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Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born
- How Buffy Staked Our Hearts
- By: Evan Ross Katz
- Narrated by: Evan Ross Katz, Deanna Anthony
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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Explore the history and cultural impact of a groundbreaking television show adored by old and new fans alike: Buffy the Vampire Slayer....
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In no way bad, but precede with caution
- By Teddy on 26-02-23
By: Evan Ross Katz
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The Big Bang Theory
- The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series
- By: Jessica Radloff
- Narrated by: Jessica Radloff, Fleet Cooper, Abhay Ahluwalia, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
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The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the most popular sitcom of the last decade, The Big Bang Theory, packed with all-new, exclusive interviews with the producers and entire cast....
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Loved this
- By Layla36 on 26-04-24
By: Jessica Radloff
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Up Till Now
- The Autobiography
- By: William Shatner, David Fisher
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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After almost sixty years as an actor, William Shatner sits down with listeners and offers the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well, everywhere....
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Shatner in his own voice
- By Vince Marsters on 01-11-18
By: William Shatner, and others
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Coreyography
- By: Corey Feldman
- Narrated by: Corey Feldman
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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A deeply personal and revealing Hollywood-survival story.....
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Heartbreaking
- By chelynnah on 09-06-16
By: Corey Feldman
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As You Wish
- Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
- By: Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Rob Reiner - foreword
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film....
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almost as funny & heartwarming as the film itself
- By emma on 25-10-15
By: Cary Elwes, and others
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Shooting Columbo
- The Lives and Deaths of TV's Rumpled Detective
- By: David Koenig
- Narrated by: Randy Skretvedt
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Columbo was arguably the most popular and most unique television mystery series ever - even though, within two minutes of the titles, the audience already knew the murderer’s identity....
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Brilliant
- By Gavin M. Roberts on 03-02-23
By: David Koenig
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Into Every Generation a Slayer Is Born
- How Buffy Staked Our Hearts
- By: Evan Ross Katz
- Narrated by: Evan Ross Katz, Deanna Anthony
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Explore the history and cultural impact of a groundbreaking television show adored by old and new fans alike: Buffy the Vampire Slayer....
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In no way bad, but precede with caution
- By Teddy on 26-02-23
By: Evan Ross Katz
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The Big Bang Theory
- The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series
- By: Jessica Radloff
- Narrated by: Jessica Radloff, Fleet Cooper, Abhay Ahluwalia, and others
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
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The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the most popular sitcom of the last decade, The Big Bang Theory, packed with all-new, exclusive interviews with the producers and entire cast....
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Loved this
- By Layla36 on 26-04-24
By: Jessica Radloff
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Up Till Now
- The Autobiography
- By: William Shatner, David Fisher
- Narrated by: William Shatner
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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After almost sixty years as an actor, William Shatner sits down with listeners and offers the remarkable, full story of his life and explains how he got to be, well, everywhere....
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Shatner in his own voice
- By Vince Marsters on 01-11-18
By: William Shatner, and others
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Coreyography
- By: Corey Feldman
- Narrated by: Corey Feldman
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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A deeply personal and revealing Hollywood-survival story.....
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Heartbreaking
- By chelynnah on 09-06-16
By: Corey Feldman
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As You Wish
- Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
- By: Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Rob Reiner - foreword
- Narrated by: Cary Elwes, Christopher Guest, Carol Kane, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film....
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almost as funny & heartwarming as the film itself
- By emma on 25-10-15
By: Cary Elwes, and others
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Shooting Columbo
- The Lives and Deaths of TV's Rumpled Detective
- By: David Koenig
- Narrated by: Randy Skretvedt
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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Columbo was arguably the most popular and most unique television mystery series ever - even though, within two minutes of the titles, the audience already knew the murderer’s identity....
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Brilliant
- By Gavin M. Roberts on 03-02-23
By: David Koenig
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Blood, Sweat & Chrome
- The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road
- By: Kyle Buchanan
- Narrated by: Fred Berman, Aspen Vincent, Dan Bittner, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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A full-speed-ahead oral history of the nearly two-decade making of the cultural phenomenon Mad Max: Fury Road....
