
TV: Tehran (Season 2)
While Apple’s Israeli-produced, Iran-set thriller Tehran is by no means as impressive as its hit spy series Slow Horses,…
January 9, 2023While Apple’s Israeli-produced, Iran-set thriller Tehran is by no means as impressive as its hit spy series Slow Horses,…
January 9, 2023The task of successfully ending any beloved television series must surely be difficult enough. But when you’re Better Call…
September 10, 2022Normally I would say reaching the end of a TV season only to have a “what was the point?”…
March 1, 2022To the extent it’s possible to enjoy a film full of people you don’t like doing things you don’t…
November 9, 2021While Stephen King’s work has never been a perfect match for me, I grooved on the recent It movies…
June 28, 2021One of Netflix’s latest international hits is Lupin, a classy, opulent French mystery about a modern-day “gentleman burglar.” Assane…
June 26, 2021I’m frequently in the mood for pulpy action and suspense movies from the 1960s and 1970s, back before Hollywood…
May 31, 2021For some reason, I had vague and generally fond memories of watching Scorpio (1973) decades ago, so I decided…
June 15, 2020There are old movies I truly enjoy, and old movies that I don’t enjoy, and then there’s Harry In…
April 9, 2020The gradual transformation of fast-talking scoundrel Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) into Breaking Bad’s ethically challenged attorney “Saul Goodman” continues…
March 9, 2020When I get stressed or depressed, my favorite coping mechanism is to launch a new project that requires extremely…
September 15, 2019There’s an unfortunate moment near the end of Mission: Impossible – Fallout (2018) when a villain asks the invincible…
August 25, 2019I seem to have made it my mission in life to watch every spy movie ever made. Okay, that’s…
July 7, 2019German spy series Deutschland 83 sets itself apart with a vividly realized setting, which situates suspenseful espionage realistically into…
May 4, 2019Canadian historical espionage drama X Company worked unexpected magic in its first season by mixing a nostalgic mission-of-the-week structure…
February 6, 2019