Pause. Rewind. Obsess. One Man's One Year Escape into Cinema

<p>PRAISE FOR TIM LUCAS</p><p><br></p><p>One of the pioneers of serious genre film criticism.</p><p>- Barry Forshaw CrimeTime.co.uk</p><p><br></p><p>Tim pretty much invented video reviewing as a genre distinct from movie reviewing.</p><p>- Dave Kehr of <em>The New York Times and The Chicago Reader</em></p><p><br></p><p>For this legendary critic no aspect of filmmaking is unimportant whether finding hidden homages to films past subtle edits that propel the viewer forward or a foreshadowing that opens or closes the loop on a director's career. A chance to revisit these important writings is not to be missed.</p><p>- David Colton <em>former editor at USA Today</em></p><p><br></p><p>I wrote a whole prose chapter describing Rick Dalton's career his filmography his situation. It was literally written as if Tim Lucas had written a chapter on [his] career!</p><p>- Quentin Tarantino on how he wrote <em>Once Upon A Time in Hollywood</em></p><p><br></p><p>Ever wondered how many movies you see in a year?</p><p><br></p><p>Despite a lifetime of compulsive movie-going and movie-viewing Video Watchdog editor Tim Lucas had never kept a list of those he had seen much less annual ones. After a number of his Internet friends shared their lists of all the movies they had watched at the end of 2011 he was inspired to follow their example... and to take it one step further.</p><p><br></p><p>On the first day of 2012 he launched a new blog where he would not only keep track of every movie he saw that year but review them in depth as well. He called this blog <em>Pause. Rewind. Obsess.</em></p><p><br></p><p>This book collects all 226 reviews written for <em>Pause. Rewind. Obsess. </em>which encompass silent movies like Louis Feuillade's <em>Les Vampires</em> (1915-1916) as well as the latest releases from Quentin Tarantino Martin Scorsese the James Bond franchise and the Marvel Cinematic Multiverse. In between you'll find coverage of horror science fiction and fantasy as well as <em>film noir</em> westerns actioners Beatles musicals blaxploitation and art house titles from a variety of countries. These reviews are presented here for the first time in newly polished definitive form.</p><p><br></p><p>This book is the second release in a comprehensive new series from BearManor Media collecting the best of Tim Lucas's 50+ years of film-related writings. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>