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Good book - Terrible Accents
- By Mr. J. Filsell on 10-03-22
By: Kyle Buchanan
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And on That Bombshell
- Inside the Madness and Genius of TOP GEAR
- By: Richard Porter
- Narrated by: Richard Porter, Ben Elliot
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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For 13 years, 22 series and 175 shows, Richard Porter was script editor of Top Gear, from the first faltering pilot episode in 2002 until the very last show presented by Jeremy Clarkson.....
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Excellent book
- By Mark on 27-07-16
By: Richard Porter
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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
- How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
- By: Peter Biskind
- Narrated by: Dick Hill
- Length: 23 hrs and 41 mins
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This audiobook follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the 70s - an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll and a climate where innovation reigned supreme....
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Hard Hitting and often Difficult...
- By Colin on 09-11-17
By: Peter Biskind
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Melissa Explains It All
- Tales from My Abnormally Normal Life
- By: Melissa Joan Hart
- Narrated by: Melissa Joan Hart
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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Melissa Joan Hart explained it all—from dating to bullies—in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All....
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I love MJH but..
- By Laura R Parr on 08-01-20
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Women vs Hollywood
- The Fall and Rise of Women in Film
- By: Helen O'Hara
- Narrated by: Helen O'Hara
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
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Hollywood was born just over a century ago, at a time of huge forward motion for women's rights. With no rules in place to stop them, there were women who forged ahead in many areas of filmmaking....
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Go Girls!
- By Nick Ord on 31-01-23
By: Helen O'Hara
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Oscar Wars
- A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
- By: Michael Schulman
- Narrated by: Charlie Thurston
- Length: 21 hrs
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The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries, and the colorful behind-the-scenes drama....
By: Michael Schulman
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Burn It Down
- Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
- By: Maureen Ryan
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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In Burn It Down, veteran reporter Maureen Ryan does just that. She draws on decades of experience to connect the dots and illuminate the deeper forces sustaining Hollywood’s corrosive culture....
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Dreadful
- By Andy on 25-07-23
By: Maureen Ryan
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The Girl
- Marilyn Monroe, the Seven Year Itch, and the Birth of an Unlikely Feminist
- By: Michelle Morgan
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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The Girl details how The Seven Year Itch created Marilyn Monroe as an icon and sent the star on an adventure of self-discovery and transformation into a businesswoman and unlikely feminist whose power is still felt today....
By: Michelle Morgan
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The Office
- The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s: An Oral History
- By: Andy Greene
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Holter Graham, P.J. Ochlan, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The untold stories behind The Office, one of the most iconic television shows of the 21st century, told by its creators, writers, and actors....
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Picture this, it's like a cold open to The Office
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-21
By: Andy Greene
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Cimino
- The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision
- By: Charles Elton
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
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When it was finally released, Heaven's Gate failed so completely with reviewers and at the box office that it put legendary studio United Artists out of business and marked the end of Hollywood's auteur era. Or so the conventional wisdom goes....
By: Charles Elton
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Charlie Chaplin vs. America
- When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
- By: Scott Eyman
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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Bestselling Hollywood biographer and film historian Scott Eyman tells the remarkable story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from the United States during the postwar Red Scare, and how it ruined his film career....
By: Scott Eyman
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Best. Movie. Year. Ever.
- How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
- By: Brian Raftery
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of 1999 - arguably the most groundbreaking year in American cinematic history....
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Fantastic 1990s analysis and nostalgia
- By Amazon Customer on 16-06-19
By: Brian Raftery
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The Compleat Glass Teat
- By: Harlan Ellison
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 24 hrs and 30 mins
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there were only three major television networks. And there was only one Harlan Ellison taking them all to task in a series of weekly essays he wrote for the underground newspaper, the Los Angeles Free Press, a.k.a. “The Freep”....
By: Harlan Ellison
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Welcome to Dunder Mifflin
- The Ultimate Oral History of The Office
- By: Brian Baumgartner, Ben Silverman
- Narrated by: Brian Baumgartner, Ben Silverman, Greg Daniels, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Join the entire Dunder Mifflin gang on a journey back to Scranton: Here's the hilarious inside story of how a little show that barely survived its first season became the most watched series in the universe....
