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  • The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film and Television, 2d ed.
    John Kenneth Muir
    It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a complete guide to over 50 years of superheroes on screen! This expanded and updated edition of the 2004 award-winning encyclopedia covers important developments in the popular genre; adds new shows such as Heroes and Zoom; includes the latest films featuring icons like Superman, Spiderman and Batman; and covers even more types of superheroes...
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    60,17 €

  • Joss Whedon FAQ
    John Kenneth Muir
    Providing a career-spanning view of everyone’s favorite geek writer and director, Joss Whedon FAQ offers answers to fans’ questions about one of the most significant pop culture auteurs of the past twenty-five years. ...
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    30,93 €

  • Horror Films of the 1990s
    John Kenneth Muir
    This filmography covers more than 300 horror films released from 1990 through 1999. The horror genre’s trends and cliches are connected to social and cultural phenomena, such as Y2K fears and the Los Angeles riots. Popular films were about serial killers, aliens, conspiracies, and sinister 'interlopers,' new monsters who shambled their way into havoc. Each of the films is ...
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    70,98 €

  • Askew View 2
    John Kenneth Muir
    AN ASKEW VIEW 2: THE FILMS OF KEVIN SMITH REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION ...
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    24,81 €

  • Eaten Alive at a Chainsaw Massacre
    John Kenneth Muir
    The sound of chainsaws revving on 'haunted' Halloween trails has evoked untold screams since Tobe Hooper’s 1974 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre hit the cinemas. Since that first take-no-prisoners horror movie, Hooper’s reputation as a master of horror has been secured by his adaptations of Stephen King (Salem’s Lot, 1978, and The Mangler, 1995), his blockbuster breakthrough Polt...
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    45,27 €

  • A Critical History of Doctor Who on Television
    John Kenneth Muir
    Since its inception in November 1963, the British science fiction television series Doctor Who has exerted an enormous impact on the world of science fiction (over 1,500 books have been written about the show). The series follows the adventures of a mysterious 'Time Lord' from the distant planet Gallifrey who travels through time and space to fight evil and injustice. Along ...
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    56,33 €

  • An Analytical Guide to Television’s One Step Beyond, 1959-1961
    John Kenneth Muir
    Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond made its television debut in 1959, nine months before Rod Serling’s classic The Twilight Zone, and paved the way for a generation of television programs devoted to paranormal topics such as the occult, ESP, and ghost stories. One Step Beyond was also where some of Hollywood’s most famous leading men, including Warren Beatty, William Shatner, a...
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    27,97 €

  • Mercy in Her Eyes
    John Kenneth Muir
    MERCY IN HER EYES: THE FILMS OF MIRA NAIR ...
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    16,03 €

  • A History and Critical Analysis of Blake’s 7, the 1978-1981 British Television Space Adventure
    John Kenneth Muir
    Blake’s 7, Terry Nation’s science fiction tale of cosmic freedom fighters, became a hit series in Great Britain when it premiered in 1978. Eight years later, the show quickly became a cult program in America. A dramatization of futuristic outlaw heroes who defend the innocent from both alien and human conquering forces, the series might better be said to be equal parts Robin...
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    28,34 €

  • An Analytical Guide to Television’s Battlestar Galactica
    John Kenneth Muir
    When the space drama Battlestar Galactica debuted on ABC in 1978, it was expected to be the most popular new program of the year. Instead, it was attacked as a Star Wars rip-off and canceled after a mere 17 stories. The author acknowledges the show was full of dramatic cliches and scientific inaccuracies, but despite these shortcomings, Battlestar Galactica was a dramatically...
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    28,24 €

  • Exploring Space
    John K Muir / John Kenneth Muir
    Starring internationally renowned actors Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse and Catherine Schell, the British-made Space: 1999 was the only truly original space adventure of the mid-1970s. Sandwiched between the demise of the original Star Trek and the opening of the Stars Wars series on the big screen, Space: 1999 featured a richly-visualized world where space was ter...
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    28,34 €

  • The Films of John Carpenter
    John K Muir / John Kenneth Muir
    The films of John Carpenter cover a tremendous range and yet all bear his clear personal stamp. From the horrifying (Halloween) to the touching (Starman) to the controversial (The Thing) to the comic (Big Trouble in Little China), his films reflect a unique approach to filmmaking and singular views of humanity and American culture. This analysis of Carpenter’s films includ...
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    44,12 €

  • Best in Show
    John Kenneth Muir
    BEST IN SHOW: THE FILMS OF CHRISTOPHER GUEST AND COMPANY ...
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    17,16 €

  • Unseen Force
    John Kenneth Muir
    THE UNSEEN FORCE: THE FILMS OF SAM RAIMI ...
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    16,73 €

  • Wes Craven
    John Kenneth Muir
    Filmmaker Wes Craven has consistently and imaginatively scared movie audiences since the early 1970s. His films encompass a variety of styles, elements and themes, from the nihilistic existentialism of The Last House on the Left to the successful A Nightmare on Elm Street (which sent horror in a bold new direction), to the hallucinatory dreamscapes of The Serpent and the Rai...
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    42,45 €