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Bond Blog: From Russia With Love

Posted by on Mar 4, 2020 in action, All, Books, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

Released in 1963 and based on Ian Fleming’s 1957 novel, From Russia with Love is the second outing for Sean Connery as James Bond...

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On Her Majesty’s Secret Bond Blog: Introduction and Dr. No!

Posted by on Mar 2, 2020 in action, All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

My relationship with James Bond 007 began young. I can’t remember the very first Bond film at all but it is probably a Sean Connery on...

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Stanley KuBLOG: Lolita – A Stanley Kubrick Retrospective

Posted by on Mar 1, 2020 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Lolita is an odd film but is a first for Kubrick. His first non-genre film, the adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s 1955 novel, tells...

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Kim Bodnia will play Vesemir in The Witcher Season 2

Posted by on Mar 1, 2020 in action, All, Books, drama, fantasy, horror, News, thriller, TV | 0 comments

Kim Bodnia (Killing Eve, The Bridge) has been cast in the role of Vesemir in the 8 episode second season of The Witcher. Vesemir is...

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Review: Color Out Of Space – “A Lovecraft adaptation that is a wild and transcendental hoot”

Posted by on Feb 29, 2020 in All, Books, fantasy, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Outlaw film director Richard Stanley (Hardware) returns to the helm after a lengthy post-The-Island-of-Dr.-Moreau-imposed absence to bring...

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Review: True History of the Kelly Gang – “A mesmerising piece of cinema”

Posted by on Feb 28, 2020 in action, All, Books, drama, Film, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

2003’s Ned Kelly, starring the late Heath Ledger in the titular role alongside Orlando Bloom and Naomi Watts was my first acquaintance...

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Review: The Call Of The Wild – “A rustic, intimate, and delightfully old-school yarn”

Posted by on Feb 27, 2020 in action, All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

There has been a tidal wave of backlash directed towards this new re-telling of Jack Londen’s iconic 1903 adventure novel, The Call of the...

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Review: Color Out Of Space – “Relentless and incredibly imaginative”

Posted by on Feb 25, 2020 in action, All, Books, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, horror, Reviews, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

Color Out Of Space is a fascinating film. It’s almost certainly not as good as ‘Mandy’ (reviewed HERE), but will play out brilliantly as a...

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Review: Emma. – “A handsome and breezy ensemble romp”

Posted by on Feb 13, 2020 in All, Books, comedy, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, romance | 0 comments

Adapting a literary classic comes with the greatest of expectations. Especially when it’s already been done many times before. Shout out...

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Universal and Blumhouse are working on a new adaptation of The Thing

Posted by on Jan 28, 2020 in All, Books, drama, Film, horror, News, sci-fi, thriller | 0 comments

John Carpenter’s The Thing is, in my opinion, one of the greatest movies of all time. It was the second adaption of the 1938 novella...

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