My friend Michael Walker, who has died aged 80, was a film critic who wrote with intelligence and analytical rigour for magazines such as Movie and CineAction, and in a number of remarkable books.
He was born in Hull, East Yorkshire, to Annie (nee Rippon) and Peter Walker, both teachers, and attended Hymers college in the city. He developed his love of cinema while studying physics at University College, Oxford.
He was born in Hull, East Yorkshire, to Annie (nee Rippon) and Peter Walker, both teachers, and attended Hymers college in the city. He developed his love of cinema while studying physics at University College, Oxford.
- 9/26/2022
- by Alexander Jacoby
- The Guardian - Film News
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By Tim Greaves
In the early 1980s, Israeli cousins and co-producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus – the men behind then-thriving outfit The Cannon Group – decided that they would like to add an old-fashioned style horror film to their burgeoning library of titles. They approached director Peter Walker, renowned for a slew of successful exploitation pictures throughout the 1970s, suggesting he create something for the likes of Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff, blissfully unaware the three actors were dead. Regardless, Walker took the baton and ran with it, the result being 1983’s rather splendid House of the Long Shadows.
Probably best remembered for assembling icons of horror cinema Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price and John Carradine under one roof, House of the Long Shadows didn’t wow critics at the time and with hindsight it’s easy to see why. Times...
By Tim Greaves
In the early 1980s, Israeli cousins and co-producers Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus – the men behind then-thriving outfit The Cannon Group – decided that they would like to add an old-fashioned style horror film to their burgeoning library of titles. They approached director Peter Walker, renowned for a slew of successful exploitation pictures throughout the 1970s, suggesting he create something for the likes of Bela Lugosi, Peter Lorre and Boris Karloff, blissfully unaware the three actors were dead. Regardless, Walker took the baton and ran with it, the result being 1983’s rather splendid House of the Long Shadows.
Probably best remembered for assembling icons of horror cinema Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Vincent Price and John Carradine under one roof, House of the Long Shadows didn’t wow critics at the time and with hindsight it’s easy to see why. Times...
- 4/9/2022
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
To mark the release of the newly remastered House of the Long Shadows on 28th March, we’ve been given 2 copies to give away on Blu-ray.
The three masters of horror, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are back in the return of the classic gothic thriller. In a deserted house, a desperate writer comes seeking a story. When a beautiful girl comes to the rescue, he almost loses a wager, and his life. In this house there is a room for every nightmare and a nightmare in every room.
Now Remastered in High Definition, enjoy this top-notch horror film from cult-film maker Peter Walker featuring the three greatest horror stars of all time.
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The three masters of horror, Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee are back in the return of the classic gothic thriller. In a deserted house, a desperate writer comes seeking a story. When a beautiful girl comes to the rescue, he almost loses a wager, and his life. In this house there is a room for every nightmare and a nightmare in every room.
Now Remastered in High Definition, enjoy this top-notch horror film from cult-film maker Peter Walker featuring the three greatest horror stars of all time.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
a Rafflecopter giveaway
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Open to UK residents only The competition will close 31st March 2022 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be picked at...
- 3/16/2022
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Princess Anne has met with patients at a drug rehabilitation centre. The Princess Royal made an official visit to The Addiction Recovery Agency (Ara) in Kings Court , Bristol, Southern England, to mark its 25th anniversary, which took place in January. The centre helps more than 1,500 people a year through its services in Bristol and North Somerset and Chief Executive Peter Walker said the visit was a 'great acknowledgment' of their work. Anne met some of the 60 staff and 60 volunteers who work at the centre, as well as unveiling a plaque marking her visit. Peter explained: 'The visit recognises with the kind of treatment and support that Ara has provided over the past 25 years, people can...
- 2/19/2013
- Monsters and Critics
Peter Walker continues our writers' favourite film series with Wong Kar-Wai's melancholy tale of love and loneliness
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In the Mood for Love was released when I was living in Hong Kong, albeit a very different city to that of the film's 1962 setting. Like Tony Leung's Chow Mo-wan, I was also working there as a journalist. Sadly, that's where my resemblance to his almost absurdly handsome, mournfully dapper character begins and ends.
My tenuo...
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In the Mood for Love was released when I was living in Hong Kong, albeit a very different city to that of the film's 1962 setting. Like Tony Leung's Chow Mo-wan, I was also working there as a journalist. Sadly, that's where my resemblance to his almost absurdly handsome, mournfully dapper character begins and ends.
My tenuo...
- 12/19/2011
- by Peter Walker
- The Guardian - Film News
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