If you love the modern James Bond-style spy movies, you can thank Pierce Brosnan that Hollywood keeps making them. If it weren't for the "Remington Steele" star's turn as 007 in the beloved 1995 film "GoldenEye," the Bond franchise might have ended up dead...
Friday, May 3, 2024
Pierce Brosnan Returns: In "A Spy's Guide to Survival"
If you love the modern James Bond-style spy movies, you can thank Pierce Brosnan that Hollywood keeps making them. If it weren't for the "Remington Steele" star's turn as 007 in the beloved 1995 film "GoldenEye," the Bond franchise might have ended up dead...
Sunday, February 11, 2024
A Bad Week for Spys
• Turkey says 4 suspects confess to spying on behalf of Mossad more
• Accused Russian spy worked for U.K. intelligence, met with prime ministers and princes more
• A woman who had a six-year relationship with the man of her dreams eventually discovered he was actually an undercover cop spying on her. more
• “Argylle” is still out snooping the competition. The spy action comedy remained in first place, raking in $1.96 million on Friday, its second in theaters... So far, the flick, which cost $200 million to make, hasn’t been performing as expected. more
Thursday, February 8, 2024
“The Conversation” to be Remade as a TV Series
Francis Ford Coppola‘s 1974 masterpiece “The Conversation” will be remade as a TV series, with “Margin Call” and “All Is Lost” filmmaker J.C. Chandor attached to both write and direct the series, IndieWire has confirmed.
Friday, January 19, 2024
The Future of AI that Never Was (from 2012)
Saturday, November 18, 2023
BlackBerry - The Best Movie Of 2023?
Those who lived through the era of BlackBerry phones being the must-have product on the market will look back at the moment in history with a newfound sense of awe after seeing the film, while those too young to recall the ubiquity of the full-keyboard phone will be shocked and appalled by the underhanded business practices which brought mobile internet to the next level. more
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
14 Hilarious Moments from Spy Spoofs and Comedies
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
White House Plumbers...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023
The White House Plumbers, or The Buttcrack Buggers
From the producers of Succession and Veep...White House Plumbers comes to HBO Max on May 1, 2023. more
Monday, February 20, 2023
'Rabbit Hole' Clip Shows Kiefer Sutherland as a Mastermind of Corporate Espionage
Thursday, October 6, 2022
New Spy Show Is An Experimental TV First
Sunday, September 25, 2022
Here's the Thing - Wednesday - Nov. 23rd
Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) is not a fan of being spied on ... particularly when her parents are the ones doing the spying.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Surveillance Documentary: Theo Anthony on All Light, Everywhere
Back home in Baltimore, Anthony also attends to the efforts of Ross McNutt, president of Persistent Surveillance Systems, to sell citizens on his “God’s-eye view” plane-mounted live-feed spy cams – somewhat belatedly, since the tech had previously been deployed in 2016 without disclosure even to the mayor. Now he presents a genial face in community liaison meetings, offering blandishments about providing an “unbiased witness” in “troubled cities”. As Anthony’s voiceover says over an Axon promotional video, “It feels like watching a corporation dream out loud”: the claim is objectivity, the dream is omniscience, the end game is power. One thinks of Jeremy Bentham’s all-seeing panopticon, but also of Naomi Klein’s insights in No Logo into corporate aspirations of weightless, unburdened power. more
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
50 Spy Movies That’ll Keep You On The Edge Of Your Seat
Friday, December 18, 2020
The Ultimate Spy, or Better Learn How to Say "Yes, Master"
via Sundance...
This fascinating and visually stimulating documentary examines simulation theory—the idea that this world we live in might not be entirely real. The theory is as old as Plato's Republic and as current as Elon Musk's Twitter feed and A Glitch in the Matrix traces its genesis over the years, from philosophical engagements by the ancient Greeks to modern explorations by Philip K. Dick, the Wachowskis, and game theorists.
A new trailer for the upcoming documentary A Glitch in the Matrix gives a haunting look at the theory that we are all living in a giant simulation. The title alludes to the Wachowskis’ popular Matrix franchise, which is perhaps the most significant cultural exploration of the trippy thought experiment.
A Glitch in the Matrix will premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival in the Midnight Section line-up. After Sundance, A Glitch in the Matrix will be in theaters and on demand on February 5, 2021.Thursday, November 26, 2020
100 Best Spy Movies of all Time
Stacker compiled data on all spy movies to come up with a Stacker score—a weighted index split evenly between IMDb and Metacritic scores. Here are the best spy movies of all time... more
#5 - Duck Soup
Friday, November 6, 2020
Your Weekend Movie – “A Call to Spy” Now Streaming
“A Call to Spy” is now available to watch via streaming services and in select theaters across the United States and United Kingdom...
Premiering on June 21st, 2019 -- the 75th anniversary of D-Day -- at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the film has gone on to win numerous awards...
In the beginning of WWII, with Britain becoming desperate, Churchill orders his new spy agency—the Special Operations Executive (SOE)—to recruit and train women as spies.
Their daunting mission: conduct
sabotage and build a resistance. SOE's "spymistress," Vera Atkins (Stana
Katic), recruits two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall (Sarah Megan
Thomas), an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan
(Radhika Apte), an Indian Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to
undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in
their wake. Inspired by true stories. more
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Is James Bond an Idol with Feet of Clay? — You decide.
Like with most films of that kind, there are a lot of issues with the character and story lines in general. Take for instance the fact that they call him a "secret agent" when he is in fact an Intelligence Officer. Add to that he doesn't have a line manager, he somehow reports directly to the head of MI-6.
Then there is the reality that a "license to kill" doesn't really exist. Despite these tiny issues with details, the films are actually quite good.
However, there are many reasons that James Bond truly is the worst spy ever, even if he is a fictional character. Here are the top 007 reasons:
- He carries a gun on airplanes
- He constantly destroys or loses his equipment
- He is always being captured and/or beaten up
- He never follows orders
- He travels under his own name
- He always draws attention to himself
- Everyone knows who he is
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
New Spy Movie: My Grandfather The Spy
Monday, June 15, 2020
‘My Spy’: Film Review
Trailer.
Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Yet Another Spy Movie List
Were this a year like any other, we’d already have seen the year’s two most-anticipated spy movies: the 25th James Bond film No Time to Die and Marvel’s Black Widow solo film.
Both were scheduled for spring releases and will now open in theaters in November…if theaters are, in fact, open.
Fortunately, there’s no shortage of great spy movies to keep us occupied while we wait... The List