#BookTour: The Fatal Saving Grace, by Jim Nesbitt @partnersincr1me #TheFatalSavingGrace #JimNesbitt #hardboiled #crime #western #SpottedMulePress #excerpt #giveaway #PICT

THE FATAL SAVING GRACE by Jim Nesbitt February 9 - March 6, 2026 Virtual Book Tour Synopsis: ED EARL BURCH HARD-BOILED TEXAS CRIME THRILLER MAYHEM WITH A BADGE After wandering the peephole wilderness of a private detective for two decades, defrocked Dallas homicide detective Ed Earl Burch is finally…

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Oooh one of my favourite films is on at the #BFI in March - #HardBoiled!

#cinema

#Movies #ActionMovies #HongKongMovies #KungFuMovies

I watched the 4K re-release of #JohnWoo's #HardBoiled (1992) last night at my local #AMC.

I had forgotten how violent the genre of Hong Kong action movies can be but the action is SO ridiculous that I view it as a parody that can't be taken seriously.

Viewed historically, this genre of films is a modern extension of the earlier Hong Kong #KungFuMovie genre where the heroes faced off with hundreds of combatants bare handed & killed or defeated all of them.

Hard Boiled is just like an old kung fu movie but the combatants use guns & explosives instead of their hands & feet.

Frankly, I got bored with all of the killing/combat after awhile because there was too much of a sameness to it all but various plot twists, played seriously & for comedic effect kept me interested.

It's not for everyone but in the genre of Hong Kong action movies, Hard Boiled is considered important & worth watching if you have an interested in them but not if you don't. 🤷‍♂️

The #ScottishBookTrust pointed to #audiobooks for (re-)connecting to #reading, e.g.,:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/articles/all-reading-is-good-reading-audiobooks

#Leughadh #Läsa

Not for me* for #Januread, but I just finished the "Witcher of Salem" heptalogy (Wolfgang Hohlbein, abridged, read by Jürgen Hoppe). #Lesen

And my favourite ones are probably the readings of #Murakami 's
Dance, Dance, Dance (Rupert Degas) and
#Hardboiled Wonderland und das Ende der Welt (David Nathan).

Januread:
https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/reading-and-stories/januread

* https://mastodon.social/deck/@jrboehnke/115810378355800413

#Movies #HongKongCinema #ActionMovies . . .

Here's a link to a great trailer for one of the all time best Hong Kong action films . . . #HardBoiled (1992) directed by #JohnWoo & co-starring #ChowYunFat & #TonyLeung -- which is going to be shown in restored 4K format in a limited release in theaters on Jan 25-26 & 28.

https://youtu.be/lVQ-diI9PTs

#Movies . . .

#HardBoiled (1992) a classic #HongKong #ActionMovie -- directed by #JohnWoo before he crossed over to directing movies in the #US & starring #ChowYunFat (#CrouchingTiger) and #TongLeung (#10Rings) --is getting a wide but limited screening in the US (far wider than when it was originally released) on Jan 25-26 & 28.

I've got it on DVD but I'm going to my local #AMC to watch it on the BIG SCREEN anyway. 😎

https://gkids.com/golden-princess/hard-boiled/?rdt_cid=5234039027505656620