"RESONATOR" by MARK BARRY (2 November 2025 Book of Poems - Number 4 in a Series - 114 Pages of Poems, Rhymes, Limericks, Funnies and Photos - Available on all Amazon Sites - Part of the 'Left Luggage' Series)

 

My new book RESONATOR 

Published today, Sunday, 2 Nov 2025

Available On Amazon for £9.95 

- Enjoy The Reads...

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MULL OF BIN-DIRE (Hair-Raising Decisions)

CIGARETTES AND ALCOHOL (Re-Cooling Britannia)

BAZ AND FRANKLIN INADVERTENTLY GO BANANAS

(Laughing With Each Other And Not At Each Other)

MARY WHITEHOUSE WORRIES ABOUT MASHED-POTATO CONSISTENCY

THE PROBLEM WITH BEING OLD (Monster-Winning Dread)

FRANKENSTEIN HAS AN EPPY

PISSED IN THE TRENCHES (Some Like It Hot in the Rose In June)

LISTENING TO KINGFISHR

FIXTURES AND FITTINGS (The Proximity Of Stars)

IN THE END, I JUST WANT PEACE

POEMS YOU CAN AND CANNOT TRUST (For Your Own Protection)

LEXI, CHARLIE & BEA

DISNEY TAKES THE PISS (Alarmingly Minimalistic)

AN EVER-FIXED MARK

COOL IN OUR ENSEMBLE SINS (Energizing My Wardrobe)

KATIE JOHNSON'S ONLY FAN

WONDROUS NEW PATHS SHOWN (The Song Inside)

DEAFENING SILENCE, CALLING ITSELF SOUND

MAKING CAR BOMBS WITH AYATOLLAH KHOMEINI

(Have The Dogma Dogs Already Won?)

CHEMTRAILS

HORNPIPE MELODY FOR BASSOONS AND FLUTE (Ping's The Thing)

THE LOADED LAUNDRY BASKET (In Your Corner)

BEGUILE OF THE SLAP PILE (Lad Bible Dogs)

SHAMROCK A'HEM TO THE SOUND OF JE T'AIME

JANE AUSTEN'S HOUSE

BÓTHAR CHLUAIN TARBH, BAILE ÁTHA CLIATH (Clontarf Road, Dublin)

LIKE NO OTHER

CROIX DE GUERRE (Maid Of Honour) (for Elaine Marie Madden)

EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS IN CONSTRUCTION DOWN TIME

THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN A TOILET

DEAFENING SILENCE CALLING ITSELF SOUND

QUIET JOY OF LIFE (Better Part Of Ourselves) (for Alan Rickman and Rima Horton)

NO ONE'S CALLED EUSTACE ANYMORE

THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF LONG TROUSERS

Book 4 of 12 in the Left Luggage Series

Looks Good: BLU RAY Keepers and Sleepers - 100 Films You Probably Don't Own But Should - Volume 1 - A to G... by MARK BARRY (100 Indepth Reviews About Great Films and Their Exceptional BLU RAY Reissues)

Looks Good: BLU RAY Keepers and Sleepers - 100 Films You Probably Don't Own But Should - Volume 1 - A to G...

"Cinema Paradiso"

Making movies suggestions is a precarious business - one man's Hilton Hotel is another man's Doghouse Dive. And looking at the 100 choices listed below - a body could easily holler - where's Blade Runner or Close Encounters Of The Third Kind or Gladiator (and other obvious stuff like that). But I figure any true film buff will already own these. 

Volume 1 in this series mixes familiar with off-the-beaten track and covers the letters A to G (with 2 more clusters of 100 to follow). All time frames are touched upon (1930 to 2013) - with quality restorations you may have missed highlighted too. I hope to have provided you with enough information to tempt - but not enough to spoil it. And I also make no bones about preferring a movie that lifts the spirits up - even if you have to get a bit bloodied en route. 

Living in London - each four/five star review is based on the Region B BLU RAY release – and if the film is only available elsewhere – I’ve incorporated American and European versions where their Region Coding will allow play on our UK machines. US customers reading this book simply refer to/buy the Region-A releases of the same titles. Technical info also includes – Aspect Ratio, Audio Settings, Languages, Subtitles and Extras etc. 

Hope you enjoy it…

INDEX:

1.    21 Grams ****

2.    360 *****

3.    (500) Days Of Summer *****

4.    About Time ****

5.    Across The Universe *****

6.    The Adjustment Bureau ****

7.    Adventureland ****

8.    The Adventures Of Robin Hood [1938] *****

9.    The African Queen *****

10. The Air I Breathe ****

11. All About Eve *****

12. All Quiet On The Western Front *****

13. Almost Famous - Extended ****

14. Amelie *****

15. American Violet *****

16. Angel-A ****

17. Anonymous ****

18. Anuvahood ****

19. The Apartment *****

20. As Good As It Gets *****

21. Babel *****

22. Babette’s Feast *****

23. Barney’s Version *****

24. Beautiful Girls *****

25. Before The Devil Knows You’re Dead ****

26. The Big Picture ****

27. The Birdcage *****

28. Blackthorn ****

29. Blazing Saddles *****

30. The Blind Side *****

31. Blow *****

32. The Blues Brothers *****

33. Brassed Off *****

34. The Bridges Of Madison County *****

35. Brief Encounter *****

36. Bright Star *****

37. Bubba Ho-Tep *****

38. The Bucket List *****

39. Cadillac Records *****

40. Captain Phillips *****

41. Caramel *****

42. Centurion ****

43. Charlie Wilson’s War ****

44. Chocolat *****

45. The Cider House Rules ****

46. Cinema Paradiso [25^th Anniversary Edition] *****

47. City Of Angels ****

48. Cloud Atlas ****

49. Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs *****

50. The Company Men ****

51. Cool Hand Luke *****

52. Copland [15th Anniversary Edition] *****

53. Corman’s World *****

54. Crash *****

55. Crazy Heart *****

56. A Dangerous Method ****

57. Dante’s Peak ****

58. Dead Fish ****

59. Dean Spanley ****

60. Deception ****

61. Deep Blue Sea ****

62. Definitely, Maybe ****

63. Deja Vu ****

64. Delicacy *****

65. Die Hard 4.0 ****

66. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels *****

67. Duets ****

68. Easy A ****

69. Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind *****

70. The Extraordinary Adventures Of Adele Blanc-Sec ****

71. Fargo [2014 Remaster] *****

72. Fast & Furious 5 and 6 *****

73. The Fighter *****

74. Filth *****

75. Fly Away Home *****

76. Flypaper ****

77. Four Lions *****

78. Fracture ****

79. Frankie Go Boom *****

80. Frequency ****

81. Frida *****

82. The Front Page (Extrablatt on GERMAN BLU RAY) ****

83. Frost/Nixon *****

84. The Full Monty *****

85. Garden State ****

86. Get Shorty ****

87. The Ghost ****

88. The Giant Mechanical Man [aka “Love In Detroit”] *****

89. Girl Most Likely ****

90. Glory (Mastered In 4K) *****

91. Going The Distance ****

92. Goldfinger *****

93. Gone Baby Gone ****

94. Good Vibrations ****

95. Good Will Hunting [15th Anniversary Edition] *****

96. Gran Torino *****

97. The Grey ****

98. Grosse Pointe Blank *****

99. Groundhog Day *****

100. The Guard ****

MARK BARRY (June 2015)