Having been a regular listener of the excellent Writing Excuses podcast for several years, it’s amazing that I’ve never read any of Mary’s novels before now. But Ghost Talkers felt like a good introduction, being a standalone fantasy novel. Not only ...
Read More »The trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has landed
With the Blu-Ray of The Force Awakens coming out in the US this week, Disney is keen to capitalise on Star Wars being on everyone’s mind. Today, the studio has published the first trailer for the stand-alone film being released in December. ...
Read More »Bridge of Spies: Not once did he do anything remarkable
Despite the public revilement he will be held in, James B Donovan (Tom Hanks) agrees to act as the defence for Soviet spy Rudolf Abel (Mark Rylance). Due to Donovan’s foresight in the trial, Abel is spared the electric chair ...
Read More »Bond Girls: Sexy, glamorous and badass
For a 62 year old character, James Bond sure has been in the news a lot recently. Some of the news has been good, some bad, but most of its been less focused on the titular Bond and more on ...
Read More »The Spy Game: Spies, lies, and legends
According to The Guardian, one reason they had to destroy the hard drives with information from whistleblower Snowden is because British Intelligence Officers felt that people could spy on their office using lasers. Yep, that’s right. I was reading the ...
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