THE INNOCENTS by ACE ATKINS (2016, Corasir, 372pp) ***½ Blurb: After being voted out of office and returning to the war zone he’d left behind, Quinn Colson is back in Jericho, trying to fix things with his still-married high school girlfriend and retired Hollywood stuntman father. Quinn knows he doesn’t owe his hometown a damn thing,…
Month: February 2018
Film Review – TO CHASE A MILLION (1967)
To Chase a Million (1967; UK; Colour; 97m) **½ d. Pat Jackson, Robert Tronson; w. Stanley R. Greenberg; ph. Lionel Banes; m. Albert Elms. Cast: Richard Bradford, Yoko Tani, Ron Randell, Norman Rossington, Anton Rogers, Mike Pratt, Aubrey Morris, Simon Brent, Gay Hamilton. A lone shark bounty hunter pits himself against secret agents from three…
Shooting on Shaft sequel moves to NYC
The Daily Mail has published new photos from New Line’s Shaft sequel have been released confirming filming has now moved to New York. The pics show the three John Shaft’s (Jessie T Usher, Samuel L Jackson and Richard Roundtree) on the streets in matching long brown trench coaches and grey turtle neck sweaters. According to…
Film Review – BODY HEAT (1981)
Body Heat (1981; USA; Technicolor; 113m) ***½ d. Lawrence Kasdan; w. Lawrence Kasdan; ph. Richard H. Kline; m. John Barry. Cast: William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, Mickey Rourke, Kim Zimmer, Jane Hallaren, Lanna Saunders, Carola McGuinness, Michael Ryan, Larry Marko. In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a…
Film Review – SHAMUS (1973)
Shamus (1973; USA; Eastmancolor; 106m) **½ d. Buzz Kulik; w. Barry Beckerman; ph. Victor J. Kemper; m. Jerry Goldsmith. Cast: Burt Reynolds, Dyan Cannon, John P. Ryan, Joe Santos, Georgio Tozzi, Kevin Conway, John Glover, Ron Weyand, Beeson Carroll, Larry Block, Kay Frye, Merwin Goldsmith, Melody Santangello, Irving Selbst, Alex Wilson. A New York private…
Film Review – TROUBLE MAN (1972)
Trouble Man (1972; USA; Colour; 99m) *** d. Ivan Dixon; w. John D. F. Black; ph. Michel Hugo; m. Marvin Gaye. Cast: Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite, William Smithers, Paula Kelly, Julius Harris, Bill Henderson, Wayne Storm. Things begin to unravel when a supercool black fixer is hired to straighten out some crooks. Typical…
Film Review – BLOOD WORK (2002)
Blood Work (2002; USA; Technicolor; 110m) *** d. Clint Eastwood; w. Brian Helgeland; ph. Tom Stern; m. Lennie Niehaus. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus, Tina Lifford, Paul Rodriguez, Dylan Walsh, Mason Lucero, Gerry Becker, Rick Hoffman, Alix Koromzay, Igor Jijikine, June Kyoto Lu, Dina Eastwood, Beverly Leech. Still recovering from…
Book Review – INVISIBLE DEAD (2016) by Sam Wiebe
INVISIBLE DEAD by SAM WIEBE (2016, Quercus, 342pp) ***½ Blurb: An ex-cop who navigates by a moral compass stubbornly jammed at true north, Dave Wakeland is a talented private investigator with next to zero business sense. And even though he finds himself with a fancy new office and a corporate-minded partner, he continues to be drawn…
Film Review – BLADE RUNNER 2049 (2017)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017; USA/UK/Canada; Colour; 163m) **** d. Denis Villeneuve; w. Hampton Fancher, Michael Green; ph. Roger Deakins; m. Hans Zimmer, Benjamin Wallfisch. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Jared Leto, Lennie James, Robin Wright, Dave Bautista, Edward James Olmos, Barkhad Abdi, Hiam Abbass. Thirty years after the events of BLADE RUNNER,…
Shaft x3… the first photo
The first photo of all three John Shafts has been posted to Instagram by Jessie T Usher. Here Usher (John Shaft III) is joined by Richard Roundtree (the original Shaft) and Samuel L Jackson (John Shaft II).