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Christmas at the movies : images of Christmas in American, British and European cinema / edited by Mark Connelly London ; New York: I.B. Tauris, 2000.
Call No: 743 CONPlace: London ; New YorkPublisher: I.B. TaurisPubDate: 2000PhysDes: 242 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject: CHRISTMAS IN FILMS ; REMEMBER THE NIGHT (UK, Mitchell Leisen, 1939) ; SCROOGE (UK, Henry Edwards, 1935) ; CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (US, Edwin L. Marin, 1938) ; SCROOGE [CHRISTMAS CAROL, A] (US, Brian Desmond Hurst, 1951) ; SCROOGE (UK, Ronald Neame, 1970) ; CHRISTMAS CAROL, A (UK, Clive Donner, 1984) ; SCROOGED (US, Richard Donner, 1988) ; MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE (US, Brian Henson, 1992) ; IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) ; MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER, THE (US, William Keighley, 1941) ; HOLIDAY INN (US, Mark Sandrich, 1942) ; CHRISTMAS UNDER FIRE (UK, Harry Watt, 1941) ; TURKEY TIME (UK, Tom Walls, 1933) ; HOLLY AND THE IVY, THE (UK, George More O'Ferrall, 1953) ; CHEATERS, THE (US, Joe Kane, 1945) ; MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (US, Les Mayfield, 1994) ; MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (US, George Seaton, 1947) ; SANTA CLAUSE, THE (US, John Pasquin, 1994) ; ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS (US, John Cherry, 1988) ; SANTA CLAUSE: THE MOVIE (US, Jeannot Szwarc, 1985) ; GREMLINS (US, Joe Dante, 1984) ; SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (US, Charles E. Sellier Jr., 1984) ; SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART II (US, Lee Harry, 1987) ; TIM BURTON'S THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (US, Harry Selick, 1993) ; CHRISTMAS STORY, A (US, Bob Clark, 1983) ; LETHAL WEAPON (US, Richard Donner, 1987) ; DIE HARD (US, John McTiernan, 1988) ; DIE HARD 2 (US, Renny Harlin, 1990) ; HOME ALONE (US, Chris Columbus, 1990) ; HOME ALONE 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (US, Chris Columbus, 1992) ; LONG KISS GOODNIGHT, THE (US, Renny Harlin, 1996) ; JINGLE ALL THE WAY (US, Brian Levant, 1996) ; MERLUSSE (FR, Marcel Pagnol, 1935) ; CHATEAU DE MA MERE, LE (FR, Yves Robert, 1990) ; GRANDE ILLUSION, LA (FR, Jean Renoir, 1937) ; VIE EST UN LONG FLEUVE TRANQUILLE, LA (FR, Etienne Chatiliez, 1988) ; ELISA (FR, Jean Becker, 1994) ; KARNAVALNAIA NOCH (UR, Eldar Ryazanov, 1956) ; IRONIYA SUDBY ILI S LYOGKIM PAROM (UR, Eldar Ryazanov, 1975) ; PLACIDO (SP, Luis Garcia Berlanga, 1961) Summary: A look at depictions of Christmas across various national cinemas and genres throughout the 20th century.Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Filmography: p. ([223]-232)ISBN: 1860643973Contents: -- God Bless Us, Every One: Movie Adaptations Of A Christmas Carol / James Chapman -- A Hollywood Carol's Wonderful Life / Jonathan Munby -- Dreaming Of Christmas: Hollywood And The Second World War / H. Mark Glancy -- Christmas Under Fire: The Wartime Christmas In Britain / Sarah Street -- Crisis At Christmas: Turkey Time, The Holly And The Ivy, The Cheaters / Jeffrey Richards -- Santa Claus: The Movie / Mark Connelly -- You Better Watch Out: Christmas In The Horror Film / Kim Newman -- 'Peace On Earth, Goodwill To All Men': The Depiction Of Christmas In Moden Hollywood Films / Rowana Agajanian -- Christmas In French Cinema / Guy Austin -- Father Frost On 31 December: Christmas And New Year In Soviet And Russian Cinema / Birgit Beumers -- Satirizing The Spanish Christmas: Placido / Peter William Evans
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Crime wave : the filmgoers' guide to the great crime movies / written by Howard Hughes London: I.B.Taurus, 2006.
