Robert Hutton
@RobDotHutton
Political sketches and film columnist for @TheCriticMag, co-host of classic cinema love-in @WarMovieTheatre. New spy book "The Illusionist" out now!
The Illusionist is now out in paperback! It's the "enthralling", "superbly entertaining", "delightful", and "satisfying" true story of an eccentric genius who made magic into a weapon of war.
Brilliant as usual by @RobDotHutton on the Tory reshuffle, with examples such as "Shadow Stairmaster General — Darryl Archideld". (They're all, of course, "rising stars" who are "developing policy"). thecritic.co.uk/that-kemi-resh…
It's Saturday, and YOU need a podcast that covers war movies, mercenaries, and chartered accountancy. War Movie Theatre watches The Wild Geese, with @ShippersUnbound, @DuncanWeldon and @RobDotHutton
This reminds me of casting Carry On The Wild Geese a couple of years ago. The greatest movie never made. @SMERSHPOD
Also the Wild Geese would get referenced in the anime Hellsing: Ultimate with a mercanary group of the same name showing up. The anime also references Fredrick Forsyth a lot in it. youtube.com/watch?v=yE7FCD…
But there's more in 1982 Hong Kong film outfit Shaw Brothers remade the film directed by Wong Jing noted Schlockmeister whose films had early appearance from Hong Kong stars like Andy Lau and Stephen Chow. youtube.com/watch?v=UMGcYl…
In 1984 there was an Italian knockoff version called Code Name: Wild Geese starring Lewis Collins, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine and Klaus Kinski. youtube.com/watch?v=GaH-W0…
So this film spawned a sequel in 1985 which didn't have any original cast but had Scott Glenn, Edward Fox, Patrick Stewart and Laurence Olivier as Rudolf Hess. But that's not all! youtube.com/watch?v=ZoqXpz…
Mad Mike Hoare was the most famous mercenary in the 20th century. A later British mercenary Costas Georgiou aka 'Colonel Callan' did not require quite the same media celebrity- largely because he was a psychotic killer.
It's Saturday, and YOU need a podcast that covers war movies, mercenaries, and chartered accountancy. War Movie Theatre watches The Wild Geese, with @ShippersUnbound, @DuncanWeldon and @RobDotHutton
And Mad Mike spent his last few years writing books about the Cathars (his novels aren't bad tbh). Entertainingly, most historians would now say the Cathars didn't really exist...so just another fantasy for Mike...
Pop down to Africa, would you, and pull off a coup? It's time to strap on our parachutes and grab our poison gas as we watch The Wild Geese! With @RobDotHutton, @DuncanWeldon and @ShippersUnbound, who's promised he'll be home for the holidays. youtu.be/a3zjBGrq8gI?si…
If you’ve had enough of politics, here’s me @RobDotHutton and @DuncanWeldon talking about one of the great 1970s war films shows.acast.com/war-movie-thea…
Listen here, on Spotify, Apple or wherever you get your podcasts. shows.acast.com/war-movie-thea…
Insiders say govt's worst decisions have followed the same path: - Treasury officials say they need to make a cut - Reeves is persuaded - McSweeney says it would work politically - Decision has such a head of steam by the time it's presented to Starmer that it's a fait accompli
Here they are! The names you won't be able to remember. thecritic.co.uk/that-kemi-resh…
BREAKING! The SKETCH has obtained the full line-up of Kemi Badenoch's DRAMATIC reshuffle of her front bench team. READ IT IN FULL HERE. thecritic.co.uk/that-kemi-resh…