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Month: December 2014

  • BUG-EYED MONSTERS edited by Anthony Cheetham

    [T]his is a nice little anthology, containing ten stories (more accurately NINE stories and one radio play adaptation) spanning thirty years 1938-1968. It is edited by Anthony Cheetham, with whom I am totally unfamiliar. TITLE: BUG-EYED MONSTERS EDITED BY: Anthony Cheetham CATEGORY: Short Fiction SUB-CATEGORY: Anthology FORMAT: Hardback, 280 pages PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson, London,…

  • Classic Sci-Fi Cinema: Alfred Hitchcock\’s \”The Birds\” (1963)

    I\’m sitting here in the (very) early hours of Boxing Day, watching Alfred Hitchcock\’s classic 1963 horror/fantasy thriller The Birds on Film4. I haven\’t seen this one from beginning to end in many, many years, so I\’m enjoying it a lot. The main characters are played by Rod Taylor (three years after his role in…

  • Alfred Hitchcock\’s \”The Birds\” (1963)

    [I]\’m sitting here in the (very) early hours of Boxing Day, watching Alfred Hitchcock\’s classic 1963 horror/fantasy thriller The Birds on Film4. I haven\’t seen this one from beginning to end in many, many years, so I\’m enjoying it a lot. The main characters are played by Rod Taylor (three years after his role in…

  • Doctor Who: \”Last Christmas\”

    [I] watched the Doctor Who Christmas Special earlier this evening. Verdict? Mmmm… not bad, actually. I must admit that when I first heard that the title of the Christmas Special was going to be Last Christmas, and saw the trailer with Santa Claus in it, I let out a huge groan, fearing the worst. Oh…

  • It\’s A Wonderful Life (1947)

    [I]\’m sitting here watching the classic 1947 movie It\’s a Wonderful Life, which is one of THE greatest films of all time. Christmas wouldn\’t be complete without this film, with some great acting performances from James Stewart, Donna Reid, Lionel Barrymore and the others, an excellent, very entertaining, above average comedy drama, focusing on the…