Call No: 734 HUGAuthor: Hughes, Howard Edition: 1st ed.Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: I.B.TaurusPubDate: 2006PhysDes: xxviii, 236 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSubject: GANGSTER FILMS ; DETECTIVE FILMS ; PUBLIC ENEMY, THE (US, William Wellmen, 1931) ; HIGH SIERRA (US, Raoul Walsh, 1941) ; MALTESE FALCON, THE (US, John Huston, 1941) ; WHITE HEAT (US, Raoul Walsh, 1949) ; ASPHALT JUNGLE, THE (US, John Huston, 1950) ; KISS ME DEADLY (US, Robert Aldrich, 1955) ; BIG COMBO, THE (US, Joseph H. Lewis, 1955) ; POINT BLANK (US, John Boorman, 1967) ; BONNIE AND CLYDE (US, Arthur Penn, 1967) ; ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE (UK, Peter Hunt, 1969) ; GET CARTER (UK, Mike Hodges, 1971) ; SHAFT (US, Gordon Parks Jr., 1971) ; DIRTY HARRY (US, Don Siegel, 1971) ; GODFATHER [...], THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1972-) ; CHINATOWN (US, Roman Polanski, 1974) ; GODFATHER PART II, THE (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ; ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (US, Sergio Leone, 1984) ; LETHAL WEAPON (US, Richard Donner, 1987) ; GOODFELLAS (US, Martin Scorsese, 1990) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; L.A. CONFIDENTIAL (US, Curtis Hanson, 1997) ; OCEAN'S ELEVEN (US, Steven Soderbergh, 2001) Summary: "Crime movies inhabit dark and desperate worlds, yet they account for many of Hollywood's most triumphant successes. In full acknowledgement of this achievement, Crime Wave offers an authoritative and informative, stimulating and entertaining guide to the crime movie phenomenon, from its early days to the present, charting its history and celebrating the people who have given it a special and enduring place in cinema goers' affections. Chapters focus on landmark Hollywood films - from 1931's The Public Enemy, through The Maltese Falcon, Point Blank, Dirty Harry, The Godfather trilogy and Goodfellas, to LA Confidential and Oceans 11 - telling their stories and on the way discussing many more crime movies, both major and lesser known." "Crime Wave represents and investigates gangster and heist movies, blaxploitation and noir, murder mysteries, vehicles for vigilante or buddy cops, even a gangster love story. It features biographies and filmographies detailing the key participants and background details of the film's making, locations and sets. It also explores each film's sources and influences, its impact on the crime genre and current fashion, including spin-offs, copies and sequels. It examines the films' themes, style and box office fortunes."--BOOK JACKET.Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index; Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-224) and index; Filmography: p. 213-220ISBN: 9781845112196Donation: Donated by Senses Of Cinema, 2009
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The gross : the hits, the flops - the summer that ate Hollywood / Peter Bart New York: St. Martin's Griffin, February 2000.