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Great story telling
- By Vix Howard on 14-06-23
By: Brian Baumgartner, and others
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With Love, Mommie Dearest
- The Making of an Unintentional Camp Classic
- By: A. Ashley Hoff, Bruce Vilanch - foreword
- Narrated by: Kim Niemi
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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When she died in 1977, Joan Crawford was remembered as an icon of Hollywood's Golden Age—until publication the following year of her daughter's memoir, Mommie Dearest.
By: A. Ashley Hoff, and others
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This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories
- Turner Classic Movies
- By: Carla Valderrama
- Narrated by: Carla Valderrama
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
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From former screen legends who have faded into obscurity to new revelations about the biggest movie stars, Valderrama unearths the most fascinating little-known tales from the birth of Hollywood through its Golden Age....
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Read by a robot?
- By Amazon Customer on 02-11-23
By: Carla Valderrama
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If Chins Could Kill
- Confessions of a B Movie Actor
- By: Bruce Campbell
- Narrated by: Bruce Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Life is full of choices. Right now, yours is whether or not to buy the autobiography of a mid-grade, kind of hammy actor....
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Groovy: the 2010 edition
- By Katherine on 05-07-15
By: Bruce Campbell
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The Method
- How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
- By: Isaac Butler
- Narrated by: Isaac Butler
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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On stage and screen, we know a great performance when we see it. But how do actors draw from their bodies and minds to turn their selves into art? What is the craft of being an authentic fake? Find out....
By: Isaac Butler
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Down and Dirty Pictures
- Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film
- By: Peter Biskind
- Narrated by: Phil Gigante
- Length: 23 hrs and 30 mins
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Candid, penetrating and controversial, Down and Dirty Pictures is a must-read for anyone interested in the film world....
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Want to know about Indie films? A must listen
- By Duncan on 07-04-13
By: Peter Biskind
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Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli
- The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
- By: Mark Seal
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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The story of how The Godfather was made is as dramatic, operatic, and entertaining as the film itself. Over the years, many versions of various aspects of the movie’s fiery creation have been told - sometimes conflicting, but always compelling....
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The Narrator was excellent, fun, engaging.
- By CHRIS R on 03-12-23
By: Mark Seal
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James Gandolfini
- The Real Life of the Man Who Made Tony Soprano
- By: Dan Bischoff
- Narrated by: John Ventimiglia
- Length: 6 hrs and 5 mins
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James Gandolfini: The Real Life of the Man Who Made Tony Soprano is the first biography of the actor, who died in June 2013 at age 51, widely recognized as one of the best - and most defining - actors of his generation....
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very good biography
- By James lee griffiths on 26-01-18
By: Dan Bischoff
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Reign of Chucky
- The True Hollywood Story of a Not So Good Guy
- By: Dustin McNeill, Travis Mullins
- Narrated by: Kimberly M. Wetherell
- Length: 24 hrs and 47 mins
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From the authors who brought you TAKING SHAPE comes REIGN OF CHUCKY, an exhaustive new look at the cinematic history of everyone’s favorite Good Guy....
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The definitive retrospective on the Child’s Play franchise.
- By HorrorFan76 on 20-01-24
By: Dustin McNeill, and others
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How Star Wars Conquered the Universe
- The Past, Present, and Future of a Multibillion Dollar Franchise
- By: Chris Taylor
- Narrated by: Nick Podehl
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
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In How Star Wars Conquered the Universe, veteran journalist Chris Taylor traces the series from the difficult birth of the original film through its sequels....
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Wow wee......what a ride! & most enjoyable
- By Dean on 18-03-15
By: Chris Taylor
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Taking Shape II
- The Lost Halloween Sequels
- By: Dustin McNeill, Travis Mullins
- Narrated by: Christian Francis
- Length: 21 hrs and 16 mins
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Authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mullins are back to bring you an inside look at 24 lost Halloween sequels you never saw on the big screen! Learn about these fascinating unmade visions direct from their creators, many of whom have never spoken publicly on the subject before....
