Author: Lee Goldberg Publisher: Adventures in Television Published: February 2012 McGrave is a quick fire novella from Lee Goldberg, based on a pilot script for a television show, which never eventuated. And its humble beginnings are very evident as you read it. It is written in present tense as a script would be, and the [...]
30Dec12
McGrave
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 [...]
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Tagged Australia, Carl Weathers, Crime, David Argue, Jurgen Prochnow, Ozploitation
Tagged Australia, Carl Weathers, Crime, David Argue, Jurgen Prochnow, Ozploitation
29Oct12
Oasis of Fear (1971)
Country: Italy Director: Umberto Lenzi Starring: Ray Lovelock. Ornella Muti, Irene Papas, Michel Bardinet, Jacques Stany, Umberto Raho, Antonio Mellino Music: Bruno Lauzi, Claudio Fabi AKA: Dirty Pictures, An Ideal Place to Kill Original Title: Un posto ideale per uccidere On multiple occasions I have extolled the virtues of the movie Flash Gordon, starring Sam [...]
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Tagged Crime, EuroCrime, Giallo, Italy, Ornella Muti, Ray Lovelock, Umberto Lenzi
Tagged Crime, EuroCrime, Giallo, Italy, Ornella Muti, Ray Lovelock, Umberto Lenzi
12Sep12
She Shoots Straight (1990)
Country: Hong Kong Starring: Joyce Godenzi, Tony Leung, Carmina Lau, Wah Yuen, Anglie Leung, Sandra Ng Kwan Yue Pik-Wan Tang, Sarah Lee, Agnes Aurelio, Sammo Hung Screenplay: Cory Yuen, Barry Wong Director: Cory Yuen Cinematography: Moon-Tong Lau, Chi Ming Leung Music: Lowell Lo Producers: Lenard Ho, Sammo Hung Original Title: Huang jia nu jiang For [...]
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Tagged Asian Cinema, Cory Yuen, Crime, Hong Kong, Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung
Tagged Asian Cinema, Cory Yuen, Crime, Hong Kong, Joyce Godenzi, Sammo Hung
Country: Japan Director: Teruo Ishii Starring: Sonny Chiba, Eiji Gô, Yutaka Nakajima, Etsuko Shihomi, Kanjûrô Arashi, Ryô Ikebe, Tetsurô Tanba, Makoto Satô Music: Hajime Kaburagi Original Title: Chokugeki jigoku-ken: Dai-gyakuten The Executioner II: Karate Inferno is a broad comedic caper film, with a pinch of extreme violence added at the end (which may be somewhat [...]
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Tagged Asian Cinema, Caper, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Japan, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
Tagged Asian Cinema, Caper, Crime, Etsuko Shihomi, Japan, Martial Arts, Sonny Chiba
16Aug12
Hunter Will Get You (1976)
Country: France Director: Philipe Labro Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Bruno Cremer, Jean Negroni, Patrick Fierry, Jean-Pierre Jorris, Victor Garrivier Music: Michel Columbier Original Title: L’Alpagueur One of the first movies I ever ordered from France, was L’Apagueur starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. I was going through a Belmondo phase at the time and wanted to get hold of [...]
27Jun12
French Connection II
Country: United States Director: John Frankenheimer Starring: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt Music: Don Ellis The French Connection was such a good film that any sequel was bound to pale in comparison. But French Connection 2 is not a bad film – just an inferior sequel. They key to the success of [...]
24May12
Comeback
Author: Richard Stark (Donald Westlake) Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (Reprint edition) Published: 1997 I have a hand-written list on the fridge of items that I should own, but don’t. Mostly it’s mainstream films that I have never bothered to pick up. They are easy to find, and often turn up on TV. Generally, these [...]
23May12
Winter Chill
Author: Jon Cleary Publisher: Harper Collins Published: 1995 Book No: 12 I don’t know if Jon Cleary is still alive, but if he is, he’d be 95 years old. His Australian crime fiction legacy is staggering. Actually that statement probably is unfair, as not all of his books are crime thrillers. The first Cleary book [...]
6May12
Guns at Cyranos (1986)
Series: Philip Marlowe, Private Eye Country: United States Director: Robert Iscove Starring: Powers Boothe, Roxanne Hart, Cec Linder, Mark Humphrey, Ken pogue, John Ireland Music: Samuel Matlovsky Title Theme: Moe Koffman Based on the short story by Raymond Chandler Guns at Cyrano’s is a short story by Raymond Chandler, which originally appeared in Black Mask, [...]
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Tagged Boxing, Crime, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Philip Marlowe, Powers Boothe, Raymond Chandler, Television Series
Tagged Boxing, Crime, Fight Card, King of the Outback Launch, Philip Marlowe, Powers Boothe, Raymond Chandler, Television Series
