The Rough Guide to Horror Movies

The Rough Guide to Horror Movies

Author: Alan Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781843535218

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Traces the origins and history of horror motion pictures, identifies and reviews fifty essential movies, includes a look at key actors, actresses, and directors, and discusses related Web sites, festivals, and magazines.


The Rough Guide to Horror Movies

The Rough Guide to Horror Movies

Author: Alan Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9781843535218

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Traces the origins and history of horror motion pictures, identifies and reviews fifty essential movies, includes a look at key actors, actresses, and directors, and discusses related Web sites, festivals, and magazines.


The Rough Guide to Film

The Rough Guide to Film

Author: Rough Guides

Publisher: Rough Guides UK

Published: 2008-05-01

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 1848361254

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Get the lowdown on the best fiction ever written. Over 230 of the world’s greatest novels are covered, from Quixote (1614) to Orhan Pamuk’s Snow (2002), with fascinating information about their plots and their authors – and suggestions for what to read next. The guide comes complete with recommendations of the best editions and translations for every genre from the most enticing crime and punishment to love, sex, heroes and anti-heroes, not to mention all the classics of comedy and satire, horror and mystery and many other literary genres. With feature boxes on experimental novels, female novelists, short reviews of interesting film and TV adaptations, and information on how the novel began, this guide will point you to all the classic literature you’ll ever need.


The Rough Guide to Cult Movies

The Rough Guide to Cult Movies

Author: Paul Simpson

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13:

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A comprehensive overview of cult movies that profiles cult films from every genre and includes trivia about films, actors, producers, and backstage happenings.


The Rough Guide to Cult Movies

The Rough Guide to Cult Movies

Author: Paul Simpson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-08-02

Total Pages: 689

ISBN-13: 1405386169

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The Rough Guide to Cult Movies offers a blend of essential trivia and informed opinion as it takes you on a tour of the most compellingly weird - and weirdly compelling - films in the world. Whether you're a paid-up member of The Big Lebowski fan club or just looking for a night in with an interesting DVD, The Rough Guide to Cult Movies is the ultimate guide to the world's most memorable films. The Rough Guide to Cult Movies selects cinema's most compelling triumphs: films that are brilliant, intriguing or just plain bizarre; from action flicks to zombie films, by way of nuns, yakuza, musicals and mutations. You'll find expert, pithy reviews of over 1500 movies, with forgotten legends like Charlie Chan and the Opera or contemporary classics like There Will Be Blood, plus filmmakers' picks of their favorite cult movies, in their own words. There are good movies and there are bad movies and then there are cult movies.


The Rough Guide to Film Musicals

The Rough Guide to Film Musicals

Author: David Parkinson

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2007-08-01

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0756647126

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The perfect companion to cinema's most spectacular genre, The Rough Guide to Film Musicals reveals how an escapist entertainment became Hollywood's most ingenious art form. From such enduring classics as Singin' In The Rain and West Side Story to recent successes like Evita and Chicago, this book reviews 50 essential musicals, including several forgotten gems. There are profiles of musical icons such as Fred Astaire, Judy Garland and George Gershwin and details of musicals from around the world. Complete with a list of the best soundtracks, websites and books for further reading, this Rough Guide takes a behind the scenes look at this magical movie genre.


The Rough Guide to Cult Movies

The Rough Guide to Cult Movies

Author: Rough Guides

Publisher: Rough Guides UK

Published: 2010-08-02

Total Pages: 689

ISBN-13: 1405385383

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The Rough Guide to Cult Movies offers a blend of essential trivia and informed opinion as it takes you on a tour of the most compellingly weird - and weirdly compelling - films in the world. Whether you're a paid-up member of The Big Lebowski fan club or just looking for a night in with an interesting DVD, The Rough Guide to Cult Movies is the ultimate guide to the world's most memorable films. The Rough Guide to Cult Movies selects cinema's most compelling triumphs: films that are brilliant, intriguing or just plain bizarre; from action flicks to zombie films, by way of nuns, yakuza, musicals and mutations. You'll find expert, pithy reviews of over 1500 movies, with forgotten legends like Charlie Chan and the Opera or contemporary classics like There Will Be Blood, plus filmmakers' picks of their favourite cult movies, in their own words. There are good movies and there are bad movies and then there are cult movies.


The Rough Guide to Comedy Movies

The Rough Guide to Comedy Movies

Author: Bob McCabe

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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This guide discusses laughter in the cinema, from "Airplane!" to "Withnail and I" and from John Belushi to Billy Wilder.


The Rough Guide to 21st Century Cinema

The Rough Guide to 21st Century Cinema

Author: Adam Smith

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2012-10-04

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 1409360539

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Celebrate the centurys' finest movies in The Rough Guide to 21st Century Cinema, a lavishly illustrated homage to the world's best movies of this new era of cinema. The best 101 films: a run down of the finest films of the millenium from Hollywood blockbusters to indie gems. The hottest stars: features on the up and coming actors and actresses who have made a mark. The winning genres: best-in-class features on drama, comedy, horror, sci-fi, animation, documentary, superhero movies and all the genre-mash ups in between. The unsung heroes: the finest talent behind the camera, including directors, cinematographers, set designers and special effects specialists. The Rough Guide to 21st Century Cinema is the essential companion to movies of the moment. Now available in ePub format.