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Fascinating
- By Videoed Tech Reviews on 09-11-21
By: Dustin McNeill, and others
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Studio Ghibli (4th Edition)
- The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
- By: Colin Odell, Michelle Le Blanc
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The animations of Japan's Studio Ghibli are among the most respected in the movie industry. Their delightful films rank alongside the most popular non-English language films ever made, with each new eagerly anticipated release a guaranteed box-office hit. Yet this highly profitable studio has remained fiercely independent, producing a stream of imaginative and individual animations. The studio's founders, the late Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, have created timeless masterpieces. Although their films are distinctly Japanese, their themes are universal.
By: Colin Odell, and others
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K-Drama School
- A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television
- By: Grace Jung
- Narrated by: Grace Jung
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean television has emerged onto the global pop culture scene as compelling television—but what exactly makes these shows so irresistibly bingeable? And what can we learn about our societies and ourselves from watching them? From stand-up comedian and media studies PhD Grace Jung comes a rollicking deep dive into the cultural significance of Korean television.
By: Grace Jung
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The Last Decade of Cinema
- 25 Films from the Nineties
- By: Scott Ryan
- Narrated by: Scott Ryan, Emily Marinelli
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Go back to the time of VCRs, DVD rentals, and movies that mattered. Turn off your streaming services, put down your phones, delete your Twitter account, and take a look back at the nineties with your Eyes Wide Shut, a White Russian in your hand, and yell “Hasta la vista, baby” to today's meaningless entertainment. Revel in the risk-taking brilliance of Quentin Tarantino, Amy Heckerling, Spike Lee, Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, and others in Scott Ryan's magnum opus, The Last Decade of Cinema.
By: Scott Ryan
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Lucas
- His Hollywood Legacy
- By: Richard Ravalli - Edited by
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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Lucas: His Hollywood Legacy is the first collection to bring a sustained scholarly perspective to the iconic filmmaker and his legacy beyond the Star Wars films. Edited by Richard Ravalli, this volume analyzes Lucas's overall contribution and importance to the film industry, diving deep into his use and development of modern special effects technologies, the history of his Skywalker Ranch production facilities, and more.
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The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing
- Pop Classics
- By: Andrea Warner
- Narrated by: Stephanie Németh Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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In The Time of My Life, celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner excavates the layers of Dirty Dancing, from its anachronistic, chart-topping soundtrack, to Baby and Johnny’s chemistry, to Bergstein’s political intentions, to the abortion subplot that is more relevant today than ever. The film’s remarkable longevity would never have been possible if it was just a throwaway summer fling story. It is precisely because of its themes—deeply feminist, sensitively written—that we, over 30 years later, are still holding our breath during that last, exhilarating lift.
By: Andrea Warner
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Apocalypse Television
- How the Day After Helped End the Cold War
- By: David Craig, Robert Iger - foreword
- Narrated by: Kim Niemi
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Apocalypse Television features a dramatic insider's account of the making of and backlash against The Day After. No other book has told this story in similar fashion, venturing behind-the-scenes of the programming and news divisions at ABC, the backlash from the conservative movement and Religious Right, the challenges encountered by the film's production team, and the experiences of the citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, where the film was set and shot.
By: David Craig, and others
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Studio Ghibli (4th Edition)
- The Films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata
- By: Colin Odell, Michelle Le Blanc
- Narrated by: Abigail Reno
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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The animations of Japan's Studio Ghibli are among the most respected in the movie industry. Their delightful films rank alongside the most popular non-English language films ever made, with each new eagerly anticipated release a guaranteed box-office hit. Yet this highly profitable studio has remained fiercely independent, producing a stream of imaginative and individual animations. The studio's founders, the late Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki, have created timeless masterpieces. Although their films are distinctly Japanese, their themes are universal.
By: Colin Odell, and others
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K-Drama School
- A Pop Culture Inquiry into Why We Love Korean Television
- By: Grace Jung
- Narrated by: Grace Jung
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
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From the Emmy Award-winning Squid Game to streaming sensations like The Glory and Crash Landing on You, Korean television has emerged onto the global pop culture scene as compelling television—but what exactly makes these shows so irresistibly bingeable? And what can we learn about our societies and ourselves from watching them? From stand-up comedian and media studies PhD Grace Jung comes a rollicking deep dive into the cultural significance of Korean television.
