by Dave Bradley | Sep 2, 2019 | Books, Reviews
JP Delaney (Hachette Australia) 2019, 435pp, RRP $32.99 (paperback) The pseudonymous Delaney’s next trick after The Girl Before and Believe Me is another twisty psychological thriller, albeit one with lots of thorny themes surrounding the concept of AI (Artificial...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 29, 2014 | Books, Reviews
C. Scott Combs (Footprint/Columbia University Press) 2014, 276pp, RRP $129.00 Combs’ academic work attempts to get to grips with the whole slippery notion of death and its representations in cinema but, despite a cover that suggests he’ll be tackling films like ,...
by Dave Bradley | Jul 31, 2014 | Books, Reviews
Howard Hughes (Footprint Books), 2014, 291pp. RRP $36.95 The amusingly-named Hughes’ latest contribution to the ‘Filmgoers’ Guide’ series treads familiar, even fanboy-ish ground, and yet there’s much here that’s informative and witty, and he also digs up trivia that...