Month: October 2022

The Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven is one of those movies where the score is perhaps even more widely recognised than the movie itself. You will almost certainly have heard the music, by Elmer Bernstein. The Oscar-nominated score has subsequently featured in countless ads and TV shows. If you have been living under a rock and are not…


French movie poster books

In addition to collecting movie posters themselves, I have also amassed a number of books about movie posters. Whilst some of these are in English, an equal number I have found in France, where I live. Some of these are translations of books that are available elsewhere in English, but others are more specifically about…


Network

“I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more.” If you remember nothing else of Network, you probably remember that line. Sidney Lumet’s 1976 classic satire is perhaps still the greatest movie ever made about television. Peter Finch’s unhinged TV newscaster is about to be fired, and announces he intends…


Diamonds Are Forever

In the James Bond poster collecting world, rarity almost always equates to price. I have a number of original Bond posters from around the world framed and up on my walls. I’ve also had an equal number pass through my hands, many of which I sold years ago for what in retrospect were very low…