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Slade in Flame
At the height of their popularity in 1974, their then manager, Chas Chandler (former bass player of The Animals and former manager of Jimi Hendrix), suggested Slade do a film.
Turtlenecks Through The Years, A history Of Rebellion And Style
The Boots have Stopped Walking. Honor Blackman 1924 – 2020
Another national treasure has been taken. Honor Blackman, was a woman that many men and women of a certain age admired. Today April 6th, 2020, we were informed by the media that she had died of natural causes at the age of 94. For fans of shows like The Avengers, and the famous James Bond installment, Goldfinger, her passing is one that will be felt keenly. Her roles as Cathy Gale and Pussy Galore are ones that are deeply enshrined in the history of British Television, and Cinema. She was also a stage actress and a singer.
Four Legendary Movies to Watch (Again) This Winter
It’s cold outside. So, what better time to snuggle up inside and watch favourite films? Here are four legendary movies you’ll want to watch again. And if you haven’t yet seen them, it’s high time you did.
1917 **** Reviewed on ZANI
This is a gripping, moving war film. It's full of amazing visuals, and the race-against-time premise gives it relentless narrative momentum, so it's worth seeing on a big screen with no interruptions, i.e. in the cinema.
A Short Biog of Burt Bacharach

© - Toby Walker
Born in May 1928, in Kansas City, Burt Bacharach studied cello, drums and piano as a child, and was later relocated to New York City by his father, a media columnist.
His parents were Irma M. Freeman and Mark Bertram Bacharach.
As a youngster he grew up in the Forest Hills section of New York City.
Burt played in several jazz bands during the 1940's.
The Luca Zingaretti Collection
Who Are You - A review of "Gone Girl"
Dear readers, I would be hard pressed to think of a current, A list filmmaker who is able to convey an ocean of building dread quite like David Fincher. Beginning with his breakthrough second film, the serial killer nightmare of "Se7en" (1995),
Ferdy Fox goes to FrightFest
Ferdy Fox here, connoisseur of the frighteningly fantastic and the morbidly macabre. Summer in the big city – and there has to be a jolly good reason for me to leave my bar stool in my favourite Soho watering hole.
But I feel a stirring, a call of nature addressing my primal instincts deep in my loins. It’s telling me I should be somewhere. Then it came to me. It’s the August bank holiday week-end, the time of year when FrightFest rolls into town.
The Man Who Haunted Himself
©Words Matteo Sedazzari
Made in 1969, released in 1970, this film was written and directed by Basil Dearden (The Blue Lamp, Violent Playground, Victim) a seasoned and talented director, a great story teller of the screen with many of his features focusing on outsiders and people alienated by society, who began his career directing the great comic genius Will Hay. Anyone familiar with Will Hay, the British comedian of the 30’s and the 40’s, will recall that much of Hay’s comedy is him struggling in the world, whilst keeping a smile on his face.