Archive for December 2024
To Catch a King (1984) – Slow burn thriller
All Clickable links in Red Genre – Spy + International Intrigue Time: 1 Hour 53 minutes Platform: You Tube (Free) Director: Clive Donner Cast: Robert Jackson. Teri Garr. Horst Janson. John Standing. Barbara Parkins. Facts: Edward the VIII, King of England abdicated the throne as he was not allowed to marry a…
Read MoreThe Six Triple Eight (2024) – Worthy war drama
Clickable links in red Genre – WW2 Drama Time: 2 Hour 10 minutes Platform: Netflix Director: Tyler Perry Cast: Kerry Washington. Ebony Obsidian. Milauna Jackson WW2 has millions of untold stories which are still being revealed. While the war was usually viewed through the lens of “Allied Good vs Axis Evil”, there are…
Read MoreThe Stranger (1946) – Superb Noir Mystery
All clickable links in red Genre – Mystery , Noir Time: 1 Hour 30 minutes Platform: Your Tube – Free Director: Orson Welles Cast: Orson Welles. Loretta Young. Edward G Robinson. Horror movies usually have a standard formula. Someone – usually the heroine or a female character – lets in a person or…
Read MoreBlack Doves (2024) – Pulp Trashy Fun
Genre – Spy (Crime?) Action Time: 6 x 55 minutes episodes Platform: Netflix Cast: Keira Knightly. Ben Whishaw. Sarah Lancashire. Andrew Buchan. You don’t like serious stuff. You want your entertainment clean and without any great philosophy about the nature of spies and spying. In short you want gunfights, explosions and witty dialogues. In…
Read MoreLeave the World Behind (2023) – Digital 9/11?
Clickable links in red Director: Sam Esmail Cast: Julia Roberts. Mahershala Ali. Ethan Hawke. Myha’la. Kevin Bacon. Farrah Mackenzie. Charlie Evans. Duration: 2 hours 18 minutes Platform: Netflix. You are reading this probably on your mobile or on your laptop browser. Everything is fine. Your network is good. Your Internet Plan is fantastic…
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