Talkie Tuesday: Atomic Blonde

 

"It's a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

 

Hello everyone!

 

This week's choice of movie is heavily influenced by the fact that my sister was home for the weekend and ended up watching it on television in my room.

 

Now, usually, I'd just do my own thing on the computer while she was at it, but I got sucked into the story, and then some.

 

I mean, it IS Charlize Theron though.

 

The woman looks too good to be true.

 

I want whatever she's having.

 

And while I'm at it, let me tell you all about the little movie she did back in 2017 (geez, is it almost 5 years ago already?) that, apparently, also has a sequel in development! This is exciting news because the movie is absolutely fantastic.

Convoluted, but fantastic.

It's called Atomic Blonde, and BOY, is it atomic!

The Bourne Trilogy (Booktober)

 

"Cain is for Charlie, and Delta is for Cain."

 

 

Who doesn't know Jason Bourne? Other than Jason Bourne, that is. The movies with Matt Damon portraying the titular character (that Hollywood won't let die) cemented him in our minds, but let me tell you, the books - at least the original trilogy written by Ludlum himself - are SPECTACULAR. And I mean spectacular. They've got so much more plot in comparison to the movies, so much more detail and intricacy, and Bourne becomes an even better character stepping off the page than he is on the silver screen. So have a look at how Treadstone shaped this special agent - then spat him back out, and the consequences of that decision just so happened to shake the world at its foundations.

 

Who is Jason Bourne? Is he an assassin, a terrorist, a thief? Why has someone tried to murder him? Jason Bourne does not know the answer to any of these questions. Suffering from amnesia, he does not even know that he is Jason Bourne. What are his secrets? Who has he killed? To succeed, he must maneuver through the dangerous labyrinth of international espionage—an exotic world filled with CIA plots, turncoat agents, and ever-shifting alliances—all the while hoping to find the truth behind his haunted memories and the answers to his own fragmented past. For there are two Bournes—and one must die. His plan is simple: to infiltrate the politically and economically Medusan group and use himself as bait to lure the cunning Jackal into a deadly trap, a trap from which only one of them will escape.

(from Goodreads)

 

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*image not mine

 

Becoming Mrs. Lewis (Booktober)

Lord John Grey (Booktober)

The Last Wish (Booktober)

The Inheritance Cycle (Booktober)

His Dark Materials (Booktober)

The White Queen (Booktober)

The Thorn Birds (Booktober)

The Bourbon Kings (Booktober)

Cop of the Year (Booktober)

Nefertiti (Booktober)

Timeline (Booktober)

The Murder at the Vicarage (Booktober)

Persuasion (Booktober)

The Longest Ride (Booktober)

Midnight Sun (Booktober)

Percy Jackson & the Olympians (Booktober)

The Chronicles of Narnia (Booktober)

Atlantis (Booktober)

Origin (Booktober)

Quo Vadis (Booktober)

Death on the Nile (Booktober)

The Little White Horse (Booktober)

The Sign of Four (Booktober)

Harry Potter #2 (Booktober)

Troublemaker (Booktober)

The Lord of the Rings (Booktober)

Talkie Tuesday: Jason Bourne

"Jesus Christ, that's Jason Bourne!"

Hello everyone!

After the blockbuster review from last week which had to do with Star Trek and everything beyond the final frontier, I'm back to slightly more realistic waters. 

Well, realistic is a subjective term, either way.

However, I have always been and probably always will be a huge fan of stories which focus on intelligence agencies and their agents around the globe, which is probaby why I haven't yet given up on this Jason Bourne ship, although to be perfectly honest I have never and will never be a complete fan of the movies.

My reasons?

See, I've read the books. And as complex as they are (obviously impossible to bring to the big screen in any kind of coherent way in just a few movies) they are SO much better than the movies could ever be.

But I digress. I said I haven't given up on the Bourne ship yet.

The reason for this is mostly that I enjoy watching Matt Damon act.

Talkie Tuesday: Bridge of Spies

"Every person matters."

Hello everyone!

Back with a movie again this week, although for this one, I picked a film from the middle of my pack (I call it a pack now, I've stocked up on them again!) instead of from the whole backlog of them, mostly because it's one of those you just have to get out there. 

The point here being, however, that it came highly recommended by two very good friends of mine, and they sort of nudged and poked until I gave in and got myself a copy of it.

The movie I'm talking about is Bridge of Spies.

It's exactly what it sounds like, mind you, and it's really right up my alley with what happens in the storyline, so obviously my friends know me well enough by now to suggest stuff they know I'll gobble up and probably not wait too much before I watch it.

However, for some inexplicable reason I have yet to figure out, I got a copy of the movie, then sort of let it sit there and stew while I mustered energy - or courage - to watch it.

Maybe that was a sign.

Talkie Tuesday: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

"How's THAT for entertainment?"

Hello everyone!

This movie review should have been posted before I posted the one for The Abominable Bride, but my Sherlock enthusiasm got the best of me even though the movie night I spent with my friends watching a trio of agents run around the screen (sometimes like chickens with their heads cut off) was also as enjoyable as the latter one. 

Not to mention, I had been DYING to see the movie.

I mean, it's a no brainer here that The Man from U.N.C.L.E. was on my list because of the assembled cast, though most notably the principle male leads, namely Henry Cavill and Armie Hammer.

Okay, yes, I may have a bit of a crush problem.

I don't deny it!

But take a good, long look at those two and tell me you wouldn't have the same one. It's not like they're two sacks of potatoes, after all.

And the movie, of course, was really good.