SO LONG AS YOU BOTH SHALL LIVE (1976) ***½ by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1978, 141pp First published in 1976 © Ed McBain, 1976 ISBN: 978-0-3302-5440-5 Blurb: Detective Bert Kling has had some rough luck with women. First his fiancée Cindy Townsend was gunned down in an infamous bookstore shooting. Then…
Month: July 2022
Film Review – THE LADY IN THE VAN (2015)
THE LADY IN THE VAN (2015, UK, 104m, 12) ***½ Biography, Drama dist. Sony Pictures Releasing; pr co. BBC Films / TriStar Productions / Dream Cars; d. Nicholas Hytner; w. Alan Bennett (based on the memoir by Alan Bennett); pr. Nicholas Hytner, Damian Jones, Kevin Loader; ph. Andrew Dunn (Colour | 1.85:1); m. George Fenton;…
Film Review – CHARLEY VARRICK (1973)
CHARLEY VARRICK (1973, USA, 111m, 15) **** Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures (USA), Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (UK); pr co. Universal Pictures; d. Don Siegel; w. Howard Rodman, Dean Riesner (based on the novel “The Looters” by John Reese); pr. Don Siegel; ph. Michael C. Butler (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Lalo Schifrin; ed….
Film Review – MYSTIC RIVER (2003)
MYSTIC RIVER (2003, USA/Australia, 138m, 15) ****½ Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Warner Bros. / Village Roadshow Pictures / NPV Entertainment / Malpaso Productions; d. Clint Eastwood; w. Brian Helgeland (based on the novel by Dennis Lehane); pr. Clint Eastwood, Judie Hoyt, Robert Lorenz; ph. Tom Stern (Technicolor | 2.39:1); m….
Book Review – THE DARK REMAINS (2021) by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin
THE DARK REMAINS (2021) **** by William McIlvanney and Ian Rankin This paperback edition published by Cannongate Books, 2022, 316pp (282pp) First published in 2021 © The Estate of William McIlvanney and John Rebus Ltd., 2021 includes a Q&A between Ian Rankin and William McIlvanney from 2013 (26pp) and the first chapter of McIlvanney’s 1977…
Film Review – BLOOD RELATIVES (1978)
BLOOD RELATIVES (1978, Canada/France, 100m, 18) *** Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller dist. Filmcorp Productions Inc.; pr co. Cinévidéo / Filmel / Classic Film Industries; d. Claude Chabrol; w. Sydney Banks, Claude Chabrol (based on the “87th Precinct” novel by Ed McBain); pr. Denis Héroux, Eugène Lépicier; ph. Jean Rabier (Eastmancolor | 1.85:1); m. Pierre Jansen,…
Book Review – BLOOD RELATIVES (1975) by Ed McBain
BLOOD RELATIVES (1975) ***** by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1977, 157pp First published in 1975 © Ed McBain, 1975 ISBN: 978-0-3302-5177-5 Blurb: Saturday night was party night on the Precinct. Hurrying home in the rain, two teenage girls shelter in the hallway of an empty tenement. The perfect backdrop for…
Book Review – ONE LONELY NIGHT (1951) by Mickey Spillane
ONE LONELY NIGHT (1951) *** by Mickey Spillane This paperback edition published by Allison & Busby as part of The Mike Hammer Omnibus: Volume 2 alongside “The Big Kill” and “Kiss Me, Deadly”, 2006, 174pp (of 517pp) First published in 1951 © E.P. Dutton & Co, 1951 renewed by Mickey Spillane, 1979 ISBN: 978-0-3302-4850-2 Blurb:…
Film Review – CRY MACHO (2021)
CRY MACHO (2021, USA, 104m, 12) *** Drama, Thriller dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Malpaso Productions / Ruddy Productions / Warner Bros.; d. Clint Eastwood; w. Nick Schenk, N. Richard Nash (based on the novel by N. Richard Nash); pr. Clint Eastwood, Jessica Meier, Tim Moore, Albert S. Ruddy; ph. Ben Davis (Technicolor | 2.39:1);…