It's a tradition to save the good films for the fall and the holiday season, ... Never Coming To A Theater Near You.

A treasure beyond price for fans of both the classic Hammett novel and the three (that's right, three) film versions of the doomed quest for a black bird. An incredible amalgam of photos, memos, letters, reviews, whatever, this will make fans of the book or the film gasp as one unexpected delight succeeds another. With this book, wonders really do never cease.

This year, I think the studios have outdone themselves. They've really packaged a lot of good stuff at the end of the year.

People who make films are always looking for a hook. They're always looking for something that will attract an audience's attention, that will make a person say, 'I want to see that film,' and a book is a proven commodity.

It's not a new thing, ... One of the biggest successes ever in film, 'Gone With the Wind,' came from a very big best-selling book.

It's not just that we see bad films, but bad films of a type we've seen so many times before,