Country: Australia Director: Chris Thompson Starring: Bryan Brown, Anna Maria Monticelli, Ray Barrett, Nick Tate, Belinda Gibbin, John Wood, Peter Collingwood Music: Martin Armiger and Red Symons Based on the novel by Peter Corris Bryan Brown IS Cliff Hardy. It is perfect casting. It’s a shame that this film wasn’t a hit, because I would [...]
7Apr11
Chopper
Chopper is not just one of the best Aussie crime films of all time, but is also one of the best Australian films of all time regardless of genre. As a crime film though, it is not particularly large scale. There are no daring robberies or heists, and there are no shoot-outs with the coppers. [...]
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Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, David Field, Eric Bana, Mark Chopper Read, Vince Colosimo
Tagged Australia, Chopper, Crime, David Field, Eric Bana, Mark Chopper Read, Vince Colosimo
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 [...]
3Mar11
Mettle at Woomera
Author: James MacNell (J.E. Macdonnell) Publisher: The Childrens Press Published: Unknown (around 1958?) Captain Mettle is back in his third and final installment, in Mettle at Woomera. For those unfamiliar with Woomera, it was the British Government’s missile testing site in South Australia (it is still in use today – controlled by the RAAF). Woomera [...]
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Tagged Australia, Book Review, Captain Mettle, Children's Book, J.E. MacDonnell, James MacNell, Spy Fiction
Tagged Australia, Book Review, Captain Mettle, Children's Book, J.E. MacDonnell, James MacNell, Spy Fiction
23Feb11
Mettle Dives Deep
Author: James MacNell (J.E. Macdonnell) Publisher: The Childrens Press Published: Unknown (around 1958?) Mettle Dives Deep is the second of the Captain Mettle children’s adventure books by J.E. Macdonnell, writing as James Macnell. As it is the second book, no time is wasted introducing the characters, so the action begins from the get-go. It opens [...]
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Tagged Australia, Book Review, Captain Mettle, Children's Book, J.E. MacDonnell, James MacNell, Spy Fiction
Tagged Australia, Book Review, Captain Mettle, Children's Book, J.E. MacDonnell, James MacNell, Spy Fiction
15Feb11
Captain Mettle V.C.
Author: James MacNell (J.E. Macdonell) Publisher: The Children’s Press Published: Unknown (around 1958?) Captain Mettle V.C. was the first in a series of children’s adventure books written by Australian author J.E. Macdonnel under the pen name James MacNell. Mettle isn’t exactly a spy, he is a Navy commander, but his adventures, and the type of [...]
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Tagged Australia, Book Review, Captain Mettle, J.E. MacDonnell, James MacNell, Spy Fiction
Tagged Australia, Book Review, Captain Mettle, J.E. MacDonnell, James MacNell, Spy Fiction
28Jan11
Havoc!
Author: James Dark Publisher: Horwitz Published: 1962 Recently I have looked at a few Mark Hood spy thrillers, written by James Dark – namely Come Die With Me and the Throne of Satan. Prior to them however, I looked at The Invisibles, which is also a Mark Hood spy thriller, but as it was an [...]
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Tagged Australia, Book Review, Elliot Carr, James Dark, James Workman, Mark Hood, Spy Fiction
Tagged Australia, Book Review, Elliot Carr, James Dark, James Workman, Mark Hood, Spy Fiction
17Jan11
Come Die With Me
Author: James Dark – J.E. MacDonnell Publisher: Signet / Horwitz Published: July 1965 Come Die With Me is the first in the Mark Hood series of international spy thrillers by Australian author J.E. MacDonnell (published in the US under the name James Dark). Being the first in the series, unlike other entries, this one fleshes [...]
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Tagged Australia, Book Review, J.E. MacDonnell, James Dark, Mark Hood, Spy Fiction
Tagged Australia, Book Review, J.E. MacDonnell, James Dark, Mark Hood, Spy Fiction
