Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and her grandfather, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy.

A guide to must-see movies. It discusses about their conception and development, and even about the famous pieces of memorabilia associated with them.

The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill? It's up to Victor Tugelbend ( Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little. ) and Theda Withel ( I come from a little town you've probably never heard of ) to find out.

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A film reference which includes entries on - directors, producers, stars, screenwriters, and cinematographers; styles, genres, and schools of filmmaking; motion picture studios and film centers; film-related organizations and events; industry jargon and technical terms; and, inventions, inventors, and equipment.

Five hundred years in the future, Captain Mal Reynolds and the crew of the transport-for-hire ship Serenity take on two new passengers and soon find themselves in a crossfire between an invincible military force and cannibalistic savages.

Based on hundreds of interviews with directors such as Coppola, Scorsese, Hopper and Spielberg, as well as producers, stars, studio executives, writers, spouses, ex-spouses, and girlfriends, this is the story of the crazy world that the directors ruled.

Reissue of the legendary underground classic of Hollywood's darkest and best kept secrets!

From the writer of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid , All the President's Men and Marathon Man , Oscar-winning screen writer William Goldman presents his memories and views of movie-making, and of acting greats such as Redford, Olivier, Newman and Hoffman.

This is the story of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two strikingly different sisters. Forced to move to a cottage in Devonshire after their father's death, the sisters both fall in love with men whom they discover are not what they seem.

A hilarious condensing of ten of the biggest movies of all time

It was an unconventional deal: Jesse could leave school, sleep all day, not work - but he had to watch three films a week of his father's choosing. The films get them talking - about girls, music, work, drugs, money, love, friendship. This is the story of one man's attempt to chart a course for his beloved son's rocky passage into adulthood.

The BBC's lavish adaptation of Pride and Prejudice , starring Colin Firth, was eighteen months in the making and continues to captivate audiences. This title contains colour photographs, interviews and illustrations. It follows a typical day's filming, including the wholesale transformation of Lacock village into Jane Austen's Meryton.

Richard Gilman referred to How to Read a Film as simply the best single work of its kind. And Janet Maslin in The New York Times Book Review marveled at James Monaco's ability to collect an enormous amount of useful information and assemble it in an exhilaratingly simple and systematic way. Indeed, since its original publication in 1977, this hugely popular book has become the definitive ...

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The official tie-in to The Return of the King, in which actor Andy Serkis relates how he and the team of animators brought Tolkien's character Gollum to life.

From America's most trusted and best-known film critic, one hundred brilliant essays on the films that define for him cinematic greatness.

To tie-in with new STAR WARS film, THE PHANTOM MENACE, on release in the UK on 16th July (May 21 in US).

An introduction to the analysis of cinema. This work provides an introduction to the fundamentals of serious film study, followed by the chapters on Film Genres. It is supported by a text-specific Tutorial CD-ROM with video clips.