Spies, Television
TV: Berlin Station (Season 3)
Berlin Station launched with a bang, a complex, gripping spy drama that played out like a rich, multifaceted novel.…
July 4, 2020
Spies, TelevisionTV: Berlin Station (Season 1)
I’ve been shouting Olen Steinhauer’s name from the rooftops for years now, so it should surprise no one that…
April 3, 2017
Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: Mr. Robot (Season 1)
The new USA series Mr. Robot bears surface similarities to a number of other shows, but in the end it’s…
September 8, 2015
Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #14: Three Days of the Condor
One of the reasons Robert Redford struck me as such good casting in Captain America: The Winter Soldier was…
May 19, 2014
Film, ThrillerFilm: The Call
Brad Anderson is one of those directors whose films I go out of my way to see. Along with…
September 9, 2013
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Spies, TelevisionStress Era Viewing, Concluded
With the conclusion of the Great Condo Disaster (now on its last legs), time to catch up on the…
July 19, 2013
Drama, Spies, Television, ThrillerTV: Homeland (Season 1)
I went into season one of Homeland with extremely high expectations, which is unfortunate, because now that I’ve finished…
October 1, 2012
Film, Spies, Spy 100 Project, ThrillerSpy 100, #45: The Parallax View
It would be difficult, I think, to pitch a movie like The Parallax View (1974) today. This terrific conspiracy…
September 11, 2012
Fiction, SpiesNovel: Masquerade by Gayle Lynds
I’ve seen Gayle Lynds’ first novel Masquerade (1996) cited on of some spy novel best-of lists, so I thought…
August 3, 2012
Fiction, Film, Music, Television, Website500 Posts!
If you had told me three years ago that I would have gotten this blog to 500 posts, I…
January 28, 2012
Drama, History, Spies, TelevisionTV: The Hour (Season 1)
If you were a TV producer who wanted to get my attention, you would succeed spectacularly by pitching your…
November 16, 2011
Comedy, Spies, Television, ThrillerA Pilot Sampler
I’m at a point now where I’m not actively looking for new TV shows to follow. There just isn’t…
September 26, 2011
Drama, Spies, TelevisionTV: Intelligence
And now, from the Department of TV Designed Specifically for Chris East comes the Canadian series Intelligence (2005-2007), a…
August 31, 2011
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, TelevisionThe Current State of Television
Anybody who’s interested in the current state of TV, and the programming strategies of the cable and network channels,…
June 15, 2011
Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: Brotherhood (Season 1)
Brotherhood’s eleven-episode first season is a broody, slow-building drama about family ties and the collision of politics and crime.…
April 7, 2011