By: Grace Jung
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The Last Decade of Cinema
- 25 Films from the Nineties
- By: Scott Ryan
- Narrated by: Scott Ryan, Emily Marinelli
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Go back to the time of VCRs, DVD rentals, and movies that mattered. Turn off your streaming services, put down your phones, delete your Twitter account, and take a look back at the nineties with your Eyes Wide Shut, a White Russian in your hand, and yell “Hasta la vista, baby” to today's meaningless entertainment. Revel in the risk-taking brilliance of Quentin Tarantino, Amy Heckerling, Spike Lee, Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, and others in Scott Ryan's magnum opus, The Last Decade of Cinema.
By: Scott Ryan
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Lucas
- His Hollywood Legacy
- By: Richard Ravalli - Edited by
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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Lucas: His Hollywood Legacy is the first collection to bring a sustained scholarly perspective to the iconic filmmaker and his legacy beyond the Star Wars films. Edited by Richard Ravalli, this volume analyzes Lucas's overall contribution and importance to the film industry, diving deep into his use and development of modern special effects technologies, the history of his Skywalker Ranch production facilities, and more.
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The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing
- Pop Classics
- By: Andrea Warner
- Narrated by: Stephanie Németh Parker
- Length: 3 hrs and 31 mins
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In The Time of My Life, celebrated music journalist Andrea Warner excavates the layers of Dirty Dancing, from its anachronistic, chart-topping soundtrack, to Baby and Johnny’s chemistry, to Bergstein’s political intentions, to the abortion subplot that is more relevant today than ever. The film’s remarkable longevity would never have been possible if it was just a throwaway summer fling story. It is precisely because of its themes—deeply feminist, sensitively written—that we, over 30 years later, are still holding our breath during that last, exhilarating lift.
By: Andrea Warner
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Apocalypse Television
- How the Day After Helped End the Cold War
- By: David Craig, Robert Iger - foreword
- Narrated by: Kim Niemi
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Apocalypse Television features a dramatic insider's account of the making of and backlash against The Day After. No other book has told this story in similar fashion, venturing behind-the-scenes of the programming and news divisions at ABC, the backlash from the conservative movement and Religious Right, the challenges encountered by the film's production team, and the experiences of the citizens of Lawrence, Kansas, where the film was set and shot.
By: David Craig, and others
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From the Moment They Met It Was Murder
- Double Indemnity and the Rise of Film Noir
- By: Alain Silver, James Ursini
- Narrated by: Richard Poe
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The behind-the-scenes story of the quintessential film noir and cult classic, Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity—its true crime origins and crucial impact on film history—is told for the first time in this riveting narrative published for the film's 80th anniversary. Authors Alain Silver and James Ursini tell the complete history of Double Indemnity in their latest and most provocative work on film noir: From the Moment They Met It Was Murder.
By: Alain Silver, and others
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The Blues Brothers
- An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
- By: Daniel de Visé
- Narrated by: Johnny Heller
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The Blues Brothers hit theatres on June 20, 1980. Their scripted mission was to save a local Chicago orphanage; but Aykroyd, who conceived and wrote much of the film, had a greater mission: to honour the then-seemingly forgotten tradition of rhythm and blues, some of whose greatest artists.
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Meagre
- By S E Darrington on 14-04-24
By: Daniel de Visé
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Wrapped in Plastic: Twin Peaks
- By: Andy Burns
- Narrated by: Marcus Zarco
- Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Damn good coffee, cherry pie, and the “big bang of auteur television”―why Twin Peaks deserves to be a pop culture classic In 1990, avant garde filmmaker David Lynch (Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet) and acclaimed television writer Mark Frost (Hill Street Blues) teamed up to create a television show that would redefine what the medium could achieve in a one-hour drama.
By: Andy Burns
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Harlan Ellison's Watching
- Essays and Criticism
- By: Harlan Ellison
- Narrated by: Luis Moreno
- Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins
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Everyone’s a critic, especially in the digital age—but no one takes on the movies like multiple award-winning author Harlan Ellison. Renowned both for fiction (A Boy and His Dog) and pop-culture commentary (The Glass Teat), Ellison offers in this collection twenty-five years’ worth of essays and film criticism.
