Spies, Television
A Tribute to the Man of a Million Faces
A week ago today, the great Martin Landau died. Landau first caught my attention in the great Hitchcock caper…
July 22, 2017
Comedy, Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #2: North By Northwest
When I first watched North By Northwest (1959) nearly thirty years ago, I had no idea the path it…
June 14, 2015
Film, Spies, Spy 100 ProjectSpy 100, #50: Mission: Impossible
I’ve been both looking forward to and dreading this review ever since I saw the Spy 100 list. Mission: Impossible…
March 16, 2011
Fantasy, Film, Science FictionFilm: 9
While watching 9 (2009), I often found myself (particularly during its first half) wondering why it had gotten so…
October 3, 2010
Spies, TelevisionGood Evening, Mr. Phelps
Back in the 1980s, I didn’t much like television. There were kitschy, fun shows from the sixties and seventies…
March 19, 2010