NO TIME TO DIE (2021, UK/USA, 163m, 12) ***½ Action, Adventure dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (USA), Universal Pictures International (UPI) (UK); pr co. Eon Productions / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) / Universal Pictures / Danjaq / B25 / Cinesite; d. Cary Joji Fukunaga; w. Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Cary Joji Fukunaga, Phoebe Waller-Bridge (based on a story by…
Month: October 2021
Film Review – THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975)
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975, UK/USA) **** Action, Adventure dist. Allied Artists Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures Corporation / Devon / Persky-Bright; d. John Huston; w. John Huston, Gladys Hill (based on the story by Rudyard Kipling); pr. John Foreman; ph. Oswald Morris (Technicolor. 35mm. Panavision (anamorphic). 2.39:1); m. Maurice Jarre; ed. Russell…
Book Review – ‘TIL DEATH (1959) by Ed McBain
‘TIL DEATH (1959) *** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1986, 160pp (157pp) First published in 1959 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1959 ISBN: 978-0-140-02164-6 Blurb: The wedding day of Detective Steve Carella’s sister Angela should be the most romantic, special day of her life. But it might turn out to be the worst if…
Book Review – LADY KILLER (1958) by Ed McBain
LADY KILLER (1958) *** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Penguin, 1986, 176pp (172pp) First published in 1958 (USA) © Ed McBain, 1958 ISBN: 978-0-140-02019-9 Blurb: “I will kill the Lady tonight at 8. What can you do about it?” The boys of the 87th have just twelve hours to find out who the…