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  • #haikommute: On the odd morning…

    On the odd morning
    When I don’t use quiet car
    Worst mistake ever
  • Stealing Trinity

    Stealing Trinity

    Stealing TrinityStealing Trinity by Ward Larsen
    My rating: 3 of 5 stars

    Impulse buy; picked up as Kindle deal of the day months ago and picked away at it a bit at a time before seriously powering through it recently. Very glad I did.

    Very different than my usual read, but that’s the whole point, isn’t it? I can easily see why historical fiction is such a popular genre. This sort of “What if” thinking is natural to everyone, and so makes for an inexhaustible supply of scenarios.

    This one is quite simple in the telling: the pursuit of a loose thread; a Nazi agent tasked with stealing the secrets of the Manhattan Project in the days after the surrender of Germany.

    Great thriller; interesting story. Well written, but switches perspective/voice a little too frequently; gets a little distracting. Inclusion of female protagonist so prominently into the third act changes the tone of the piece. Turns the feel from tight spy story to Hollywood thriller. Not necessarily a bad thing, just unexpected and tonally at odds with the earlier chapters.

    All in all, a very enjoyable read; looking forward to move of the author’s works.

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  • #140RVW: Dr. No (1962)

    #140RVW: Dr. No (1962)

    140 Character Movie Review – #140RVW

    50 years later & it still plays. Imperfect but all the pieces are there to launch franchise. Connery begins legendary run as man among men.

    Spoiler-free Movie Review of Dr. No:

    Coming soon…

    Poster:

    Trailer:

    Bechdel Test:

    Fail

    The Representation Test Score: ( pts)

    (http://therepresentationproject.org/grading-hollywood-the-representation-test/)

    The Representation Test
    [schema type=”movie” url=”www.007.com” name=”Dr. No” description=”In the film that launched the James Bond saga, Agent 007 (Sean Connery) battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder (Ursula Andress), to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.” director=”Terence Young” actor_1=”Sean Connery” ]

    Main Cast Sean Connery James Bond
    Ursula Andress Honey Ryder
    Bernard Lee M.
    Joseph Wiseman Dr. No
    Rating TV-PG
    Release Date Wed 08 May 1963 UTC
    Director Terence Young
    Genres Action, Adventure, Thriller
    Plot A resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.
    Poster Dr. No
    Runtime 110
    Tagline NOW meet the most extraordinary gentleman spy in all fiction!…JAMES BOND, Agent 007!
    Writers Richard Maibaum (screenplay) &, Johanna Harwood (screenplay) …
    Year 1962

  • #haikommute

    New feature coming: #haikommute – simplified and stylistically incorrect haiku written on the train. Will use the 5-7-5 format and will likely be petty and snide…

  • #140RVW: The Big Lebowski (1998)

    #140RVW: The Big Lebowski (1998)

    Saw 3x in theaters, countless since. Still holds up as cult fun. Revered with reason, but Coens’ dopey noir feels safe by their standards…

    The Big Lebowski