by xerkdqmy | Jan 8, 2016 | General, Weekend Read
It took me a few tries to get that “16” written correctly atop this post. That always happens after the turn of the new year, but like, mostly when I was in school. A long time ago. Anyway, here’s the WEEKEND READ for this weekend. Two excellent...
by xerkdqmy | Jan 7, 2016 | General, Thriller Thursday
Marathon Man is a subversive, incredibly twisty, international espionage film written by William Goldman (from his own novel) and directed by John Schlesinger. The film sets up an anonymous U.S. intelligence service against a Nazi war criminal hell-bent on moving hot...
by xerkdqmy | Dec 18, 2015 | General, Weekend Read
A Chinese Hacker’s Identity Unmasked (from Bloomberg Business, written by Dune Lawrence and Michael Riley) – goo.gl/YS3pLU In March 2011, Stewart was examining a piece of malware that looked different from the typical handiwork of Russian or Eastern...
by xerkdqmy | Dec 17, 2015 | General, Thriller Thursday
Sicario makes you believe that you’re right there on the job with the United States’ top counter-narcotics operatives. But what you’ll eventually learn is that the world they occupy is not necessarily one you want to live in. That’s what makes the veiwer’s nerves...
by xerkdqmy | Dec 11, 2015 | General, Weekend Read
Boom! Inside a British Bank-Bombing Spree by Nick Summers – goo.gl/XVRsPN No American ATM has ever been robbed with explosive gas. The same WAS true in Britian – Until 2013. Now there have been more than 90. The Lost Man by Graeme Wood – goo.gl/AaduRb In...
by xerkdqmy | Dec 10, 2015 | General, Thriller Thursday
No list of paranoid thrillers would be complete without THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR. Starring Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway, written by Lorenzo Semple, Jr. and David Rayfiel, and directed by Sydney Pollack, the movie was released in 1975. Compared to the majority of...