Call No: 210.31(73) BARAuthor: Bart, Peter Edition: First EditionSource: USPlace: New YorkPublisher: St. Martin's GriffinPubDate: February 2000PhysDes: 337 p. ; 24 cmSubject: BART, PETER ; INDUSTRY, FILM. USA ; BOX OFFICE. USA ; STUDIOS, FILM. USA ; PARAMOUNT STUDIOS ; TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX ; SONY CORPORATION ; WARNER BROS. ; UNIVERSAL PICTURES ; SPIELBERG, STEVEN ; ARMAGEDDON (US, Michael Bay, 1998) ; BULWORTH (US, Warren Beatty, 1998) ; DEEP IMPACT (US, Mimi Leder, 1997) ; HORSE WHISPERER, THE (US, Robert Redford, 1998) ; LETHAL WEAPON 4 (US, Richard Donner, 1998) ; MASK OF ZORRO (US, Martin Campbell, 1998) ; MULAN (US, Barry Cook & Tony Bancroft, 1998) ; OUT OF SIGHT (US, Steven Soderbergh, 1998) ; SMALL SOLDIERS (US, Joe Dante, 1998) ; SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (US, Steven Spielberg, 1998) ; SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1998) ; GODZILLA (US/JA, Roland Emmerich, 1998) ; THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY (US, Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly, 1998) Notes: A behind-the-scenes tour of Hollywood during its busiest season - where big-budget blockbusters can make or break a studio, and summer sleepers sneak onto the radar.--BOOK BLURBISBN: 0312253915
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Hard bodies : Hollywood masculinity in the Reagan era / Susan Jeffords New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, 1994.
Call No: 451-01(73) JEFAuthor: Jeffords, Susan, 1953 Place: New Brunswick, N.J.Publisher: Rutgers University PressPubDate: 1994PhysDes: 212 p. : ill. ; 23 cmSubject: Reagan, Ronald ; POLITICS AND THE CINEMA. USA ; MEN IN FILMS. USA ; COLD WAR AND THE CINEMA. USA ; COLD WAR FILMS. USA ; HERO IN FILMS ; FAMILY IN FILMS. USA ; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. USA ; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA. USA ; BODY IN FILMS. USA ; UNFORGIVEN (US, Clint Eastwood, 1992) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; TERMINATOR, THE (US, James Cameron, 1984) ; ACCUSED, THE (US, Jonathan Kaplan, 1988) ; BACK TO THE FUTURE [...] (US, Robert Zemeckis, 1985-90) ; BATMAN (US, Tim Burton, 1989) ; BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (US, Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise, 1991) ; CASUALITIES OF WAR (US, Brian De Palma, 1989) ; DIE HARD (US, John McTiernan, 1988) ; FIRST BLOOD (US, Ted Kotcheff, 1982) ; KINDERGARTEN COP (US, Ivan Reitman, 1990) ; LETHAL WEAPON [...] (US, Richard Donner, 1987-92) ; MISSISSIPPI BURNING (US, Alan Parker, 1988) ; RAMBO [...] (US, 1982-1988) ; ROBOCOP (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1987) ; TWINS (US, Ivan Reitman, 1988) Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-208) and indexISBN: 0813520029; 0813520037 (pbk.)LON: 9874831
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High contrast : race and gender in contemporary Hollywood film / Sharon Willis Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1997.
