10 May 2012
Call no: 800
Genre: historical, Juv/YA
Setting: 1940s, France
9 Stars
7 Comments
Received free from NetGalley “Verity” has been captured by the Germans. Held in a converted hotel in France she is tortured and forced to give up all her secrets. But in her confession and her report on all her secrets … Continue reading
Group read with the Metafilter Book Club Magnus Pym is a British spy. But after the death of his family he suddenly goes awol. His wife doesn’t know where he is, his superior officers don’t know where he is. He … Continue reading
24 April 2012
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31 December 2011
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Miraj Grbic, Paula Patton, Simon Pegg, Tom Cruise
Script: André Nemec, Josh Appelbaum
Genre: Action
6 Stars
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Ethan Hunt is in prison, but do not fear, an IMF team are here to break him out. No one seems quite sure of what happened between him and his wife, and no one wants to ask. But the mission, … Continue reading
23 May 2011
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana, Olivia Williams, Saoirse Ronan
Script: David Farr, Seth Lochhead
Genre: Action
Setting: Europe, Finland
6 Stars
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Hanna is sixteen years old. She lives with her father in the woods in isolated Finland. And when we first meet her she is stalking a deer through the snow, shooting it with a bow and arrow before finishing the injured animal off with her knife. To say she hasn’t had the most normal of upbringings is not an exaggeration. Her father has trained her to survive, to adapt, fight, and to kill. Now that she is growing up she wants more. She wants to experience the rest of the world. But to do so she must first help kill her father’s old enemy.
29 November 2007
Call no: 800
Genre: sff
Setting: Ixia
8 Stars
3 Comments
Locked in darkness that surrounded me like a coffin, I had nothing to distract me from my memories. Vivid recollections waited to ambush me whenever my mind wandered.
The monarchy of Ixia has recently been overthrown by Commander Ambrose and is now ruled by the Code of Behaviour. Punishments are absolute; there is no leeway or excuse that will save you if you break the rules, whether you simply didn’t wear the correct uniform or killed someone. So Yelena expects nothing but a hanging after she killed the son of a high ranking General. But she is offered a slight chance when she is given the choice of either accepting her hanging or becoming the food-taster for the Commander. She accepts the position, and so is poisoned to ensure her loyalty, she’ll need access to the antidote that only Valek, the Commander’s second-in-command can provide.
11 August 2007
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To say that there will be reduced blogging for the next two weeks or so. Possibly even none. Who knows, it is a mad mad crazy world.
2 March 2007
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Angelina Jolie, Matt Damon, Tammy Blanchard
Script: Eric Roth
Genre: drama
Setting: 1950s, USA
3 Stars
4 Comments
This is the story of Edward Wilson, a man who has believed in the United States of America all his life, who has always done what he thinks is right, a spy, a husband, a father. The story of the … Continue reading
1 December 2006
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Judi Dench, Mads Mikkelsen
Script: Neal Purvis, Paul Haggis, Robert Wade
Genre: Action, thriller
8 Stars
11 Comments
based on the novel by Ian Fleming Before I saw this film I said that I would enjoy it, I just decided, spur of the moment type of thing that I would like it. And I’m glad to report that … Continue reading
14 August 2006
Call no: 941.50821
Genre: history, non-fiction
Setting: 1920s, Ireland
9 Stars
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Michael Collins is frequently cited as the originator of modern urban terrorism. The British characterised his Squad as ‘the murder gang’ and had they knowingly captured members of of the Squad they would almost certainly have exectued them.
Irish history is full of revolutionaries and failed rebellions, of informers giving information to the English, and spies infiltrating Irish organisations. Michael Collins recognised the importance of the intelligence network and so in 1919 he formulated a plan to blind the eyes of Dublin Castle by ensuring that the police force were as terrorised and demoralised as possible. Continue reading
