Brian J. Robb

Keanu Reeves combination of authority, forthrightness, and sexy good looks has made him one of the most popular and bankable modern stars. In this revised and updated biography, Brian J. Robb explores Reeves on- and offscreen, including his rock n roll career with the band Dog Star, and the twin tragedies that took the lives of his unborn daughter and his former partner Jennifer Syme. This new edition contains 130 photographs and a 48-page coverage of The Matrix and its sequel including location reports, plot previews, and a glimpse of the trilogys breathtaking climax.

Philip K. Dick, the visionary author behind Blade Runner, is the most adapted science fiction writer in cinema history. Though he struggled to make a living during his lifetime, his work has since served as a deep seam of ideas to be mined by filmmakers such as Ridley Scott, Paul Verhoeven, Steven Speilberg, John Woo and Richard Linklater, resulting in some of the most successful and influential SF movies of all time. For the still-unequalled future world of Blade Runner to the mind-bending A Scanner Darkly, via the blockbusting action/adventure of Total Recall, Paycheck and Minority Report not to mention the debt of gratitude films like The Matrix and The Truman Show owe to his work the legacy of Philip K. Dick has revolutionised Hollywood.Illustrated with rare photos, Counterfeit Worlds is the first book to trace the history of Philip K. Dick screen adaptations, both in cinema and on television.

This critical history of Doctor Who covers the series 60 years, from the creation of the show to its triumph as Britains number one TV drama.Opening with an in-depth account of the creation of the series within the BBC of the early 1960s, each decade of the show is tackled through a unique political and pop cultural historical viewpoint, exploring the links between contemporary Britain and the stories Doctor Who told, and how such links kept the show popular with a mass television audience.Timeless Adventures reveals how Doctor Who is at its strongest when it reflects the political and cultural concerns of a mass British audience (the 1960s, 1970s and 21st Century), and at its weakest when catering to a narrow fan-based audience (as in the 1980s). The book also addresses the cancellation of the show in the late 1980s (following the series becoming increasing self-obsessed) and the ways in which a narrowly-focused dedicated fandom contributed to the shows demise and yet was also instrumental in its regeneration for the 21st Century under Russell T. Davies, and analyses the new series to reveal what has made it so popular, reflecting real world issues like consumerism and dieting.

Un análisis riguroso de la carrera del actor, así como una cuidadosa selección de los personajes que éste ha interpretado y de las películas que ha protagonizado.Superada ya la barrera de los cuarenta y con veinte años de carrera cinematografica a sus espaldas, el protagonista de la nueva pelicula Piratas del Caribe: el cofre del hombre muerto ha dejado atras su imagen de adolescente conflictivo para convertirse en la pareja de la cantante francesa Vanessa Paradis y en padre de dos niños. Johnny Depp: un rebelde moderno nos presenta a un joven complejo y atormentado, que vivio una infancia atribulada seguida de una discola adolescencia, marcada por las drogas. El libro contiene infinidad de detalles sobre sus rebeldias, sus jugueteos romanticos, sus numerosas y volatiles relaciones amorosas, incluyendo la aventura que tuvo con la actriz Winona Ryder o con la supermodelo Kate Moss.

DO SUPER-HOMEM AOS VINGADORES, A EVOLUCAO DAS LENDAS DOS QUADRINHOS.A primeira aparicao do Super-Homem em 1938 foi um momento sismico na cultura pop mundial. Desde entao, centenas de super-herois foram criados, desconstruidos e reinventados para novas geracoes de fas de revistas em quadrinhos, especialmente os icones da DC, Batman e Mulher-Maravilha, e os X-Men e Vingadores, do Universo Marvel.Voce sabia que o Capitao America surgiu socando Adolph Hitler em sua revista de estreia? Que varios elementos da mitologia do Super-Homem, como a kriptonita seu ponto fraco e o amigo Jimmy Olsen, vieram do seriado de radio e so depois foram incorporados aos gibis? Que a famosa minisserie Guerras Secretas, da Marvel, foi criada por encomenda para lancar uma linha de brinquedos e que foi publicada no Brasil completamente adulterada e mutilada? Esses e outros segredos guardados a sete chaves pelos personagens das HQs estao em A Identidade Secreta dos Super-Herois. Nesta ampla e fascinante exploracao do fenomeno dos herois dos quadrinhos, Brian J. Robb mapeia a ascensao dos super-herois americanos, do auge inicial na era da Grande Depressao em gibis descartaveis ao renascimento brilhante nos blockbusters mais populares do cinema do seculo XXI.