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Steve Aldous has a lifelong interest in crime fiction, cinema and music. The author of a number of well-received books and articles on popular culture, including a study of Ernest Tidyman's John Shaft ("The World of Shaft"), the music of the rock band Genesis ("The Songs of Genesis"), and "The Harry O Viewing Companion", which examines the classic 1970s TV detective series. He lives in Bury, Lancashire in the UK. ...more

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The Rise and Fall of the Movie Guide in Print

Today, when information is instantly available at the push of a button or the swipe of a finger it is hard to imagine a world of research before the internet made everything so easy. But just thirty to forty years ago to find out stuff you had to go to the library or buy books on whatever subject you wanted to research. That involved time, expense and shoe leather. My passion is for films (or to t Read more of this blog post »
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This is the eighth book in Rowling’s Cormoran Strike series of detective novels, and it is an absorbing read. Weighing in at a mere 897 pages, the book has, believe it or not, reversed the trend of ever-increasing page counts in the series. Despite i ...more
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The 19th book in this evergreen series is something of a return to form for Johnson after the mysticism-drenched HELL AND BACK. It is refreshing to see Walt dealing with a genuine mystery, which has connections close to home, as well as a developing ...more
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Enjoyment of the 18th book in Craig Johnson’s series of Sheriff Walt Longmire mysteries will depend on how much you buy into the mystical elements the author has built into the series. Whereas in other novels these elements have mostly been held in c ...more
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Barry Norman, who passed away in 2017, established his reputation as a witty and fearless movie critic and journalist once he had taken over presenting the BBC’s Film programme in 1972. But what is less well known about him is that he wrote a number ...more
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Hard to believe that for a writer so prolific, this is Allen’s first novel – the filmmaker’s previous literary work being an autobiography and collections of short stories and comic essays. That said, it reads more like a novella and could easily hav ...more
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