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  • It's Only a Movie

    Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive

    by Mark Kermode ...
    In It's Only a Movie, the incomparable Mark Kermode takes us into the weird world of a life lived in widescreen. Join him as he gets lost in Russia on the trail of a low-budget horror flick, gasp as he's shot at in Hollywood while interviewing Bavarian director Werner Herzog, cheer as he gets thrown out of the Cannes film festival for heckling in very bad French, and cringe as he's handbagged by ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Hatchet Job

    Love Movies, Hate Critics

    by Mark Kermode ...
    The finest film critic in Britain at the absolute top of his form' Stephen Fry'Entertainingly incendiary stuff' EmpireA hatchet job isn't just a bad review, it's a total trashing. Mark Kermode is famous for them - Pirates of the Caribbean, Sex and the City 2, the complete works of Michael Bay.Beginning with his favourite hatchet job ever, Mark tells us about the best bad reviews in history, why ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex

    by Mark Kermode ...
    If blockbusters make money no matter how bad they are, then why not make a good one for a change?How can 3-D be the future of cinema when it's been giving audiences a headache for over a hundred years?Why pay to watch films in cinemas that don't have a projectionist but do have a fast-food stand?And, in a world where Sex and the City 2 was a hit, what are film critics even for?Outspoken, ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • How Does It Feel?

    A Life of Musical Misadventures

    by Mark Kermode ...
    'Wonderful - such a terrific read. Brilliantly captures the passion, commitment, searing self-knowledge and dizzy happiness that comes with loving music. An enchanting book' STEPHEN FRY***Following a formative encounter with the British pop movie Slade in Flame in 1975, Mark Kermode decided that musical superstardom was totally attainable. And so, armed with a homemade electric guitar and very ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • The Movie Doctors

    The surgery is now open . . .For over a decade, Simon Mayo and Mark Kermode have been sharing their film expertise with each other (and occasionally the odd listener) on the airwaves. Now they are donning their surgical scrubs and bringing their unique blend of deep movie knowledge and medical ignorance to their new guise as the Movie Doctors. Mayo and Kermode are armed and ready to offer ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Exorcist

    by Mark Kermode ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    Inspired by an alleged real case of demonic possession in 1949, The Exorcist became an international phenomenon on its release in 1973. A blockbusting adaptation of a best-selling novel, it was praised as 'deeply spiritual' by some sections of the Catholic Church while being picketed by the Festival of Light and branded 'Satanic' by the evangelist Billy Graham. Banned on video in the UK for nearly ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • The Shawshank Redemption

    by Mark Kermode ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    How did a low-key prison drama which was considered a box-office flop on its original release become one of the most popular movies of all time?Mark Kermode traces the history of this unexpected audience favourite, from its source in Stephen King's novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, through the icy corridors of Ohio's Mansfield Reformatory (whose imposing gothic architecture dominates ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • The Shawshank Redemption

    by Mark Kermode ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics
    How did a low-key prison movie which was considered a box-office flop on its original release become one of the most popular movies of all time? Mark Kermode traces the history of this unexpected audience favourite from the pages of Stephen King's novella 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption', through the icy corridors of Ohio's Mansfield Reformatory (whose imposing gothic architecture ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Mark Kermode's Surround Sound

    The Stories of Movie Music

    by Mark Kermode ...
    'Reveals the stories and the people behind your favourite film scores' – Nick de Semlyen, editor of Empire‘Brims with enthusiasm and joyful insight’ – Richard AyoadeHow can a film score make you cheer, shiver, cry or punch the air? How do directors communicate their musical vision to composers? And when does a soundtrack take on a life of its own?Award-winning film critic Mark Kermode and radio ... Read more

    $14.39 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Mark Kermode's Surround Sound

    The Stories of Movie Music

    by Mark Kermode ...
    Narrated by Mark Kermode ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    **This audiobook is read by the author and includes an exclusive Q&A between Mark Kermode and Jenny Nelson'Brims with enthusiasm and joyful insight'** – Richard AyoadeHow can a film score make you cheer, shiver, cry or punch the air?How do directors communicate their musical vision to composers?And when does a soundtrack take on a life of its own?Award-winning film critic Mark Kermode and radio ... Read more

    $27.65 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Hatchet Job

    by Mark Kermode ...
    Narrated by Mark Kermode ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 54 min

    A wry, robust and developed defence of accountable critical voices' 4 stars, Total FilmFor decades, the backbone of film criticism has been the hatchet job – the entertaining trashing of a film by professional reviewers, seen by many as cynical snobs. But with the arrival of the internet, have the critics finally fallen under the axe? With movie posters now just as likely to be adorned by Twitter ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Exorcist

    by Mark Kermode ...
    Narrated by Mark Kermode ...
    Series series BFI Film Classics

    Unabridged

    2 hours 48 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Exorcist written and read by Mark Kermode.Inspired by an alleged real case of demonic possession in 1949, The Exorcist became an international phenomenon on its release in 1973. A blockbusting adaptation of a best-selling novel, it was praised as ‘deeply spiritual’ by some sections of the Catholic Church while being picketed by the Festival of Light and branded ‘Satanic’ by ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD