Permission to Kill

29Dec12 Death Hunt (1981)

Director: Peter Hunt Starring: Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, Carl Weathers, Andrew Stevens, Angie Dickinson, Ed Lauter Music: Jerrold Immel Editors: Allan Jacobs & John F. Burnett Director of Photography: James Devis Writers: Michael Crais, Robert Victor Producers: Albert S. Ruddy, Raymond Chow Death Hunt is allegedly based on a true story. The film opens in […]

No Comments Posted by DavidF in Film
Tagged Carl Weathers, Charles Bronson, Ed Lauter, Lee Marvin, Peter Hunt

30Oct12 Hurricane Smith (1992)

Country: Australia / United States Director: Colin Budds Starring: Carl Weathers, Jürgen Prochnow, Cassandra Delaney, Tony Bonner, David Argue, John Ewart Music: Brian May When Hurricane Smith was released in the early 1990s, I didn’t realise it was an Australian film – so I didn’t bother with it – figuring I would catch it at […]

No Comments Posted by DavidF in Film and Cinema
Tagged Australia, Carl Weathers, Crime, David Argue, Jurgen Prochnow, Ozploitation

29May12 Rocky IV – Trailer

Uploaded by: YacovTV May sees the launch of King of the Outback, the sixth book in the popular Fightcard series – and my literary debut (writing as Jack Tunney). Accordingly, in a month long celebration, Permission to Kill will be looking back and some of the highlights – and lowlights – of boxing in film […]

No Comments Posted by DavidF in Film
Tagged Boxing, Carl Weathers, Cold War, Dolph Lundgren, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone

28May12 Rocky III – Trailer

Uploaded to Youtube by: oldhollywoodtrailers May sees the launch of King of the Outback, the sixth book in the popular Fightcard series – and my literary debut (writing as Jack Tunney). Accordingly, in a month long celebration, Permission to Kill will be looking back and some of the highlights – and lowlights – of boxing […]

No Comments Posted by DavidF in Film
Tagged Boxing, Carl Weathers, Fight Card, Hulk Hogan, King of the Outback Launch, Mr. T, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone

Books and other publications David’s work has appeared in

Fight Card: King of the Outback – the sixth book in the popular Fight Card series.

Fight Card: Rumble in the Jungle – the thirteenth book in the Fight Card series.

Iron Head & Other Stories – a charity anthology. Writing as James Hopwood, David contributed the story ‘Bushwhacked’.

Action: Pulse Pounding Tales – Vol 1. Think back to the days when heroes were heroes and the action was furious and full-blooded. Writing as James Hopwood, David contributed ‘Cutter’s Law’.

Action: Pulse Pounding Tales – Vol 2. Thirty Action-packed Pulse Pounding Tales! Writing as James Hopwood, David contributed, ‘Get Cutter!’

Crime Factory: LEE – Lee Marvin: one of the most coolly charismatic and extraordinary screen tough guys ever. Crime Factory celebrates Marvin’s life by making him the star of his own fictional adventures. As James Hopwood ‘1963: Trust’.

Crime Factory 10 (as James Hopwood ‘For Your Sighs Only’ – a nostalgic look at the spy-fi smut of Clyde Allison)

Crime Factory 11 (as James Hopwood ‘Hail, the Haymaker Kid’ – a look at the boxing pulps of the 40s and 50s)

Crime Factory 13 (as james Hopwood ‘As Long as the Paperwork’s Clean’ – an interview with Australian cinema icon, Roger Ward)

The LIBRIO Defection – Introducing Jarvis Love, in a white knuckle action adventure which harks back to the great spy novels of the ’60s and ’70s, but infused with the high-octane punch of a modern thriller.

Bushwhacked – A fight fiction short, set on the Central Victorian Goldfields.

Recent Posts

Blogroll

Archive

Available Now