Month: March 2016

Film Review – DIRTY HARRY (1971)

Dirty Harry (1971; USA; Technicolor; 102m) ∗∗∗∗½  d. Don Siegel; w. Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink, Dean Riesner; ph. Bruce Surtees; m. Lalo Schifrin.  Cast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, John Mitchum, Reni Santoni, Andrew Robinson, John Larch, John Vernon, Josef Sommer, Woodrow Parfrey, Mae Mercer, Lyn Edgington, Woodrow Parfrey, William Paterson, Maurice Argent. When…

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Film Review – NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983)

NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983, UK/USA/West Germany, 134m, PG) *** Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. Warner Bros. (USA), Columbia-EMI-Warner (UK); pr co. PSO International / TaliaFilm II Productions / Woodcote; d. Irvin Kershner; w. Lorenzo Semple Jr. (based on a story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham & Ian Fleming); pr. Jack Schwartzman; ph. Douglas Slocombe (Technicolor…

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Film Review – SHAFT (1971)

SHAFT (1971, USA, 100m, 15) **** Action, Crime, Thriller dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (USA), MGM-EMI (UK); pr co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / Shaft Productions Ltd.; d. Gordon Parks; w. Ernest Tidyman, John D.F. Black (based on the novel by Ernest Tidyman); pr. Joel Freeman; ph. Urs Furrer (Metrocolor | 1.85:1); m. Isaac Hayes; ed. Hugh A. Robertson;…

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Film Review – SKYFALL (2012)

SKYFALL (2012, UK/USA, 143m, 12) **** Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller dist. Sony Pictures International (UK), Columbia Pictures (USA); pr co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / Columbia Pictures / Danjaq / Eon Productions / Anka Film / B23; d. Sam Mendes; w. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan (based on characters created by Ian Fleming); pr. Barbara Broccoli,…

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Film Review – QUANTUM OF SOLACE (2008)

QUANTUM OF SOLACE (2008, UK/USA, 106m, 12) *** Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller dist. Sony Pictures Releasing (UK), Columbia Pictures (USA); pr co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / Columbia Pictures / Eon Productions / B22; d. Marc Forster; w. Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade (based on characters created by Ian Fleming); pr. Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson;…

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Film Review – CASINO ROYALE (2006)

CASINO ROYALE (2006, USA/UK/Germany/Czech Republic, 144m, 15) ***** Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller dist. Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE); pr co. Eon Productions / Casino Royale Productions / Stillking Films / Studio Babelsberg; d. Martin Campbell; w. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis (based on the novel by Ian Fleming); pr. Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson; ph….

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Film Review – DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)

DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002, UK/USA, 133m, 12) ** Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (USA), 20th Century Fox (UK); pr co. Eon Productions /Danjaq / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / United Artists; d. Lee Tamahori; w. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade (based on characters created by Ian Fleming); pr. Barbara Broccoli, Michael G. Wilson; ph. David Tattersall (DeLuxe…

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Film Review – THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999)

THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (1999, UK/USA, 128m, 12) ***½ Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. United International Pictures (UIP) (UK), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM) (USA); pr co. Eon Productions / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / United Artists; d. Michael Apted; w. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Bruce Feirstein (based on a story by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and…

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Book Review – THE FORSAKEN by Ace Atkins (2014)

THE FORSAKEN by ACE ATKINS (Corsair, 2014, 370pp) ∗∗∗½      Blurb: Thirty-six years ago, a nameless black man wandered into Jericho, Mississippi, with nothing but the clothes on his back and a pair of paratrooper boots. Less than two days later, he was accused of rape and murder, hunted down by a self-appointed posse, and lynched. Now…

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