FOR YOUR EYES ONLY (1960) ***½ by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 262pp First published by Jonathan Cape in 1960 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1960 Introduction by Ian Rankin (8pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57694-5 Short Stories: From a View to a Kill (43pp) **½ For Your Eyes Only (61pp) **** Quantum of Solace…
Month: April 2021
TV Review – DEMPSEY AND MAKEPEACE (1985)
DEMPSEY AND MAKEPEACE (TV) (1985, UK) **½ Crime, Action, Drama dist. ITV – Independent Television (UK); pr co. Golden Eagle Films / London Weekend Television (LWT); d. Tony Wharmby; w. Ranald Graham; exec pr. Nick Elliott; pr. Tony Wharmby; ph. Mike Humphreys (Colour. 35mm. Spherical. 1.33:1); m. Alan Parker; ed. Ray Helm; pd. Gordon Melhuish,…
Film Review – THE VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU (1967)
VENGEANCE OF FU MANCHU, THE (1967, UK/Ireland/West Germany/Hong Kong) **½ Action, Crime, Horror dist. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK), Warner Bros./Seven Arts (USA); pr co. Constantin Film / Shaw Brothers / Terra-Filmkunst; d. Jeremy Summers; w. Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck) (based on the characters created by Sax Rohmer); pr. Harry Alan Towers; ph. John…
Film Review – THE BRIDES OF FU MANCHU (1966)
BRIDES OF FU MANCHU, THE (1966, UK) *** Action, Crime, Sci-Fi dist. Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors (UK), Seven Arts Pictures (USA); pr co. Constantin Film Produktion / Fu Manchu Films / Hallam Productions; d. Don Sharp; w. Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck) (based on characters created by Sax Rohmer); pr. Harry Alan Towers, David Henley;…
Fish’s retirement album “Weltschmerz” – a career best
I recently bought one of the best albums I’ve heard in a long while. Fish’s double album “Weltschmerz“, released at the back end of last year, is an extremely personal set of songs and is a stunning collection both musically and lyrically. It’s his retirement album and every song makes an emotional connection. I was…
Book Review – GOLDFINGER (1959) by Ian Fleming
GOLDFINGER (1959) ***½ by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 372pp First published by Jonathan Cape in 1959 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1959 Introduction by Kate Mosse (9pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57692-1 Blurb: ‘You’re stale, tired of having to be tough. You want a change. You’ve seen too much death’. In Fleming’s seventh 007 novel,…
Film Review – THE FACE OF FU MANCHU (1965)
FACE OF FU MANCHU, THE (1965, UK/West Germany) ***½ Action, Crime, Drama dist. Warner-Pathé Distributors (UK), Seven Arts Pictures (USA); pr co. Hallam Productions; d. Don Sharp; w. Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck); exec pr. Oliver A. Unger (US only); pr. Harry Alan Towers (as Peter Welbeck) (based on characters created by Sax Rohmer);…
Film Review – TWO-MINUTE WARNING (1976)
TWO-MINUTE WARNING (1976, USA) *** Crime, Mystery, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures (USA), Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (UK); pr co. Filmways Pictures / Universal Pictures; d. Larry Peerce; w. Edward Hume (based on the novel by George LaFountaine); pr. Edward S. Feldman; ph. Gerald Hirschfeld (Technicolor. Super 8 (Cineavision: 2.35, anamorphic), 35mm. Panavision (anamorphic). 2.35:1); m….
Film Review – THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI (1947)
LADY FROM SHANGHAI, THE (1947, USA) ***½ Crime, Drama, Mystery dist. Columbia Pictures; pr co. Mercury Productions; d. Orson Welles; w. Orson Welles (based on the novel “If I Die Before I Wake” by Sherwood King); exec pr. Harry Cohn (uncredited); pr. Orson Welles; assoc pr. William Castle, Richard Wilson; ph. Charles Lawton Jr. (B&W….
TV Review – FIREFLY: SERENITY (2002)
FIREFLY: SERENITY (TV) (2002, USA) **** Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi dist. Fox Network (USA); pr co. Mutant Enemy / 20th Century Fox Television; d. Joss Whedon; w. Joss Whedon; exec pr. Joss Whedon, Tim Minear; pr. Gareth Davies, Ben Edlund; assoc pr. Lisa Lassek, Brian Wankum; ph. David Boyd (Colour. 35mm, HDTV (remastered re-runs), Video (NTSC)….