Showing posts with label Thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thriller. Show all posts

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Dominion by Eric Van Lustbader (Orion)

I review the ninth novel in the bestselling Jason Bourne series, The Bourne Dominion, written by Eric Van Lustbader and continuing the works begun by Robert Ludlum. The book is currently available to buy in paperback and online and was first published by Orion in 2011.

Saturday, 18 July 2015

Cross My Heart by James Patterson (Cornerstone Digital)

I share my thoughts on James Patterson’s twenty second Alex Cross novel, Cross My Heart, one of the most recent entries in the bestselling thriller series, with the UK Kindle Edition being published by Cornerstone Digital.


Monday, 13 July 2015

Mitch Rapp #4: The Third Option by Vince Flynn (Simon & Schuster)

I review my first Vince Flynn novel, The Third Option, the fourth (in chronological order, second by published order) novel in the Mitch Rapp series, with this edition published by Simon & Schuster in 2011, although the novel itself was first published in 2000.


Sunday, 14 June 2015

The Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi (Knopf/Orbit)

I review Paulo Bacigalupi’s The Water Knife, the latest standalone novel by the author of The Windup Girl. This dystopian thriller is published by Knopf in the USA and Orbit in the UK, and currently available to buy.



Monday, 1 June 2015

The Film Column #4: A Most Violent Year, Dr. No, Fight Club, From Russia with Love & Mad Max: Fury Road

In the fourth film column, I start my attempt to watch all of the James Bond films before the release of the upcoming Spectre movie, starting with Dr. No and From Russia with Love. Also covered is Mad Max: Fury Road, A Most Violent Year and Fight Club, all of which like usual, I watched for the first time.


Sunday, 24 May 2015

The Film Column #3: Inside Llewyn Davis, In The Loop, Neighbors, The Two Faces of January & Unbroken

Here’s the third instalment of my Film Column, featuring brief reviews of the last five movies that I’ve seen, as I cover Neighbors, Inside Llewyn Davis,  Unbroken, In the Loop and The Two Faces of January. This also marks the start of a new font that I’m using (Georgia, if anyone’s interested), for the blog on what should be a permanent basis.


Saturday, 25 April 2015

The Film Column #1: Fast & Furious 6, Westworld, Jersey Boys, Unforgiven & Dracula Untold

In what should become a regular column on this blog, I look at the last five films that I’ve seen that haven’t been given full reviews and offer a paragraph on what I think of these films, along with a star rating. The films covered in the first entry are Fast & Furious 6, Westworld, Jersey Boys, Unforgiven and Dracula Untold.


Sunday, 12 April 2015

Pronto by Elmore Leonard (W&N)

With FX’s Justified reaching its final episode later this week, I thought I’d look back at the novel where it all started, Elmore Leonard’s Pronto, featuring the very first appearance by Cowboy Marshall Raylan Givens, as the first novel in a series of books featuring this character. This crime thriller is currently available to buy, with the edition that I read being published by W&N. 


Monday, 16 March 2015

Banshee Season 3 (Cinemax)

The bloody, brutal and violent pulp neo-western series Banshee recently brought its third season to a close in an epic fashion. Cinemax’s show stars Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Hoon Lee and Ulriech Thomson.


Saturday, 14 March 2015

Escape Plan (2013)

I review Mikael HÃ¥fström’s disappointing Escape Plan, an action thriller starring Slyvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Caviezel, Vinnie Jones and Sam Neil.



Monday, 9 March 2015

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Having recently watched it for the first time, I thought I’d share my thoughts on Quentin Tarantino’s directorial debut, Reservoir Dogs, a crime thriller starring Tim Roth, Michael Madson, Chris Penn and more.


Saturday, 28 February 2015

How To Get Away With Murder Season 1 (ABC)

I offer my thoughts on the first season of ABC’s hit crime drama, How to Get Away with Murder, starring Viola Davis and Alfred Enoch. It is created by Peter Nowak and produced by Shonda Rhimes.

Sunday, 22 February 2015

The Equalizer (2014)

With The Equalizer now out on DVD, I look at Antoine Fuqua’s 2014 thriller that features Denzel Washington and Chloë Grace Moretz in the lead roles.


Thursday, 19 February 2015

The Unknown Assassin #1: The Hit by Allen Zadoff (Orchard Books)

I share my thoughts on Allen Zadoff’s The Hit (formerly entitled Boy Nobody), a gripping young adult thriller, published by Orchard Books in both the USA and the UK.


Sunday, 15 February 2015

Gone Girl (2014)

I offer my opinions on Gone Girl, a 2014 thriller film starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, directed by David Fincher and adapted from Gillian Flynn’s bestselling novel. It’s currently available to buy on DVD.


Saturday, 24 January 2015

Taken 3 (2015)

I share my thoughts on Taken 3, the third movie in the action movie Taken franchise starring Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace and Forest Whittaker, and directed by Olivier Megaton.



Saturday, 17 January 2015

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Transworld)

The Girl on the Train, written by Paula Hawkins, is the latest novel that I’m reviewing for this site and one of my first reads of 2015. This thriller novel is published by Transworld Books in the UK and Riverhead in the US, and is currently available to buy in both countries.


Friday, 9 January 2015

The Imitation Game (2014)

I share my thoughts on The Imitation Game, a powerful drama based on true events, directed by Mortem Tyldum and starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.