At first glance, Baby Driver is an everyday caper movie. But dig a little deeper and it’s a movie worth watching…and watching again.
last updated: 8 December 2019; people: Ansel Elgort Lily James Kevin Spacey tags: Baby Driver
The Irishman is the latest movie from Martin Scorsese. It tells the story of Frank Sheeran, a low-level criminal who rises to positions of power within the Teamsters union and the Bufalino crime family. It is a detailed and complex story crossing the intersection …
last updated: 7 December 2019; people: Martin Scorsese Robert De Niro Frank Sheeran Al Pacino Jimmy Hoffa Joe Pesci Russell Bufalino tags: The Irishman
The Late Show by Michael Connelly
In The Late Show Michael Connelly introduces us to a new character, Renée Ballard. The novel includes the best of Connelly’s police procedural story telling and overlays the tale with a look at the internal politics of the LAPD. I loved the book; let me tell you …
last updated: 6 September 2019; people: Renée Ballard tags: 2019 reads The Late Show
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
There’s a new Netflix documentary: The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann. The title tells you what you’re going to get. Let me tell you a bit about it before you decide whether to watch.
last updated: 22 March 2019; people: Madeleine McCann
With his latest book, The Fox, Frederick Forsyth jumps into the world of offensive cyber war. But is the book worth a read?
last updated: 9 February 2019; tags: The Fox 2019 reads
Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Devil in a Blue Dress was the first novel by Walter Mosley and features Easy Rawlins, an African American World War II veteran. It is a noir masterpiece pulling together threads of race, friendship and betrayal, and political corruption in the context of post-war …
last updated: 27 January 2019; people: Easy Rawlins Raymond Alexander tags: Devil in a Blue Dress 2019 reads
Devil in a Blue Dress: the movie
Walter Mosley’s novel Devil in a Blue Dress is a noir masterpiece pulling together threads of race, friendship and betrayal, and political corruption in the context of post-war America. Read the book, then watch the movie—and watch the movie for the electric …
last updated: 26 January 2019; people: Don Cheadle George Clooney Denzel Washington Tom Sizemore Jennifer Beals Easy Rawlins Raymond Alexander tags: Devil in a Blue Dress Ocean's Eleven
The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth was published in 1971. The subsequent movie based on the novel was released in 1973. In the (nearly) fifty years since these releases many have tried to emulate both, but few have bettered the originals. If you haven’t …
last updated: 7 January 2019; people: Charles de Gaulle tags: The Day of the Jackal 2019 reads
Killing Eve is the best thing I’ve seen on TV for a while. Let me try and encourage you to watch.
last updated: 8 November 2018; people: Kim Bodnia Jodie Comer Sandra Oh Villanelle tags: Killing Eve
Have you been watching The Bridge? If you haven’t, here’s why I think you should…
last updated: 10 July 2018; people: Sofia Helin Kim Bodnia tags: The Bridge
I recently read Snare by Lilja Sigurðardóttir, a story about a mother who is forced to work as a drug mule smuggling cocaine into Iceland. If you haven’t read it, you should.
last updated: 13 March 2018; tags: Snare 2018 reads
John le Carré’s 1974 novel Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was adapted to be a movie and tv miniseries. Seek out all three.
last updated: 13 February 2018; people: Gary Oldman George Smiley Alec Guiness tags: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
I’ve been watching Comrade Detective. It’s fun…at least the idea is amusing, but I’m not sure it quite sustains over the full series.
last updated: 14 November 2017; people: Kim Basinger Channing Tatum Joseph Gordon-Levitt tags: Comrade Detective
On the face of it, Sexy Beast is a gangster movie. In truth, it’s a love story. Sure, there are all the elements of a British gangster movie, a retired criminal living in Spain who is drawn back for one last job—a safe deposit vault heist. But dig deeper to …
last updated: 11 July 2017; people: Ray Winstone Ben Kingsley tags: Sexy Beast
If you haven’t watched BrainDead, can I suggest you do: it’s hugely entertaining.
last updated: 9 May 2017; people: Danny Pino Mary Elizabeth Winstead tags: BrainDead The Cars You Might Think
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow
The Power of the Dog by Don Winslow is a great book. If you haven’t read it, fix that and read it now.
last updated: 11 April 2017; tags: The Power of the Dog Drug Enforcement Agency US Mexico border narco traffickers 2017 reads
Goliath has pretty much every cliché there could be: Billy McBride was a hotshot lawyer, but he drank—and still drinks—and now is down on his luck, having lost his employment and his wife…but he’s still close to his daughter. He lives (and has …
last updated: 13 December 2016; people: Billy Bob Thornton David E Kelley William Hurt Nina Arianda tags: Goliath
In 2007, Meredith Kercher was murdered in Perugia, Italy. Few people remember Meredith Kercher, however, nearly everyone remembers Amanda Knox, with whom Kercher shared an apartment. Knox was found guilty—but was subsequently acquitted—of the murder of …
last updated: 8 November 2016; people: Amanda Knox Rudy Guede Meredith Kercher Raffaele Sollecito Giuliano Mignini tags: Netflix