Rankled ramble (R-089)
A chunter about Call of Duty | Men in Black: International | The Man in the High Castle | Mr. Robot | Raymond Chandler
Rising out of the CoD-hole (R-088)
A ramble about Call of Duty Modern Warfare | Dark Knight Strikes Again | Dark Knight III: The Master Race | Guardians | Hellboy | The House | Acid House | Whispers Under Ground | The Winds of Limbo
John Wick 1, 2 and 3
The John Wick films are a neo-noire mixture of over the top gun battles and fisticuffs, married with pithy dialogue which varies from the quotable to the laughable. Here I review John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2 and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum.
Bernard Cornwell – Gallows Thief
Gallows Thief is historic crime novel set in Regency London. The main character is the jauntily named Rider Sandman, a veteran of the Battle of Waterloo, who is looking into the guilt or innocence of a young painter imprisoned for the murder of the Countess of Avebury.
Five more films (R-087)
Blame! | Hitman Redemption | The Lobster | El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie | Spider-man Far From Home
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) – Campaign mode
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is a reboot of Infinity Ward’s classic 2007 first-person shooter published by Activision and once again features the repeating character SAS Captain John Price…
Stephen King – The Outsider
The Outsider is another crime/horror cross-over from King in the same style as the Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch) and while it’s not a sequel to those books it does exist in the same universe and indeed does feature the character of Holly Gibney. Spoilers ahoy!
