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TV Review: Apple’s ‘Slow Horses’ Delivers A Nice Spy Homage
After a botched and publicly embarrassing training mission, British MI5 agent River Cartwright is exiled to Slough House, an administrative purgatory for service rejects. Known as slow horses, Cartwri...
‘The King’s Man’ Review: A Tonal Mess With Few Charms
In the early years of the 20th century, the Kingsman agency is formed to stand against a cabal plotting a war to wipe out millions.
‘The Courier’ Review: A Gripping Cold War Espionage Thriller
Cold War spy Greville Wynne and his Russian source try to put an end to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Quantum of Solace 10th Anniversary: Shaky but Stirring
When Quantum Of Solace opened 10 years ago today, it set a record opening for a Bond movies with $67.5 million. That’s people wanting more Daniel Craig. He made such an impressive debut with Casino Ro...
Review: ‘Operation Finale’ Lacks Enough Intel
In the same way that most shark films pale in comparison to Jaws, Operation Finale ends up as another film that comes nowhere near matching up to Munich, as far as movies about Jews getting vengeance ...
Review: ‘Fallout’ – A Most Wanted ‘Mission: Impossible’
When it comes to action movies, the Mission: Impossible series is more than a safe bet. The enduring action franchise has been around for over twenty years, and it looks like it will keep going as lon...
Review: The Americans 6×01, “Dead Hand”
During the season five premiere of FX’s The Americans, I was curious if people that suddenly tuned into this show, following the insane amount of goodwill that led to significant Emmy nominations, wer...
Review: ‘Red Sparrow’ Is A Tough Bird
The most impressive thing about Red Sparrow is how Fox has allowed it to fly at its own pace. To the credit of the studio, Red Sparrow joins films such as A Cure For Wellness and Alien: Covenant as mo...