Tag Archive | "Largo Winch"

Largo Winch – the priceless thriller that’s all about the money…

Thursday, May 17, 2012

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Largo Winch Volumes 9 & 10: The Price Of Money & The Law Of The Dollar Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Franq Cinebook Okay… here’s the blurb… The Price Of Money: “A man shoots himself in front of Largo, live on TV. He was a guest on a financial talk show who had lost his [...]

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Largo Winch – the saga continues….. magnificent.

Monday, February 28, 2011

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Largo Winch Volume 7: Golden Gate By Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Francq Cinebook At this stage, having reviewed the previous 6 Cinebook volumes (and 10 parts – the first 4 volumes were double sized) I’m at the stage where it’s getting a little silly doing these individual volume reviews. Here’s a selection of bits [...]

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Largo Winch – the film….

Saturday, February 19, 2011

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When you love a comic as much as I do with Van Hamme and Francq’s Largo Winch (see here for the last review) there’s bound to be a conflict when it comes to any movie adaptation. There’s an attraction – a desire to see something in another form, but also an expectation that it wont [...]

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From our continental correspondent: second Largo Winch film announced for 2011

Monday, January 3, 2011

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The French comics blog BD Gest points us towards the trailer (or bande-annonce, as the French say) of the new Largo Winch movie, which is to be released on February 16th, 2011.  As was the case with the first movie (and the desastrous TV series bevore that), this film is based on the comics series [...]

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Largo Winch Vol 5 & 6 – it’s the same old song – but it’s a bloody good song.

Monday, July 12, 2010

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Largo Winch Volumes 5 & 6 – See Venice … And Die Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Francq Cinebook At this stage, after 6 volumes of Largo Winch, I know exactly what to expect from Jean Van Hamme’s adventuring businessman serial. The originality I saw in the very first story is gone, since every volume, [...]

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Largo Winch – jungle thriller time

Monday, November 23, 2009

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Largo Winch Volume 4: The Hour Of The Tiger (Includes Fort Makiling) By Van Hamme and Franq Cinebook “No family, no connections, anti-establishment, womanizer, wanderer, iconoclast and fighter, he inherits at age 26 the W group, which is worth $10 billion. Largo Winch” That back cover blurb is really all you need to know when [...]

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Largo Winch 2 – the best thriller on an international business deal you’ll ever read….

Monday, November 2, 2009

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Largo Wich Volume 2: Takeover Bid by Jean Van Hamme and Philippe Franq Cinebook I’m reading these in the wrong order – Volume 3, Volume 1 and now Volume 2. I know what happens and it still doesn’t matter since Van Hamme does write such deliciously self contained thrillers. This is what I said last [...]

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Largo Winch – The Heir

Friday, September 25, 2009

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Largo Winch Volume 1 – The Heir by Jean Van Hamme & Philippe Franq Cinebook (Comprises the original Volume 1 The Heir and Volume 2 The W Group) I’m rather approaching Largo Winch the wrong way, I first read Volume 3 and now I’m here with Volume 1. But it really doesn’t matter, in much [...]

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Largo Winch: Dutch Connection

Monday, July 20, 2009

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Largo Winch Volume 3: Dutch Connection Written by Jean Van Hamme, Art by Philippe Francq. Cinebook (Comprises the original Volume 5: H and Volume 6: Dutch Connection) Largo Winch is an absolutely cracking thriller. Incredibly cinematic in it’s plot and pacing and essentially it’s a great James Bond movie but without the ridiculously overblown set [...]

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