Rising out of the CoD-hole
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
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!
Death by toilet
Based on one of those stupid coffee break conversations I often have at work, here is a list of my favourite deaths ‘by toilet’ in movies and TV I have seen…