Call No: 451-054(73) WILAuthor: Willis, Sharon Place: Durham, N.C.Publisher: Duke University PressPubDate: 1997PhysDes: 266 p. ; 24 cmSubject: RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA ; ACTION FILMS ; GENDER AND THE CINEMA. USA ; MEN IN FILMS ; WOMEN IN FILMS ; LEE, SPIKE ; LYNCH, DAVID ; TARANTINO, QUENTIN ; DIE HARD (US, John McTiernan, 1988) ; LETHAL WEAPON [...] (US, Richard Donner, 1987-92) ; BASIC INSTINCT (US, Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ; THELMA & LOUISE (US, Ridley Scott, 1991) ; TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (US, James Cameron, 1991) ; WILD AT HEART (US, David Lynch, 1990) ; PULP FICTION (US, Quentin Tarantino, 1994) ; DO THE RIGHT THING (US, Spike Lee, 1989) ; FATAL ATTRACTION (US, Adrian Lyne, 1987) Summary: In High Contrast, Sharon Willis examines the dynamic relationships between racial and sexual difference in Hollywood film from the 1980s and 1990s. Seizing on the way these differences are accentuated, sensationalized, and eroticized on the screen - most often with little apparent regard for the political context in which they operate - Willis restores that context through close readings of a range of movies from cinematic blockbusters to the work of the new auteurs, Spike Lee, David Lynch, and Quentin TarantinoNotes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-257) and indexISBN: 0822320290 (cloth : acid-free paper); 082232041X (pbk. : acid-free paper)LON: 97013147; 13158378Contents: Part 1. Battles of the sexes -- 1. Mutilated Masculinties and Their Prostheses: Die Hards and Lethal Weapons -- 2. Insides Out: Public and Private Exchanges from Fatal Attraction to Basic Instinct -- 3. Combative Femininity: Thelma and Louise and Terminator 2 -- Part II. Ethnographies of the "White" Gaze -- 4. Do the Wrong Thing: David Lynch's Perverse Style -- 5. Tell the Right Story: Spike Lee and the Politics of Representative Style -- 6. Borrowed "Style": Quentin Tarantino's Figures of Masculinity
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LETHAL WEAPON : (US, Richard Donner, 1987)
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Lethal Weapon in Cinema Papers (July 1987) vol.64 p.40-41
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Lethal Weapon in Canberra Times [TV Guide] (13/02/2017) p.6
Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE; LETHAL WEAPON [TV](US, 2016)Author: BP PhysDes: Clippings File ArticleSubject: LETHAL WEAPON [TV](US, 2016) Summary: Review of the TV show LETHAL WEAPON and how it relates to the original film series of the same name as well as other current crime TV shows
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LETHAL WEAPON 2 : (US, Richard Donner, 1989)
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LETHAL WEAPON 3 : (US, Richard Donner, 1992)
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Racial stigma on the Hollywood Screen : the Orientalist buddy film / Brian Locke New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Call No: 451-054(=95)(73) LOCAuthor: Locke, Brian Edition: First Plagrave Macmillan paperback editionSource: USPlace: New York, NYPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2012PhysDes: xii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmSubject: ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS. USA ; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA ; ETHNIC GROUPS IN FILMS ; CRASH (US, Paul Haggis, 2004) ; FLASH GORDON (US/UK, Mike Hodges, 1980) ; LAST SAMURAI, THE (US, Edward Zwick, 2003) ; LETHAL WEAPON [...] (US, Richard Donner, 1987-92) ; LETHAL WEAPON 4 (US, Richard Donner, 1998) ; MATRIX, THE (US, Larry Wachowski & Andy Wachowski, 1999) ; RISING SUN (US, Philip Kaufman, 1993) Summary: "Racial Stigma on the Hollywood Screen charts how the dominant white and black binary of American racial discourse influences Hollywood's representation of the Asian. The Orientalist buddy film draws a scenario in which two buddies, one white and one black, transcend an initial hatred for one another by joining forces against a foreign Asian menace. Alongside an analysis of multiple genres of film, Brian Locke argues that this triangulated rendering of race ameliorates the longstanding historical contradiction between US democratic ideals and white America's persistent domination over blacks." -book blurb.Notes: Includes bibliographic references and indexesISBN: 9781137029348Contents: List of figures -- acknowledgements -- Introduction - Three's a crowd: Crash (2005) -- Strange fruit: Bataan (1943) -- White and black to the brink: China Gate (1957), Pork Chop Hill (1959), All the Young Men (1960) -- The blaxploitation buddy film -- The Orientalist buddy film in the 1980s and 1990s: Flash Gordon (1980), Lethal Weapon (1987-1998), Rising Sun (1993) -- The Orientalist buddy film and the "new niggers": Blade Runner (1982, 1992 and 2007) -- "Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto": The Matrix (1999) and the virtual Asian -- Epilogue - Pearl Harbor eclipsed? The Last Samurai (2003) -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Film and television index -- General index
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Rebel with a pause in Freeze Frame (June 1987) vol.1 iss.3 p.37-38
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