S Categories Reviews TV December 2, 2022 Slow Horses returns, darker and thornier than ever AppleTV+’s tale of bad spies stops telling jokes, starts getting intense.
R Categories Movies Reviews August 14, 2022 Rogue Agent chills when focusing on James Norton’s multilayered monster and struggles otherwise When Gemma Arterton faces off against Norton's chameleonic con man, Rogue Agent compels, but most everything else about it is overly familiar.
P Categories Features Movies P.S.H. I Love You June 2, 2021 P.S.H. I Love You: Hoffman is the best part of “A Most Wanted Man” Philip Seymour Hoffman classes up an otherwise dull and contrived spy drama.
A Categories Reviews TV November 12, 2020 A spy is born in the surprisingly fresh “Alex Rider” Guy Burt combines the quirky fun of a teen James Bond with espionage drama in the adaptation of the popular book series.
& Categories Reviews TV July 3, 2020 “Hanna” season 2 hits hard, but could pick its shots better Finally out from under the shadow of its filmic inspiration, the Amazon series treads new ground in its second season.
& Categories Filmmaker of the Month Movies April 18, 2020 “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Saw the MCU Grow Up It's not perfect, but the Russo brothers' conspiracy-thriller take on the MCU turned its eye inward to the more explicitly political.
R Categories TV February 25, 2020 Review: “Queen Sono” Season One Is a Flawed But Fresh Spy Thriller Netflix's new spy series is more than a little uneven, but it's an original thriller that blends cultural specificity and mainstream appeal.
S Categories Festivals Movies Sundance 2020 February 5, 2020 Sundance 2020: “Ironbark” Will Be the British Dad Movie of 2020 Dominic Cooke's well-crafted spy thriller doesn't try anything new, but boasts winning performances & a zippy plot.
& Categories TV January 11, 2020 “Medical Police” is “Childrens Hospital”, Bigger, Longer, and Fully Cocked The Childrens' Hospital spinoff takes on the spy-action genre with double the length and about as many laughs.
D Categories TV January 1, 2020 Doctor Who Season 12 Premiere Recap: “Spyfall” Is a Masterful Caper The long-running BBC series returns for a rushed, flashy season premiere with an audacious twist that might just turn the show around.
