The very last sentence sold me on the movie: "a marvellous sympathy for the whole cast" - which seems to be surprisingly uncommon in a lot of stories and media. I know it's not quite in the spirits of the times but I actually prefer watching (or reading) stories about people I can tell the author likes and that I can like as well.
February 20, 2026
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July 2025
This is pretty surprising. Out of all books by Lawrence Osborne that I read, I didn't imagine that someone would turn this into a movie.
May 2025
This is exactly the kind of article that I love
February 2025
James Bond producers give Amazon full creative control of 007
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Well, shit.
This is actually a fun thought experiment
March 2024
It's pretty fascinating - and probably something that will happen more and more in the future.
September 2023
It's one of those movies that I somehow don't dare to watch. I don't even know why.