YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1964) ***½ by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 320pp (288pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 1964 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1964 Introduction by Tony Parsons (10pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57698-3 Blurb: You only live twice: Once when you are born And once when you look death in the face’ Doctor…
Month: July 2021
Book Review – ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1963) by Ian Fleming
ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE (1963) ***** by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 368pp (339pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 1963 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1963 Introduction by Stella Rimington (7pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57697-6 Blurb: Ernst Stavro Blofeld, head of the terrorist organization SPECTRE, is holed up in his Alpine base, conducting…
Film Review – BREAKOUT (1975)
BREAKOUT (1975, USA) ** Action, Adventure, Drama dist. Columbia Pictures (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); pr co. Columbia Pictures / Persky-Bright-Vista; d. Tom Gries; w. Howard B. Kreitsek, Marc Norman, Elliott Baker (suggested by a book by Warren Hinckle & William Turner and Eliot Asinof); pr. Robert Chartoff, Irwin Winkler; ph. Lucien Ballard (Eastmancolor. 35mm. Panavision…
Film Review – NOMADLAND (2020)
NOMADLAND (2020, USA/Germany) **** Drama dist. Searchlight Pictures / Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (USA), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (UK); pr co. Cor Cordium Productions / Hear-Say Productions / Highwayman Films; d. Chloé Zhao; w. Chloé Zhao (based on the book by Jessica Bruder); pr. Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé…
Book Review – THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1962) by Ian Fleming
THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1962) *** by Ian Fleming This paperback edition published by Vintage, 2012, 237pp (212pp) First published by Jonathan Cape in 1962 © Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., 1962 Introduction by Douglas Kennedy (8pp) ISBN: 978-0-099-57696-9 Blurb: ‘You take a wrong step, play the wrong card in Fate’s game, and you’re lost in…
Film Review – THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946)
THE BLUE DAHLIA (1946, USA) ***½ Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. George Marshall; w. Raymond Chandler; pr. John Houseman ; ph. Lionel Lindon (B&W. 35mm. Spherical. 1.37:1); m. Victor Young; ed. Arthur P. Schmidt; ad. Hans Dreier, Walter H. Tyler; rel. 16 April 1946 (USA), 1 June 1946…