Beyond the Marquee readers are no strangers to some of our past reviews of the amazing and incredibly detailed books written and produced by author Rich Handley. From Planet of the Apes, Doctor Who and Back to the Future, his meticulous publications are always packed full of juicy trivia, nostalgia, amazing facts, intricate time-lines and more. […]
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Hasslein Books Publishes the Watchmen Timeline!
Book Review: BATMAN: Facts and Stats From The Classic TV Show (Titan Books)
Atomic batteries to power, turbines to…..well I’m sure you know the rest. No? Then perhaps you’ll need to pick up the new release from Titan Books, BATMAN: Facts and Stats From The Classic TV Show. As I thumbed though the book, the red phone in my study beeped. When I answered, it was not Commissioner […]
[BOOK REVIEW] Star Trek: 50 Years, 50 Artists
I don’t know what I was looking for in Titan Book’s latest multi-artist tribute to 50 years of Star Trek, but as a longtime and rabid fan, this was almost it…with some minor quibbles. The book was a bit like ordering an expensive meal at a lovely restaurant and receiving instead a very tasty salad […]
FREE STUFF FRIDAY: Win an Autographed Copy of Caseen Gaine’s Book; ‘We Don’t Need Roads: The Making of the BACK TO THE FUTURE Trilogy’
With next week being the on-screen 30th Anniversary of when Doc & Marty arrive in the year 2015, (from the hit 1989 sequel ‘Back to the Future part II“), we’re kicking off this weekend with a Back to the Future themed giveaway! Our good pal author Caseen Gaines has given Beyond the Marquee, not one, […]
Beyond the Marquee: The Web-Series (Episode 72) – THE BACK TO THE FUTURE ALMANAC
On this episode of Beyond the Marquee the Web-series, Host Jon Donahue sits down with Author and Archivist Rob Klein to talk about his exciting new book the “Back to the Future Almanac”. Also joining in on the fun is special guest Bob Gale, co-creator/producer/writer of the Back to the Future Trilogy who discusses his involvement […]
Hollywood’s Crystal Ball – Predicting the Future of Technology in Movies
The argument could easily be made that some of the most creative and innovative thinkers are sci-fi writers and filmmakers. In the recesses of their minds are some of the most interesting, farfetched, and technologically advanced ideas. Think of books like 2001: A Space Odyssey, or films like Star Wars or Star Trek – the […]
We Explore the Illustrated Motion Picture Posters within THE ART OF JOHN ALVIN (Book Review)
Among the movie poster legends of the last century, artists such as Bill Gold, Drew Struzan, Tom Jung, Saul Bass, Bob Peak and Reynold Brown have all helped in some way to create movie posters that have endured for decades and have gone just beyond a movie marketing campaign, but have become memorable pieces of motion […]