The Movie Puzzle Book: Think you know your Hitchcock from your Herzog? Spielberg from Scorsese? Think again...

A hugely enjoyable book that endeavours very successfully to answer numerous questions related to movies through the ages . Whilst enjoying the varied facts from a wide range of films, the reader is simultaneously offered the opportunity to engage in a hugely diverse set of quizzes and puzzles in a mixed and diverse format, setting a test of brain power and memory across films from every genre and decade. . So much information delivered in an entertaining fashion which successfully succeeded in engendering the urge to watch the movies all over again. Many thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for this ARC.

This book was far more than I expected, a combination of interesting facts and history relating to the film industry, alongside a wide range of puzzles. It's not just the usual quiz book of film trivia, but also contains a huge variety of all sorts of puzzles, including anagrams, number puzzles, wordsearches and cinema history.Divided into sections that cover the whole process of making a film all the way from initial pitch to advertising, it has a really interesting selection of people and films, including world cinema, and some genuinely challenging puzzles.it's produced to a really high quality and would make a fantastic Christmas gift for cinema fans who enjoy a proper test of their knowledge.

More than just a puzzle book, this book is packed with mini essays on the craft, history and business of film making. The puzzles have a wonderful variety and there is bound to be something to delight every puzzler. With sections devoted to genre, film history, directors and the technical details of film-making, this is a book that is a delight to delve into for an fact-filled read as well as a challenging puzzle, Much recommended for the quiz buff and the film lover.

Ian Haydn Smith knows all about movies. Dr. Gareth Moore knows all about puzzles. Together, they have pooled their resources to create this, The Movie Puzzle Book.The formula works well. The puzzles are generally neither too easy or too hard and cover a wide range of films, famous and obscure, old and new and from all around the world. There's also a good variety of straightforward questions e.g. identify the actor/director from the picture shown, a wordsearch containing the names of the stars of The Godfather to some very ingenious puzzles such as a particularly complex one inspired by Kubrick's use of The Blue Danube.Generally, this is not for children. It's fairly difficult. But with some useful insights into the history of cinema thrown in, this would make an ideal Christmas present for the discerning film buff.

This book is totally addictive. If you like films and enjoy trivia, it’s for you. It’s absolutely packed with information about films, film making, genres, actors the history of the film industry and much, much more. I downloaded it yesterday and all my plans went out of the window. I was totally engrossed with the content, a notepad and pen to hand as I worked through numerous puzzles. There’s something to do on every page, with ranges of difficulty from reasonably easy to challenging. Anagrams, trivia, general knowledge and some fiendishly tricky clues along side the solutions which have been doctored to make it more fun. I really love this book and will be looking out the hard copy as a gift for a film buff friend who I know will revel in it. One of my best non fiction reads this year and so unexpected.