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The second volume of "Queued!" features 101 movie reviews by film critic Christopher Smith, whose 14 years as a film critic at a major Northeast daily newspaper has produced more than 4,000 movie reviews. Since Smith often is asked by readers, "What should I add to my Netflix queue?," he has begun a series of ebooks called "Queued!" Each volume will act as a guide to cut through the literally hundreds of thousands of movies featured on Netflix, as well as other online DVD rental retailers, such as Blockbuster and Wal-mart. [More..] | |
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Not just a complete index to all the films detailed and discussed in all 24 books of the Hollywood Classics series, this 344-page final book, also provides exhaustive details and reviews of 80 additional movies. Packed with information, these reviews were not previously included because they were too long and/or too important – or simply because they didn’t fit into the overall theme of any individual book. These additional Hollywood movie classics include All the King’s Men, If I Were King, Red Dust, Raintree County, The Sun Shines Bright, People Will Talk, I Know Where I’m Going, Ivanhoe, The Big Store, The Dolly Sisters, The Desert Fox, Out of the Past, The Palm Beach Story, The Prisoner of Zenda, The Snake Pit, A Streetcar Named [More..] | |
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Classic movie fans will welcome this invaluable guide to 333 British movies that are now available for the home library. No fewer than 106 of these films are examined in great detail with full behind-the-camera and cast lists, plus original release information as well as extensive reviews. The remaining films are summarized in articles on British Comedians, British Noir, British Musicals, etc. The author is an unabashed George Formby fan, but the book is by no means limited to George’s contributions to British comedy. In fact, over 400 DVDs were examined and evaluated. [More..] | |
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This must-have manual for screenwriters, novelists, and entertainment executives offers an insightful, 11-step program for creating, developing and marketing compelling movies, TV shows, novels, and story-based video games and toys. If you are a writer, it will you to generate great ideas with heartfelt storylines and characters. If you are an entertainment executive, it will help you to identify and market stories with real potential. It's a lifetime of insights in just 300 pages. It is based on the author's 30 years of experience, keen insights from other senior executives, and fresh audience research that details what audiences want. Key elements addressed include:· Satisfying Audience Deep Emotional Needs· [More..] | |
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Try your hand at 1,300 movie trivia questions in 14 genres of fim that will determine if you are in fact a movie fanatic. [More..] | |
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"A thoughtful, in places chilling, account of the way entertainment values have hollowed out American life." --The New York Times Book ReviewFrom one of America's most original cultural critics and the author of Winchell, the story of how our bottomless appetite for novelty, gossip, glamour, and melodrama has turned everything of importance-from news and politics to religion and high culture-into one vast public entertainment.Neal Gabler calls them "lifies," those blockbusters written in the medium of life that dominate the media and the national conversation for weeks, months, even years: the death of Princess Diana, the trial of O.J. Simpson, Kenneth Starr vs. William Jefferson Clinton. Real Life as Entertainment is hardly a new phenom [More..] | |
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In More Than a Movie, producer and entertainment attorney F. Miguel Valenti presents a compelling argument for the creative community to consider the consequences of its products, from movies to TV to the Internet. Valenti refrains from attacking the industries in which he himself works, but argues for reflection on the part of those who create media. More Than a Movie takes a pioneering first step toward outlining the issues in an insider fashion, and provides the tools to make ethical decisions about creating for the big and small screens. Edited by veteran media writer Les Brown and media consultant Laurie Trotta, More Than a Movie is written to stimulate debate in professional and academic arenas, and for the enjoyment of everyone who l [More..] | |
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Gone with the wind were the mothers we knew, as they watched the movie. Usually strict, they let my cousins and me roam the shimmery, other-worldly theater. We went to the restrooms alone; we bought all the Cokes and popcorn we wanted. Change seemed to spawn in our mothers' purses. They would never be the same, and neither would I... [More..] | |
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A narrative account of Elizabeth Taylor's career, with particular attention paid to how the consummate movie star influenced and crafted her image over the years. [More..] | |
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From the editors of America's most popular entertainment magazine comes this definitive, fun guide to the 1,000 best movies ever made. Concentrating only on the movies people want to see, and illustrated with 75 photos, this lively compendium lists entries alphabetically from absolutely sublime to wonderful. [More..] | |
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