre-1968 "Monster Kid" era - are...
SHOCK REVIEW - "BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE"
BOOK REVIEW IN SHOCK REVIEW: BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE: An Assistant Director Behind the Scenes of Feature Films by David McGiffert (BearManor Media; bearmanormedia.com, $42.00). Being an assistant director (or"A.D.") is a complex job with a wide range of responsibilities. As well as coordinating much of a film's on-set activities, they also handle any relatively-insignificant problems so that the director isn't distracted. They're essential - which brings us to this 322-page anecdotal memoir by David McGiffert, one of the most successful names within that profession, who worked on some of the most notable films from the 1980s and '90s:...
Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf Review: "Fifties Blondes"
Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf Book Review Profusely illustrated with B/W photos and succinct bios of the featured and showcased actresses, this hardcover edition of Richard Koper's "Fifties Blondes: Sexbombs, Sirens, Bad Girls and Teen Queens" from BearManor Media will prove a welcome and enduringly appreciated contribution to personal, professional, community, and college/university library Cinematic History/Biography collections and supplemental Movie/Video Reference curriculum studies lists.
Book Review: "Dance of the Comedians - 75 Years of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote" by Dan Sendker
Theatre/Cinema/TV Shelf Book Review:An absolute 'must read' for the legions of Road Runner fans and an impressively seminal work of original and detailed historical scholarship, "Dance of the Comedians - 75 Years of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote - An Unauthorized History" is especially and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and college/university library Cinematic & Animation History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.
Ten questions for Mark Slade, Lothar Tuppan and Chauncey Haworth on The Marvelous Bronze Age: conversations with Marvel creators of the 70s and 80s.
1What Inspired you to create a book about Marvel creators?Lothar: Mark was the instigator of this project (like so many of our projects) but I’ve been a lifelong comic book fan and was quite excited to be able to interview some of my favorite comic creators in this way.ChaunceyAs Lothar said, Mark was definitely the inspiration behind starting the book. But, what kept me doing the book was my own stumbling through creativity in life. I find it inspiring to hear about other people's successes and failures, how they made it through, and what serendipitous moments paved the way. In...