Howard Hughes is the author of a range of cinema books, including STAGECOACH TO TOMBSTONE, SPAGHETTI WESTERNS, MARIO BAVA: DESTINATION TERROR, WHEN EAGLES DARED, CINEMA ITALIANO, CRIME WAVE, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE ITALIAN WEST, and AIM FOR THE HEART: THE FILMS OF CLINT EASTWOOD. He is a regular columnist and reviewer for film magazine 'Cinema Retro' and contributed to THE JAMES BOND ARCHIVES, Taschen's official 50th anniversary celebration of Agent 007.His latest book, OUTER LIMITS: THE FILMGOERS' GUIDE TO THE GREAT SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS (I.B.Tauris) looks at sci-fi classics, from 'Metropolis' to 'Avatar', via 'The War of the Worlds', 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', '2001', 'The Thing', 'Alien', 'The Terminator', 'Star Wars', 'Galaxy Quest', 'Star Trek', 'Planet of the Apes', 'Blade Runner' and dozens more.You can follow the Filmgoers' Guide blog at:http://filmgoersguide.wordpress.com