Thursday, April 29, 2021

The beat goes on: The Kid Detective

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Writer/director Evan Morgan’s engaging feature film debut is a droll, slightly tart slice of PI whimsy. At times, 2020’s  The Kid Detective ...
Thursday, March 25, 2021

Recent discovery: Dial 999

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“Without public good will,  any  police force is licked.” Inspiring statements of this nature, always spoken with grave sincerity, were a si...
Sunday, March 21, 2021

Lamentably overlooked: Badge 373

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Actually, I'm not sure a film this dreadful can be regarded as "lamentably" overlooked, but it certainly was undeservedly over...
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Saturday, February 6, 2021

Recent discovery: Schüsse aus dem Geigengasten

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I acknowledged, in my introduction to both books, that space (and time) constraints prevented much of a dive into international waters. The ...
Monday, February 1, 2021

From the cutting-room floor: Les Tricheurs

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This is another one I hated to lose, given its sensational, wall-to-wall jazz score. But as with  Alfie , this is a study of deplorable beha...
Friday, October 2, 2020

The publicity machine keeps on rollin' along...

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I continue to be quite pleased by the attention these books are getting, and the generous reviews and comments coming in from various quarte...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Settling a new score: The Streets of San Francisco

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La-La Land celebrates autumn’s arrival with the third volume in its  Quinn Martin Collection  series: a stylish two-disc set of Patrick Will...
Friday, September 18, 2020

Recent discovery: Missione speciale Lady Chaplin

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The echoes of  Thunderball  are impossible to ignore in  Missione speciale Lady Chaplin  ( Special Mission Lady Chaplin ), the last — and mo...
Friday, September 4, 2020

Recent discovery: Upperseven, l'uomo da uccidere

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Writer/director Alberto De Martino was granted a better than average budget for 1966’s  Upperseven, l’uomo da uccidere , released in the Sta...
Friday, August 28, 2020

From the cutting-room floor: Alfie

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I hated dropping this one from the manuscript, but — at the end of the day — it simply isn’t a crime drama (although I tried hard to justify...