women’s empowerment: CLEOPATRA JONES

She is 6ft. 2in. of dynamite wrapped in chocolate! CLEOPATRA JONES (1973) is a secret agent thriller produced by William “Bill” Tennant and Max Julien, written by Max Julien and Sheldon Keller, directed by Jack Starrett, and stars Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, and Shelley Winters. Cast TAMARA DOBSON as Cleopatra Jones SHELLEY WINTERS as Mommy BERNIE […]

CODE NAME: CAPRICORN – AMERICAN ULTRA

AMERICAN ULTRA There is nothing more dangerous than a stoned cold killer! AMERICAN ULTRA (2015) is an action, adventure, comedy (?) by Lionsgate. The movie is about a stoner who discovers he is actually a sleeper agent and part of a secret government program. The stars of the film are Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Topher Grace, […]

Codename Capricorn: Vintage Iconic Playhouse #3

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 […]

november nouveau: the man from u.n.c.l.e.

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Saving the world never goes out of style THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (2015) is a secret agent movie based on the 1960s television series with the same name. The film was directed by Guy Ritchie and written by Ritchie and Lionel Wigram. It stars Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, Alicia Vikander, Elizabeth Debicki, […]

Remember SeptembEr: Reading Sanctum #15A ian fleming’s James Bond

As a New Year’s resolution, I began the year with what seemed to me to be a doable commitment to start and finish several series that were on my TBR (to be read) list. First and foremost were the Sue Grafton Kinsey Millhone alphabet series, an Amy Cross Mass Extinction Event series and the Veronica […]

Reading Sanctum: Potpourri #6

Reading Sanctum: Potpourri is one of our continuing features of quick cut book reviews to help you find some otherwise innocuous books that might have escaped your attention. As a huge library/book reader geek, I love sharing stories about the books I am reading. So if you love books like I love books, then you […]

CODE NAME – CAPRICORN: ENTER THE DRAGON

A SECRET AGENT GOES TO A CRIME LORD’S ISLAND FORTRESS WITH OTHER FIGHTERS TO COMPETE IN A MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT! ENTER THE DRAGON is a 1973 martial arts/secret agent/action film directed by Robert Clouse, produced by Fred Weintraub, Paul Heller, and Raymond Chow, and written by Michael Allin. It stars Bruce Lee, John Saxon, and […]

CODENAME: CAPRICORN – DANGER TRAIL

DEATH FROM ABOVE, BELOW, AND BEYOND ON THE . . . DANGER TRAIL! Is a secret agent mini-series comic book published by DC Comics in 1993. It stars King Faraday and Sarge Steel – the two top secret agents in the DC universe and features the return of Kobra a criminal mastermind and would-be world […]