‘A friend should always underestimate your virtues and an enemy overestimate your faults.’ Mario Puzo “I came here today because I heard Don Corleone is an honorable man”. Ah, yes, The Godfather. One of the greatest Hollywood films ever created, with a superstar cast including Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard Castellano,Continue reading “Book Review #10: The Godfather”
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Film Review #7: The Irishman
Epic in terms of its scope, length and time period covered, The Irishman is one of Martin Scorsese’s finest films and an elegiac summation of his six decade career in filmmaking. An adaption of Charles Brandt’s true crime novel I Heard You Paint Houses, The Irishman tells the story and life of truck driver turnedContinue reading “Film Review #7: The Irishman”
Martin Scorsese Films in 250 words or less
Ahead of the release of Martin Scorsese’s new film this month, Killers of the Flower Moon, I take a brief look at some of his most (and least) well known films… Taxi Driver (1976) One of Scorsese’s earliest works, Taxi Driver brilliantly captures the depression, loneliness and dark world of its protagonist, Travis Beckle (RobertContinue reading “Martin Scorsese Films in 250 words or less”
Film Review #6: The Equalizer 3
Nine seconds. That’s what I’ll give to decide your fate. Robert McCall Denzel Washington and director Antoine Fuqua return for their fifth collaboration in The Equalizer 3, the third and final installment of the Equalizer trilogy. This time around, law abiding citizen and vigilante Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) is enjoying retired life in a smallContinue reading “Film Review #6: The Equalizer 3”
Book Review #9: With a Mind to Kill
The criminals and conspiractors he had been fighting all his life were becoming superannuated as time moved on, and another decade, youger and brasher than any that had gone before, imposed itself. With a Mind to Kill, written by British crime author Anthony Horowitz, is the latest James Bond novel published by Jonathan Cape andContinue reading “Book Review #9: With a Mind to Kill”
Denzel Washington Movies
Ease is a greater threat to progress than hardship. Denzel Washington American actor and filmmaker Denzel Washington has been on our screens for over four decades. This month, I take a look and review some of his hit films… The Equalizer (2014) Director: Antoine Fuqua A hugely enjoyable and entertaining action film, even if theContinue reading “Denzel Washington Movies”
Book Review #2: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
“Bond’s right hand flashed out and the face of the Rolex disintegrated against the man’s jaw.” On Her Majesty’s Secret Service is the tenth James Bond novel by Ian Fleming, and was originally published in 1963. It is the second book in the Blofeld/ SPECTRE trilogy, which began with Thunderball and concludes with You OnlyContinue reading “Book Review #2: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service”
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