russell clarke's profile

"Where the devil and his children still walk with earthly feet "., 11 Jul 2009

A mate of mine always relates a story pertaining to our childhood where when he was off playing army or cowboys and Indians , I and whoever I could persuade at the time, were off playing vampires -hiding in tree's though what that has to do with vampires is anybody's guess. Vampires have fascinated me since I first came to these shores in 1736...no only kidding , since I was very small. The Hammer Dracula films left an indelible imprint on my fermenting but feverish imagination and as soon as I was able to afford it(paper-round money ) I bought Bram Stokers 1897 novel .Even my unsophisticated teenage mind knew it was dealing with a literary classic and having re-read again it recently… Read more

Surprisingly well acted , moral driven character piece., 8 Jul 2009

It is not unusual for film makers to employ the intersecting life's of characters as s dramatic device -the superb Amores Perros [DVD] [2001] springs most readily to mind - and director and co-writer Jieho Lee ( co-written with Bob DeRosa ) has used this effectively for the character driven The Air That I Breathe. Using the Chinese proverb that the four cornerstones of life are the emotions happiness, love , pleasure and sorrow ,as an inspiration it concentrates on four different people each who represent an emotion . The quartet intertwine and influence each others destiny in sometimes major… Read more

"I just want you to know who you,re killing "., 8 Jul 2009

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A novel so hard boiled it would crack titanium Nobody Move is a pacy tangy noirish thriller that offers little new but does it what it does with verve and panache. I read it cover to cover in three dinner hours.
The plot involves the usual noir thriller elements. Deals gone wrong ,an acerbic femme fatale , guns , money , an implacable enforcer ( in this case The Thin Man who is rather underused in truth ) although it eschews the usual shadowy urban setting for something more rural involving diners, highway motels and remote dirt roads.
The writing is sparse but still hard wired with enough prose to give the reader vivid images. The dialogue zips like bullets on a shooting range… Read more