
Film: The Marseilles Contract
To the extent it’s possible to enjoy a film full of people you don’t like doing things you don’t…
November 9, 2021To the extent it’s possible to enjoy a film full of people you don’t like doing things you don’t…
November 9, 2021There are old movies I truly enjoy, and old movies that I don’t enjoy, and then there’s Harry In…
April 9, 2020I seem to have made it my mission in life to watch every spy movie ever made. Okay, that’s…
July 7, 2019Steve McQueen is a Hollywood icon, and he’s always held a place in my heart for his quirky, inspiring…
October 9, 2018I’ve written a boatload of words about the original Mission: Impossible, but one aspect of the series I haven’t…
April 17, 2017Netflix’s corner of the Marvel universe continues to expand in Luke Cage, its latest Defenders run-up that ties into…
November 20, 2016From the last gasp of the Cold War comes The Fourth Protocol (1987), a polished but unexceptional thriller. In…
July 20, 2014The Venetian Affair (1967) is low-key but enjoyable spy cinema, a “technicolor noir” that feels like a cinematic spin-off…
October 30, 2012I’ve been both looking forward to and dreading this review ever since I saw the Spy 100 list. Mission: Impossible…
March 16, 2011Sam Peckinpah’s final film, The Osterman Weekend (1983), is exactly the kind of intriguing oddity I hoped the Spy…
January 31, 2010New music post #2! I’ve long been an advocate of all things Mike Patton, and this next stretch of…
January 5, 2010