Tim Partridge

My latest video!: A 29 minute look at the great visuals of Top Gun (1986), from the cinematography to how they filmed those planes & the VFX. It also looks at the style of the early films and scripted work of director Tony Scott. www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Qr...

Even even more King Kong comic books. Read more in my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON -- REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, available now

BOND'S TEST MATCH as I talk to BBC NEWS about the viability of the rumoured James Bond candidates, what the role and screen tests need, and who it could or should be... youtu.be/wVZpN3OJpyI?... #NewJamesBond #JamesBond #AmazonMGMStudios

This is one of four 9" x 12" pieces that will be part of a blind auction for charity. Coming up this week. (In a blind auction, you won't know what others are bidding. You bid what the piece is worth to you) Three DWs and one Chip n Dale piece.

This bullet catcher is on the main BBC NEWS channel from 0840 chatting about the purported screen tests which may finally have narrowed down the contenders for Commander Bond's 007th reign. #BBC #BBCNewsChannel #BBCNews #NewJamesBond

More King Kong comic books. Read more in my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON -- REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, available now

King Kong co-director Merian C. Cooper was born on this day in 1893. For absolutely all things King Kong, covering Cooper's full contributions to the cinematic legend, check out @raymorton1.bsky.social's book www.bloomsbury.com/us/king-kong... Ray is also one of the best film people to follow.

Crumbs! It's the 40th anniversary of TV Cartoons "When the Wind Blows"––here's my epic article now playing at Cartoon Brew celebrating four decades of Jim and Hilda Bloggs' animated thermonuclear heartbreak. ❤️🌍🚀🤯😵‍💫🫠❤️‍🩹 www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...

Somehow I ended up watching bits of hidden camera prank show, Beadle's About, from the late 1980s & early '90s. Pranks filmed on 16mm (camera reloads every 11 minutes)! The directors must have been so skilled. Two way mirrors, blocking rehearsals & pick ups galore. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Rgz...

I ended up here researching my latest video…

Drop some COMPUTERS 🖥️ 🖤💻

They're both obviously very different situations, but it's somewhat amusing to me that a DC superhero sequel is being completed by a director who is a massive fan of Richard Lester.

Going to see the new Street Fighter Movie this weekend? Probably a good time to look back (in super detail) at the development, production and end result of the Jean Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia version, from 1994. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXKb...

Going to see the new Street Fighter Movie this weekend? Probably a good time to look back (in super detail) at the development, production and end result of the Jean Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia version, from 1994. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXKb...

John Berkey's original artwork of Kong 76 climbing the World Trade Center. There was no retouching on this one -- my all-time favorite piece of Kong artwork. Read more in my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON -- REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, available now

Great to see/hear (on YouTube or audio only) @markoconnell.bsky.social on this excellent podcast. He elaborates on his richly informative and fabulous new James Bond 007 related book:

This is such a good BOND, QUEER BOND chat!

When the Warner Bros. logo absolutely peaked. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ypie...

In addition to her great performances, Eva Marie Saint's name was lovingly referenced in Gremlins 2, as New York's "The Cathedral of St. Eva Marie". The location, of course, doesn't exist, and was a composite of matte paintings and LA location/studio backlot work.

RIP composer George Fenton. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... He made so much great music across his career, but this might be my personal favourite of his tunes:

40 years ago today, Top Gun was released in UK cinemas! For those who didn't catch my deep-dive into the striking visual look that Tony Scott gave the film, and the state of the art tech used to realise it, both above and below the clouds:

What a fun poster. I have fond memories of those needlessly enormous North American clamshell VHS cases.

In relation to my next video, I have been listening a lot to Chaka Khan's I Feel For You album, from 1984. It is one of the best and probably one of the most influential albums of the 1980s. New York electro soul, hip-hop & freestyle sounds put into pop. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIei...

Very sad to read this. I wanted to speak to John Grover for my new video. He was an incredibly skilled editor & ludicrously underused. Labyrinth & Lifeforce both benefit so much from the pacy rhythms of a 007 editor, rather than the ponderous style associated with the fantasy genre of that time.

Three Days of The Condor (1975) GoldenEye (1995) The scene of innocent office workers being mowed down in the former feels to me like a strong inspiration for the scene in the latter. Both have a surviving main character on break & lots of effective close ups of guns firing.

Tim Burton's memory of fan behaviour at a sneak peak of Superman in 1978 (from Cinefex):

For the filmmaking nerds: I appreciate how Gizmo (but not the bag) is made to look like he's been shot at a frame number lower than 24fps.

Director Renny (Die Hard 2, Cliffhanger) Harlin now has a podcast on youtube: www.youtube.com/@HarlinHouse

Trying to comprehend all of this without my brain exploding inside out... variety.com/2026/tv/news...

NEW VIDEO - My latest Retrospective/Review on The Neverending Story II is now live on YouTube! youtu.be/QHjWW6PF9oY

It's #BatmanDay Another opportunity to plug this, for anyone who wants to know far too much about Batman Forever and why exactly it is what it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xA4...

Darkwing Duck Episode: Clash Reunion (1992) Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993)

RIP producer Jeremy Thomas, 77. Credits include The Last Emperor, Only Lovers Left Alive, Dom Hemingway, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, The Shout, Bad Timing, The Good Boy, 13 Assassins (2010), The Dreamers, Young Adam, High-Rise, A Dangerous Method, Crash (1996), Little Buddha, Sexy Beast, and more.

A collection of posters from GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE (2024) Read more in my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON -- REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, available now

A selection of posters for KONG: SKULL ISLAND (2017) Read more in my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON -- REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, available now

I believe the opening title sequence of Out of Africa (1985) was the first non-genre/special effects movie that Industrial Light and Magic worked on. A miniature train was filmed against a bluescreen and composited over background plates of Kenya (that look like stills).

More KK 2005 posters Read more in my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON -- REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, available now

More posters for KK 2005. Read more in my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON -- REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, available now

Holiday on the Buses (1973) Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987) Both of these scenes were filmed at Elstree Studios, in the exact same area outside of (the now demolished) Stage 5, which was dressed to look like both a suburban London bus station and the bottom of a Metropolis Skyscraper.

There were many posters for Peter Jackson's 2005 KING KONG. This is my favorite. Read more in my book KING KONG: THE HISTORY OF A MOVIE ICON -- REVISED AND UPDATED EDITION, available now