The Gambler

If you haven’t seen the original film with James Caan, by all means, go do so. It’s a classic man film. Also, it’s based on the Dostoyevsky novel of the same name, which is also a classic. [youtube width=”640″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn5a9wL5cQA[/youtube]

Bookshelf: The British Spy Manual

In The Bridge on the River Kwai, ‘Force 316’ conspires to sabotage the bridge being built by British POWs under Japanese command. In Ill Met by Moonlight, General Kreipe is captured on Crete by a couple of classics students turned British soldiers. In The Guns of Navarone, an Allied commando … Read More

Escobar: Paradise Lost

Think the reference is a little heavy-handed? Well, Pablo Escobar once bombed and entire airliner in an attempt to assassinate one man. Who, as it turns out, wasn’t even on the plane. [youtube width=”640″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-_hNFXi4-c[/youtube]

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