This is pretty good, and what it lacks in suspense it makes up for in style. Biggest prob is Quinn, who is miscast.
Caine has a blast. Maureen Kerwin is gorgeous.
#25Y24F #2202
Robert Parrish's
THE DESTRUCTORS [1974]
Original Watch: Circa April 1987 on VHS
Current Watch: 11/29/25 On Prime
[VHS on the Shelf]
This is pretty good, and what it lacks in suspense it makes up for in style. Biggest prob is Quinn, who is miscast.
Caine has a blast. Maureen Kerwin is gorgeous.
RIP
Tom Stoppard
RIP
Tom Stoppard
The Czech-born British playwright wrote the screenplay for 1998 film Shakespeare in Love, for which he won an Academy Award jrnl.ie/6889303
It's just okay. First half is all intelligence gathering and Moore and Peck are good together, but it drags. Second half more entertaining, but still nothing special.
Barbara Kellerman is a dream.
#25Y24F #2201
Andrew V. McLaglen's
THE SEA WOLVES [1980]
Original Watch: Circa April 1987 on VHS
Current Watch: 11/28/25 via Internet Archive
[VHS on the Shelf]
It's just okay. First half is all intelligence gathering and Moore and Peck are good together, but it drags. Second half more entertaining, but still nothing special.
Barbara Kellerman is a dream.
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
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"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
This tries to find the area btwn Bond & Palmer and it doesn't quite work. I like Segal as Quiller + the supp cast is ace, but the good isn't good enough to compensate for the plodding parts.
#25Y24F #2200
Michael Anderson's
THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM [1966]
Original Watch: Circa April 1987 on VHS
Current Watch: 11/27/25 on DVD
This tries to find the area btwn Bond & Palmer and it doesn't quite work. I like Segal as Quiller + the supp cast is ace, but the good isn't good enough to compensate for the plodding parts.
It's essentially a long SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN ep, replacing bionics with motorcycle hang glider & laughable shield.
Reb Brown does NOT have America's Ass.
#25Y24F #2199
Ivan Nagy's
CAPTAIN AMERICA II: DEATH TOO SOON [1979]
Original Watch: Circa 04/05/87 on Network Television
Current Watch: 11/27/25 on DVD
It's essentially a long SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN ep, replacing bionics with motorcycle hang glider & laughable shield.
Reb Brown does NOT have America's Ass.
Heart
Pat Benatar
Peter Gabriel
Rober Palmer
Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers
Depeche Mode
Nine Inch Nails
The Hooters
John Carpenter
Howard Shore
Nirvana
R.E.M.
NIN
Soundgarden
Elvis Presley
Heart
Pat Benatar
Peter Gabriel
Rober Palmer
Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers
This is mostly lifeless with limited plot/character development. Even the fight scenes are repetitive.
#25Y24F #2198
Robert Clouse's
THE ULTIMATE WARRIOR [1975]
Original Watch: Circa April 1987 on VHS
Current Watch: 11/26/25 on VHS
This is mostly lifeless with limited plot/character development. Even the fight scenes are repetitive.