The Vexed Question Of Authorship
The nature of collaborative work means that the originator might not always be the creator.
Tag: John Barry
The Espionage Era: The Quiller Memorandum
This curious hybrid of Sixties Cold War spy film and old-fashioned Nazi-themed thriller is enjoyable but oddly unsatisfying.
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The Espionage Era: The Ipcress File
Continuing our occasional series looking at the post-Bond spy movies that emerged in the 1960s with this classic ‘anti-Bond’ downbeat thriller that spawned its own franchise.
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Left For Dead: How A PR Debacle Destroyed The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
The bad decisions and public relations misfires that doomed a big-budget Western comic book movie to ridicule and obscurity.
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Praise The Titanic – Reassessing A Notorious Cinematic Bomb
1980 film Raise the Titanic sunk without trace on release, but it far from the unmitigated disaster that many claim.
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Big Bond Themes And Secret Agent Cover Versions
The extraordinary lost world of the 007 soundtrack cover version LP.
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