A little bit more on the Destroyer. In 1988, an attempt to launch a Remo Williams television series was made. Only the pilot was completed – obviously not good enough (or popular enough?) to garner the support to proceed to a fully fledged series. I haven’t seen the Pilot myself, but below a few clips [...]
17Oct11
The Phantom: Mini Series (2010)
Country: United States Director: Paolo Barzman Starring: Ryan Carnes, Sandrine Holt, Cameron Goodman, Jean Marchand, Isabella Rossellini, Cas Anvar, Ron Lea, Victor Andres Turgeon-Trelles Writers: Charles H. Knauf, Daniel Knauf Music: Michel Corriveau There’s an old jungle saying, ‘never throw the baby out with the bath water’. And unfortunately that is just what this series [...]
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Tagged Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, The Ghost Who Walks, The Phantom
Tagged Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, The Ghost Who Walks, The Phantom
Permission to Kill is now a proud member of M.O.S.S. – the Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, and to paraphrase (steal) Blofeld’s speech from Thunderball – ‘we are a dedicated fraternity whose strength lies in the integrity of its members’. The individual MOSSmen and MOSSettes are a pretty phenomenal bunch of bloggers and podcasters [...]
The Saint is often considered the ‘straight man’ of British TV when compared to The Prisoner or The Avengers, but this episode shows, when put to it, The Saint team could be just as ‘out there’ as the rest of them.
25Mar11
I Spy: The Lotus Eater (1967)
Country: United States Director: Christain Nyby Starring: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Vivienne Ventura, Michael Evans, Sheldon Leonard Writers: Elick Moll, Joseph Than Of course, the television series, I, Spy needs very little introduction here. The Lotus Eater is an episode from the third series and the scholarly among you are probably aware that in Homer’s [...]
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Tagged Bill Cosby, Homer's Odyssey, I Spy, Robert Culp, Television Series
Tagged Bill Cosby, Homer's Odyssey, I Spy, Robert Culp, Television Series
21Mar11
Spyforce: Reilley’s Army (1971)
Country: Australia Director: David Baker Starring: Jack Thompson, Peter Sumner, Redmond Phillips, Katy Wild, Chips Rafferty, Bill Hunter, Diana Davidson, Denys Piggott, Patrick McCarville Music: Brian Rangott and Geoff Harvey As a boorish, parochial Australian, I often wonder what my island nation’s contribution to world espionage cinema and television is. Sure, there’s been quite a [...]
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Tagged Australia, Bill Hunter, Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson, Spyforce, Television Series
Tagged Australia, Bill Hunter, Chips Rafferty, Jack Thompson, Spyforce, Television Series
Country: Australia Director: Ron Way Starring: Jack Thompson, Peter Sumner, Redmond Phillips, Katy Wild, Bill Hunter, Victoria Anoux, Alister Smart Music: Brian Rangott and Geoff Harvey Here’s just a quick review from the Australian television series Spyforce. Despite Spyforce being a local production, I have found it extremely difficult to find episodes to review. This [...]
21Mar11
Spyforce: The Encounter (1972)
Country: Australia Director: David Baker Starring: Jack Thompson, Redmond Phillips, Katy Wild, Reg Gillam, Richard Newellen, Harry Harris, Maggie Oehlbeck, Jamie Hoskins Writer: Ron McLean Director of Photography: Ross King Editor: Brian Kavanagh Music: Brian Rangott, Geoff Harvey Producer: Roger Mirams The Encounter is another episode (the twenty-ninth) in the Australian television series, Spyforce, starring [...]
22Oct10
Wild Colonial Psychos
Calling themselves ‘The Kings of cut-throat comedy’, Mark ‘Jacko’ Jackson and Mark ‘Chopper’ Read are two of Australia’s biggest and most shameless self promoters. Chopper, apart from being a notorious crim has tried his hand at a few other enterprises. Firstly there were the books – at least ten of them. I must admit I [...]
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Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, Mark Chopper Read, Mark Jacko Jackson, Wild Colonial Psychos
Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, Mark Chopper Read, Mark Jacko Jackson, Wild Colonial Psychos
Country: United States Director: Guy Ferland Starring: James Badge Dale, Miranda Richardson, Michael Cristofer, Arliss Howard, Lauren Hodges, Dallas Roberts Music: Peter Nashel First Day of School is the second episode in the cryptic spy series Rubicon. As you may recall, in the first episode, Department Head, David Hadas was killed in a tragic train [...]
