Narrative Drive
An account of the writing — and reading, and other stuff — in my life by Andrew Cartmel.
Sunday, 11 April 2021
Casino Royale by Fleming, Wade & Purvis and Haggis
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I saw Casino Royale, the first Daniel Craig Bond, when it came out in 2006. I remembered it as a terrific movie. And I was right. Watching i...
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Monday, 22 February 2021
The Long Goodbye by Chandler, Altman & Brackett
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Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye is his next-to-last Philip Marlowe detective story. And it is considered one of his weakest novels....
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Monday, 1 February 2021
More on the Watchmen by Lindeloff and Moore
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Okay, so I've now finished watching the Watchmen, so to speak, and it didn't disappoint. Except in one regard — it was only nine epi...
Monday, 18 January 2021
Watchmen by Moore and Lindelof
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Thanks to an absolutely bullseye Christmas present from a friend (a Blu-ray box set; I'm old school) I have caught up with one of the cu...
Sunday, 10 January 2021
Girl, 20 by Kingsley Amis
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I was prompted to re-read this Kingsley Amis novel after hearing a really excellent BBC radio adaptation . And I'm very grateful for tha...
Sunday, 3 January 2021
52 Pick Up by Frankenheimer, Steppling and Leonard
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I recently wrote about John Frankenheimer's Dead Bang . That movie is genuinely great. A small forgotten masterpiece. So I couldn't ...
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