Category Archives: Television

by Martin Mulrooney | 28/05/2015 · 9:12 pm

BOOK REVIEW – Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones: Seasons 1-4

By Marty Mulrooney

Inside HBO's Game of Thrones

Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones: Seasons 1-4 is a beautiful boxset published by Orion Books that collects the official companion books Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones by Bryan Cogman (published in 2012) and Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones: Seasons 3 & 4 by C.A. Taylor (published in 2014). Each book features hundreds of set photos, production and costume designs, storyboards, insider stories and interviews with the cast and crew, providing a unique behind-the-scenes experience for fans of the ground-breaking show.

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BOOK REVIEW – The Killing II by David Hewson

By Marty Mulrooney

In 2012 Alternative Magazine Online reviewed The Killing by David Hewson, a crime novel based upon the first series of the critically acclaimed Danish TV drama of the same name, describing it as “an unputdownable page-turner that deserves as much recognition as the television show that inspired it.” The Killing II is the novelisation of the second series of the show, once again following Detective Sarah Lund as she plunges headfirst into yet another complex murder mystery – this time involving the Danish Armed Forces – that only she can solve…

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MAGAZINE PREVIEW – Batman Automobilia: The Definitive Collection of Batman Vehicles

By Marty Mulrooney

BatmanAutomobilia

As described on the official website, ‘The BATMAN Automobilia Collection is a new fortnightly series bringing you die-cast official collector’s models of the most iconic vehicles ever to have been driven by Batman, along with a cool and informative magazine.’ Doug Wilson of Yomego.com was recently kind enough to send Alternative Magazine Online issues no. 2 and 3 to take a closer look – AMO is therefore proud to present an exclusive online video preview of Batman Automobilia!

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by Martin Mulrooney | 20/08/2012 · 7:29 pm

INTERVIEW – In Conversation With David Hewson (Author, The Killing)

By Marty Mulrooney

DavidHewsonInterview

Alternative Magazine Online recently reviewed The Killing by British author David Hewson, describing it as “an unputdownable page-turner that deserves as much recognition as the television show that inspired it.” AMO is therefore proud to present an exclusive online interview with Mr Hewson, where we talk about the process of adapting the hit Danish TV show to the written page and his writing career as both a journalist and author of popular fiction.

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