The Good, The Bad And The Multiplex by Mark Kermode
Recently read: listeners to the Friday afternoon Kermode & Mayo show on Five Live will be familiar with much of the content in The Good, The Bad And The Multiplex - it’s essentially just an extended written representation of some of the rants Mark goes into on radio, covering 3D, foreign films, cinema etiquette and more. Most of the chapters are entertaining enough, and the section on film distribution and US remakes is very informative, but it does drag in parts. At the end Mark gives special thanks to his editor, who I imagine had a very tough job on his hands, and helped make the book as readable as it is.