Codename Capricorn — Respectful Reel Review #24 — Mission: Impossible (1996)

MOVIE TITLE: Mission: Impossible IMDB YEAR RELEASED: 1996 GENRE: Secret Agent / Action Thriller STARRING: Tom Cruise / Jon Voight / Henry Czerny / Emanuelle Beart / Ving Rhames / Kristin Scott Thomas / Vanessa Redgrave / Jean Reno / Emilio Estevez DIRECTED BY: Brian De Palma SUMMARY: When Secret Agents Jim Phelps and Ethan […]

Codename Capricorn: Red Capers #62

CODE NAME CAPRICORN: My name is payne, John Payne

“MY NAME IS PAYNE, JOHN PAYNE!” Before there was Sean Connery there was almost John Payne Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British writer, journalist, and intelligence officer best known for his series of secret agent novels. During the Second World War he served with British Naval Intelligence. His wartime service and later career as a […]

Codename: Capricorn — Ian Fleming and a Secret Agent Month

You don’t know who they are. You don’t know where they come from. You have no idea of their actual name or age. I could be one right now, and you would never know it. But that’s kind of the idea. In the world of spies everything is supposed to be shrouded in secrecy. Traveling […]

Codename Capricorn: Hello, 2022!

To all our followers: geeks, nerds, freaks, collectors, and otherwise, I wish you all, Happy New Year! I don’t need to write about how 2021 was so challenging, so I won’t belabor the point, other than to repeat what I said about 2020. Thank the Good Lord that bitch is dead. This January our thoughts […]

Tales from the Geekside 4: Dashing through the Snow

The snow was falling in slow fluffy drifts and I had decided that it was time to leave Grandma’s house. I was pretty sure that we had sufficient time to get home. It was only 8 pm, but I wanted to make sure we arrived home before the weather became too severe. Kisses and hugs […]

Reading Sanctum #18: Year in Review

I have never done a year in review post, but I want to start doing these. Goodreads is such a valuable organizational tool that if you use it correctly, it makes the Obsessive Compulsive Disorderly (OCD) parts of me feel extremely ordered. Followers of the blog will know that I set some literary goals, some […]

Respectful Reel Review #23: Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

MOVIE TITLE: Silent Night, Deadly Night IMDB YEAR RELEASED: 1984 GENRE: Christmas Slasher / Psychological Horror STARRING: Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Linnea Quigley, Britt Leach and Leo Geter DIRECTED BY: Charles E. Sellier, Jr. SUMMARY: A young man named Billy suffering from the post-traumatic stress of watching his parents killed […]

Off the Rack #3: Marc Matos

As the holidays approach and I look around the dinner table to share with my loved ones, it is only natural to remember those who have passed away. My Mom for instance was a strong lady. Here, she’s about to unleash some discipline on an unsuspecting victim. I had lots of fights with her during […]

Reading Sanctum #17

One of the highlights of my year was reading The Harvesting series by Melanie Karsak. This series of novels was a truly unique reading experience that begins with a global pandemic and quickly turns into a zombie apocalypse, but incorporates elements usually found in urban fantasies. I considered it something akin to a kitchen sink […]