by Mark Kermode
Manchester Evening News newspaper (i), (ii)
Mancunion newspaper (i), (ii), (iii)
Mary Poppins (1964) (i), (ii), (iii)
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Milford Haven (radio, 1993–4) (i)
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Milstead, Harris Glenn see Divine
Minnelli, Liza (i), (ii)
Mirren, Helen (i), (ii), (iii)
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Monroe, Marilyn (i)
Monsters vs Aliens 3-D (2007) (ii)
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Munich (2005) (i)
My Bloody Valentine 3-D (2009) (ii)
Nagle, Ron (i)
Nance, Jack aka John (i), (ii)
Natural Born Killers (1994) (i)
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Never Too Young to Rock (1975) (i)
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Night Rhythms (1992) (i)
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007) (i)
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Plan 9 From Outer Space (1957) (i), (ii)
Planet of the Apes (1967) (i), (ii), (iii)
Planet of the Apes (2001) (i)
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Play Misty For Me (1971) (i)
Polecats (i), (ii), (iii)
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Pollard, Michael J. (i), (ii)
Powell, Don (i), (ii), (iii)
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Strictly Ballroom (1992) (i)
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This is Spinal Tap (1983) (i)
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Time Out Film Guide (book) (i), (ii)
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Towering Inferno, The (1974) (i)
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Part II (i)
Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (i)
Toy Story 3-D (2009) (ii)
Tracking Down Maggie (1994) (i)
Trainspotting (1995) (i), (ii)
Transformers (2007) (i)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) (i)
Trauma (2004) (i)
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Troma (i), (ii)
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What Have You Done to Solange? (1971) (i)
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Wicker Man, The (1973) (i)
Wild Horse Hank (1979) (i), (ii) Williams, Linda Ruth (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), (xi), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvi), (xvii) (xviii)
Williams, Robin (i)
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Witchery aka Witchcraft aka Ghosthouse (i) (1988) (ii), (iii)
Witch Who Came From the Sea, The (1975) (i)
With Great Pleasure (episode: ‘Mark Kermode’, radio, 2008) (i)
Withnail & I (1986) (i), (ii)
Women Against Pornography (i)
Wood Jr, Edward D. (i), (ii), (iii)
Woods, James (i)
Worman, Tim see Polecat, Tim
Wreckless Eric (i)
WrestleMania (TV pay-per-view/ series, 1985–) (i), (ii)
Wyndham, John (i)
Yachts (i)
Year One (2009) (i)
Young Frankenstein (1974) (i)
Zuev, Victor (i), (ii)
Table of Contents
It’s Only a Movie
Table of Contents
PROLOGUE
Chapter 1 ‘COME AWAY, OH HUMAN CHILD …’
Chapter 2 BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY LIFE
Chapter 3 ‘COME BACK TO CAMDEN’
Chapter 4 CALIFORNIA ÜBER ALLES
Chapter 5 BAD MUTHA RUSSIA
Chapter 6 RADIO RADIO
Chapter 7 NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL QUITE FUNNY
Chapter 8 I SHOT WERNER HERZOG
EPILOGUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX