‘Watching Skies – Star Wars, Spielberg and Us’ reviewed
❉ O’Connell writes with wit and repartee on the influence of “George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, a shark, two motherships, some gremlins, ghostbusters and a man of steel”.
James Bond
OO7 Essential James Bond Film Books
❉ Top picks of big-screen Bond brought to book. Now, pay attention 007!
Podcast of the Week: Betamax Video Club
❉ This week: Betamax Video Club, the podcast about 1980s movies.
Interview: Wesley Strick
❉ We chat with the legendary screenwriter/script doctor (Batman Returns, Face/Off, Cape Fear) and writer/producer on The Man in the High Castle.
Missing Believed Wiped 2017, BFI Southbank
❉ Roll up, roll up for the annual parade of newly recovered archive TV treats.
‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ (15) reviewed
❉ Taron Egerton returns as Eggsy, an action hero for the Snapchat generation
Cult Q & A: SMERSH POD’s John Rain
❉ John Rain on Dog Man Star, Galton & Simpson, Peter Cook, Twitter and, of course, Smersh Pod.
Podcast of the Week: Flight Through Entirety
❉ Flying through the entirety of TV Doctor Who, with cake.
The Taking of Pelham: ‘The Man Who Haunted Himself’
❉ An appreciation of Sir Roger Moore’s cult classic.
Cult Q & A: Andrew Cartmel
❉ The man with a masterplan.