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Blogathons



Blogathons we have run:



The World War II Blogathon, 1st - 3rd September 2019



Cinema Essentials articles featured in blogathons:


The Spy Who Loved Me, Lotus Esprit and helicopter chase

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), for the James Bond blogathon



The 39 Steps (1935), Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll

The 39 Steps (1935), for the Hitchcock blogathon



The Liquidator (1965), David Tomlinson, Jill St John, Rod Taylor

The Liquidator (1965), for the British Invaders blogathon



Quatermass and the Pit (1967), Andrew Keir

Quatermass and the Pit (1967), for the Movie Scientists blogathon



The Trap (1966), Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed

The Trap (1966), for the O Canada blogathon



All Creatures Great and Small, TV, Christopher Timothy, Robert Hardy

All Creatures Great and Small (TV series), for the Small Screen blogathon




Sorcerer (1977), for the Free-for-All blogathon




The Ipcress File (1965), for the Marvellous Michael Caine blogathon




Dial M for Murder (1954), for the Second Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon




Director Profile: David Lean for the David Lean blogathon




Bicycle Thieves (1948) for the Non-English Language blogathon




The 39 Steps (1959) for the Third Annual Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon




Evil Under the Sun (1982) for the Mystery Mania blogathon




12 Underrated Michael Caine Films for the 2nd Marvellous Michael Caine Blogathon




Five Favourite Films of the 1950s for the 5 Favorites of the '50s blogathon




12 Essential Hammer Horror Films for the Hammer-Amicus Blogathon




Hell is a City (1960) for the Rule Britannia Film Blogathon




The Iron Maiden (1962) for the Rule Britannia Blogathon




Hurricane (2018) for The World War II Blogathon




The Eagle Has Landed (1976) for The World War II Blogathon




The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) for The World War II Blogathon




Six Favourite Films from the 1960s for the 6 from the '60s Blogathon




The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954) for the 7th Rule Britannia Blogathon




Left, Right and Centre (1959) for the Politics on Film Blogathon




6 Films from 6 Decades  for the 6 Films - 6 Decades blogathon




The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) for the Rule, Britannia Blogathon




The Amicus Horror Anthologies for the Hammer-Amicus Blogathon

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