By: Harlan Ellison
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Monsters on Maple Street
- The Twilight Zone and the Postwar American Dream
- By: David J. Brokaw
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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The media of the 1950s and 1960s promoted an idealized version of American life sustained by the nuclear family and bolstered by a booming consumer economy. The seemingly wholesome and simple lifestyles portrayed on television screens, however, belied a torrent of social, economic, and political struggles occurring at the time. By the late 1950s, television writers were increasingly constrained to distract audiences from confronting counternarratives to the Dream.
By: David J. Brokaw
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Cloverfield
- Creatures and Catastrophes in Post-9/11 Cinema
- By: Steffen Hantke
- Narrated by: Phil Thron
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
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Upon its release in 2008, Matt Reeves's Cloverfield revitalized the giant creature, a cinematic trope that had languished for over a decade. The film addressed the attacks of September 11, 2001, trading the jingoistic rhetoric of retributive military aggression for serious engagement with personal and collective trauma. It applied the horror genre's fascination with personal stories captured by found footage to the grand violence of history. Innovative and intense, Cloverfield represented blockbuster filmmaking at its best.
By: Steffen Hantke
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Inside Gilligan's Island
- From Creation to Syndication
- By: Sherwood Schwartz
- Narrated by: Mike Hennessy
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
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While every new TV series has to face some problems, no show had to overcome greater obstacles than Gilligan's Island. In spite of that, no series has achieved greater success, as measured by the fact that Gilligan's Island has given rise to three TV movies, two animated series, and is the most rerun program in the entire history of television.
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Witty, enlightening and entertaining
- By Fred Jones on 08-04-24
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A Good Bad Boy
- Luke Perry and How a Generation Grew Up
- By: Margaret Wappler
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, George Newbern, Margaret Wappler
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
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Best known for playing loner rebel Dylan McKay in Beverly Hills 90210, Luke Perry was fifty-two years old when he died of a stroke in 2019. There have been other deaths of 90’s stars, but this one hit different. Gen X was reminded of their own inescapable mortality, and robbed of an exciting career resurgence for one of their most cherished icons—with recent roles in the hit series Riverdale and Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time In Hollywood bringing him renewed attention and acclaim.
By: Margaret Wappler
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Cocktails with George and Martha
- Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- By: Philip Gefter
- Narrated by: Alexa Morden
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural lightning rod. The play transpires over one long, boozy night, laying bare the lies, compromises, and scalding love that have sustained a middle-aged couple through decades of marriage. It scandalized critics but magnetized audiences. Across 644 sold-out Broadway performances, the drama demolished the wall between what could and couldn’t be said on the American stage and marked a definitive end to the I Love Lucy 1950s.
By: Philip Gefter
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Adaptations of Dune
- Frank Herbert's Story on Screen
- By: Kara Kennedy
- Narrated by: Kara Kennedy
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Considered by many to be unadaptable due to its length and complexity, Frank Herbert’s science fiction epic Dune has made it to the screen about every two decades.
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Well researched content marred by recording quality.
- By Phil on 16-02-24
By: Kara Kennedy
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Ride Lonesome
- By: Kirk Ellis
- Narrated by: Justin Price
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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Ride Lonesome, the fifth film in the "Ranown cycle," is both the best and most representative of the whole series, which has been called "the most remarkable convergence of artistic achievement in the history of low-budget moviemaking." Director Bud Boetticher captures the alienation and loneliness of an America faced with the Cold War and the daily threat of nuclear annihilation. Shot in seventeen days for under a half-million dollars, Ride Lonesome is a masterpiece of cinematic minimalism.
By: Kirk Ellis
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The Mafia in Hollywood
- Stories from Pre-Code to Deep Throat
- By: Douglas Hess, Wayne Clingman
- Narrated by: John Campagna
- Length: 2 hrs and 26 mins
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Wayne Clingman and Douglas Hess explore the seedy relationship between the Mafia and Hollywood, beginning with the Pre-code era up through the filming of Deep Throat and beyond. Clingman and Hess unearth stories about notorious personages like Abner Zwillman, Gus Greenbaum, and Al Capone, and reveal the effect they had on movie-making, both by reputation and by direct interactions.
By: Douglas Hess, and others