Long Bond: SPECTRE (film review) 2015
Spectre Spectre, the latest James Bond movie rolled into town this month, just in time for the holidays. I caught it yesterday afternoon at the local movie tavern, a nice place to watch a digital…
Spectre Spectre, the latest James Bond movie rolled into town this month, just in time for the holidays. I caught it yesterday afternoon at the local movie tavern, a nice place to watch a digital…
The Fantasy Book Murders by John Walters (2014, Amazon Digital Services) The Fantasy Book Murders is an excellent example of how genres are crossed to make a great book. Every so often I read a book…
Bridge of Spies Last week I caught up with the latest Steven Spielberg retro movie: Bridge of Spies, written by the Coen Brothers and starring Tom Hanks. Once again I managed to see it at…
Baron Orgaz by Frank Lauria (Open Road Media, 2015) Baron Orgaz is one of several Doctor Orient novels by Frank Lauria. I first heard of Dr. Orient from writer Derrick Ferguson who referred to…
Shadow of the Condor by James Grady (Dell, 1975) Shadow of the Condor is the 1975 sequel to James Grady’s Six Days of the Condor. It’s not an easy book to find and my worn…
Last week I had the chance to see Kiss Me Deadly on a big screen. Our local art cinema house, Phoenixville’s Colonial Theater had the opportunity to show the classic film from a nice 35mm…
Triangle of Power by John Russel Fearn (Wild Side Press, 1950, reprint 2012) As I continue to read more or John Fearn’s Golden Amazon books, I admit that the man was one of the last…
Since 2015 is the year of the spy movie, I’ve been eagerly awaiting for the big-screen version of The Man From UNCLE.
Six Days of The Condor is one of those books everyone can reference even if few have read it.
If you have ever seen the David Niven movie Where the Spies Are, you will be familiar with Host of Extra‘s author James Leasor (1923-2007).