The Movie Doctors
Published on 2. June 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-78211-664-6 (ISBN)
Description
Whatever your ailment, the nation's best-loved film experts have the perfect cinematic prescription for you, whether it's a course of the Coens or a dose of Die Hard. And they're ready to cure the movies to, taking their scalpels to bloated blockbusters and warning of the ill effects of overpraise.
Where medical ignorance and movie expertise meet - the surgery of Doctors Kermode and Mayo is now open.
Where medical ignorance and movie expertise meet - the surgery of Doctors Kermode and Mayo is now open.
Reviews / Votes
The best double act in the movies * * Observer * * The hosts of the BBC's flagship film show summon up their knowledge to provide entertaining and informative film-watching tips * * Heat * * If you're feeling low let the Movie Doctors prescribe trivia, from deciding how long blockbusters should be to the horrors of taking kids to the flicks * * Independent * * A thumping good film book * * Den of Geek! * * If you want to treat the film fan in your life - or just treat yourself - The Movie Doctors is the place to go . . . The book delights in the kind of movie trivia and outlandish anecdotes that every film buff can enjoy . . . as addictive as ever * * Reader's Digest * * Impressive . . . anyone can happily dip in and find something of interest . . . cast[s] an intellectual eye over a popular art * * The List * * It's a list-maker's dream . . . Lavish illustrations and bountiful in-jokes * * Irish Examiner * * An easy, fun read yet informative * * People's Movies * * You'll love this! A blend of trivia, forthright opinions and useful advice on films to watch for all occasions. If you're looking for a present for anyone with an interest in cinema who appreciates a laugh, then this is what the doctor ordered * * Cinema Technology magazine * *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
Integrated b&w images
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
270 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78211-664-6 (9781782116646)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
SIMON MAYO is one of Britain's best-loved radio presenters. He has worked on BBC radio since 1982 and is the presenter of Drivetime on BBC Radio 2, which features the regular Radio 2 Book Club. He is also the co-presenter of Kermode and Mayo's Film Review on BBC Radio 5 Live. He is the author of three successful children's books, Itch, Itch Rocks and Itchcraft, as well as a number of books based on his radio series.
MARK KERMODE is the UK's most trusted film critic. He writes for the Observer, and is the resident film reviewer of BBC Radio 5 Live's Sony award-winning Kermode and Mayo's Film Review. He has written several books on cinema including It's Only a Movie, The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex and Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics. He plays double-bass in The Dodge Brothers.
MARK KERMODE is the UK's most trusted film critic. He writes for the Observer, and is the resident film reviewer of BBC Radio 5 Live's Sony award-winning Kermode and Mayo's Film Review. He has written several books on cinema including It's Only a Movie, The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex and Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics. He plays double-bass in The Dodge Brothers.